• Section Widget

  • Recent Articles

    Steve

    Everything Las Vegas Issue # 780

    Everything Las Vegas has won the 2012 Trippie award for Best Las Vegas Website.

    http://www.vegastripping.com/trippies2012/

    Thanks to everyone who voted for the site and a special thanks to Hunter for the great job he does is maintaining the site.

    Hunter also won multi awards this year.
    Best Podcast
    Best Blog
    Best App

    ‘Phantom’ epitaph: We did well to survive six years.
    BY: Jihn Katsliomentes/Las Vegas Sun.

    In Twitter-speak, it was hashtag-buzzkill.

    The information from Scott Zeiger to the “Phantom -- the Las Vegas Spectacular” team was imparted in halves. The co-CEO of BASE Entertainment called a backstage meeting of the company that stages and stars in the Venetian spectacle after the performance Jan. 10.

    Zeiger started with happy news. He told the crew of actors, musicians and stagehands that “Phantom is not closing anytime soon.”

    Expectedly, the group cheered.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kat...six-years/?hpk

    VegasChatter's Guide To Big Game Parties.



    The Big Game will be kicking off before you know it. So, in between brushing up on your sports book know-how and catching the other big games, take a moment to decide just where you're actually going to watch the Super Bowl in Vegas. And, do it before everyone else does.

    VegasChatter has been stockpiling every party notice we've received, and searching the Internets for ones that may not have come our way, in order to create the biggest Big Game guide ever. Ok, maybe not ever since we only have nine ten parties right now, but since Wikipedia is down, we're going to go ahead and claim it.

    From cheap eats to all-you-can-drinks, here's how to have a Super Sunday in Vegas. And, make sure to keep checking back as we'll continue to add additional parties as they are announced!

    VegasChatter's Guide to Big Game Parties:
    http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/20...g_Game_Parties

    Steve's Las Vegas Quickies:

    Machine Guns Vegas, the heavy-artillery range/ultralounge located just off the Strip, is now taking reservations for February 1 and beyond. The upscale attraction featured sixteen shooting lanes, sexy NRA-certified, ex-Air Force lady servers, and a designer boutique. Gun packages are themed, and include the "Mob Package," with a tommy gun, a 12-gauge shotgun, and pistol with silencer, or"Full Auto," featuring AKs, Uzis, M60s, and targets that apparently featuer Osama Bin Laden.

    In addition to Rhumbar at the Mirage, which is hosting weekend parties through Big Game weekend (see "Today's News" 1/14/2012), we've just learned that the new Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ & Beer at Excalibur will also be serving food and beer specials every Saturday and Sunday until the Conference championship games on Sunday, Jan. 22. $5 specialty food items include Frito Pies, original or spicy smoked... read more
    Steve 01-19-2012, 01:40 PM
  • Newsletter History

  • Weather Widget


  • Casino Guide - Special Offer

    $1,000 in casino coupons! Click for details!
  • The Front Page RSS Feed

    by Published on 01-19-2012 01:40 PM
    Article Preview

    Everything Las Vegas has won the 2012 Trippie award for Best Las Vegas Website.

    http://www.vegastripping.com/trippies2012/

    Thanks to everyone who voted for the site and a special thanks to Hunter for the great job he does is maintaining the site.

    Hunter also won multi awards this year.
    Best Podcast
    Best Blog
    Best App

    ‘Phantom’ epitaph: We did well to survive six years.
    BY: Jihn Katsliomentes/Las Vegas Sun.

    In Twitter-speak, it was hashtag-buzzkill.

    The information from Scott Zeiger to the “Phantom -- the Las Vegas Spectacular” team was imparted in halves. The co-CEO of BASE Entertainment called a backstage meeting of the company that stages and stars in the Venetian spectacle after the performance Jan. 10.

    Zeiger started with happy news. He told the crew of actors, musicians and stagehands that “Phantom is not closing anytime soon.”

    Expectedly, the group cheered.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kat...six-years/?hpk

    VegasChatter's Guide To Big Game Parties.



    The Big Game will be kicking off before you know it. So, in between brushing up on your sports book know-how and catching the other big games, take a moment to decide just where you're actually going to watch the Super Bowl in Vegas. And, do it before everyone else does.

