Vegas history with a barstool pulse.
360 Vegas is a Las Vegas history and news show with a table-talk rhythm: brisk facts, side jokes, corrections, and callbacks. It moves from resort openings and bar changes to long-form stories about casino consolidation, entertainers, lawyers, and the people who shaped Las Vegas.
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360 Vegas is a Las Vegas show for people who care about more than the newest room rate. It follows the current city, but it keeps one hand on the old neon. A medley segment might cover Prim, the Miracle Mile shops, a Mirage-branded bar at MGM Grand Pool, or Tailgate Social at Mandalay Bay. The next stretch may turn into a practical argument about meetups, the Neon Museum, Whiskey Liquor Up, Chandelier Bar, or how much peopling a Vegas trip can reasonably require. That casual texture matters. The show sounds like people who have spent years collecting Vegas stories and are still amused by the city every time it mutates. The historical side is more structured. Premium preview episodes trace casino consolidation through Park Place Entertainment, Mandalay Resorts, Mirage Resorts, MGM, Harrah's, Caesars World, and the long road toward the modern Strip's corporate shape. Biographical episodes lean into figures who could only be fully understood through Las Vegas: Oscar Goodman, Wayne Newton, Siegfried and Roy. The tone can be admiring, skeptical, or uneasy depending on the subject. Oscar Goodman's criminal defense work, for example, gets treated as both impressive and ethically uncomfortable. Siegfried and Roy are framed as spectacle with real danger in the wings. Wayne Newton becomes a story about pride, image, work ethic, and self-belief. Around that, the panel energy keeps everything loose. Josh, Karen, and Tony add reactions, jokes, pronunciation checks, and course-correcting friction. The show has rough edges in a useful way. It recaps, wanders, laughs, and then gets back to the point. 360 Vegas is strongest when the banter and the research meet: a city remembered through property names, performer mythology, restaurant tips, casino ownership, and the strange emotional pull of Las Vegas.
Made for: For Las Vegas regulars, casino-history obsessives, and travelers who want the stories behind the resort names, not just recommendations. It also fits listeners who like informed panel banter more than polished lecture delivery.
What sets it apart: 360 Vegas pairs current Vegas chatter with deep vintage-casino context, so news items feel connected to decades of ownership changes, branding moves, and showbiz lore. Its looseness is part of the appeal: the jokes, corrections, and tangents make the research feel lived-in.
Las Vegas News, Reviews and Vintage Vegas segments that look at the people, resorts and events in history that make Las Vegas the greatest city in the world.
This is the Vegas briefing that makes your next casino stroll feel suspiciously well researched.
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A Vegas news chat where pronunciation jokes lead into Prim's ownership backstory.
This Neon Lounge episode shapes a loose run of Las Vegas news into a story about how a business deal can carry the memory of a place. The Herbst family's agreement with the Prim family could help save Prim, while Affinity Gaming's exit points back through MGM, bankruptcy, and…
A relaxed Vegas roundtable tracks the Mirage name from a sold resort site to a new MGM Grand pool bar.
Las Vegas comes through here as a city where familiar names keep finding new rooms. Josh, Karen, and Tony move from birthday timing into updates on Soul Belly Barbecue's new Miracle Mile Shops location and the Mirage Bar opening at the MGM Grand Pool.
A loose Las Vegas conversation turns a book release and meetup planning into a lived-in look at moving through the city.
Las Vegas lands here as a shared plan taking shape in real time, with a book release, a possible meetup, and the city's slower hours all pulling equal weight.
A candid conversation about finishing Mark's second book, with indexing, formatting, and listener help showing the labor behind the release.
360 Vegas frames a book release as a look at the work behind making something properly. Tony, Josh, and Karen discuss Mark's second book, but the episode is most useful when it slows down on the technical choices that can make or break a finished project.
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Josh, Karen, and Tony discuss Las Vegas movie rituals, including watching The Hangover, Ocean’s Eleven, Casino, and Vegas Vacation before a trip.
360 Vegas episode E-2 covers Las Vegas casino history, current business news, events, dining, entertainment, sports, and local nightlife.
Josh, Karen, and Tony launch the Neon Lounge podcast on the release day of Mark's second book, Vegas Icons and Legends, which coincides with Mark's birthday and the birthday of Las Vegas.
Josh, Tony, and Karen discuss the release of Mark's second book, Vegas Icons and Legends, which became available through Amazon in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions.
This episode explores the corporate consolidation of Las Vegas casinos, focusing on how MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment came to dominate the Strip through historical asset exchanges.
This episode explores the complex legacy of Oscar Goodman, a prominent Las Vegas defense attorney known for representing controversial clients while maintaining a charismatic and ethically ambiguous public persona.
This episode explores the legendary Las Vegas magic duo Siegfried and Roy, their iconic illusions with tigers, and the constant risk of disaster in their performances.
This episode explores Wayne Newton's life and career as Mr.
360 Vegas: PCP - Hammered History - Flamingo follows Billy Wilkerson from the Hollywood Reporter in 1930 to a Las Vegas casino plan built around 33 acres on Highway 91.
360 Vegas's Hammered History segment on Kirk Kerkorian connects his Armenian immigrant background in Fresno and Weed Patch to his rise through boxing, flying, and aircraft sales.
Hosts Tony, Mark, and Karen of the 360 Vegas podcast debate the original MGM Grand's marquee sign before covering Las Vegas news, including a Sin City Alerts report of an intoxicated couple having sex on a public bathroom countertop on the Strip.
This episode of the 360 Vegas podcast promotes their Kickstarter campaign for a book, announces a live stream event, and features humorous banter about Las Vegas.
The hosts discuss a statement about whether the Bellagio Conservatory in Las Vegas is a waste of money.
This episode of the 360 Vegas podcast features promotional content and nostalgic banter about Las Vegas casinos and experiences.
This episode of the 360 Vegas Podcast promotes the show's content and community while capturing the energetic atmosphere of Las Vegas through iconic casino references and tourist experiences.
The hosts introduce their Las Vegas-themed podcast, promote their Patreon and Discord, and address a controversial statement while warning off legal threats from the Sahara casino.