Author: Ed Komenda, Reno Gazette Journal

The USA TODAY got a first-hand look at Stadium Swim – the giant pool coming to Downtown Las Vegas’ Circa Resort & Casino when it opens this month.

The shows, which also include Thunder From Down Under and Jabbawockeez, are set to return Nov. 6, and tickets are already available on Ticketmaster.

The new schedule will “continue indefinitely until consumer demand for Las Vegas increases,” Wynn Resorts announced this week.

The adults-only performance of circus, burlesque and vaudeville acts on a circular stage will open inside “The Spiegeltent” on Oct. 28.

The cuts come at a time when Nevada recorded a 13.2% unemployment rate – the highest in the nation – in August.

The carpet’s end has left the casino’s habitues in mourning, steeped in longing for nights passed in its quiet, comforting presence.

The MGM Resorts property reopened Wednesday for the first time in seven months with a new rule and the first of its kind on The Strip: No smoking.

The USA TODAY Network talked with R&R Partners CEO Billy Vassiliadis – the guy behind “What happens here” – about what’s next for Las Vegas.

The Cosmopolitan had more than 300 possible exposures, according to an analysis conducted the first week of August.

Wynn Las Vegas has hosted more than 500,000 guests since reopening in early June. The company has conducted 15,051 employee tests.