    VegasChatter has been stockpiling every party notice we've received, and searching the Internets for ones that may not have come our way, in order to create the biggest Big Game guide ever. Ok, maybe not ever since we only have nine ten parties right now, but since Wikipedia is down, we're going to go ahead and claim it.

    From cheap eats to all-you-can-drinks, here's how to have a Super Sunday in Vegas. And, make sure to keep checking back as we'll continue to add additional parties as they are announced!

    VegasChatter's Guide to Big Game Parties:
    http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/20...g_Game_Parties

    Steve's Las Vegas Quickies:

    Machine Guns Vegas, the heavy-artillery range/ultralounge located just off the Strip, is now taking reservations for February 1 and beyond. The upscale attraction featured sixteen shooting lanes, sexy NRA-certified, ex-Air Force lady servers, and a designer boutique. Gun packages are themed, and include the "Mob Package," with a tommy gun, a 12-gauge shotgun, and pistol with silencer, or"Full Auto," featuring AKs, Uzis, M60s, and targets that apparently featuer Osama Bin Laden.

    In addition to Rhumbar at the Mirage, which is hosting weekend parties through Big Game weekend (see "Today's News" 1/14/2012), we've just learned that the new Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ & Beer at Excalibur will also be serving food and beer specials every Saturday and Sunday until the Conference championship games on Sunday, Jan. 22. $5 specialty food items include Frito Pies, original or spicy smoked ...
    by Published on 01-11-2012 12:34 PM
    Article Preview

    The Music Of The Night To End At Venetian.
    From: www.vegaschatter.com



    Phantom of the Opera announced the end to the music of the night at Venetian. The curtain will drop for the last time on September 2 "after more than six years and 2,700 performances."

    That's on top of the recent loss of the Jersey Boys (technically, from next door at Palazzo) to the Paris. And, the quickly approaching move of the Blue Man Group to Monte Carlo. (Check out the cool new video suits they're working on for their MC debut.)

    So, Jersey Boys -- gone. Blue Man Group -- perhaps done at Venetian by the end of September as you can't buy tickets beyond that. And, now, Phantom -- out on September 2.

    What are two mega resorts to do? Especially with such a customized theater as the one for Phantom?

    http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/20...nd_At_Venetian

    Sahara to reopen ‘sooner than later,’ Sam Nazarian says.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.

    Hotel mogul Sam Nazarian has revealed that he will make over the shuttered Sahara hotel casino he bought on the Strip and will reopen it “sooner than later.”

    At a preview of his new Hyde Bellagio last week, Sam said that the Sahara will get a complete redo and be rebranded as SLS Vegas -- tied in with his sprawling hospitality and entertainment empire SBE of real estate, restaurants, clubs and hotels stretching from L.A. headquarters to Miami.

    Sam told me that the revamped Sahara will become far more of a luxurious boutique property to match the other hotels in his group. He also said that he just pulled his original permits to look further into when he would start the remodel and give me an official start date.

    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012...ter-nazarian-/

    ‘Crazy Girls’ at Riviera marks 25 years — butt with new look.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.



    The iconic and now-legendary “butt” bronze sculpture of the gorgeous “Crazy Girls” outside the Riviera will remain, but to celebrate the show’s 25th year, new ”butt”-posed photographs of the eight topless temptresses will be used in the 2012 marketing campaign on posters and promotions.

    Since the butt bronze has been on the Strip, tourists and locals have rubbed the sculpture for good luck before playing in the casino hotel. Photographs of the butt image have gone around the world, and it has become as famous as the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign.

    “We’ve got a much bigger ‘wow’ factor in place for our 25th anniversary year,” company manager Jennifer told me. “New dancers, new numbers, new routines and new outfits. Our song ”Girls Run the World” sums it up well. Today the dancers are more technical, so they are able to do more extension and point work. That adds to the sexcitement with the show.”

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012...ears----butt-/

    Steve's Las vegas Quickies:

    Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, 8721 W. Charleston Blvd., is offering a three-course, $29.95 prime-rib dinner on Sundays through Super Bowl Sunday. It includes 12 ounces of prime rib, choice of salad, one side dish and dessert. ...

