Category: Vegas Tourism

Ken Jennings Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show contestant and author. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant of all time. Jennings holds the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. game show Jeopardy! with 74 wins. He also holds the record for the highest average correct responses per game...

What happens in Vegas… At one time, Las Vegas was a place for outcasts and outlaws. Later, the city became the place to go for live entertainment, with A-list celebrities such as Elvis and the Rat Pack making regular appearances on the Strip. Then it became the place for families to come during summer vacations, with attractions and amusement rides...

“Shakedown in Las Vegas? Never.” The New York Post[1] is reporting that hotel room rates during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2018 will continue the trend of “insane room rates[2]” during CES in Las Vegas. You may remember (Vegas News March 5[3]) that the average daily hotel room (ADR) rate in Las Vegas set a record high in January. The...

By Joe Schoenmann[1] Monday, March 17, 2008 | 2 a.m. A sense of history, a connection to the past, is something you don’t find easily in Las Vegas, most of which looks like it was built two weeks ago. But people here want it. The recent furor over the potential destruction of the 64-year-old Huntridge Theater and the formation of...