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March 28, 2024

Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Two housekeepers who declined to give their names, watch as the California School Employees Association, in town for a convention, join Culinary workers to picket the Cosmopolitan Wednesday, July 31, 2013.
Union: Cosmopolitan workers remain employed through sale
Dec. 19, 2014
The new ownership of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will undoubtedly institute changes to the resort. But the resort’s workforce, apparently, will remain intact. The Culinary Union ...
A view of the Cosmopolitan is shown in May 2014.
Gaming regulators OK $1.73 billion sale of Cosmopolitan
Dec. 18, 2014
The sale of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas cleared its last regulatory hurdle today when the Nevada Gaming Commission approved the $1.73 billion transaction. The sale was ...
Criss Angel, Mr. Piffles and Piff the Magic Dragon at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. in the Cosmopolitan.
Piff the Magic Dragon fires up Rose. Rabbit. Lie.; Brian Wilson without pier at Venetian
Dec. 11, 2014
A member of “Vegas Nocturne” performed at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. last week. Lest you get all giddy over this concept, it was actually a former member of that wildly imaginative production, Piff the Magic Dragon, along ...
John Unwin, CEO of Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, poses at the resort Monday, Oct. 22, 2012.
Cosmopolitan CEO leaving resort
Dec. 9, 2014
Unwin, who has been with the resort since 2009, will end his tenure as CEO at the end of the year but will continue afterward in a “consulting capacity” to help with the transition, according to a company press release. The release did not ...
Alex Schechter proposes to Frank Marino onstage at “Divas Las Vegas" Tuesday night, June 2, 20.13
Frank Marino, Alex Schechter moving forward ‘regardless of idiots’; ‘Vegas Nocturne’ (kind of) plays N.Y.
Oct. 10, 2014
Frank Marino and Alex Schechter have watched the week’s crisscrossing rulings on same-sex marriage with acute interest. ...
The Pointer Sisters.
Oscar Goodman remembers his ‘Mount Rushmore moment’; The Pointer Sisters pop up at Rose. Rabbit. Lie.
Oct. 8, 2014
Oscar Goodman resumes his speaker series Thursday night at Oscar’s Steakhouse at the Plaza with a lotta mob talk. ...
In this July 28, 2014, photo, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett attend their concert taping in New York. Bennett and Gaga’s jazz collaborative album, “Cheek to Cheek,” was released Sept. 23, 2014.
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett to play NYE show at Cosmopolitan
Oct. 6, 2014
Heaven? You're in heaven?
"Vegas Nocturne" at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. at the Cosmopolitan.
Cosmopolitan fires back at Spiegelworld with $6M countersuit in ‘Vegas Nocturne’ dispute
Sept. 2, 2014
In all, The Cosmopolitan specifies a half-dozen claims against Spiegelworld and is seeking more than $6 million in damages — not including punitive awards and legal fees. ...
Mario Lopez attends “Vegas Nocturne” at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. in the Cosmopolitan on Friday, April 11, 2014, in Las Vegas.
On tap for ‘Absinthe’: Twin dancing tandem of Sean & John
Aug. 25, 2014
Sean and John Scott, more famously known as Sean & John, are premiering in “Absinthe” at Caesars Palace on Thursday night. The duo has most recently performed in “Vegas Nocturne” at the Cosmopolitan’s Rose. Rabbit. Lie. but were left without a stage ...
An exterior view of the Cosmopolitan hotel tower Monday, March 11, 2013.
Cosmopolitan benefits from gaming revenue boost
Aug. 14, 2014
The company that operates the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas saw year-over-year increases in casino, hotel, entertainment and food and beverage revenues ...
Mario Lopez attends “Vegas Nocturne” at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. in the Cosmopolitan on Friday, April 11, 2014, in Las Vegas.
Spiegelworld takes the Cosmopolitan to court over ‘Vegas Nocturne’
Aug. 6, 2014
On the night “Vegas Nocturne” closed at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Spiegelworld founder and self-styled impresario Ross Mollison raised a champagne glass and proclaimed, “ ‘Vegas Nocturne’ is a hit!” Since that night on July 12, the show has not been heard from ...
The run of "Vegas Nocturne" at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. has ended.
Cosmopolitan still forging its own Vegas vibe
Aug. 3, 2014
The closing of the "Vegas Nocturne" show at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. has been confusing for some people, who think the nightclub has closed. It hasn't. The hotel has used Las Vegas and national agencies to recruit performers to populate the entertainment lineup. But there is little in the way of specifics as to who is actually appearing on a given night. That is intentional ...
Referee Vic Drakulich holds back Brandon Rios as he goes after Diego Chaves after being separated because he was struck by a Chaves forearm to the mouth during the ninth round of their welterweight fight Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 at the Cosmopolitan. Chaves was disqualified.
Rios beats Chaves by DQ in bizarre fight; hometown kid Vargas keeps title
Aug. 2, 2014
Referee Vic Drakulich stopped the main-event welterweight fight at the 1:26 mark of the ninth round, awarding Brandon Rios the win by disqualification after he was struck by a Diego Chaves forearm to the mouth. It wasn’t the first time the match resembled a mixed martial arts fight ...
Brandon Rios, left, punches Mike Alvarado during a super lightweight bout for an interim 140lb. WBO title at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, March 30, 2013. Alvarado won the fight by unanimous decision. The fight was a rematch to a Oct. 13, 2012 fight  which Rios won.
Fighter Brandon Rios says he’s back, headlines weekend card at the Cosmo
July 31, 2014
In one quick year, boxer Brandon Rios has gone from fighting to defend his championship belt to fighting to remain relevant in the sport. Rios, who has lost his past two fights, headlines an HBO card Saturday inside the Chelsea Ballroom at the Cosmopolitan, taking on ...
The final cantos of “Vegas Nocturne” at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. on Saturday, July 12, 2014, in the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Its future uncertain, ‘Vegas Nocturne’ counts out its final canto at Cosmopolitan
July 13, 2014
Made official this morning with a release from the show’s host hotel, the Cosmopolitan, is that “Vegas Nocturne” indeed played its last shows Saturday night at the restaurant, lounge and entertainment fortress Rose. Rabbit. Lie. ...