    The Carmel Room at the Rampart Casino, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., now opens at 4:30 p.m. It's offering a four-course dinner with an entree choice of tenderloin medallions, sauteed shrimp or a combination of both, for $44.99.

    And the casino's Promenade Cafe is offering $3.99 Early Riser Specials from 5 to 9 a.m. daily, and a $9.99 prime-rib dinner from 3 to 11 p.m. daily.

    The Hooters hotel-casino in Las Vegas will be sold next month under plans disclosed this week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

    Unable to meet its debt payments, the 696-room Tropicana Avenue property filed for bankruptcy last year and thenagreed with its main creditor that it will be sold to the highest bidder. ...
    by Published on 12-15-2011 12:35 PM
    Article Preview

    This will be the last edition of ELV until after the New Year.

    Dorene and I would like to wish all my readers, their family and friends a very Happy Holiday season and a wonderful New Year.



    If you haven't voted for ELV in The Trippie awards, I would ask that you take a few minutes to do this.

    ELV has been nominated for two TRIPPIES from www.vegastripping.com.

    The two categories are in order of voting options:

    1-BEST WEBSITE
    2-BEST COMMUNITY

    Here are the voting rules:

    Rule #1: You must vote for at least 2/3 of the categories
    Rule #2: Be fair... vote once
    Rule #3: Rule breakers votes will be disqualified

    Here is the link to start with. You have to submit your email address and then you are sent the link that goes to the voting page.

    http://www.vegastripping.com/trippies2012/

    Please take a few minutes to vote for us..tell all your friends to vote also.

    Also, Hunter has a few nominations this year so please cast a vote for his sites:

    Best Podcast: The Vegas Gang.
    Best Blog: Two Way, Hard Three
    Best Tweeter: @Hunter

    VOTING ENDS 12/24/11

    Thanks,

    Steve

    Exclusive: ‘Immortal’ resident show to open May 2013.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.



    Celebrities and fans alike are turning out in force for Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour,” and now for the second consecutive week since opening at Mandalay Bay Events Center, it’s at the top of the charts. Since its tour began in Montreal in October, it has accumulated nearly $100 million in ticket sales.

    Pollstar reports that “Immortal” has become the highest-grossing live show in the country, and the figures are staggering, with nearly $2 million in tickets sold for each night of its run here through Dec. 27.

    Opening date is set: Cirque founder and billionaire Guy Laliberte, here last week for his first look at the show in Las Vegas, and Mandalay Bay President Chuck Bowling have set May 13, 2013, as the opening date for the permanent show.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011...-may-2013-dir/

    New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas: Stars galore, ‘America’s Party’ fireworks.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.


    Fireworks and New Year’s Eve on The Strip on Dec. 31, 2010.
    TOM DONOGHUE/DONOGHUEPHOTOGRAPHY.COM

    It’s taken a year of planning, and -- thanks to vocals from Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and ZZ Top -- this year’s “America’s Party” on New Year’s Eve will be an all-time spectacular with more than 56,400 pyrotechnic effects making it one of the biggest fireworks displays in the country. City and Clark County officials are estimating that 315,000 visitors will be here to watch the sky over the Strip light up at midnight.

    Hometown singer Ne-Yo is included on the 8-minute, 36-second music soundtrack to accompany the Fireworks by Grucci display shot from the rooftops of eight casino hotels. Las Vegas Events and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority released details for the first time this morning.

    This year’s theme is “Dance: Las Vegas,” and the soundtrack will start with Sal Soul Orchestra’s rendition of “Countdown to New Year’s Eve” as blue-and-green aerial shells highlighted by titanium flashes light up the sky. The music continues with LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” Lady Gaga’s “Edge of Glory” and Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer as the ...
    by Published on 12-10-2011 10:28 AM
    1. Categories:
    2. Newsletter
    Article Preview

    Cirque du Soleil’s big shows exert big influence on the Strip.
    BY: John Katsliomentes/Las Vegas Sun.



    The piece of scenery looms largely over “Immortal.” It is a tree, specifically an enormous oak with muscular branches spanning wide enough to hug the stage.

