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Gold Spike’s Makeover Updates Downtown Las Vegas

If you live in Vegas or have spent any time off the Strip, you know that you’re always within easy walking distance of a slot machine. Gambling can become a full-time hobby that you can do nearly anywhere, the airport, the cheap casinos on the outskirts of the city and even at 7-Eleven stores. In […]

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Vegas Uncork’d Food Tour in Downtown Container Park

Vegas Uncork’d, a longstanding food tour in Las Vegas, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary in April 2016. Boasted as the premier culinary and wine event, Vegas Uncork’d creates a four day experience packed with the best meals you can imagine. Top chefs from around the world travel the Las Vegas to serve their prized […]

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Oasis Eats Review: Park on Fremont

It took some effort, but I rallied the team together to come to brunch with me on a Saturday morning in Downtown Las Vegas instead of our usual Friday night after work meal. We agreed on brunch at Park on Fremont at noon. Had it not been for my reminding everyone on Friday afternoon, I […]

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New Breaking Bad Exhibit at Mob Museum in Downtown Las Vegas

Fans of the AMC television show “Breaking Bad” will rejoice at the news that the Mob Museum now has a permanent display for Walter White’s organized crime as a methamphetamine kingpin.   Breaking Bad Exhibit Makes Mob Museum Its New Home Fans will appreciate the homage on display: the infamous yellow hazmat suit worn by […]

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Oasis Eats Review: Chow

When I arrived at Chow for a dinner party, I was immediately greeted by a friendly hostess and a giant Chinese dragon mounted on the ceiling. I took my seat and studied the menu intently—it was going to be difficult to choose between so many interesting options. While Chow offers dishes of both Southern-fried chicken […]

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Visit Las Vegas Comic Con 2016 in March

Nerds of all fandoms are welcome to the Wizard World Comic Con in Las Vegas this year. Hosted on March 18-20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, fans of such shows like Doctor Who, Firefly, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Once Upon a Time, Supernatural, The Walking Dead and more will be able to meet and interact […]

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The First Friday Art Walk Returns to Downtown Las Vegas

Downtown Las Vegas is on the rise in a big way. There’s talk of a public transportation light rail that will better connect tourists and locals to downtown, the Strip and beyond. Tourism for Downtown Las Vegas is up and in the green. Now with the return of the First Friday Art Walk, there’s no […]

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Change-is-a-Comin’: Downtown Has Big Expansion Plans for 2016

Big plans are underway as part of a continuation to revitalize the Downtown Las Vegas area. Housing construction, new restaurants and more grace the horizon of 2016. For starters, a real estate acquisition and development company has agreed to partner with a Downtown Project affiliate called 901 Fremont LLC. Together, they will build a multifamily […]

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Oasis Eats Review: The Smashed Pig Gastropub

After a long day at the office, it was finally Friday night. We packed up our things and headed straight to Downtown Las Vegas where nearby the classic hotels on Fremont Street, a new restaurant had recently opened: The Smashed Pig Gastropub. Time for some grub. Inside, we were greeted promptly and kindly by a hostess. […]

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Downtown Las Vegas’s Tiny Homes Neighborhood

Can you imagine yourself living in a 200 square foot home? How about 160 square feet? Today the average home size is 2,600 square feet and growing. But, a few people started to ask themselves, “Why do I need all this empty space?” Houses are hundreds of thousands of dollars and mortgages are 30 year […]

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Why Las Vegas is a One of a Kind City

With the insurmountable slew of opinions surrounding the city of Las Vegas (some good and some bad), there’s no denying that Sin City is a truly unique, one-of-a-kind experience. Where else can you get any food imaginable 24/7, drink alcohol on the Strip and Fremont Street and see a hundred (or so) Elvis impersonators? Oasis […]

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Vintage Vegas: See Downtown Vegas Hotels in the Good Ol’ Days

In 1905, the city of Las Vegas was born. A booming railroad town, the Union Pacific brought in poker chips and whiskey to what would one day become Downtown Las Vegas. One year later the first casino, Hotel Nevada (now the Golden Gate), was built, charging just $1 for room and board. Their address? 1 […]

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