Rio

Las Vegas Culinary Union says it won’t hesitate to strike without new contracts

Tens of thousands of union members flooded the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday for the strike vote, overwhelmingly approving the last-resort measure by a ...

Dreamscape plans major transformation with renovations at Rio

The Sun recently sat down with Eric Birnbaum, founder and CEO of Dreamscape — which purchased the Rio in 2019 and is slated to officially ...

Rio to be remodeled, rebranded as Hyatt

Hyatt Hotels Corp. plans to remodel the Rio’s roughly 2,500 rooms and rebrand the off-Strip resort under the Hyatt brand. The Rio’s gaming, retail, restaurant, ...

Caesars Entertainment completes $516 million sale of Rio

Caesars Entertainment announced today that it has completed the $516.3 million sale of the Rio, which was announced earlier this year. The buyer is an ...

2 guests at Rio Las Vegas got Legionnaires’ disease

Two guests who stayed separately at the Rio in March and April contracted Legionnaires’ disease, and testing of water at the resort came back positive ...

WSOP: Finishing what they started

The November Nine gets underway on Sunday, even though November doesn’t start until Tuesday, at which point only three players will remain in the WSOPs ...

Bill Medley totally righteous at Composers Showcase; Penn Jillette’s latest book to diet for

The Kats Report Bureau once again was ensconced at Composers Showcase of Las Vegas on Wednesday night, and it was a genuine Hall of Fame ...

Prince and his breathtaking run at the Rio Las Vegas

The night Prince opened as a Las Vegas headliner was actually the morning, past midnight in a retrofitted showroom at the Rio Las Vegas ...

Chippendales hits new heights at Chateau with ‘53X’

The first Chippendales offshoot in Las Vegas, “53X” opens March 11 at Chateau at Paris Las Vegas. Performances are 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Tickets ...

Paul Johnson nails it down as the new Drew in ‘Rock of Ages’

Paul Johnson can at once rock, and build, the house. A man who hammers it down on and off the stage, Johnson has ascended the ...

Rocking in Rio with ‘Ages’ changes; L.V. Phil takes on pink hue

One performer who will not rock in Rio for long is Mark Shunock, the magnanimous actor who portrays Lonny who has announced on his Facebook ...

Santana sets release date for ‘Santana IV’; ONJ and Marie Osmond bond at NBT

The Kats Report Bureau at this writing is Mizuya lounge at Mandalay Bay, where the band of the moment is The Limit, fronted by John ...

Monday By the Numbers: Penn & Teller hits 15; ‘50 Shades’ hits 69

The 2016 lid-lifter for Monday By the Numbers actually starts with a 15 thanks to one of our very favorite entertainment teams. Also in play ...

Larry Rudolph reigns over Fifth Harmony; Toys for Tots at Orleans; ‘Mondays Dark’

The Kats Report Bureau is recalibrating after a wild stretch where I rambled around at an array of events beginning with Eric Jordan Young’s surprise ...

Civillico rides into Rio with ‘Headliners Bash’; Bennett backs Bob Anderson; Cullotta a hit in DLV

Jeff Civillico is hosting his Win-Win Entertainment’s “Headliners Bash” at 9 p.m. Friday at Rio’s Penn & Teller Theater. ...

Penn Jillette’s atheist fundraiser: Bacon, skepticism and Trump on the side

Gaining followers as he sheds weight, Penn Jillette realized a vision in the desert Sunday afternoon: The Slammer, his famous first Las Vegas home, has ...

‘Rock of Ages’ in the final countdown at the Venetian

“Rock of Ages” production members have learned through hotel staff and officials that the musical would be finished, part of a widespread move we’ll call ...

‘Vegas Nocturne’ still alive — in New York; Mac King faces down Penn & Teller on ‘Fool Us’

The Spiegelworld Production “Vegas Nocturne” lives on, if in a scaled-back form. The show that closed a year ago at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. in the ...

Of Donald Trump’s Twitter onslaught, Penn Jillette says, ‘I’m embarrassed to say I like this’

Seemingly out of the dark, Donald Trump sent out a pair of acidic tweets this morning blasting Penn Jillette and the current version of the ...