    What of this tree, you ask, as performers in “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour” play music and dance and bound about.

    “Immortal” arena tour Director Jamie King knows the tree, and its history. He’s seen the real thing, and he tells its story.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kat...luence-st/?hpk

    Cirque tribute show embraces Jackson's oddity.
    BY: Mike WeatherfordLas Vegas Review Journal.

    Not to put too fine a point on it, but Michael Jackson was weird.

    This is hard to argue, whether you feel he was an eccentric, misunderstood genius, or if you thought he was genuinely disturbed and mentally ill (and there's room to land somewhere in the middle).

    But either way, it goes to follow that "The Immortal," Cirque du Soleil's tribute to the king of pop, is one strange show as well. When you're taking on Michael Jackson you go big or go home, and Cirque has never been a company to shy away from artistic eccentricity itself.

    More here:
    http://www.lvrj.com/neon/review-cirq...135013353.html

    Bellagio hosts World Poker Tour’s Five Diamond Classic.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.

    The World Poker Tour is the event that started the poker craze 10 years ago, and Doyle Brunson’s Five Diamond Classic is back at the Bellagio today where it all began. In 2001, a then-unknown and hyper-aggressive player, Gus Hansen, captured the first WPT title, and now it’s become one of the most prestigious poker events. Last year, the tournament had its strongest Final Table when Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari claimed his second WPT title on his 32nd birthday.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011...poker-tours-f/

    Las Vegas reality TV stars dominate the small screen.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.

    It’s not just our beloved “Pawn Stars” who are getting the reality TV spotlight. Tonight starts the two-night live event from the Hard Rock Hotel on the Discovery Channel when Jesse James battles the father-and-son bike-building team of Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr. on “American Chopper Live.” The motorcycle mania is open to fans who will vote on who builds the best chopper. Stand clear because, with these three fiery combatants, it really will be a war of words.

    There were rave reviews last night for the premiere of the culinary drama “Chef Roble & Co.” on Bravo, which features self-confessed loudmouth Chef Che Gravy, who was at the Bellagio before he was fired for being outspoken. Bravo executives said reaction to the hotshot chefs was so great that they’re already predicting another long-running hit on their hands.

    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011...stars-dominat/

    Garth Brooks talks Wynn residency, empty nest and touring.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.

    Tonight starts an incredible month for king of country Garth Brooks. First, congratulations as wife Trisha Yearwood and he celebrate six years of marriage on Dec. 10. Then this weekend’s four solo concerts at Encore Theater in the Wynn mark the start of his third year of residency shows. It is the original contract’s halfway mark ending the second year, but Garth says emphatically that he wants to stay on for as long as the owner, hotel tycoon Steve Wynn, will have him there.

    Garth, who turns 50 in February, rarely gives interviews since his “retirement” from touring on Oct. 26, 2000, to give him more time with his bride and three daughters. He said that he’d give up recording and performing until his youngest daughter Allie turned 18. As you will read below, May 2014 becomes a significant date for Garth and Trisha as they become empty nesters, and he reveals for the first time how that will probably put him back on the road.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011...idency-empty-/

    Marc Savard Comedy Hypnosis Signs 3 Year Deal with V Theater – Planet Hollywood.

    V Theater owner, David Saxe, is proud to announce a 3 year contract extension with comedic hypnotist, Marc Savard. The new deal extends the performance agreement for Marc Savard Comedy Hypnosis through 2014, which would mark 8 years at the theater inside Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood ...
    by Published on 12-02-2011 09:30 AM
    1. Categories:
    2. Newsletter
    Article Preview

    MGM Resorts tells Cirque to shutter ‘Viva Elvis’ at Aria.
    BY: John Katsliomentes/Las Vegas Sun.



    MGM Resorts has asked Cirque du Soleil to replace its show “Viva Elvis” at the Aria by the end of 2012, citing poor ticket sales. The move is the first time that the Canadian company, which has come to dominate the big-production showrooms on the Strip, has been asked to shut a show since arriving here in 1993 with its first permanent show, “Mystere” at Treasure Island.

