Las Vegas

By MisterHippity Although I like to call it Top Chef Minors, the bores at Bravo actually call this show Top Chef: Las Vegas. The live blog takes place in the comments section below, where all are welcome to participate, and the show gets underway on Bravo at 10 pm Eastern.

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 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

Sands casino opens at former Bethlehem Steel mill Philadelphia Inquirer Sands hopes Bethlehem casino will be solid addition to portfolio Las Vegas Review - Journal Sands opens casino at former Bethlehem Steel mill The Associated Press WFMZ-TV Online - GlobeSt. com

Former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall, left, and John Hopoate of Australia pose during a news conference at the Orleans hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada May 20, 2009. The boxers will meet for a 12-round heavyweight bout at the Orleans Friday. ...

Station is one of many casino companies struggling to pay down billions in debt while gambling revenues have been in decline for more than a year. Las Vegas, where Station owns a chain of casinos aimed mostly at local residents, has been particularly ... Las Vegas Sun - Casino City Times

Las Vegas Review - Journal  MD The Carters will be showing out in Las Vegas when they hit the strip to perform. Beyoncé's got a four-date engagement on the strip at the Wynn's Encore from July 30 to August 2. She's filling in for comedian Danny Gans, who recently passed away. ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - K.R. Lewis The saying, "Only the good die young" was truly proved at the passing of Danny Gans. I have never seen any of his shows but thought he had a great voice. We had made plans to go to one of his shows this summer. Now this will never be realized. ...

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

Vegas hometown band, The Killers, de-flowering the new Joint music venue at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Friday night to a sold out show of 4000 fans. Keanu Reeves, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Adrien Brody, Carlos Mencia, Raven-Symone, Alex Trebek and ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal In a letter being sent to Las Vegas casino presidents, Marquis raises the issues of ethics and fairness at the resorts' front doors. The seasoned lawyer also notes there's documentation showing women seeking cab and limo rides are being discriminated ...

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...

Las Vegas Sun  NY April will bring the opening of Peepshow to Planet Hollywood and May will see The Lion King open at Mandalay Bay. Otherwise — with the exception of Paul McCartney re-opening The Joint at the Hard Rock in April — Las Vegas is a quiet place. ... Las Vegas Review - Journal

Danny Gans, “The Man of Many Voices,” has a new show at Steve Wynn’s latest addition to his empire, the Encore. It’sa wonderful show for young and old alike. Gans is a singer, comedian, and celebrity impersonator. And he is terrific no mater what he ...

But that is to be expected for this Las Vegas native and son of one of the local hotel and casino owners. Brendan had a strong car and was racing well, however, did his best Joey Chitwood imitation, spinning down pit road and into this pit stall. ... Gaughan ready for return to glory Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas native Brendan Gaughan, the son of South Point casino owner Michael Gaughan, is shown in his garage as he prepares a backup car after hitting the wall during practice at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday. The best moment of NASCAR driver ...

It was to be Las Vegas' latest playpen for the ultra-rich, the $8 billion, 5000-room Echelon hotel and casino, a structure complete with fountains and gleaming glass towers bearing fanciful names like Delano and Shangri-La. That's sort of a mind-set ...

By JoeinVegas(noreply@blogger.com) Well, the first restriction was that you had to go to the casino where the show was in order to purchase the tickets. Normally I just go across the street during lunch and buy tickets over at the TI for any Cirque show (there are seven around town). Now, it might not seem like such a big deal to actu...

Las Vegas Sun  Australia - Business and civic leaders in Las Vegas are outraged at his criticism of corporate junkets to America's gambling capital. MICHAEL ROWLAND: As it is for much ... Good stop, bad stop Las Vegas Sun Online Casino Advisory - Las Vegas Sun

This is a theme restaurant - in a Las Vegas casino. Yet the cuisine rivals the best I've had in Manhattan!" I, too, was rather surprised when Sinatra, ... Monti's Vegas Column GamingTodaySlotsToday Sussing out the Strip’s new player Metro Canada - Toronto

 CA - By BRUCE CAMENGA The International Consumer Electronics annual show was held this past week at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It has been the largest show ... Video: Loaded: Happy New Year! CBS The Consumer Electronics Show TIME What shows here, stays here Las Vegas Review - Journal

INSIDE GAMING: Uncles and ain'ts: Rec bettor sours on Vegas Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - if any, to Las Vegas. Uncle Steve was a regular at MGM Mirage properties, visiting at least four times a year. His $10000 line of casino credit was good ...

