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Tropicana Las Vegas has come out on the other side of its bankruptcy woes with a new leader and the bulk of its financial burden gone.

Las Vegas, NV - It's the Ultimate gig in the world of sports modeling, and when The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) decided to search for potential new Octagon Girls™, it reached out to the only magazine devoted to discovering new beauty around the world: Maxim, the largest young...

While the Strip prepares to celebrate Independence Day this weekend, the Tropicana will be moving to a decidedly Latin beat. From July 2-4, the hotel and casino is playing host to the Sixth Annual Las Vegas Salsa Congress, a music and dance festival that brings together salsa fans, profes...

Revenue at Las Vegas Sands’ newest casino has dropped for a fifth straight week, according to a report this week by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

While Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was breaking box office records its opening weekend, star Megan Fox was on a double date in Las Vegas – with Brian Austin Green, not rumored new fling Shia LaBeouf! Sources tell OK! the Palazzo Las Vegas was alerted Saturday morning that Megan wou...

By Tim A friendly Venetian reservations rep told me Venezia rooms are still available but only from The Venetian’s casino marketing department or Expedia. She had no idea why management made this decision or how long the new policy will be in effect. Sure enough, a quick check of Expedia’s Web sit...

held at The Venetian in Las Vegas on June 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. HardBat Open MVP After Party: HardBat Classic All Star Table Tennis Tournie: Autumn will be joining "Entourage" this season in a recurring role, she'll play Lizzy, a new junior agent at Miller/Gold. Source: 1, 2

By Richard Lawson Naturally, the Hangover comes after the Proposal. But not too much after! As America stumbles its drunken way through yet another boozed-up summer (drinking outside = A. the reason man exists B. simply the best thing ever C. yes) they've turned to this wackadoo comedy to get the shakes off by s...

Today’s first family of reality TV brought their small-screen personas to real life Las Vegas last night as the Kardashians invaded Caesars Palace.

By noreply@blogger.com (IMTA) Josh starred as Danny McCoy in NBC's hit Las Vegas during its five season run. Josh has also starred in the feature films, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Turistas and of course, the original smash hit Transformers. Josh will be seen in the 2010 release of the feature film, When in Rome.

By Tim Las Vegas podcast #217 includes: Las Vegas gets the Dateline treatment, Treasure Island news, Monte Carlo brew pub and Club Fuego close, Sammy Hagar opens at least one bar in Las Vegas, Rick Thomas and Matt Goss get new Las Vegas shows and lots more Vegasy fun

Airfare for 2 to Las Vegas (Arrive July 2nd, depart July 4th) Hotel for 2 to Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay for the nights of July 2nd and July 3rd) Tickets to Kathy’s show at Mandalay Bay on July 3rd Food/Beverage certificates from Mandalay Bay ($100)

This week, on the Strip: We spoke to her nearly two years ago and she was hinting at a comeback she didn’t want to jinx. And, in fact, Broadway legend – and Steve’s gayest obsession – Patti Lupone did have a trick up her sleeve: A few months later, she returned to the Great White Way in the title ro...

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Now he's off again, to the Las Vegas Club, a venerable but not particularly storied downtown spot. And let's just say I think Tinoco's will bring more to the Las Vegas Club than the Las Vegas Club brings to Tinoco's. The negatives are that the casino ...

All-out online effort is fading, report says Las Vegas Review - Journal Some of Greenspun's online projects include an interactive database detailing old mob connections to Las Vegas casinos, a casino map and a timeline of ... and more »

AP , 06.10.09, 11:22 AM EDT NEW YORK -- Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s new Pennsylvania casino appears to be off to a good start, but the company must still find ways to deal with its looming debt load, an analyst said Wednesday. Las Vegas Sands ( LVS - news ... Las Vegas Review - Journal - WNEP-TV

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Garth Brooks, shown in this undated photo, entertained 600 to 800 people Monday at Wynn Las Vegas. Danny Gans and Elvis Presley had something else in common, besides dying young. Both entertainers were linked after their deaths with Dilaudid, ...

Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson wants to restart hotel ... The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com Las Vegas Sands Corp. Celebrates Grand Opening of Sands Casino ... PR Newswire (press release) Sands seeks to expand table games at new Bethlehem, Pa., casino Las Vegas Review - Journal

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV To roll the dice," said Drew Litton, who is in town this week to join 25000 attendees from 82 countries at the Licensing International Expo at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. He's among many Americans who find themselves in the same position, ...

It may be one heckuva a recession, but the Hard Rock Hotel has pulled out all the stops on its new version of The Joint, spending $60 million on the posh new concert venue and signing modern Las Vegas’ first resident rock ‘n roll act in Carlos Santana. The 61-year-old guitar legend granted Ste...

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV If he had done his job correctly, Michael Leven wouldn't be president of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Leven, a member of the casino operator's board of directors since 2004 and a 20-year friend of company Chairman Sheldon Adelson, was asked to find a ...

Las Vegas is in stunned mourning this week following the shocking death Friday of impressionist Danny Gans. We’ll talk about that at the top of the show, but it’s also fitting that our guest this week is comic Jeff Foxworthy because Gans spent at least 10 minutes in every show doing Foxworth...

The 4000-room Aria hotel and casino, 500000 square feet of retail and some 2700 condos would be featured in the mixed-use project on the Strip. Now that everything between the developers is fine and financing is in place too, CityCentre is being ...

Scarcity of casino jobs in Las Vegas area has some seeking work in ... Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Howard Stutz, Howard Stutz Casino Companies' Comeback? Motley Fool UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT? Las Vegas Business Press Online Casino Reports - Las Vegas Review - Journal

By Hamilton Nolan Drama - Ruined by Lynn Nottage History - The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed (W.W. Norton & Company) Biography - American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham (Random House)

By JoeinVegas(noreply@blogger.com) Last Saturday evening we went to see one of the final performances of Folies Bergere at the Tropicana. It’s the oldest show in Vegas, in its 49th year, which they say is also the longest running show in the world. The web site says: “The timeless musical extravaganza embodies the very essence...

His father built the Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn Las Vegas, Sam’s Town, the Rio, Caesars Forum Shops and countless other iconic structures. But now is 35-year-old Anthony Marnell III’s time, with the surprisingly successful opening of the $1 billion M Resort way, way, WAY south on Las Vegas B...

By webmaster Walking in Memphis and most of Let the Good Times Roll Las Vegas Video Find your date, select your top seats and look forward to seeing CHER in 2009 Las Vegas Caesars Palace.. For more on the Las Vegas CHER concerts visit Cherlasvegas.com

The skeptics – including Steve -- said it would never work. A two-act, full-length musical scored by decades-old pop songs telling a convoluted story about parenthood and spandex could never, possibly succeed in Las Vegas. But succeed “Mamma Mia!” did, emboldening another half-dozen o...

Still. a recent review of the Encore in the Los Angeles Times concludes: "That dry desert floor outside town is littered with the corpses of pundits who have proclaimed that Las Vegas is overbuilt. And there's probably a special section in that cemetery for people who underestimated Steve...

By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. But what if you want to head out West? Walters Golf in Las Vegas is offering 30 percent off green fees if you prepay, says the company’s director of reservations. The offer includes

Despite the difficulty in making reeds in this climate, he says, Las Vegas presents ample opportunity to collaborate with composers, including UNLV’s composer in residence, Virko Baley, and to perform music that reflects the Southwest and Vegas (sounds of Zion National Park and casi...

A look back on its accomplishments and growth since its launch in 1966 offers perspective on the evolution of the Las Vegas Valley. “Las Vegas is no different from anywhere else,” says Lichtenstein, the ACLU of Nevada’s general counsel since 1996.

“Less is a bore,” proclaimed the little book about Las Vegas architecture. It’s time for a new look at Las Vegas. What Venturi and Scott Brown did, Schwarz says, was take a look at Las Vegas and ask, “What does the rest of the world have to learn from what’s happened in Las Vegas?”

