Author: Lena Wu
Lena Wu
I report on city news with a side of sass. From major events to the subtle shifts in Vegas culture, I keep readers in the loop. I am curious and chronically caffeinated, serving as your eyes on the ground and fingers on the keyboard.
Four October nights, one garden full of ghostly characters, and a trick-or-treat route made for little ones. Springs Preserve brings back Haunted Harvest, and the timed tickets are already moving. Haunted Harvest Returns October 22 to 25 Haunted Harvest at Springs Preserve runs Thursday, October 22 through Sunday, October 25, from 6 to 8:30pm each night. It is an outdoor, family-friendly Halloween event set among the gardens and grounds at 333 S. Valley View Blvd., and it is one of the easiest ways to give kids a full trick-or-treat night without a neighborhood walk. Springs Preserve expects Haunted Harvest to…
The Courts is an indoor pickleball club in Summerlin with eight climate-controlled courts, replay cameras on every court, and 24/7 access for members. You do not have to join to play: guests can reserve a court, book a lesson, or plan a group event. Here is how it works, what the memberships cost, and what else the club offers. Eight Courts, No Weather Delays The Courts LV sits at 10000 Covington Cross Drive in Summerlin and opened this spring. Its eight indoor courts are climate controlled, which keeps heat, wind, and sun out of the game year-round. Every court runs…
Free live music every Saturday night. A sunset cruise on an electric boat, or a private charter on the lake’s only luxury yacht. Waterfront restaurants, a grocery market, and a dragon boat race lighting up the water next month. As the desert cools down, Henderson’s Lake Las Vegas is where locals and visitors alike are trading the Strip’s neon for string lights over the water. The Village Is Where Everyone Ends Up The Village at Lake Las Vegas anchors the community, a walkable stretch of waterfront restaurants, shops, and a Seasons Grocery & Deli, all set against an Italian-inspired backdrop…
No membership. No monthly fee. Just a full outdoor gym waiting at your neighborhood park. The Las Vegas City Council just approved eight new fitness courts across the city, expanding a free outdoor workout network that already spans more than two dozen parks and trailheads valley-wide. Eight New Parks, Zero Cost to Use Them On Wednesday, the Las Vegas City Council approved a contract to install eight new fitness courts through the National Fitness Campaign in parks and recreation centers across the city. The project is part of the city’s broader National Fitness Campaign Model City Program, which city officials say is designed…
A private workout on the floor of one of the Strip’s most famous nightclubs. Coffee or matcha to start the morning right. Then straight into a full day at Fontainebleau’s LIV Beach, with recovery vendors, cold plunge stations, and Theragun sessions waiting once the sweat is done. Sunday Circuit is LIV’s answer to a genuinely different kind of Sunday, and it runs once a month through the rest of the 2026 season. A Wellness Day That Starts on a Nightclub Floor Sunday Circuit is a monthly wellness activation from LIV Las Vegas and LIV Beach at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, and it flips the usual…
Guided yoga at 9am. A live-music sober dance party by 10am. Cryoblast cannons keeping the crowd cool through an hour of guided movement. Complimentary non-alcoholic drinks all morning. And when it wraps at noon, your ticket carries straight into a full afternoon at one of the Strip’s newest dayclubs. Daybreaker returns to OMNIA Dayclub on September 20, and it is proof that Las Vegas mornings do not have to look anything like Las Vegas nights. A Global Sober Dance Movement Finds a Las Vegas Stage Daybreaker, the alcohol-free morning dance party movement that has built a following in cities worldwide,…
A driving range framed by Red Rock Canyon. Curated wine pours in one hand, a craft beer or a whiskey neat in the other. Food trucks lined up beside a farmer’s market. Live music from a band celebrating its 25th anniversary. NFL Sunday playing across a massive LED wall. Fairway to Heaven debuts this weekend, and it is exactly the kind of golden-hour social Las Vegas has been missing. A New Marquee Event, Debuting This Weekend Fairway to Heaven makes its debut on Sunday, September 13, 2026, from noon to 6pm at Red Rock Country Club, 2250 Red Springs Drive, Las Vegas.…
