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🪦 The saddest tombstone in Las Vegas?
December 16, 2024 · Rob Kachelriess
🏜️ Hey y’all … Valley of Fire is back open today.
Nevada’s oldest state park shut down for nearly two weeks for infrastructure improvements and now has upgraded roads, bathrooms, and campgrounds 👍
What's CITY Talking About?
✍️ Performance Review: Fired, Not to Be Rehired
Former Resorts World president Scott Sibella is banned from the gaming industry — also known as being on the “gray list” — for five years. That’s part of a settlement with the Gaming Control Board that also includes a fine and loss of his gaming license after the executive pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges connected to his time at the MGM Grand. [Nevada Independent]
🏈 New Coach Comes to UNLV
Dan Mullen, you’re the new football coach at UNLV. Say something profound.
“We are on the national stage of things.”
The good news about soundbites — we have the rest of the season to work on ‘em. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
🛎️ Online Searchin’
Hotels.com says the Fontainebleau was the most-searched hotel in the United States in 2024. Other top-searched Vegas hotels were the Luxor, Excalibur, Sahara, and The Strat. That list feels random, but we’ll go with it. Vegas was the top-searched city, along with New York. (The Big Apple’s most-searched resort? Virgin Hotels, which is definitely not a top-searched hotel in Vegas.) [Expedia Group]
- This is a good time to point out that Virgin Hotels continues to butt heads with striking union members. As 2024 winds down, does the historic protest put the Culinary Union on the naughty or nice list? Kip Kelly of the Beverly Theater joins City Cast Las Vegas co-hosts Sarah Lohman and Dayvid Figler to discuss which Las Vegans have been good this year — and which deserve a lump of coal from Santa 🧑🎄 [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
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Where Is It?
This is weird. A painting on a brick wall of a cow with spots that resemble a world map.
Where is it?
A. Antique Alley Mall in the Arts District?
B. The courtyard behind Carson Kitchen near Fremont Street?
C. Las Vegas Mini Grand Prix Family Fun Center near Charleston Heights?
D. The employee commissary at Palace Station?
Scroll down for the correct answer!
What To Do
Monday, Dec. 16
- 🐶 Howliday Pawtraits at Hot Diggity Dog Daycare (through Dec. 20) | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | $12 per dog | Rancho & Craig
- 🎞️ CineMonday: Grumpy Old Men at the Summerlin Library | 12 p.m. | Free | Summerlin
- 😋 The Gambler Takeover Dinner by Chef Adam Sobel at Amari | Seatings 5 - 8 p.m. | $125 | UnCommons
- ✍️ How To Write A Synopsis with Author R.H. Bird at Clark County Library | 6 - 7:30 p.m. | Free | Flamingo & Maryland
- 🏳️🌈 The Baddies Who Stole Christmas at the Phoenix | 7 - 11 p.m. | No cover | Sahara & Arville
Tuesday, Dec. 17
- 🌮 Tacos with Santa at the Neighborhood Recreation Center | 4 - 7 p.m. | Free | North Las Vegas
- 🍷 Marchesi Antinori Wine Dinner at Anima by EDO (through Dec. 18) | 6 - 8:30 p.m. | $190 | The Gramercy
- 🍹 Tiki Taco Tuesday at the Container Park | 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. | Free admission | Fremont East
- 💅 Jingle-Belles Drag Bingo at Clark County Library | 7 - 8 p.m. | Free | Flamingo & Maryland
- 🎤 Okie Dokie Karaoke at 18bin | 8 p.m. | No cover | Arts District
So about that photo … The answer is A.
It’s just one example of the murals you’ll see throughout the Downtown Las Vegas Arts District, but this one seems to be an especially good fit for the quirky Antique Alley Mall, which squeezes more than 60 vendors within 12,000 square feet of space.
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