City Cast Las Vegas
🎵 Taylor Swift’s new album has a Vegas connection
April 24, 2024
😀 We’re on the radio! You can now listen to City Cast Las Vegas on KUNV 91.5. The UNLV station is re-running our weekly Friday news roundup on Sundays at 6 a.m. So if you love to get up early on weekends, brew some coffee and listen in to the week’s most intriguing headlines ☕
What's CITY Talking About?
🍽️ Delivery App Crackdown
Uber Eats is pausing applications for virtual “ghost kitchens” in the Las Vegas Valley after restaurants complained about fraudulent activity on delivery apps. Some are using names that are similar or even identical to established businesses, creating confusion in the marketplace. [KLAS]
🛣️ The Drive to Phoenix is Getting Better
You know that part of the drive between Vegas and Phoenix, where everything slows down in Kingman? A new project will get rid of that, making the interchange between U.S. Highway 93 and Interstate 40 a lot more driver-friendly. [Las Vegas Review Journal]
🚬 Sick of Smoking?
According to a new poll, 58 percent of Nevada voters would support a law banning smoke in all indoor workplace spaces, including casinos. The poll was commissioned by an anti-smoking coalition, so take the results with a grain of salt — or a puff of smoke. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
Las Vegas Chatter
You gotta love questionable AI-generated ads.
🔊 Readers weigh in on …
Boulder Highway
If they change the name I won't be able to say "I'm so broke I can't even afford a Boulder Highway hooker."
— John D.
A Planned Temple in Lone Mountain
You said the temple was being built by the "Mormon church" and many have nicknamed it that because of the “Book of Mormon,” but that's not correct. The actual name of the church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As members of that church we are trying to correct this so that people are more clear about what we believe and that we are truly Christians.
— Wendy C.
🥱 Press releases we barely read
- Nevada Is 2024’s Most Gambling-Addicted State 🎰
- Las Vegas is the 9th Best Metro Area to Start a Pest Control Business 🐜
- Vegas #5 Mentioned City, according to 1,085 songs 🎶
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What To Do
Wednesday, April 24
- 🏡 Ask a Master Gardener at Laughlin Library | 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Free | Laughlin
- 📽️ “Dead Poets Society” at W. Charleston Library | 2 p.m. | Free | Charleston & Torrey Pines
- 🇺🇲 Veterans' Voices: We're Listening Reception at Tiberti Grand Hall | 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. | UNLV
- 📚 West Las Vegas Library Anniversary Party | 6:30 - 8 p.m. | Free | West Las Vegas
Thursday, April 25
- 🎭 Macbeth at Heritage Park Senior Center | 1 p.m. | Free | Henderson
- 🍹 Spritz Life Cocktail Class at Eataly | 5 p.m. | $75 | Park MGM
- 🇲🇽 Nuevalandia at Vegas Theatre Company | 7 p.m. | $15 | Arts District
- 👮 It’s Not Always Sunny in Philadelphia at Mob Museum | 7 p.m. | $19.95+ | Downtown
Friday, April 26
- 🌳 Arbor Day Tree Planting at University of Nevada Extension | 10 a.m. - noon | Free | Paradise & Windmill
- 🎹 Dueling Pianos at Arizona Charlie’s | 6 - 7:30 p.m. | No cover | Charleston Heights
- 🌈 The Anonymous People screening at The Center | 6 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 🎵 Lit at the Fremont Street Experience | 9 p.m. | Free | Downtown
Today on City Cast
Secret Spots on the Las Vegas Strip
I joined City Cast Las Vegas co-hosts Dayvid Figler and Sarah Lohman to discuss our favorite secret spots on the Las Vegas Strip. Listen in and learn to hack your way through the tourist corridor with tips and insider info.
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Rob Kachelriess
😀 Thanks to Layla Muhammad for the edits!
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