Guy Laliberte’s sudden interest in acquiring Cirque is great theater for what was the Strip’s leading production company before it ceased operations entirely in March.
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
Led by vocalists Steve Judkins and LaShonda Reese, Mayfair’s production showed no signs of rust.
MGM Resorts acting CEO Bill Hornbuckle is practicing patience when outlining the return of live entertainment in his company.
The D Las Vegas and the Golden Gate seemed as busy as usual for a weeknight. The Golden Nugget maybe a little less so. But there was activity for hours in all the casinos.
The D co-owner Derek Stevens says, “I think what we’ve seen in room bookings, it’s going to come back a little bit quicker than we thought.”
Zak Bagans says of his reopening, “I added some new exhibits that are really going to blow people away.”
Most of Circus Circus’ well-known amenities, aside from its buffet, are returning.
The Excalibur will be the next MGM Resorts property to reopen, on June 11, according to a hotel spokesman.
The Mob Museum, not an easy sell when its opening was announced a decade ago, continues to show its resiliency.
“Look at me, Dana,” John Oliver said in a string of UFC name suggestions. “Why didn’t you just call it UF-SEA? It’s perfect.”
At one point the crowd faced off with a line of patrolmen at the edge of the blocked-off Fremont Street Experience.
“I really thought I was going to be killed that night,” Norm Johnson says of the Watts riots. “I literally drove through a mob.”
Lady Gaga postponed a “Chromatica” listening party in the wake of protests over George Floyd’s death.
FSE’s Viva Vision video screen is displaying a 144-hour countdown leading to the moment, at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, when Vegas hotel-casinos are allowed to reopen.
Mayfair Supper Club’s return to the present tense will be watched with great interest as shows return under COVID-19 safety directives.
