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Vegas Only Entertainment | Las Vegas Entertainment Inside and Out
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This week I’ll be posting a reminiscent series of That’s So Vegas TV show interviews with my dear friend and faithful VegasOnlyEntertainment contributing writer for fifteen years, Jackie Brett. Jackie is retiring her “Brett’s Vegas View” column after forty-five years of highlighting the best and brightest of Las Vegas. She pioneered a career in public relations in the days when Las Vegas was a small desert town known as a haven for mobsters and an oasis for gamblers. Time marches on and Las Vegas is now a teeming metropolis that caters to sports, fine dining, and mega superstars. P ..read more
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BRETT’S VEGAS VIEW
Contributed by Jackie Brett
*** A FOND FAREWELL***
My decision to retire my column comes after years of writing about Las Vegas. The timing just feels right. After 45 years in print nearly every week, first in newspapers and then online, it has been a privilege to watch the destination grow from a metro area population of 345,000 in 1976 to more than 2.5 million in 2020.
Back in the 70s, there were no mega-resorts, large stadiums, sports teams, Strip shopping malls, paid parking, etc. You used to dress up for the dinner show followed by the midnight concert with ..read more
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Publisher’s Note: We’ll be talking a walk down memory lane and republishing some of our favorite pieces this month at VOE. The following is a reprint of an original feature story from May of 2014. Dates, times, prices, and locations are no longer valid.
Cindy Doumani To Preside at Upcoming ‘Vintage Vegas’ Gala
The fabled Las Vegas, Nevada, of yesteryear was a small desert town big on entertainment and embracing of community. A place where one could don blue jeans and spend an unencumbered day on horseback exploring the valley from one end to the other: then go home, shower and “put ..read more
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BRETT’S VEGAS VIEW
Contributed by Jackie Brett
BLAKE SHELTON’S OLE RED OPENING EXPECTED LATE 2023: “Barmageddon” star, judge on “The Voice,” and country music legend Blake Shelton is expanding his Ole Red empire out west with a new location under construction on the corner of Las Vegas Blvd. and Flamingo on the Strip. The four-story restaurant, bar and music venue slated to open late this year is situated in front of Caesars Entertainment’s Horseshoe Las Vegas as a corner anchor to the Grand Bazaar Shops. At approximately 27,000 square feet with a planned 686 seats, Ole Red Las Ve ..read more
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BRETT’S VEGAS VIEW
Contributed by Jackie Brett
MICHAEL CARBONARO WILL RETURN TO RIO FOR SIX WEEK RUN: Michael Carbonaro will return to the Rio starting May 25 with his limited six-week engagement and new show, “Michael Carbonaro: Live in Las Vegas.” The television star will conjure up a concoction of magic and offbeat shenanigans for audiences of all ages at the Penn & Teller Theater. Performances will be held Thursday through Sunday at 8 p.m. from Thursday, May 25 through Sunday, July 2. Tickets start at $59. Best known as the star and executive producer of the hit series, “The Car ..read more
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BRETT’S VEGAS VIEW
Contributed by Jackie Brett
AREA15 WILL EXPAND DISTRICT BY 20 ACRES: AREA15, the immersive art and entertainment district located minutes from the Strip, has announced a monumental expansion spanning 20 acres to its north along Interstate 15. Universal Parks & Resorts will anchor the District expansion with a new, year-round horror entertainment experience inspired by its popular Halloween Horror Nights. The new development extends beyond AREA15’s existing main complex, already known for its immersive experience ..read more
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BRETT’S VEGAS VIEW
contributed by Jackie Brett
ARTISAN HOTEL TRANSFORMS INTO THE LEXI AND CANNABIS-FRIENDLY: Open while undergoing a multi-million-dollar renovation, the once Artisan Hotel Boutique off I-15 and Sahara Ave. is evolving into The Lexi – Elevations Hotels and Resorts, a new 64 room hotel concept, which will be the first in Las Vegas to introduce the idea of cannabis-friendly hospitality. The new reimagined property is set to make its debut this spring. The Lexi, embracing its small and cheeky mentality, will feature all new guest rooms and suites, including an entire fourth floor ..read more
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BRETT’S VEGAS VIEW
Contributed by Jackie Brett
‘DISNEY ANIMATION: IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE’ WILL OPEN IN VEGAS: Lighthouse Immersive Studios, the creators of “Immersive Van Gogh,” and Walt Disney Animation Studios are bringing new immersive experience to nine Lighthouse ArtSpace venues across the United States. Following a celebrated world premiere at Lighthouse ArtSpace Toronto in December 2022, Lighthouse Immersive’s “Disney Animation: Immersive Experience” will open on March 30 at Lighthouse ArtSpace at The Shops at Crystals on the Strip. Tickets start at $39.99 and are on sale now at disneyimm ..read more
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BRETT’S VEGAS VIEW
Contributed by Jackie Brett
MANDALAY BAY AND CHEF MICHAEL MINA REOPEN STRIPSTEAK: With the reintroduction of StripSteak at Mandalay Bay, Chef Michael Mina is stripping away the formality of steakhouses. Now open, the James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurateur and cookbook author is bringing the quality of traditional steakhouses into a lively atmosphere of innovation reinvigorating classic steakhouse flavors with modern techniques, Asian influences and creative culinary fusions. StripSteak’s kitchen is outfitted with unique equipment including a row of heated b ..read more
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Dear Friends, Family and Fans,
After nearly twenty years of faithfully publishing entertainment updates, feature stories and odds and ends each week, VOE is taking a holiday hiatus in order to regroup, reevaluate, and possibly redesign the VOE template for the year 2023. In order to keep you entertained and to stay in touch we’ll be publishing past episodes of the VOE sister media platform, That’s So Vegas! TV each week. We had a delightful two year run with TSV-TV from the startup year in 2015 at WCOBM hosted at the Gene Woods Racing Experience on Sunset Rd., LV, to acquiring our own st ..read more