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Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa’s Sideline Bar & Grill will show the Super Bowl on its large media wall. (Courtesy of Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa).

If you’re anxious to either see Tom Brady win yet another Super Bowl or face a humiliating defeat, but you haven’t made plans for where you’re going to watch Super Bowl 55, some of the region’s casinos have ideas.

Multiple casinos throughout Southern California will still have Super Bowl events this year, though you can expect them to be a little more subdued due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. And one casino is making it easy to enjoy a feast at home. We tell you what’s planned. Read more. 

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Beyond Southern California… 

Is Texas the next frontier for Las Vegas Sands Corp.? The company has hired 51 lobbyists to push for a Texas expansion, but the recent death of CEO Sheldon Adelson and a healthier-than-expected budget outlook for the state raise the question of just how much momentum the effort actually has. The Texas Tribune has more.

In weirder news, you can own your very own carpet swath from the El Cortez. The Las Vegas casino is selling 16-by-16-inch swaths of its famously kitsch carpet and has put in a carpet with a new design, but from the same company in the United Kingdom. The Shuttle in Kidderminster, England, has more.