The Venetian

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The Phantom of the Opera has enjoyed extraordinary success since it was created by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and premiered in London 23 years ago. Here in Las Vegas, Phantom -- Las Vegas Spectacular has just celebrated its third anniversary.

There are so many fans and repeat visitors that a cult has grown up around Phantom, so much so that from Sept. 16-20, there will be the first-ever Phantom Fans Week with a kick-off Masquerade Ball in St. Mark’s Square at The Venetian. Director Hal Prince will give a keynote speech to the fans, an...

I met with Katie at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon in The Venetian, where we played catch-up over afternoon tea after attending the cookbook signing by “America’s Best Chef.” She told me she’d just flown in from New York after attending the Duke of Edinburgh Award Presentations at the U.N. Interna...

Scott is the mastermind behind Jersey Boys, Phantom -- the Las Vegas Spectacular and Wayne Brady’s improv shows at the neighboring Palazzo and Venetian and Peepshow and the Theater for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood. While here in Las Vegas, Paula dined with Scott at Strip House...

Macao-Resort-Hotel, ※We hope, by bringing to The Venetian? the 10th year celebrations and activities of the Videocon IIFA Weekend 2009, we can show our friends from India and the rest of the world what we can offer, and nurture business in India and ...

The Venetian Deep Stack tournaments have easily the best structures you'll find in Vegas. In the $330 no-limit hold'em events, players get 12000 in chips to start with the optional $10 staff bonus. Starting stacks grow to 15000 with the bonus in the ...

The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel today unveiled a spectacular lineup of events as part of the Summer of All Summers Campaign featuring electrifying entertainment, shopping promotions, health and room packages, as well as a host of other fun activities ...

Joining the sales team on the 3-day YES campaign throughout Hong Kong are Mark Russell, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing; Alidad Tash, Vice President of Strategic Marketing; Mark McWhinnie, Vice President of Hotel Operations; Julian Chow, ...

Among the celebrity chefs partying were Top Chef judges Tom Colicchio from Craftsteak at MGM Grand, Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons. The chefs included Thomas Keller, Laura Cunningham and Timothy Hollingsworth, who have the top-rated French Laundry in Napa Valley, Calif., with a brasse...

Richard and Susie will perform separately for a total of 75 minutes. They promise sarcasm and fast-paced stand-up starting Thursday at the Wayne Brady Theater in The Venetian. VIP packages are available for seating in the first two rows and an opportunity to meet both comedians after the s...

 Thailand The IIFA Awards this year are being hosted by The Venetian, Macao and just like its sister property The Venetian in Las Vegas, The Venetian Macao is also a Renaissance Venice-themed property featuring famous landmarks from Venice with over 3000 suites. ...

The Las Vegas, Nevada -based company owns and operates The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas and the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem(TM) in Eastern Pennsylvania . ...

Legendary genius guitarist Carlos Santana has arrived in Las Vegas in advance of his two-year residency at The Rogue Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel tomorrow and relaxed over a long, lazy breakfast there in Mr. Lucky’s. … Despite fighting each other in UFC 98, George Roop and Dave Kaplan both sh...

The wax figure will go on display in a room of Las Vegas heroes including Elvis Presley and Siegfried & Roy. Rosita Chapman, Madame Tussauds attractions manager, summed up: “We honestly believe this is the most amazing figure created to date. We wanted to include Criss because of his sp...

Youngsters from the Make-A-Wish Foundation that Mindfreak magician Criss Angel quietly supports year-round will be his guests this early afternoon when his wax figure is unveiled at Madame Tussauds in The Venetian. They also will be his guests tonight for his performance of Cirque du S...

Indiainfo.com  India And anything in particular you're looking forward to in what's termed as the Las Vegas of Asia, The Venetian? This was my first time in Macau. The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel is a renaissance Venetian themed luxury hotel and casino, modeled on its ...

The Venetian resort, the world's biggest casino, and the newly opened Four Seasons overlook the building works on sites five and six, where Sands halted construction of a Shangri-La/Traders hotel tower, a 1800 room Sheraton hotel tower, and three more ...

 NY This event, marking the 10th edition of the weekend affair will be held at The Venetian(r) Macao-Resort-Hotel. Amitabh Bachchan's trip wasn't all business. He took some time out of his hectic schedule for a gondola ride. He said of the experience that ...

And with estimates that last year's awards in Bangkok generated about $20 million of tourism-related business for the host city, it is no wonder that Stephen Weaver, president for Asia of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, was himself seated on the stage ...

Labor panel ends case with Venetian A spokesman for The Venetian, which is owned by Las Vegas Sands Corp., declined comment. The Venetian, which opened in 1999, as a nonunion hotel-casino, tried to halt protests on opening night by members of Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Las Vegas Sands, which operates The Venetian, Palazzo and two resorts in Macau, reached an agreement with its lenders covering its $5 billion senior credit facility, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows. The amendment allows Las ...

 NY Mandy Moore hosts the season opening of Tao Beach at The Venetian Hotel and Casino on Saturday (April 18) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 25-year-old was accompanied by Confessions of a Shopaholic actress Krysten Ritter. When asked if music is something that ...

Together they have raised more than $500000 in two years for the NSPCA, providing much needed operating funds for the organization’s no-kill shelter in North Las Vegas. This year’s JHCPT will be held April 17th at the Venetian Poker Room. ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Las Vegas Sands Corp. has a similar conciliatory attitude. Sands Corp. operates more than 2 million square feet of meeting and convention facilities between The Venetian and Palazzo. Company spokesman Ron Reese said the convention sales staff will work ...

