🙃 A flip-flop in the MGM sale

💰 Don’t Buy Us, We’ll Buy You

After a bid to buy MGM Resorts by Barry Diller’s People Inc. fell apart, the situation has flipped. MGM Resorts now is discussing plans to buy People, Inc, which would give the company ownership of magazines like People, Entertainment Weekly, and Travel + Leisure. [Wall Street Journal]

🔌 Plug Pulled on Henderson Data Center

A Texas company cancelled plans for a hyperscale (translation: HUGE) data center and natural gas plant on 680 acres of federal land near the McCollough Mountains in Henderson. In withdrawing the application, Skylar Opportunities cited competition with urban development in the area — although it’s hard to ignore the impact of general widespread opposition to data centers in an election year. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

• Two companies are suing Nye County over a recent ban on data centers in the Pahrump area. [KTNV]

🎭 The Carrot Top Comeback Has Begun

After a series of cancelled shows due to a suicide attempt and hospitalization, Carrot Top is said to be in good spirits, joking around with friends, and will officially resume his Luxor residency on Oct. 19. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

🚧 F1 Road Work: Both Annoying and Dangerous

Strip tourists have found a solution to navigating around blocked sidewalks and pedestrian bridges during construction of the Formula 1 race track and grandstands: jaywalking. (It doesn’t help that escalators are often broken at the pedestrian bridges that do remain open.) [KSNV]