Las Vegas

Slots-A-Fun, Las Vegas Blvd. reopened after suspicious package

source: Las Vegas Sun

Patrons were able to return to the Slots-A-Fun casino this afternoon and Las Vegas Boulevard was reopened after a suspicious package was found earlier today at the Las Vegas Strip casino.

Published Fri, Nov 20

Planet Hollywood's financial outlook worsens

source: Las Vegas Sun

The owner of the 2,518-room Planet Hollywood hotel-casino on Monday reported another quarterly loss and disclosed that its lenders are now in control of its finances. BH/RE LLC, the Las Vegas Strip resort's parent company, said that for the quarter ended Sept. 30 it lost $17.5 million vs. a l...

Published Mon, Nov 16

What to Watch: November 16 - 22

source: TV.com

This week we have three crossover episodes that sees Dr Ray Langston (Laurence Fishburne) following a single case from Miami to New York and Las Vegas. It begins with the discovery of a severed arm and leg in the Florida Everglades that links back to an unsolved case in Vegas. Should be fun wat...

Published Sun, Nov 15

Top Chef: Padma Would Like to See You In Bed

source: TV.com

The Elimination Challenge was, sorta like the QuiF, alls about the casinos of Las Vegas. Each of the six Kuisine Kids were sent to a different sprawling mega-casino on the strip to gain some inspiration for a dish, to be served to 175 people. Because, as we all know, casinos are the most artist...

Published Thu, Nov 12

"Stripper-mobile" Proves Every Las Vegas Stereotype Correct [Distracted Driving]

source: Gawker

Just read an article about a truck that drives around Las Vegas with a stripper dancing in it, and boy are my preconceived notions about that place tired (from being completely confirmed.) Whatever happens in Vegas, is ridiculous in Vegas. Viva Las Vegas!

Published Wed, Nov 11

Vegas is inspiring, but not buying, ideas for tourism ads

source: Las Vegas Sun

With Las Vegas tourism in the dumps, Virginia Ridgway, a retired gift shop owner in Goldfield — a mining boomtown decades before Vegas became a vacation hot spot — is doing her part. She hosted a luncheon to present her catchphrase, “Deal Vegas In,” to tourism bigwigs in Las Vegas including...

Published Mon, Nov 9

Cher to return to Vegas in 2010

source: cherworld.com

LAS VEGAS - Entertainer Cher has added dates to her Las Vegas residency due to an overwhelming demand for Las Vegas tickets to her show, AEG Live announced Monday....... Cher is to return to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for a series of shows Nov. 19 through Dec. 20.

Published Sun, Nov 8

Life in the Limelight: Wayne Newton

source: Las Vegas Sun

Wayne Newton is going to tell a story, and it’s not about his playing poker with Sinatra, recording with Bobby Darin or counseling Elvis about his divorce. It’s about the day he realized Vegas was home. It speaks volumes about Newton, 50 years a Vegas showman and now headlining through April...

Published Sun, Nov 8