283 employees from The Venetian and Palazzo at both the corporate and property level are being laid off. Last week, James Purcell a Las Vegas Sand corporation board member, resigned. He had been with the board since 2004. Back in December, 216 people ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal This was most apparent in 2006, when Brown was given the big break of a custom theater at The Venetian, one he lost barely a year later to Wayne Brady. It didn't help that Brown was working right across the Strip from Danny Gans at The Mirage. ...

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas has released the schedule for this summer's Deep Extravaganza III series. Haley Hintze Pokernews.com The 2009 DSE III is one of several mid-price poker series available to players during the first half of ...

The list of Vegas participants continues to grow, but to date the following hotels will go dark: Arizona Charlie’s and the Stratosphere; Boyd Gaming properties including the Gold Coast, The Orleans, Suncoast, Sam’s Town and its downtown Eldorado, California, Fremont and Main Street...

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas has released the schedule for this summer's Deep Extravaganza III series. The 2009 DSE III is one of several mid-price poker series available to players during the first half of the summer, having carved ...

 Thailand One of Thailand’s favourite pop sensations, Tata Young, will make her debut in Macau at the Venetian Ballroom at The Venetian Macau-Resort-Hotel on Sunday, April 12, 2009. Tickets went on sale today. In 2004, Tata had a breakthrough in her career as an ...

The Las Vegas, Nevada -based company owns and operates The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas and The Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel and the Sands Macao in the People's ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal After moving to Vegas 10 years ago, however, Krypnikoza found herself too short to reach her dream. She kicked it for a while in "American Superstars" at the Stratosphere, "X Burlesque" at the Flamingo and Charo's short-lived "Bravo" at The Venetian. ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Cedric the Entertainer, joining Wayne Brady Friday for the finale, the James Brown number, at Brady’s show at The Venetian). ... Haylie Duff, celebrating her 24th birthday with beau Nick Zano and several actor friends at Yellowtail (Bellagio) and later ...

“All the amazing offerings at The Venetian Macao make it not only the first fully integrated resort in Macao, they make the building the first-of-its kind anywhere in Asia,” said Mr. Stephen Weaver, President – Asian Region, Las Vegas Sands Corp., ...

RESTAURANT REPORT Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Feb 11, 2009 22 and was upgraded to an A. LA Italian Kitchen, Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian, 3377 Las Vegas Blvd. South, received one demerit Jan. ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal INTERVIEWS: Wayne Brady Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - 8, The Venetian headliner will be, most would figure, a long shot to be chosen over Al Green for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. ...

GOOD READS Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Jan 22, 2009 Andrew Ragone, who plays the principal role of Raoul in "Phantom -- the Las Vegas Spectacular" at The Venetian, has been an avid reader all his life and ...

 UK - The Venetian was voted by readers of CEI Asia as the Best MICE Hotel for the second year in a row. The Venetian has hosted events on a daily basis including ...

In a suite at The Venetian hotel, WiTricity CEO Eric Giler and the MIT research team that developed the company’s wireless electricity-transfer technology, ... Consumer Electronics Show opens Las Vegas Review - Journal Las Vegas Sun - International Business Times

stv.tv  CA - The Venetian is hosting a Deep Stack Extravaganza I Feb. 2 through Feb. 25 in its poker room. There will be 17 $330 buy-in events over the duration of the ... What shows here, stays here Las Vegas Review - Journal all 105 news articles

Las Vegas Review - Journal Palace Station brings back laughs Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Instead, it was a partnership with The Venetian, which has its own financial woes. The casino apparently reduced its level of commitment to advertising, ...

The Venetian, a massive hotel and casino complex billed as the cornerstone of a new Las Vegas-style strip, has cut the weekly working week for its casino ... Earnings Calls: Las Vegas Sands Earnings Call, Third Quarter 2008 123Jump.com

NORM: Wynn has words for rival Adelson Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Whiplashed by an economic storm, Adelson, who built The Venetian and The Palazzo across from Wynn and went full throttle overseas, saw 95 percent of his ...

NORM: Free holiday party at Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Dec 17, 2008 Groups from Cranfills Gap, Texas, at "Phantom -- The Las Vegas Spectacular" and "Blue Man Group" at The Venetian on Monday. ...

I actually did something that didn't involve gambling, I saw Oasis on Saturday Night. The Venetian, adding another tower altough the stock price has plummeted from $200 a share to $5. Now my Mom actually wanted to go and see "Dirty Vegas" aka the are off of Fremont St.

Yesterday we told you that Good Charlotte rocker and Paris Hilton’s most recent ex Benji Madden had begun his bachelor-at-play visit to Las Vegas with a dinner at N9NE steakhouse, followed by the Playboy Club upstairs at the Palms. But he didn’t stop there.

By steve@iscribelimited.com (iheartizzie) Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo and husband Chris Ivery celebrated Tao Nightclub’s three year anniversary - and their own wedding anniversary, and Ellen's birthday - in The Venetian Hotel and Casino Resort on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Deidre Woollard More economic trouble has come to the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas Sands, the casino empire run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson which includes The Venetian and The Palazzo, is facing a tough decision. The company must either immediately raise new capital, cut development or perhaps both in o...

By Deidre Woollard A few weeks ago we took a look at the renovations for the Flamingo in Las Vegas, now let's see what the Venetian is up to. The Venetian is renovating more than 3,000 of their all-suite rooms. The $100-million renovation began in early 2007 and is expected to be completed by fall 2007. No retro chi...