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Tropicana Las Vegas, a Sin City landmark since 1957, will be demolished to make way for MLB stadium
Read full article: Tropicana Las Vegas, a Sin City landmark since 1957, will be demolished to make way for MLB stadiumThe Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino is set to shut its doors April 2 to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium.
French actor Eva Green wins $1M in spat over 'B movie'
Read full article: French actor Eva Green wins $1M in spat over 'B movie'French actor Eva Green has been awarded $1 million by a British court in her dispute over the collapse of a project she feared was destined to become a “B movie” that could ruin her career.
Watery graves recall early Las Vegas’ organized crime days
Read full article: Watery graves recall early Las Vegas’ organized crime daysStories about long-departed Las Vegas organized crime figures are surfacing after a second set of unidentified human remains were revealed as the water level falls on drought-stricken Lake Mead.
Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob's time in Las Vegas
Read full article: Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob's time in Las VegasLake Mead is receding and Sin City is awash with mob lore after a second set of human remains emerged within a week from the depths of the drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir just a short drive from the Las Vegas Strip.
MGM Resorts adopts smoke-free policy for Vegas Strip casino
Read full article: MGM Resorts adopts smoke-free policy for Vegas Strip casinoLAS VEGAS – One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday. Moving to smoke-free is hardly a gamble, Nikodemus said: “We believe there is a high level of pent-up demand to have a non-smoking casino, especially here in Las Vegas." Nikodemus noted that smoking areas will be provided outside Park MGM, and tobacco smoking is still allowed at nearby MGM Resorts properties including New York-New York and Aria. He also pointed to MGM Resorts properties in other states where smoking is prohibited, including MGM Springfield in Massachusetts and MGM National Harbor in Maryland. Caesars Entertainment Inc. has yet to open its Cromwell and Planet Hollywood properties on the Las Vegas Strip, and the nearby Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino remains closed.
Memorial Hermann testing new ways of checking temperatures while social distancing
Read full article: Memorial Hermann testing new ways of checking temperatures while social distancingHOUSTON – For a look at the future of building entrances, all one has to do is go to Memorial Hermann at the Texas Medical Center. Greg Haralson, the CEO of Memorial Hermann at the TMC, says how his entry points have been reconfigured have made a drastic difference, “Having these scanners have been a real game-changer for us.”The temperature readers take social distancing into account. Channel 2 Investigates took the reads at two locations in less than twenty seconds and the difference was a one-tenth of a degree. Now Memorial Hermann is looking to expand the approach system-wide for every public entrance that it has at all of its hospitals. “These Temperature detection systems are going all over the place," said Michael Green, president of Athena Security.