55,000 square feet of classical architecture reinterpreted through a modern lens. Rich, moody ambient spaces. A garden-oriented aesthetic with lush greenery woven throughout. New co-ed lounges. Transformed men’s and women’s facilities. Custom furnishings and layered lighting designed by the same studio behind Bellagio’s recent salon remodel. The new Bellagio Spa debuts in November, and the resort has built a plan to keep every wellness offering running throughout construction. A Reimagining Built Around How Guests Actually Move Through the Space Bellagio announced plans for a complete remodel of its 55,000-square-foot spa sanctuary, with construction beginning in March 2026 and the newly…
Full blood panels. DEXA scans. VO2 max testing. Hyperbaric oxygen chambers. Soundwave therapy pods for napping. AI-driven massage. A personal AI agent that books your sessions by voice command. One membership tier, no confusing pricing structure. Everhaus is opening in Spring Valley this fall as the first private health and lifestyle club Las Vegas has ever had, and it is unlike anything currently operating in the valley. A Nightlife Executive Turned Wellness Founder Built This From the Ground Up Everhaus is a 22,000-square-foot private health club opening this fall at 276 S Buffalo Drive in Spring Valley, near the 215 Beltway…
A 40-foot indoor rock climbing wall. A European-inspired aquathermal suite. Over 100 spa services. Two fitness centers. A Pilates and movement therapy studio. A cycling gym. A Kinesis studio. A full-service salon with bridal and barber suites. Two restaurants. And a $5 happy hour at the spa café every day from 11am to 1pm. Canyon Ranch Spa and Fitness at The Venetian Resort is the largest spa on the Las Vegas Strip and one of the most complete wellness destinations in the country. Most people staying next door have no idea it exists. 134,000 Square Feet of Wellness Hidden in…
3,500 square feet in Boca Park. Private treatment rooms. IV therapy lounges. A cold plunge. A sauna. A dedicated fitness studio with daily classes. Acupuncture. Lymphatic massage. Custom facials. Peptide therapy. Hormonal health programs. Diagnostic bloodwork. One-on-one coaching. And a founder who built it specifically for women, because nothing like it existed here before. Raeya Wellness is open in Las Vegas and it is already changing what wellness looks like in this city. Science, Soul, and Everything In Between Raeya Wellness opened in late 2025 at Boca Park at 750 S Rampart Blvd, Suite 8, Las Vegas, NV 89145, as the city’s first…
32,064 square feet. Cryotherapy. Cold plunges. Infrared saunas. Eucalyptus steam rooms. Red light therapy. Compression therapy. A full-service café. Juice bars. Retail from Mark Wahlberg’s MUNICIPAL sportswear line. And a Las Vegas resident who wakes up at 4am to train, putting his name on the first gym concept built around what he actually believes. Municipal Gym opens in Downtown Summerlin this winter. Mark Wahlberg Lives Here and He Built This for the Community Municipal Gym, powered by EoS Fitness, is coming to Downtown Summerlin at the former Bed Bath and Beyond space on Summa Drive, along the southwestern edge of the outdoor shopping…
A dry climate that preserves vintage clothing better than almost anywhere in the country. Constant population turnover that keeps the inventory pipeline full. A tourism economy that draws national and international buyers and sellers. And a growing cluster of dedicated vintage boutiques, antique malls, and resale shops in the Arts District, Fremont East, and across the valley that most visitors and plenty of residents have never discovered. Here is the full guide to vintage shopping in Las Vegas. Why Las Vegas Is a Surprisingly Good City for Vintage The Mojave Desert preserves clothing and collectibles better than humid climates. Vintage…
