City Cast Las Vegas

About an hour away from Las Vegas on the south Nevada/California border sits the Amargosa Valley. Named for the Amargosa River, the area made headlines earlier this year concerning lithium mining efforts in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Now, according to Amargosa Conservancy executive director Mason Voehl, is the best time to see the basin that offers a variety of attractions and natural wonders. From sand dunes to hot springs, a date farm to an opera house, Voehl tells co-host Sarah Lohman why visiting the Amargosa is essential for Las Vegans.Places mentioned in this episode:Ash Meadows National Wildlife RefugeChina Ranch Date FarmBig DuneAmargosa Opera HouseTecopa Hot SpringsShoshone InnThe Crowbar Cafe & SaloonWe’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.

Forget New York — Las Vegas is the real city that never sleeps. Our city has a higher percentage of night-shift workers than any other city in the country. But while our bars, restaurants, and grocery stores once catered to both the graveyard shift and sleepless tourists with round-the-clock service, 24-hour venues are getting harder and harder to find. Co-host Dayvid Figler and contributor Brent Holmes, both lifelong Las Vegans who grew up with graveyard shift parents, share their favorite witching hour stories, debate whether we can still call Vegas a 24-hour town, and shout out their favorite 24-hour spots that are still clocking in at all hours.We’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.

So it turns out that the London Sphere might still have a chance after all: the UK “Secretary of Leveling Up” is requesting another look at the plans. As residents with front-row seats to the Sphere spectacle, we discuss: Who’s making the right call here? And do we want Vegas to keep the only MSG Sphere in the world? Co-host Dayvid Figler sits down with contributor Vogue Robinson and executive producer Sonja Cho Swanson to talk about the week in news. We also discuss Dr. Miriam Adelson’s sale of $2 billion in Sands stock to help fund her purchase of the Dallas Mavericks (and what that means for both Las Vegas and Texas). And finally, we discuss a head-scratcher of a press-release (Las Vegas is apparently the 15th best city for candle-lovers?) and what our line of Vegas-scented candles would smell like.We’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.

When someone asks about the “quintessential” Las Vegas dining experience, you might say the buffets or high-end restaurants on the Boulevard. But in a conversation from this summer, internationally ranked competitive eater and local Derek Hendrickson tells co-host Dayvid Figler why “there’s nothing more Vegas” than a food challenge. So if you are looking for an activity to do with your holiday visitors or wanting to test your own limits, Derek ranks the top food challenges in Vegas and shares some tips on how to clean your ridiculously large plate.We’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.

The dust around our city’s very first Formula 1 Grand Prix has settled, and the countdown clock for next year’s F1 has begun (359 days, to be exact). But what lessons can we learn from both the spectacle and the debacle of this year’s event? Co-host Dayvid Figler sits down with Jonathan Jossel, CEO of the Plaza Hotel and Casino, which sits outside the F1 loop. They have a frank conversation about both the upsides and the downsides of F1, who this year’s event mainly benefitted, and how F1 can do better next year.You can hear more from Jonathan on his podcast, On The Corner Of Main Street.We’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.

December is crammed full of festive gatherings, holiday events, and entertainment catering to both locals and the holiday tourist crowd. To help us sort through the noise, writer Eric Duran-Valle from TheList.Vegas sits down with co-host Sarah Lohman to talk about the events, eateries, and outdoor must-sees that he’s most excited about this month.Event recs:Dec. 7-16: Cowboy Christmas at Las Vegas Convention Center (link)Dec. 8: N8NOFACE at The Usual Place (link)Dec. 10: TubaChristmas at Town Square (link)Dec. 16 & 29: Marc Rebillet at Brooklyn Bowl (link)Dec. 17: Solstice celebration at Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve (link)Now - Dec. 20: North Pole Express in Boulder City (link)Now - March 30, 2024: Pink Floyd Anniversary Show at CSN Planetarium (link)Places to go:Step Ladder Loop (hike)Raintree (hike)Fletcher Canyon (hike)Valley of Fire (hike)Fortification Hill (hike)Winnie & Ethel’s Downtown Diner (restaurant)Little Avalon (cafe)Check out these events and more on thelist.vegas!We’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.

Las Vegas might be the tourist capital of the world, but not everyone comes away happy. So executive producer Sonja Cho Swanson collected some of the most extreme 1-star reviews from disgruntled visitors and today, co-hosts Dayvid Figler and Sarah Lohman go head to head in a quiz game show. Can you guess which iconic Vegas attractions these 1-star reviews describe?We’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, Hey Las Vegas, here.

On Thanksgiving in 1966, Howard Hughes arrived in Las Vegas in the dead of night on a secret train from Boston. The billionaire businessman, aviator, and movie producer was highly eccentric and at this point in his life had little to no communication with the outside world. As he secluded himself on the 9th floor of the Desert Inn hotel, he began to reshape the future of Las Vegas by buying up casinos and land. But what attracted him to Las Vegas in the first place? Last Thanksgiving, former co-host Vogue Robinson sat down with Geoff Schumacher, author of Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia, and Palace Intrigue, to discuss the impact Hughes had on our city, and what his reclusive life in Las Vegas looked like.We’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.

F1 has come and gone — but our city is a house divided when it comes to the big race postmortem. So today, executive producer Sonja Cho Swanson sits down with co-host Dayvid Figler (who attended the race) to break it all down: We chat about some very bizarre components of the “production” (is actor Jared Leto doing poetry?), the view from the stands, and how even non-fans got caught up in the action. And as hard as it’ll be to figure out the real economic impact, maybe the ultimate measure of “success” will be if head cheerleader, LVCVA’s Steve Hill, can convince the powers that be that it was “the greatest event in Las Vegas history” — or if going all-in gets called as a bluff.We’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.

Last week, 8 teens were arrested in connection with the brutal beating death of Rancho high schooler Jonathan Lewis, Jr. His death is the latest of many high-profile instances of violence in schools that have shaken our community. Today, co-host Dayvid Figler sits down with Nevada Current deputy editor April Corbin Girnus — they attempt to make some sense of why these events are happening and what schools can do.We’re on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719.Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.