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- Statistical report offers a beyond-the-stereotype look at NASCAR fans
- Thursday, March 8, 2012
- They’re more likely than most Americans to own an all-terrain vehicle and a mobile home, or be planning to buy one in the next year.
- Flavor Flav's Las Vegas chicken restaurant reportedly a done deal
- Wednesday, March 7, 2012
- Months after it was revealed that rapper and reality TV celebrity Flavor Flav was planning to open a chicken restaurant in Las Vegas, the venture reportedly has been finalized. Flavor Flav’s House of Flavor Restaurant will open March 15.
- Full Speed Ahead
- Three small businesses that bucked the recession
- Monday, March 5, 2012
- For many small businesses in Las Vegas, the past few years have been like facing a typhoon in a rowboat. Business after business failed or scaled back as the recession hammered the city, leaving even the biggest employers suffering heavy losses.
- An environmentally friendly motorcycle springing from the sands of excess-happy Las Vegas? It's true
- Thursday, March 1, 2012
- Chris Bell’s Brutus2 motorcycle is wide, black and low-slung, the kind of bike you could imagine being ridden by someone wrapped in leather and chains. It’s heavy metal thunder on wheels, except for one thing. There’s no thunder.
- Vegas' own Gladys Knight selected for cast of 'Dancing With the Stars'
- Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
- The cast of "Dancing With the Stars" has been announced, and it features a contestant from the Las Vegas Valley — Gladys Knight.
- Henderson, a top spring break destination? Website says yes
- Monday, Feb. 27, 2012
- Sunny and warn, check. Pools and swimsuits, check again. But is Henderson really the second-best spring break destination in the nation? And for families, no less? It is, according to livability.com, a Tennessee-based website.
- The man Muhammad Ali calls the 'world's best'
- Manager Bernie Yuman has built 50-year relationship with 'The Greatest'
- Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
- He was there for Muhammad Ali’s fights; when Ali attended the funeral of his trainer, Angelo Dundee; and when former President Bill Clinton spoke during the opening of the fighter’s cultural and educational center in Louisville, Ky., to name just a few of the big moments in Ali’s life.
- S.I. swimsuit models swing by Caesars to promote magazine, Ali celebration
- Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012
- Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Anne V has never attended a boxing match, but she and 16 of her fellow SI models can now honestly say they've spent time in the ring in the Fight Capital of the World.
- Las Vegas research company adding 300 to 400 call-center jobs
- Monday, Feb. 6, 2012
- A Las Vegas research firm announced Monday it was doubling the size of its work force and would add 300 to 400 call-center positions to its staff in coming months.
- AAA offering drinkers free tows home for Super Bowl
- Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
- Tow truck operators usually clean up after accidents, but they’ll be available to prevent them on Super Bowl Sunday in Las Vegas. AAA Nevada is offering tows home for Super Bowl celebrants who choose to drink.
- Zero to 60 in 3.5 seconds: New attraction at speedway puts drivers in Ferrari race car
- Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
- I’m in fifth gear, accelerator flat to the firewall, in a Ferrari F430 GT race car at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Not just a Ferrari, mind you. A Ferrari freaking race car. It can go from zero to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds.
- Competition thriving among racing operations at speedway
- Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
- Competition is thriving at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway among businesses that put ordinary drivers behind the wheel of high-performance cars. Two racing experiences have opened this year at the speedway, adding to the three that were already there.
- Traffic at McCarran surges to highest level since '08
- Friday, Jan. 27, 2012
- In another sign of resurgence in the Las Vegas tourism industry, officials reported Friday that McCarran International Airport drew nearly 41.5 million passengers in 2011 — the highest annual total since 2008.
- In Las Vegas, HUD secretary touts Obama's plan to help struggling homeowners
- Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012
- In a lead-in to President Barack Obama’s appearance in Southern Nevada, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan visited Las Vegas on Wednesday to promote the president’s latest initiative to ease the housing crisis.
- Attraction themed after Looney Tunes animator opening Thursday
- Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012
- An attraction memorializing Chuck Jones, the creator of such iconic cartoon characters as Wile E. Coyote and Pepe le Pew, is scheduled to open Thursday at Circus Circus, the resort announced.
- Vegas exotic-car driving experience adds latest Lamborghini to its stable
- Friday, Jan. 13, 2012
- For car enthusiasts who’d love to drive Lamborghini’s latest high-performance sports car but can’t afford the vehicle’s list price of $379,000, there’s now a cheaper option in Las Vegas.
- Confirmed: Gordon Ramsay to open restaurant at Paris
- Friday, Jan. 13, 2012
- Gordon Ramsay, the quick-tempered and sharp-tongued star of “Hell’s Kitchen” and other TV food programs, is bringing his brand to Las Vegas. Ramsay will open his first Las Vegas restaurant, Gordon Ramsay Steak, this spring at Paris Las Vegas, the resort announced Friday.
- Up for auction: From a 1915 Harley to photos of the Fonz
- Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
- Hundreds of motorcycles and millions of dollars are expected to change hands this week when three collector bike auctions are held in Las Vegas. Here's a glance at what will be on the auction blocks.
- January in Vegas becoming a hot time for motorcycle collectors
- Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
- Record price paid for an auctioned automobile: $16.4 million for a 1957 Ferrari. Record for an auctioned motorcycle: $520,000 for a 1915 Cyclone racing bike. Richard Backus, editor of Motorcycle Classics magazine, says those numbers help explain a sudden rise in motorcycle auctions being staged this month in Las Vegas.
- BLOG: Vegas celebrates New Year
- Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011
- 2012 receives a warm welcome from dozens of celebrities, thousands of fireworks and more than 314,000 people partying up and down the Strip and Fremont Street.
- Forbes ranks Henderson No. 2 on safest cities list
- Monday, Dec. 19, 2011
- A new ranking of the safest cities in the nation places Henderson at No. 2 behind the Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas. Forbes produced the rankings based on such factors as median income, poverty rate, violent crime and traffic fatality statistics.
- Deprived of seeing Rebels on TV, fans must find ways to cope
- Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011
- Driving 4 1/2 hours to Bakersfield, Calif., on a weeknight is not what UNLV basketball fan Trevor Hayes considers the ideal road trip, but he’s planning to do it on Jan. 5 for one reason.