The Strip Sense

Lead Photo Jean Bartel: 1943’s Miss America, former Strip performer

Steve Friess | Wed, Jan 19, 2011 (3:10 p.m.)

Jean Bartel was crowned before the pageant began being televised, before Miss America was a pop icon.

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Lead Photo The good, the bad and the meh: The read on three new Vegas books

Steve Friess | Wed, Jan 12, 2011 (3:30 p.m.)

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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Lead Photo Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man’ is proof Vegas does shows right

Steve Friess | Wed, Jan 5, 2011 (5:31 p.m.)

After a month of awful accidents at the new Spider-Man show in New York, maybe Broadway should consider taking a few hints from the Boulevard.

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Lead Photo Cosmo … Harrumph!

Steve Friess | Wed, Dec 29, 2010 (3 p.m.)

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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Lead Photo Cosmo’s been built, welcome to the Era of the Next Little Thing

Steve Friess | Wed, Dec 22, 2010 (2:05 p.m.)

The resort boom is over. What are Las Vegas construction tycoons to do now?

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Lead Photo For Elaine Wynn, $5 million is just a start

Steve Friess | Wed, Dec 15, 2010 (3:15 p.m.)

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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Lead Photo Twyla Tharp hearts Vegas, but will Vegas heart Twyla?

Steve Friess | Wed, Dec 8, 2010 (3:05 p.m.)

This weekend begins an open-ended, six-nights-a-week production called Sinatra Dance With Me at Wynn Las Vegas, a modern dance revue set to recorded tunes by the original Rat Packer.

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Lead Photo Cosmopolitan: a fitting bookend

Steve Friess | Wed, Dec 1, 2010 (3 p.m.)

Here we go, heading once again into yet another December casino-resort opening on the Strip.

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Lead Photo Why ‘Eating Las Vegas’ fails to help anyone find anything

Steve Friess | Tue, Nov 23, 2010 (2:45 p.m.)

Now seating ego, party of three

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Lead Photo Why the sudden changes at the Review-Journal may be a very, very bad thing

Steve Friess | Wed, Nov 17, 2010 (2:30 p.m.)

The more I think about it, the more I worry.

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Lead Photo Cut the wrap, Aria! Ads seriously undercut design

Steve Friess | Wed, Nov 10, 2010 (3:25 p.m.)

MGM Resorts brass made many pre-opening claims about CityCenter that were, in retrospect, ridiculous.

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Lead Photo Finding signs of poker’s demise in the cosmos

Steve Friess | Wed, Nov 3, 2010 (3:20 p.m.)

Now that those thrilling elections are behind us, who’s ready for some poker?

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Lead Photo Truly and refreshingly, Rep. Shelley Berkley is an open book

Steve Friess | Wed, Oct 27, 2010 (5 p.m.)

She answers pretty much any question, however politically imprudent.

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Lead Photo Las Vegas will soon lose one of its true unsung heroes to ALS

Steve Friess | Wed, Oct 20, 2010 (5:10 p.m.)

Bob Forbuss is known for remaining cool and steady in virtually any situation.

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Lead Photo Defending Donny and Marie

Steve Friess | Wed, Oct 13, 2010 (4:55 p.m.)

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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The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS

This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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