Nellie’s Southern Kitchen, from the Jonas Brothers family, opens June 4, 2022. We couldn’t wait to take a look inside the new restaurant and bar at MGM Grand. Exterior first. Early designs called for a spork, but the Jonas brothers have spared no

Bally’s Las Vegas has confirmed it’s getting a new steakhouse to coincide with the World Series of Poker and the casino’s rebrand to Horseshoe. Jack Binion’s Steak will take over the former BLT Steak space. The new steakhouse will debut in June

By Scott Roeben, on May 25 2022

By Scott Roeben, on May 25 2022

Jack Binion’s Steak to Debut at Bally’s Las Vegas June 2022 as Resort Transitions to Horseshoe Las Vegas As Bally’s Las Vegas continues its transformation into Horseshoe Las Vegas, Jack Binion’s Steak is set to open at the resort next month

By Scott Roeben, on May 23 2022

One of our biggest Las Vegas pet peeves is deafeningly loud restaurants. A new survey confirms what we’ve been kvetching about: Many Las Vegas restaurants are not only too loud to hold a conversation, they’re dangerous to the hearing health of

By Scott Roeben, on May 18 2022

Assuming you read this blog religiously, this news won’t come as a surprise. We first shared word of a David Blaine residency at Resorts World back in Oct. 2021. The story has been officially confirmed. Blaine’s residency kicks off on Sep. 30,

MGM Resorts International Announces Transaction to Acquire the Operations of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Press release: LAS VEGAS, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) (“MGM Resorts” or the “company”) today announced the closing of its transaction

The Strat has wrangled two new restaurants, each with some star power attached. Comedian George Lopez brings George Lopez’s Chingon Kitchen to Strat in late 2022. Fun and somewhat awkward fact: George Lopez’s kidney once belonged to his ex-wife. Rock & Brews, from

Before podcasts, how did we keep our mornings and nights from slapping together? It’s time for another lackluster episode of the Vital Vegas Podcast, still free to everyone but the Russians. And Criss Angel, he pays double. What’s in this episode? We

“Cake Boss” star and restaurateur Buddy Valastro has perked up the food offerings at Linq with two new fast-casual winners: Boss Cafe and Buddy V’s Jersey Eats. Go soon, go hungry, go often. Fun fact: The fresh “mozz” at Boss Cafe is

By Scott Roeben, on May 12 2022

The signs were there, but it seems Resorts World has all but given up on Celine Dion ever performing a residency there. Dion has been removed from the resort’s Web site. She was previously listed as “TBA,” with dates “to be

A new show is in the works for downtown’s Notoriety performance space at Neonopolis, “The World’s Greatest Freak Show.” We honestly didn’t know the term “freaks” was still acceptable, since the world is currently hypersensitive to everything. But, nope, this show is

Resorts World is set to host the world’s largest touring public elephant art exposition to raise support for, wait for it, elephants. The art exhibit will feature 26 life-size baby elephant statues painted by the resort’s partners and other companies (we

“Bat Out of Hell, The Musical” is coming to Paris Las Vegas. The show features the greatest hits of Meat Loaf and producer Jim Steinman. We didn’t know who Jim Steinman was until today, so thanks to Paris for giving us the

By Scott Roeben, on May 05 2022

Wakuda, a new Japanese restaurant from two-Michelin-star chef Tetsuya Wakuda, opens in the Palazzo Tower at Venetian resort on June 25, 2022. Yes, that sentence did a lot of heavy lifting, and you’re probably good to stop reading, but we haven’t