Ed Komenda
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Las Vegas'We are back': SLS Las Vegas opening Labor Day weekend
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 The announcement arrived today in the form of a banner across the forthcoming resort’s website, where SBE Entertainment CEO Sam Nazarian posted a blog item about the opening.
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Las VegasLas Vegas arena to echo Strip’s glowing neon, surrounding mountains
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 Executives of AEG and MGM Resorts International have released renderings of their $350 million, 20,000-seat arena.
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GeneralPolice: Guest killed after tackling gunman at nightclub; 2 security officers wounded
Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 A Las Vegas Strip nightclub patron was shot dead early this morning after he tackled and wrestled with an armed, disgruntled patron who had just shot two security officials at Drai’s nightclub. Metro Sheriff Doug Gillespie identified the suspect as Benjamin Frazier, 41, of Las Vegas.
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Breaking NewsFinal piece of giant observation wheel set in place
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 The High Roller’s towering wheel is complete. Under overcast skies, construction crews today installed the last section of the observation wheel on the Las Vegas Strip. Resembling a giant bicycle rim, the 550-foot wheel is one step closer to becoming the largest in the world — bigger than the London Eye and Singapore Flyer.
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Breaking NewsCaesars announces new retail tenants in Linq project
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 Caesars Entertainment has revealed a list new tenants slated to open within its $550-million Linq development.
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BusinessDrinking at the Bellagio: How booze travels from a secret room to your glass
Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 An outsider might conclude there's a lot of partying going on in an employees-only floor at the Bellagio. There's no bar in sight but still the place smells like booze. Inch closer to a pair of double doors across the hall from the resort’s carpentry office, and the alcoholic aroma grows stronger. Peek through a pair of windows and you find the source.
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Breaking NewsTreasure Island plans to build mall on Las Vegas Strip
Monday, Aug. 5, 2013 Treasure Island wants build a three-story shopping center on the Las Vegas Strip. If approved by Clark County commissioners Wednesday, TI would have to eliminate a third of its Sirens of TI lagoon to make room for the 46,000-square-foot center. Spread over 19.5 acres, it would include a pharmacy, retail shops, restaurants and an automobile salesroom.
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BusinessComing soon: Six features of the Linq, Caesars' new entertainment-dining-shopping promenade
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 For months, there has been the steady buzz of saws, the hammering of nails and the grumbling of bulldozers. Now, at the end of a 1,200-foot pedestrian walkway, a 550-foot-tall observation wheel is taking shape. Developers of Caesars Entertainment's Linq offered a sneak peek today of the development, a $550-million dining, retail and entertainment promenade expected to open in December.
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GamingWelcome to the future of Las Vegas
Thursday, July 11, 2013 It’s 8 p.m. July 11, 2033. Hot and getting hotter. There’s a high of 117 outside McCarran International Airport, and you’re fighting the odd desire to crack an egg over the asphalt, Tweetagram it. You can see the Strip through the glass window at arrivals. It looks roughly the same as you remember—the iconic shapes of the Luxor, Paris and Wynn still cutting through the sky—but you’ve heard a lot has changed since your last visit. “You want in?” your girlfriend asks, sitting in a semicircle of friends. She’s put together a Texas hold ’em table on her tablet, connected to a pack of players in a hotel room at Caesars Palace.
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BusinessWhich Las Vegas attraction was named the No. 1 landmark in the U.S.?
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Bellagio’s fountains have been named the No. 1 landmark in the U.S. TripAdvisor picked the famed Las Vegas attraction based on millions of reviews.
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TechnologyEM Shield founder R. Blank
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 Shield Your Body founder R. Blank applies one of his company's signature shields to the bottom of an Apple Macbook Pro. The adhesive strip protects computer users from electromagnetic radiation produced by smart devices.
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TechnologyEM Shield founder R. Blank
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 EM Shield founder R. Blank applies one of his company's signature shields to the bottom of an Apple Macbook Pro. The adhesive strip protects computer users from electromagnetic radiation produced by smart devices.
