Formula 1 in Las Vegas: The Numbers Behind the Race
On the night of November 18, 2023, Formula 1 cars ran down Las Vegas Boulevard at over 200 miles per hour, past the Bellagio…
Why the Casino Buffet Died and What Replaced It
For half a century, the buffet was as central to the casino experience as the slot machine, and it died in essentially one weekend.…
A Short History of the Las Vegas Residency
In November 1944 a young pianist from Wisconsin took a booking at the Last Frontier hotel on a dusty highway outside Las Vegas. Liberace…
Slot Streamers and the Twitch Gambling Ban
For a stretch of 2021 and 2022, the most reliable spectacle on Twitch was not a video game at all. It was a spinning…
The Sphere: How a Venue Became a Media Format
On September 29, 2023, U2 opened a 40-show run of “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live” inside a 366-foot-tall globe just east of the Las Vegas…
How Super Bowl Week Took Over Las Vegas
When the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024, the game was in…
How Cirque du Soleil Rebuilt Itself After 2020
In March 2020, Cirque du Soleil went from running 44 productions around the world to running none in a matter of days. The company…
The Envelope Error: What Moonlight vs La La Land Changed
With one category left on the night of 26 February 2017, the 89th Academy Awards had run almost without incident. Warren Beatty and Faye…
Entertainment Eurovision Betting Markets and Their Strange Efficiency
Every May, one of the more reliable forecasting instruments in European public life turns out to be a betting market attached to a song…
David Bowie, 1947-2016: Artists, Performers, Drag Queens and DJs Remember a Hero
The man was an inspiration and influence to many, as we ask local LGBTs to expound on a man they considered a hero