By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. Rio Secco Golf Club is a bruiser of a Las Vegas golf course, says TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker. Former USGA Technical Director Frank Thomas of FranklyGolf.com talks about his new putting studio near Orlando.

By webmaster Last week, Sanchez watched her star climb to the top of a prop piece only planned for dancers to scale; perhaps a Xanax-inducing moment for those underwriting the 61-year-old star’s next 197 shows at Caesars Palace.

By webmaster LAS VEGAS — Like the temples of the ancient Roman world that it simulates, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas is an environment suited to extravagant immortals. The artists who’ve graced its huge stage have all achieved that status in which one name not only serves but also explai...

While the DVD includes favorites from Groban's three best-selling albums, including "Canto Alla Vita" and "Alla Luce del Sole" from his double-platinum self-titled 2001 debut, and "You Raise Me Up" and "Remember When It Rained" from the multi-platinum 2003 album Closer, the majorit...

By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner This podcast is supported by Walters Golf in Las Vegas, Scottish Golf Holidays and San Diego Golf Central. Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. Golf is blossoming in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Br...

By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner This podcast is supported by St. Andrews Golf Tours, Premiere Golf and MyrtleBeachGolf.com. Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, Equipment Editor Kiel Christianson talks to host Dave Berner about PowerBuilt’s new FZ-1 line, which has Fuzzy Zoelle...

By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner This podcast is supported by Scotland Golf Tours and Golf Canada’s West. Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. Playing golf in bad weather can be a miserable experience. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to PGA instructor Chuck Evans about how to tackle nasty con...

By DarkUFO PACKING HEAT...AND POUNDS- "LAS VEGAS" CELEBRATES A SPECIAL 100th EPISODE-A fugitive on the run has been tracked to the Montecito and every bounty hunter and FBI agent around has come looking to make the capture. Danny (Josh Duhamel), Mike (James Lesure) and Cooper (Tom Selleck) can’t help...

By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club is an excellent Florida golf course with a stunning clubhouse, says National Golf Editor Tim McDonald. The Badlands has always been known as a solid Las Vegas golf course. These days, it’s the best it’s ever been, says LasVegasGolf.com writer Kevin I...

By supernaturalfic@gmail.com Title: To Live and Die in Las Vegas Rating: R Pairing/Characters: Sam/Dean (also Sam/Dean/Crossroads Demon) Warning: There’s Wincest, and het sex that is actually demon sex and also threesome sex. Something for the whole family. None of it particularly graphic. Oh, and not a death story.

By DarkUFO Sam takes care of couple Sherry and Rodney. Sherry used to be slightly overweight like her husband but has lost many pounds since she decided she wanted to fit in her grandmother's wedding dress. When Sherry leaves Sam and Rodney alone, the latter admits to Sam that he doesn't think he can go t...

By Brett Love Filed under: TV on DVD, OpEdIt's always interesting going back to see something that you were once fond of again. Sometimes they hold up, and sometimes you are left shaking your head wondering what could have been in the air in 1982 that made you like this pile of crap. That's how I headed into t...

By Bob Sassone Tom Selleck is joining the cast of the NBC drama Las Vegas this fall. He'll play the new owner of the casino, taking over from James Cann, who has left the show along with Nikki Cox. The only way the show was going to be renewed was to cut the budget, so they're gone (though I wonder how much Selleck...

By Diesel Love them or hate them, The Killers are a household name nowadays. They have just about taken over the world with their dance pop rock musical creations and have no plans of quitting anytime soon. The Las Vegas foursome have appeared on countless magazine covers, played live performances f...

By Whitney Pastorek But last weekend, an elaborate series of events took me to Las Vegas and plopped me down in the middle of an event that even my country-loving, native-Texan brain could barely comprehend: Rascal Flatts and their "Me and My Gang" Tour. During NASCAR weekend. In Vegas. It was like the All-Star g...

Coyote Ugly: Modeled after the East Village original that was famously portrayed in the '00 movie, Coyote Ugly in Vegas is the pretty similar to the real deal except that your bar-dancin', loud talkin' bartender's other job is stripping so you will probably get a better show than in NYC.