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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Elvis Was a Straight-Up Racist
EDITOR’S NOTE:?“Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition.?Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Jan. 20, 2023. In 2002, hip-hop singer Mary J. Blige sang “Blue Suede Shoes,” a Carl Perkins...
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— August 9, 2024
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— December 22, 2023
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So you ignored logic and scheduled your next Las Vegas trip between June and August? Maybe you’re the kind of person who enjoys a...
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— May 31, 2024
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— May 17, 2024
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— April 12, 2024
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— March 22, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: If Your ID is Expired, Your Jackpot is Forfeited
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— February 23, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Sin City Has the Most Churches Per Capita
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— February 16, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Hoover Dam Was Ever Officially Named Boulder Dam
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— February 12, 2024
Why the NFL Once Shunned Las Vegas and Why That Changed
This Sunday, an idea that would have seemed preposterous just a decade ago will become reality. What happens in Vegas now includes the Super...
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— February 5, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Casinos Employ Coolers to Stop Hot Streaks
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— February 2, 2024
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: Las Vegas Details You Never Noticed
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— January 26, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Traveling Welcome to Las Vegas Sign
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— January 22, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Showgirls Still Dance on the Strip
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— January 12, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Las Vegas Strip is in the City of Las Vegas
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— December 29, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Casinos Pump in Extra Oxygen
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— December 22, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Las Vegas Strip’s Official Boundaries
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— December 18, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Hoover Dam Bodies
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— December 15, 2023
Fontainebleau Las Vegas’s 6,145-Day Journey Into Opening Night
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— December 15, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Flamingo Was the First Strip Casino
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— December 8, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Las Vegas is the World’s Gambling Capital
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— December 4, 2023