Friday from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., the casino says there will be free cake and champagne toasting. On Saturday from 1

Las Vegas really can’t stop opening food halls. The Venetian Resort is the latest Strip casino to get in on the action — opening a new food hall with big names next year.

By the 1970s, federal authorities investigating mobsters in Kansas City charged more than a dozen operatives with conspiring to skim $2 million in gambling revenue from Las Vegas casinos, including the Tropicana. Charges connected to the Tropicana alone resulted in five convictions.

An historic Las Vegas casino’s run came to an end in the early morning hours Wednesday as the Tropicana was imploded. Sin City has seen numerous casino implosions through the years and the demolition of the Trop attracted numerous onlookers as hotel rooms price surged in the days before the casino came down.

The legendary Tropicana casino and hotel was reduced to a pile of rubble on the Las Vegas Strip. The Tropicana opened in 1957. In its heyday, it was home to the Rat Pack. In 2000 Inside Edition's Stacy Gualandi danced with the Tropicana showgirls.

Legendary hip-hop artist Nas brings his residency back to the Encore Theater at the Wynn Resort, accompanied by the Las Vegas Philharmonic, for three shows Feb. 5, 7, and 8 in 2025, and superstar rappers Black Eyed Peas have scheduled 15 shows on their 2025 residency in February, March, and May 2025.

The Las Vegas Residency, Carrie Underwood is set to wind down her residency next year, with the eight-time Grammy winner to take her final bow as part of the residency on the Resorts World Theatre stage with a trio of shows on April 9,

The biggest rap solo residency to debut on the Strip was superstar rapper Lil Wayne's rare dual residency at rival casinos Drai's Nightclub in Caesars Entertainment's The Cromwell