Infrared saunas. Cold plunges. Float therapy. Cryotherapy. LED light therapy. Normatec compression. IV drips and NAD+ infusions. And the world’s first fully autonomous AI-powered robotic massage system. All of it under one roof in the northwest valley, Pause Studio, open every day, with a 30% off first-visit offer waiting for you at checkout. Here is everything you need to know. Las Vegas Finally Has a Wellness Studio Built for the Way People Actually Live Here Pause Studio Las Vegas opened in October 2025 at 1043 S. Rampart Blvd, the first Nevada location of a national wellness brand with 25 locations across…
A complimentary cocktail, coffee, or cold one with every haircut. A full-service craft cocktail bar and lounge. Traditional barbering and modern spa services under one roof. Las Vegas finally has its first Scissors and Scotch, and it is exactly the kind of place you will want to spend an afternoon. The Haircut Appointment You Will Actually Look Forward To Scissors and Scotch opened at Tivoli Village in February 2025, the first Nevada location of a 30-plus location national brand that has been redefining what a barbershop appointment feels like since its founding. The concept is straightforward: every haircut comes with a complimentary cocktail,…
Eight stations. Tesla Model X and Y vehicles. Tunnel speeds of 35 miles per hour. A two-minute ride between points that would take 25 minutes on foot. Free inside the convention center and $5 to $12 between resort stops. The Vegas Loop has been running since 2021 and most visitors have never heard of it. Here is everything you need to know to use it. Forty Feet Below the Strip, Tesla Vehicles Are Moving People Around The Vegas Loop is an underground transportation system built and operated by The Boring Company, the tunnel infrastructure company founded by Elon Musk. It uses Tesla…
Hangover recovery, immunity support, NAD+ infusions, and vitamin drips delivered by a registered nurse to your hotel room, pool cabana, or home in 45 minutes or less. Mobile IV therapy has been quietly running in Las Vegas for years and most visitors have no idea it exists. Here is everything you need to know before you need it. Las Vegas Built This Service and the Rest of the Country Caught Up Mobile IV therapy, the practice of having a registered nurse or licensed medical professional deliver an intravenous drip directly to your location — exists in most major American cities,…
Las Vegas is the first city in the world where you can flag a fully autonomous robotaxi with no steering wheel, no driver, and no fare — and ride it between the Strip’s most iconic destinations. Zoox launched in September 2025, expanded across the resort corridor in March 2026, and Waymo is arriving this summer. Here is everything you need to ride. Las Vegas Just Became the Most Interesting City to Get Around Las Vegas has always been a city that moves fast and reinvents itself constantly. But what is happening on its streets right now is genuinely new —…
Red rock formations, desert washes, mountain summits, lake views, and urban paths that connect the entire valley. Las Vegas sits at the edge of some of the most spectacular running terrain in the American West. Here is every trail worth knowing, with everything you need before you lace up. Running in Las Vegas: What You Need to Know First Las Vegas is a desert city that sits at roughly 2,000 feet of elevation, surrounded by mountain ranges that climb to nearly 12,000 feet. That range of terrain, from flat urban paved paths to technical alpine single-track, means the running options…
A 128,000-square-foot athletic country club is rising at Durango and Sunset. Pickleball, cold plunge, pools, Botox, and 40-plus weekly fitness classes, all under one roof in Southwest Las Vegas. Here is everything you need to know before the doors open. DetailsNameLife Time DurangoAddress8555 West Sunset Road, Las Vegas, NV 89113 (Southeast corner of Durango Drive and Sunset Road, across from IKEA)OpeningLate 2026Size128,000 square feet across 3 stories on 15 acresWaitlistlifetime.life/locations/nv/durangoMembership CostIndividual from $72/month. Couple from $122/month. Family from $142/month. Pricing varies by membership tier.Existing LocationsLife Time Summerlin (10721 W Charleston Blvd) and Life Time Green Valley (Henderson) Six Years in…