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Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers gaming news on the US West Coast, including Las Vegas.
Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)
Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.
Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.
Contact Corey at [email protected].
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1381 stories by Corey Levitan
How the Inside of Las Vegas’ High-Speed Trains Will Look
Brightline West this week released renderings of the interiors of its proposed high-speed rail trains from Las Vegas to Southern California. The renderings were released in conjunction with Monday's announcement that the cars will be built by German-based Siemens Mobility in Horseheads,...
VIDEO: Las Vegas Debuts New Tourism TV Ad
R&R Partners, the ad agency for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor’s Authority, debuted its latest Las Vegas commercial this week. “Whatever you go for, go all out” is the slogan. It’s not quite as catchy as “What happens in Vegas stays...
LOST VEGAS: First Documented ‘Trick Roll’ by a Prostitute
The “trick roll” is one of the most lucrative crimes on the Las Vegas Strip. It’s also probably the most popular, though no one can say for sure because it’s the crime least likely to be reported by its victims. The trick...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Nas Not Done, Heart Restarts, F1 Headliners
Nas isn’t finished with Las Vegas. The iconic rapper supposedly capped his “Illmatic” 30th anniversary Las Vegas residency with three consecutive sold-out shows at the Wynn’s Encore Theater over Labor Day. But, on Monday, Nas announced that his residency will resume during...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Lies the Internet Tells About Tony Cornero’s Meadows Club
On May 2, 1931, only five weeks after Nevada lawmakers legalized casino gambling, the first newly built casino opened lawfully in Las Vegas. Named after the English translation for the city’s Spanish name, the Meadows Club debuted less than half a mile...
Station-Managed North Fork Mono Tribal Casino Breaks Ground
Ground was broken on Saturday for the future site of the North Fork Mono Casino & Resort in Madera, Calif. The $400 million property, expected to open in 2026, will be owned by the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California...
SPHERE OF FAILURE: U2 Concert Film is Vegas Orb’s First Flop
Soft ticket sales for the newly debuted concert film of U2’s recent Sphere residency, playing exclusively at the spherical Vegas venue, appear to demonstrate that fans of the Gen-X-centric Irish band do not want to see a U2 concert without U2 in...
LOST VEGAS: Redd Foxx’s Fred G Sanford Store
For about a year sandwiched between 1990 and 1991, fans of Redd Foxx had the rare opportunity not only to meet the comedy legend, but to see him basically live out the life of his character from the hit series “Sanford and...
Off-Strip Casino’s Case Against Vegas F1 Race Loses Traction
Ellis Island in Las Vegas suffered a setback in its lawsuit against F1 on Thursday when the racing giant won three dismissals from a Clark County judge. The off-Strip casino hotel’s lawsuit, filed April 30 in Clark County District Court, seeks restitution...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Strip’s Naked City Was Named for Sunbathing Showgirls
EDITOR’S NOTE:?A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition.?Today’s edition originally ran on Jan. 15, 2024.? In the 1960s, back when Las Vegas’ Meadows Addition neighborhood was nice, showgirls lived there. They liked to sunbathe au...