Is this the worst moment ever to open a fancy new Las Vegas casino? You're entitled to wonder that, given that Steve Wynn's 2034-room. ... All that glitter isn't gold in Vegas Boston Globe JANE ANN MORRISON: Afternoon at Encore is a tactile experience ... Las Vegas Review - Journal

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 Editor Who knows what’s gotten into Mike Weatherford lately but he seems to have a hankering for the Vegas magic veterans. A few weeks ago, Lance Burton got a positive write-up and now it’s David Copperfield, whose on-stage accident has only seemed to benefit the show in terms of buzz and ticket sa...

By Alasdair I can’t say that I’ve ever been a fan of the whole Las Vegas type glitz and glamour, it’s always struck me as a bit of a sham.  So i was slightly sceptical when i was asked to review a website for the City of Henderson, Nevada, which purports to be a Las Vegas Arts & Entertainmentwebsite, natu...

By noreply@blogger.com (Neil) There. I got on a plane, flew to Las Vegas, got off the plane, discovered that Penn and Teller were doing a "corporate gig" in my hotel, so ate some sushi and then went in search of them. I gave Penn (who wants to keep bees) a round of honeycomb from my hives, and talked about bees and beekeeping, an...

By Hugh Jackson Deeply grateful for all that Republicans in Washington have done for this nation both at home and abroad, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which is a newspaper, has endorsed incumbent Republican congressman Jon Porter over Democratic challenger Dina Titus in Nevada's...

It’s the perfect time for Libby Lumpkin, executive director of the Las Vegas Art Museum, to talk about collecting. The Southern California minimalist exhibit — two-thirds of that exhibition was borrowed locally. These were very precious works of art and that work is really challenging f...

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...

The Las Vegas Review-Journal won 19 first-place journalism awards and five advertising awards. The Nevada Appeal in Carson City won one journalism award and one advertising award. The Sun’s investigation into construction accidents on the Las Vegas Strip won three awards.

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?”

Viva Las Vegas Sands as China gets another resort Telegraph.co.uk Sands head says hopes to build a Las Vegas of India AFP Las Vegas Sands Plans To Dominate India Casino Industry Casino Gambling Web Macauhub - Las Vegas Review - Journal

E! Online 40/40 Club closing to make way for Palazzo sports book Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - The Las Vegas closing had been rumored for months in both New York and Las Vegas gossip columns and by casino industry bloggers. ... The closing of 40/40 and the race card Los Angeles Times

By noreply@blogger.com (Mr.SFTV) A little over ten years ago, a new attraction opened at the Las Vegas Hilton that became the destination of choice for Star Trek and science fiction fans visiting Las Vegas, Star Trek: The Experience. But now, the owners of the attraction (Cedar Faire, who acquired it when Viacom split itse...

By xybil ED WESTWICK Age: 21. Hometown: Stevenage, England. Upcoming film: 100 Feet. First “Hollywood” moment? “The upfronts last year. No one knew who we were but still wanted photos with us.” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Lacoste. Favorite designer? Michael Bastian. Who do you dream of working with one day...

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.

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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...

Is Terry Fator ("America's Got Talent") worth $100,000 a show at the Hilton? Will Stefanie Schaeffer ("The Apprentice") stick up for Donald Trump and stick around after the opening of the Trump Las Vegas? Find out that and more as these recent reality-show champs talk about their Vegas w...

Playboy Comedy , 8:30 p.m. Playboy Comedy is not your conventional comedy show. For the past 3 years it has been exclusive at The Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. It was awarded "Best Comedy Club" in 2006 by The Las Vegas Review Journal. Brea Improv, 120 S. Brea Blvd., Brea, CA, 92821

By JK Grence (the Cosmic Jester) When you're in Vegas and it's getting to be so late it's early, there's only one real option for where to go for food: the Peppermill. It's a 24 hour restaurant up on the north end of the Strip, near Circus Circus. The place is a bastion of old-school Las Vegas; it was built in the mid-1970s, and re...

By Richard Stop the presses, Las Vegas is rumored to be canceled! What will we do without our weekly James Caan fix? What's that? It's Tom Selleck now? Oh. Huh. Well, then no one cares. Except, actually some people do. One of those Save the Show campaigns has been started! Maybe it'll work? Unfortunately t...

By Gerald Wright Well, the Las Vegas swindle crew is back in full force in this threequel. The name of the game is getting even. Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) and the gang would have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and riskiest casino heist and the reason is to defend one o...

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) � An Air Force senior airman who served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan has been identified as the victim of a weekend slaying outside a baby shower in a residential neighborhood. R�Chardrick Markray, 22, and another man were shot outside a house not far fro...

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.

By MikeZintel Mike M got us tickets. Mike seemed to know his way around Vegas pretty good, and was a great host. Mike is on one of the folks who you don't see much, but plays a critical role in making your experience productive by writing the code that makes the remote debugger work. Tricky stuff too. Mike got the...