Las Vegas

You could be stuck here in Buffalo in December -- most likely shoveling snow -- or you could be hopping on a plane and flying to Las Vegas to see Tim McGraw perform live. Go ahead, take your pick.

It’s been more than five years since Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have toured together domestically, but the first couple of country music is reprising their wildly popular Soul2Soul co-headlining tour as part of a residency venture with the Venetian Las Vegas. The extravagant stage production will kick off on Dec. 7 and will run through April 2013.

The Academy of Country Music Awards is Sunday night on CBS with Reba and Blake Shelton returning as hosts of the show.  They call it country music biggest party in Las Vegas and that’s a good way to describe it.   Fans are able to vote in two separate categories; Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the year.   This week I’ll highlight the artists nominated.  Today, we look at the Hunter Haye

Country 106.5 WYRK nominated for ACM station of the year and we sent one of you on a dream trip of a lifetime to Las Vegas!

Keep listening to WYRK to qualify to win our first Dream Trip of 2012- Here's all the info about the show- Country Music’s Party of the Year®, the 47th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, honoring country music’s best and introducing the industry’s hottest emerging talent, will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 1st, 2012 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT

My wife and daughter just got back last night from a mini vacation in Las Vegas. They didn't do much gambling, but they did do a lot of shopping and even saw Elton John in concert on Saturday night.   Because my son is a volunteer firefighter, it is a rule in our house that where ever we travel to, we have to bring back a t-shirt from a fire company for Tyler. She...

A town of Hamburg police officer hit it big in the 42nd annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.  Jeffrey Lavelle placed third in a no-limit hold 'em, but third place was good enough to earn nearly $322-thousand.

As part of this weekly feature here on wyrk.com, I am trying to share things that I feel are interesting to both me and you.  As you may know, I am a huge fan of motorcycles.  I have owned many bikes throughout my life including many motocross bikes.  Here is...

Can you imagine a Ferris wheel taller than the HSBC tower in downtown Buffalo?  It's the tallest building in the city, but a Ferris wheel taller than that?  A developer in Vegas has unveiled plans for a version of the popular London Eye Ferris wheel.  The one in Vegas would be 500-feet tall surrounded by retail and entertainment space on the south end of the Strip across from Mandalay Bay.  It's a

The fans voted Taylor Swift Entertainer of the Year, but Miranda Lambert came away a big winner at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards, winning for Female Vocalist as well as Single, Song and Video of the Year for "The House That Built Me"...

A tough day for Tony Stewart at Vegas.  He dominated the field, leading a race high 163 laps, but a pit road mistake cost him.  He was penalized for leaving his pit with an air hose attached to the car.  It shuffled him all the way back to 23rd.  So crew chie...

The early days of casino gambling featured slot machines you actually had to manually operate with a pull lever.  They came to be known as one-armed bandits.  Today you can sit at a machine all day and just push a button over and over again.  No matter what you call them, slot machines, slots, fruit machines – they’re the most popular form of gambling at casinos and account for 70 percent of casin