    “As attendance levels have not been meeting expectations, we have asked our partners at Cirque du Soleil to replace the show,” a company statement said. “We will work closely with Cirque as we explore future entertainment options.”

    An internal Cirque du Soleil memo was sent to the cast of “Viva Elvis” on Wednesday afternoon announcing MGM’s intentions. “Viva Elvis” has played 900 performances at the Aria resort at CityCenter, to nearly 1 million people.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011...er-viva-elvis/

    Creation director: ‘Immortal’ is unlike any other Cirque du Soleil show.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.



    It was a 20-month journey from the first day of planning “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour” spectacular to curtain up on its world premiere at Cirque du Soleil headquarters in Montreal last month. The nearly two-year process fell on the shoulders of Chantal Tremblay, the company’s director of creation.

    Chantal told me that the most important first step was putting the team together, and that took place at Neverland: “It was the first brick we set in stone for building. To start the show, to have a team, to be inspired so much by Neverland, we were so close to Michael in one sense there. It became the first step of our inspiration.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011...-other-cirque/

    Motley Crue set to confirm residency at the Hard Rock Hotel?
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.

    Superstar rockers Motley Crue appear on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” from the Hollywood Whiskey a Go Go tomorrow as part of the group’s 30th anniversary celebrations. I’m reliably told that there will be a “big announcement” either tomorrow or Friday on the British TV personality’s hourlong talk show that took over from Larry King this year. It should confirm my exclusive report Nov. 14 that they will become the first heavy metal group to sign a short-term Las Vegas residency.

    Expect the four bad boys of rock to play a nearly monthlong series of three and four nightly concerts a week at the Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel starting in February. I’ve also learned that if the secret contract is successful, the group would return in similar bursts later in 2012. The group also is expected to disclose the latest news on their much-anticipated movie based on their book “The Dirt,” which is celebrating its 10th publication anniversary.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011...rd-rock-hotel/

    Michael Grimm is still a champion — of live performance.
    BY: John Katsliomentes/Las Vegas Sun.

    Through it all, Michael Grimm just wants to sing and play. Nothing fancy. Just show him to the stage, plug in the Fender and turn him loose.

    Oh, and make sure he remembers his fedora. Gotta have that hat.

    But it’s not always so easy, or simple, for the steadfastly mellow singer-songwriter who won Season 5 of NBC's “America’s Got Talent”. Since that remarkable victory, played out to an audience of 16 million in the season finale in September 2010, Grimm has recorded an eponymous album (which debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard charts, its highest charting point to date) and toured nationally with Stevie Nicks. Pure chance reunited the two several years after they first met, when Nicks caught Grimm’s show at the cozy live-music club Genghis Cohen in L.A.

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kat...e-performance/

    Bull-riding and music stars hit town for the 53rd National Finals Rodeo.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.

    Top country recording stars join the more than 20,000 cowboys and cowgirls expected to swarm the Strip for the next 10 days starting tomorrow as the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo rides into town for its 53rd annual battle of the bulls. For the fourth consecutive year, MGM Grand becomes “Home of the Champions” as the resort hosts 25 cowboys, including eight-time all-around world champion Trevor Brazile during the 10 days of competition at the Thomas & Mack.

    Trevor is arriving from Decatur, Texas, with a $140,000 lead on his nearest challenger, Shane Proctor, so it will be extra-tough to wrestle the prized and prestigious championship buckle and cash from him. In fact, the bigger question is whether he can claim a third world title for the ...
    by Published on 11-17-2011 12:34 PM
    1. Categories:
    2. Newsletter
    Article Preview

    ‘Eating Las Vegas’ 2012: Who’s in, out in the local culinary world?
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.



    They are the three food writers feared yet feted, respected but reviled, loved and loathed simultaneously. Tonight, John Curtas, Max Jacobson and Al Mancini are unveiling their second edition of “Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants,” their ranking -- anticipated by some, dreaded by others -- of our Las Vegas eating establishments.

    The trio’s ranking this year may unsettle chefs, restaurant owners and foodies on and off the Strip, with 15 neighborhood entries displacing some longtime Strip favorites.

