🌎 The Sphere’s birthday plans

🍽️ Last Call at The Sundry

Saturday is the final day for The Sundry, leaving UnCommons without an anchor tenant. The food hall started strong a year ago, but scaled down over time, losing everything that made it great in the first palace. Two sources tell City Cast Las Vegas that Casamigos founder Rande Gerber is involved in new ownership of The Sundry and a different concept is planned for the space in 2025. I’d say go check out The Sundry one more time this weekend, but the name partnerships have already been replaced with in-house “brands” and a skeletal menu.

• The Sundry is the first food hall casualty in the war against buffets in Las Vegas. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

👽 Monolith May Be Nothing New

Whether it came from aliens or not, that mysterious monolith at Gass Peak might have been sitting there for years. A website that tracks monoliths (yes, there’s a need for such a thing) first detected what appears to be the same monolith back in 2020. That’s the same year other notable monoliths started popping up, including one in Utah and another on Fremont Street (although that one came from a “known origin”). That could still be aliens, right??? [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

🌎 Happy AnniverSPHEREy

July 4th is America’s birthday. It’s also the birthday of sorts for the Sphere, which activated its exterior on the holiday last year. To mark the occasion, the Exosphere will now stream live online with custom music that can also be heard on site. The Sphere also announced a six-act Exosphere presentation for July 4 at 9:30 and 11:40 p.m. [Sphere Entertainment Co.]

🚌 A.I. Detecting Guns at Bus Stations

This is not your father’s metal detector. The RTC is adding software to digital security cameras to scan and detect weapons with artificial intelligence. So far, the technology is only being used at transit centers, not in buses. [KTNV]

Gun Stocks, a Verdict Against Real Water, and a Celebrity Jury Sighting

The Supreme Court overturned a gun stock ban and a bill to keep the devices illegal failed to proceed in the U.S. Senate. So what’s next? John Langeler of KLAS 8 News Now joins City Cast Las Vegas co-host Dayvid Figler and executive producer Sonja Cho Swanson to discuss why the issue resonates so strongly in Las Vegas. The Friday news roundup also looks at a water bottle lawsuit and a very special guest in the local Las Vegas jury pool.