Steve Friess
Story Archive
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As We See It'Believe' is a better show, but that doesn’t mean it’s any good
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Criss Angel's show: a dramatic improvement?
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As We See ItThe New Mob Wars: Could Goodman's pet project get whacked?
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Back when concrete plans were coming together for the construction of a $43 million mob museum in Downtown Las Vegas, I was a vocal media cheerleader.
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As We See ItThe bankrupt Monorail isn’t doing much to help itself these days
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 Up until now, most of us assumed the folks operating the troubled, bankrupt Las Vegas Monorail were doing their best amid so many challenges.
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celebsLas Vegas provides a haven for the D-lister
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 This city has always been known as the place where washed-up crooners go to die.
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PeopleAppearing on TV didn’t make Shae Wilhite rich or famous, but it did give her one heckuva story
Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 The day before Christmas, Shae Wilhite’s email box started filling up with some unusual messages.
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The StripSetting the record straight about Vegas' Twitter twerps
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 @24k and @VegasBill are a very familiar Vegas breed, the sort of freeloaders who make it more difficult for real media vanguards to be taken seriously by either publicists or the public.
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EntertainmentJean Bartel: 1943’s Miss America, former Strip performer
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 Jean Bartel was crowned before the pageant began being televised, before Miss America was a pop icon.
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PrintThe good, the bad and the meh: The read on three new Vegas books
Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 I hate reading books by local authors I know. If I dislike them, I want to say so and that gets awkward. So I try not to.
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A&ECosmo ... Harrumph!
Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 As we made our way past the tri-level chandelier that is the signature of Vegas’ newest playground, two grouches provided decidedly different reactions.
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As We See ItFor Elaine Wynn, $5 million is just a start
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 Warren Buffett gets in Elaine Wynn’s ear every so often about this little project he and Bill Gates want her to consider.
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The StripCosmopolitan: a fitting bookend
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 Here we go, heading once again into yet another December casino-resort opening on the Strip.
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As We See ItWhy the sudden changes at the Review-Journal may be a very, very bad thing
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 The more I think about it, the more I worry.
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PokerFinding signs of poker’s demise in the cosmos
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 Now that those thrilling elections are behind us, who’s ready for some poker?
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PoliticsTruly and refreshingly, Rep. Shelley Berkley is an open book
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 She answers pretty much any question, however politically imprudent.
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PeopleLas Vegas will soon lose one of its true unsung heroes to ALS
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 Bob Forbuss is known for remaining cool and steady in virtually any situation.
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celebsDefending Donny and Marie
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 Normally, ex-managers are pretty good for the inside scoop on what stars and celebrities are really like—but what about Chip Lightman?
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SportsThe 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 StripJerry 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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SportsWhere'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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EconomyLas 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 ItDefending the R-J's copyright suits
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Steve Friess agrees with Sherm Frederick? Believe it.
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ComedyNot 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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Poker115 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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ComedyHis 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 ItFree 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 ItOh, Brothers!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 How a vintage act taught me to love Vegas for its oldies
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Steve WynnWhy 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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FeaturesTo 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 ItI’m (not) coming out
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Steve Friess is what is wrong with the gay community in Vegas.
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EntertainmentOf 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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CityCenterThe 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 ItFrank 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 ItFeeling 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 ItRoger that!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The Hangover may have struck out, but Vegas still scored a Wynn at the Oscars
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As We See ItThe 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 ItLas 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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StageThe 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 ItThe 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 WeeklyLe 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 ItBeing 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&EI 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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The StripCasino 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 ItWelcome 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 SenseSteve 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 SenseAfter 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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As We See ItA 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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EconomyIs 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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EntertainmentBack 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.
