With visitors from as far as Reno, the first showing of hit musical “Hamilton” drew a full house at Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center, May 29, 2018 in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to Tacoma on May 27, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Traffic cam video shows police at the scene following a multicar collision at Charleston and Decatur boulevards on Sunday, May 27, 2018.
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to Tacoma on May 26, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas hockey fan Arnold Schneider talks about having season tickets for the original Washington Capitals who won only eight games during the 1974-75 NHL season. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal.)
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to Tacoma on May 25, 2018, at Cashman Field.
Golden Edge host Bryan Salmond interviews the Saskatchewan duo Justin and Greg about the Golden Knights making it to the Stanley Cup Final. They also go over the duo trying to make Saskatchewan the official second home for the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Knights have been strong killing penalties in the playoffs. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
South Point is among few casino operators that still offer “cheap food, good odds,” says Anthony Curtis, a publisher of books on Las Vegas. The resort’s video poker slots return 99%, compared with about 96% or 97% on the Strip, according to Curtis. “Gaughan knows that you get them in the door with food and liquor and entertainment and you make a few bucks when they gamble,” says Ted Newkirk, founder of Access Vegas.
South Point is unique among Las Vegas resorts for its 4,600-seat equestrian arena.
“The secret is you have to find people that want to play [on the casino floor],” says Michael Gaughan, owner of South Point
Las Vegas isn’t the only city where Marc-Andre Fleury is a fan favorite. Fleury was drafted by Pittsburgh in 2003, and was its goalie until the expansion draft last June. He won three Stanley Cups as a Penguin, and helped turned the team from a bad one to a historically great one. Even though he’s gone, Pens fans still have love for Fleury. Dick’s Sporting Goods in Pittsburgh starting selling Fleury and Knights gear to keep up with demand. Season-ticket holder Bill Diamond had no thoughts of taking down his framed jersey. Pittsburghers say they’ll be watching this week’s Final with hopes that he raises another Cup.
Five people were killed Sunday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas. A northbound car was attempting to pass a pickup on U.S. 95, when it moved into the southbound lane to pass and collided head-on with a another car. The car then hit the side of a truck, and the truck flipped over. The northbound car burst into flames, killing both people inside. The southbound car also had two people inside who died at the scene. A woman in the truck was hospitalized, and the driver died at the scene.
Five people died Sunday in a fiery crash about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Police received a call about a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 95 near Amargosa Valley in Nye County around 4:30 p.m. A northbound car was attempting to pass a pickup and when it moved into the southbound lane to pass, it collided head-on with another car, then hit the side of the truck.
The truck flipped over, and the man driving died at the scene. The woman in the truck was hospitalized and is expected to survive. The northbound car burst into flames, killing both people inside. The southbound car also had two people inside who died at the scene.
U.S. 95 was closed until shortly after midnight when it reopened.
A Cheyenne High School teacher has been active in getting students interested in cybersecurity as a career.
A 2018 survey found that over two-thirds of small businesses in Nevada find it somewhat to very difficult to recruit qualified candidates. Bailey Schulz/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Talmadge Magno of Hawaii Civil Defense gives an update on the Kilauea volcano
Local racer Riley Herbst has named to NASCAR Next, a list identifying young drivers on the fast track to stock car racing stardom. It was the second year in a row the 19-year-old racer was named on the list of nine drivers. Others who have been named NASCAR list include current Cup Series regulars Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Erik Jones, Kyle Larson, Daniel Suarez and Bubba Wallace. Herbst is a descendant of Las Vegas’ famous off-road racing Herbst family. His father, Troy, won the 2004 Baja 1000. “There’s a lot of talent coming up, and a lot of young racers chasing the dream in Las Vegas. It it weren’t for the Bullring and the drag strip and Las Vegas Motor Speedway, nobody would know what Las Vegas (has become) in racing out West.”
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the win over Albuquerque on May 13, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tony DeFrancesco on the loss to Albuquerque on May 12, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Airline experts talk about the airline shortage and options for future pilots at the Future and Active Pilot Advisors Future Pilot Program on May 2. (Bailey Schulz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Diamond Resorts CEO Michael Flaskey was one of about 2,850 people in attendance for an annual timeshare convention. The convention ended Thursday. Flaskey discussed the health of the industry and his company. Diamond, based in Las Vegas, has 145 destinations worldwide and 9,000 employees.
Several Southern Nevada casino companies aren’t following Caesars Entertainment’s lead on marijuana testing.
Less than a year-and-a-half after it opened, the Lucky Dragon was in bankruptcy.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority member Bill Noonan discusses the agency’s external audit that will rein in gifts and travel costs.
Attorney Gloria Allred is representing the victim in a “sex slave” case against GOP political consultant Benjamin Sparks.
Downtown Las Vegas developer Derek Stevens is planning a 777-room hotel and casino along the Fremont Street Experience, the first bottom-up resort construction project in years for the downtown area. The downtown block was leveled last year — the Las Vegas Club and Mermaids casinos and Glitter Gulch strip club were razed to make way for the new hotel-casino. The development would transform the west end of Fremont Street, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said. Plans call for the hotel-casino to sit at the block bounded by Fremont Street, Main Street and Ogden Avenue, with a pedestrian bridge over Main Street connecting it with an above-ground parking garage.
Some winners of the 2018 Las Vegas Review-Journal High School Journalism Awards receive their awards.
As part of a panel of experts, Bruce Ford of Boston-area hotel services firm Lodging Econometrics spoke of fast-growing communities for hospitality. Southern California and Nashville have seen impressive construction for a variety of room types, he told a crowd at the Hospitality Design Expo and Conference. The expo brought about 17,500 people to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Six survivors share their lives after surviving Oct 1. Their relationships with each other have given them the tools to slowly overcome the trauma. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV baseball coach Stan Stolte and shortstop Bryson Stott talk about losing the series to San Jose State. Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Meteorologist Chelsea Kryston discusses the Las Vegas National Weather Service’s balloon carrying a radiosonde that collects temperature, humidity and pressure readings.