Las Vegas Weekly

August 14, 2009 · 12:06 PM

Following in Vegas DeLuxe’s footsteps regarding Michael Jackson

By Robin Leach

Kenny Ortega and Michael Jackson with the selected dancers.

Photo: Courtesy

In the past few weeks, other media outlets have finally confirmed what I reported shortly after the death of Michael Jackson on June 25.

*E! reported on Aug. 6 that Neverland might be moving to Las Vegas from outside Santa Barbara, Calif., to be fashioned into a Graceland-style tourist attraction. Michael’s father, Joe Jackson, and sister LaToya Jackson have said in recent interviews that Neverland is moving to Las Vegas, with LaToya telling KVBC entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs that she is “95 percent sure” that Neverland is moving here.

Click HERE for my story from July 6.

*In one of my early stories after Michael’s death, I wrote that the drug that killed Michael would be traced back to Las Vegas. I’ve been proven true yet again, as The Associated Press reported yesterday that the anesthetic that investigators believe killed Michael came from a Nevada pharmacy raided this week.

Click HERE for my story from July 8.

Meantime, Michael’s albums continue to break records, and, sadly, his estate is making more money with him gone than when he was alive. Tribute concerts are scheduled for near or on his birthday on Aug. 29.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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