Steve Friess
Story Archive
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Sports
The humble hustle of Pete Rose
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 "All I can tell you is, ‘Listen, I made a bad mistake, I’m sorry and I’m trying to go on with my life.’"
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The Strip
Jerry Lewis gets blunt about the evolution of Las Vegas
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 “You can’t drive down the fucking Strip and tell me it’s all beautifully laid out."
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As We See It
Tweet Twins: How two brothers used social networking to open doors
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 In an Internet minute, two brothers ascend from suspiciously regarded unknowns to publicist-adored media fixtures, invited or given access to all sorts of fancy events.
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Sports
Where's Vegas' sports arena?
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 Personal vendettas might be getting in the way of a massive, job-creating venue
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Economy
Las Vegas’ downturn could have a surprising upside
Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Hear Steve Friess out, please. He's not in favor of anyone going broke or losing their jobs. Really.
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As We See It
Defending the R-J's copyright suits
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Steve Friess agrees with Sherm Frederick? Believe it.
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Casinos
Michael Gaughan’s solution to the recession: Expand the South Point
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 “Well, cutting back hasn’t worked. I decided to try something new. I got tired of hearing about everybody cutting back.”
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As We See It
Cash is still king
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Steve Friess on the cashless gaming process.
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Comedy
Not just some old guy
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 A sense of dread hung over me for most of the hour Brad Garrett commanded the stage.
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As We See It
Thomas & Smack
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 “The most important thing to help Vegas is to get a train up and running from LA. You get even a slow train, I don’t care, with all the gimmicks to make it fun, that would be the single biggest thing.”
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As We See It
Vegas' own private Idaho
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 What is the hold that this odd nook of the Sawtooth Mountains has over some of the bold-faced names of Las Vegas?
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Poker
115 hours of bliss
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Steve Friess is not a big one for insignificant, anti-intellectual, unartistic diversions, but there was something about Phil Laak's Guinness World Record attempt.
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Comedy
His own worst enemy
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Comedian Paul Rodriguez talks smack about the Trop and his own show, it’s no joke.
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As We See It
Free advice for CityCenter
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Docent tours, a new buffet and more friendly advice from Steve Friess.
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As We See It
Oh, Brothers!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 How a vintage act taught me to love Vegas for its oldies
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Steve Wynn
Why Steve Wynn should—and shouldn’t—fear China
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 The Las Vegas media lately has spent a whole bunch of ink and digital space attacking and analyzing Steve Wynn’s suggestion that he might move his corporate headquarters to China.
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Features
To catch a relative
Thursday, May 6, 2010 What if that nationally-sought fugitive is your own flesh and blood? Worse, what happens when you're the only one who can stop him?
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As We See It
I’m (not) coming out
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Steve Friess is what is wrong with the gay community in Vegas.
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Entertainment
Of Michael Jackson and a disappearing Mirage
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 It’s not often that a major corporation is involved with both one obviously prescient decision and another possibly shortsighted one within the span of hours.
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Entertainment
Why Matt Goss could learn something from Human Nature
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Human Nature celebrates a successful first year. And Goss? He couldn’t quite fill a tiny lounge at The Palms, only to relocate to Caesars' which, again, he is not filling up.
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CityCenter
The other CityCenter
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Talking with a couple of out-of-towners who think MGM Mirage’s latest gamble is - wait for it - the best place in town.
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As We See It
Frank Gehry likes Vegas ... or maybe not
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 The Greatest Living Architect has a soft spot for ... the Excalibur?
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As We See It
The loving dissolution of Mr. and Mrs. Wynn
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Inside perhaps the most expensive - possibly the most civil - divorce ever
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As We See It
Feeling good in the gayborhood
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Where Froot Loops are more prominently displayed than Count Chocula.
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As We See It
His name is Earl
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Robert Earl arrived from—almost literally—another planet.
