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It’s back! New Wet ‘n’ Wild wins over frolickers thirsty for Vegas water park

It's back! New Wet 'n' Wild wins over frolickers thirsty for Las Vegas water park

Posted 11:40 p.m.

Moments before the Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas water park opened on Friday, investor Roger Bulloch faced the crowd from a podium and realized his time was limited.

Brian Nordli / Las Vegas Sun

Firefly regular Heather Vaneks eat dinner at the new Firefly at Paradise on Friday, May 24, 2013, almost a month after the previous Firefly restaurant down the street was closed by heath inspectors over salmonella poisoning that sickened nearly 300 people.

New Firefly location welcomes customers, begins task of regaining their trust

Posted 12:50 a.m. 1

By Brian Nordli

A feeling of apprehension consumed Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar owners Tabitha and John Simmons moments before it opened the doors to its new location on Paradise Road on Friday. Almost a month prior, the restaurant’s old location was shut down by health inspectors after a major salmonella outbreak sickened 294 patrons. The restaurant may have moved only a couple of blocks to its new location, but they wondered, would the customers follow?

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With night tours, Neon Museum offers new perspective of Vegas’ past

Updated 1:02 p.m.

The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip. This weekend, the hulking metal come-ons are once again glinting and shimmering at night.

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Cain Velasquez, Junior dos Santos simply ‘at another level’

Sam Morris / Las Vegas Sun

Fans of heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez cheer for their fighter during the weigh in for UFC 160 Friday, May 24, 2013.

Posted 5:50 p.m.

The vast majority of those who follow mixed martial arts figured Cain Velasquez’s first defense of his reclaimed heavyweight title would come against Alistair Overeem.