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May 15, 2024

SLS Las Vegas Grand Opening

The grand opening of SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, on the Strip.
After stormy start, do better days lie ahead for SLS Las Vegas?
Jan. 2, 2015
For evidence of just how important Sam Nazarian was to the creation of SLS Las Vegas, look no further than the iconic starfish-like silver sculpture that looms large at the front entrance. It's reportedly a caricature of Nazarian himself. Nazarian has been the face of the property since he purchased it when it was still the Sahara in 2007. He closed the Sahara four years later, then ...
Sam Nazarian speaks during a press conference at SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014.
SLS visionary Sam Nazarian gets limited gaming license
Dec. 18, 2014
Sam Nazarian, the Los Angeles nightclub tycoon and visionary behind SLS Las Vegas, was awarded a limited gaming license from Nevada regulators today. But under terms of the license ...
Sam Nazarian at the grand opening of his SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, on the Strip.
Nazarian out of day-to-day operations at SLS
Dec. 16, 2014
Sam Nazarian has been the driving force behind SLS Las Vegas, but he encountered serious difficulty two weeks ago when ...
The Las Vegas skyline is seen from the top of the Bellagio.
Las Vegas history test: Do you know former names of city’s casinos?
Dec. 4, 2014
The history of Las Vegas is peppered with second acts. Third acts, fourth acts and even more acts, too. Resorts come and go, either being recycled through name changes or ...
Sam Nazarian speaks during a press conference at SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014.
Seeing red flags, regulators recommend limited license for Nazarian at SLS
Dec. 3, 2014
Sam Nazarian, the businessman behind the development of SLS Las Vegas, was unable to persuade state regulators on Wednesday to let him be fully involved with ...
Fireworks are seen above the towers at SLS Las Vegas during the grand-opening celebration Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, on the Strip.
SLS off to rough start but looking forward to 2015
Nov. 23, 2014
Scott Kreeger talks with John Katsilometes about the struggles experienced at the north Strip’s newest resort, as well as plans for next year.
The exterior of New York-New York Hotel & Casino on Thursday, June 6, 2013 on the Las Vegas Strip.
Restaurants on the way to New York-New York; SLS buffet closes temporarily
Nov. 17, 2014
A pair of long-awaited restaurants are poised to add flavor to New York-New York. Also, a call center bringing hundreds of jobs holds a ribbon-cutting, restaurants and a bakeshop open throughout the Las Vegas Valley, and ...
DJ R3hab.
Star DJ R3hab gives Life at SLS something to dance about
Oct. 30, 2014
SLS Las Vegas is placing a lot of hope and emphasis on R3hab’s appearance this weekend, kicking off three nights of electronic dance music with Borgore on Saturday night and Richie Hawtin on Sunday. R3hab has ...
Rob Oseland, president of SLS Las Vegas, speaks during a press conference at SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014.
2 months after SLS opens, President Rob Oseland is leaving
Oct. 27, 2014
Two months after opening, SLS Las Vegas is getting a new president. The Strip’s newest resort, which opened as a $415 million renovation of ...
The grand opening of SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, on the Strip.
SLS helping keep north Strip from going south, nearby business operators say
Oct. 22, 2014
For businesses on the north end of the Strip, the opening of the tourist corridor's first casino since the recession — SLS Las Vegas — hasn't been a game-changer. But it has led to ...
Rob Oseland, president of SLS Las Vegas, speaks during a press conference at SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014.
Music festival generating excitement on north Strip
Oct. 12, 2014
The north side of the Strip stands to gain from Rock in Rio, which is expected to draw 300,000 fans across the street from SLS Las Vegas. ...
Chefs Jose Andres and Ferran Adria.
Lecture from the master: Chef Ferran Adrià in Las Vegas
Sept. 15, 2014
“[El Bulli] wasn’t a restaurant,” Adrià said. It was a place to “look for the limits of food.”
A 700 million-year-old metaquartzite and brass boulder is on display at the valet entrance at the new Delano Las Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014.
The answer to a heavy query is the Rainbow Quarry
Sept. 14, 2014
As one hotel opens its doors and shows off a giant boulder in its lobby, another repurposes door handles to create a chandelier, and a third is holding a giant garage sale, of sorts. ...
The grand opening of SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, on the Strip.
First impressions: How far, how cool and how different is SLS Las Vegas?
Aug. 26, 2014
“We’re not here to build a hotel and move on,” Sam Nazarian said at the pre-opening press conference. “This is who we are. And we’re going to give back more than we’ll take.”
Arash Azarbarzin, president, SBE Hotel Group; Rob Oseland, president and COO, SLS Las Vegas; Sam Nazarian, founder, chairman and CEO, SBE; designer Philippe Starck; and Sam Bakhshandehpour, president, SBE, at the grand opening of SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, on the Strip.
SLS opening draws some real players; Jewelers of Las Vegas accessorizes Fred Segal
Aug. 25, 2014
The fury of Friday night’s grand opening at SLS Las Vegas has subsided, when guests began waiting in line for as long as 4 hours before the requisite fireworks, ribbon cutting and flooding of the casino floor at midnight. ...