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As We See It
Roger that!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The Hangover may have struck out, but Vegas still scored a Wynn at the Oscars
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Entertainment
Critical Divide: Are out-of-town reviewers blinded by the lights?
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 After Viva Elvis opened, local reviewers were highly critical and out-of-town critics could not have been more thrilled.
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As We See It
The Presidential Pianist
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 David Osborne keeps the politics to a minimum as he keeps Commanders in Chief entertained.
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As We See It
Las Vegas, virtually
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 What a whirlwind web-tour of Vegas—with a little help from my memory—taught me
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Stage
The Franco files: As Cirque expansion hits high gear, a word with the guy who abstained
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 Franco Dragone flew the Cirque coop because he didn’t want to be a factory hand.
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As We See It
The art of provoking
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 The LED installation at Aria is the best evidence that CityCenter dares to be different.
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LV Weekly
Le Factory de Cirque
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 In a remote corner of Montreal, plans for world domination are laid.
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As We See It
Being Wayne Newtons: Mr. Las Vegas is a unique show-biz figure—or two
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 I went into my first interview with the Wayner early this month with a very specific impression of what he’d be like, only to realize that there are at least two—and maybe more—Wayne Newtons.
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A&E
I felt the Garth move
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010 Garth Brooks’ performance at Wynn Las Vegas last Friday was the single best thing Steve Friess has seen on any Vegas stage ever. Yes, ever.
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A&E
The real diva: Kenny Kerr
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 He paved the way for cross-dressing entertainers in Vegas, but he’s ended up as little more than a footnote.
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The Strip
Casino execs: Why all the hatin’?
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 Vegas collegiality only seems to work in times of plenty
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As We See It
When tweeting makes you a twit
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 The debate about disrupting shows to update Twitter followers rages on.
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As We See It
Welcome to fabulous Lust Vegas, Mr. Woods
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 We should thank Tiger. He could very well be a one-man Las Vegas stimulus package.
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The Strip Sense
Steve Wynn is rooting for CityCenter?
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 “To compare CityCenter to Mirage is a ridiculous non sequitur," Steve Wynn shouts.
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The Strip Sense
After the flop
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 Poker’s time in the sun may have come and gone, if recent ratings are any indication.
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Caesars Palace
Bette Midler leaving after seemingly unhappy residency
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 The Divine Miss M takes her leave from that gargantuan stage on January 31, checking out precisely when her contract is fulfilled and not a day or performance longer.
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As We See It
Good ol’ Boyd
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 Since retiring as CEO of his corporation nearly two years ago, William S. Boyd has decided to “get back to what we did when we were much smaller, and that is get out to the properties, meet the people who are actually making money for us and servicing customers.”
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As We See It
A Wynn lose situation for Garth Brooks tickets
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 Wynn is devoted to socialism-lite right here in Vegas in the form of his jihad against would-be scalpers of the tickets for the first 20 Garth Brooks shows sold Saturday.
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Economy
Is the Vegas dream gone?
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 An audit forces a columnist to take a long, hard look back at the dream that was Las Vegas.
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Entertainment
Back to basics—and Garth
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 Garth Brooks will sell out every seat of every show for however long he appears at the Wynn Las Vegas. Period. But there's more to this story.
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Features
Faces of Art
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 Eleven years ago, a group of fourth-graders created a lasting piece of art at McCarran International Airport. Where are they now?
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As We See It
As the worldwide web turns
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Whether it’s the economy or a newfound savvy, Vegas resorts have stopped worrying and learned to love the Internet.
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television
Frittering Top Chef?
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 This is Las Vegas, the world capital of self-promotion and hype. How is it possible that this city could be, seven episodes into the season, failing this miserably at exploiting this opportunity?
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Stage
A death, the end of an era ... and Aubrey O’Day
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 The events of last week represent a serious cultural step back for Las Vegas, from a disastrous opening for Zowie Bowie and CineVegas being canceled to Playboy model Aubrey O'Day whining about topless photos.