    Vegas DeLuxe has learned that the new Top 10 are (in alphabetical order) Bar Masa (Aria), Cut (Palazzo), Estiatorio Milos (Cosmopolitan), Joel Robuchon (MGM Grand), Guy Savoy (Caesars Palace), L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon (MGM Grand), Le Cirque (Bellagio), Michael Mina (Bellagio), Picasso (Bellagio) and Twist (Mandarin Oriental).

    More here:
    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011...culinary-worl/

    L.V. hotels, restaurants, spas make Forbes Travel Guide list.
    BY: Robin Leach/Las Vegas Sun.

    Forbes Travel Guide unveiled its 54th annual list of five- and four-star award-winning hotels, restaurants and spas today, along with a new Web site Startle.com. The interactive site gives readers an inside look into the world of the Travel Guide’s team of inspectors as it scours the globe looking for the ultimate in luxury travel at top-rated spots.

    The star ratings system has been the gold standard in the global travel industry since 1958. This year’s list included four new five-star restaurants highlighted by Twist by Pierre Gagnaire at Mandarin Oriental on the Strip. Las Vegas winners of five-star hotel awards were Mandarin Oriental, Skylofts at MGM Grand and the Tower Suites at Steve Wynn’s hotels the Wynn and Encore. Four-star hotels named were Aria, Aria Sky Suites, Bellagio, Four Seasons at Mandalay Bay, Encore, Palazzo, Signature, Venetian, Vdara, Wynn and M Resort.

    Five-star restaurants were Joel Robuchon (MGM Grand) and Twist. Four-star restaurants were Aureole, Bartolotta, Sinatra and Country Club (Wynn); L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon (MGM Grand); Le Cirque, Picasso and Michael Mina (Bellagio); Restaurant Guy Savoy (Caesars Palace); and Sage and Shaboo (Aria). Five-star spas: Four Seasons, Encore, Wynn and Mandarin Oriental. Four-star spas: Canyon Ranch, Bellagio, Aria, Trump and M Resort.

    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011...-spas-make-fo/

    Station Casinos Room Giveaway.

    Station Casinos is giving away 100 2-night stays at ten properties. The November promotion, called “Giving Thanks,” is a way for Station Casinos to thank its guests for their loyalty. In order to win, fans should go to their favorite Station Casinos or Fiesta property Facebook fan page. On the fan page, there is a link to the giveaway on the left side. After clicking on the link and “liking” the giveaway page, a registration form will appear. A fan may enter one time per property and must be at least 21 years of age. Winners will be notified in December after the conclusion of the promotion and will be responsible for taxes and fees.

    Steve's Las Vegas Quickies:

    Luxor is adding the newest location in a string of Public Houses next year, Excalibur is debuting a Buca Di Beppo, Flamingo is bringing in Carlos'n Charlie's and I ♥ Burgers just opened a new location in Town Square (that's the shopping center south of Mandalay Bay).

    Meantime at TI, construction started at the beginning of the month (according to Facebook, anyway) on another north of the border locale for Senor Frog's.

    Our Vegas mascot, Oscar Goodman, announced Monday that he'll be filming a TV pilot for "Vegas Night Court with Oscar Goodman," starting Friday.

    The show is being produced by the people behind "Judge Judy" and "Pawn Stars."
    Oscar will preside over "real" cases, supposedly, on a court onstage at the Las Vegas Hilton in the Elvis Presley Showroom.

    The Original Pancake House has closed restaurants at Green Valley Ranch Resort and Aliante Station, a Station Casinos LLC spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.

    Station spokeswoman Lori Nelson said the leases had expired and the company wanted to go in a different direction. She said the gaming company would open a Grand Café at Green Valley Ranch Resort by the middle of December. She said there was a need for a restaurant that was open all the time.

    No new restaurant is planned for Aliante Station. Nelson said the resort already had several Station-owned and operated restaurant concepts, including several breakfast options.

    Rockers Guns N' Roses hit The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Dec. 31. Tickets start at $95 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at The Joint box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.

    The Palm at The Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is celebrating its 85th anniversary with two specials -- surf and turf for two for $85, or a three-course dinner for $49.85 per person. They're available through the end of the month.

    LBS Burger Joint at Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., has introduced a number of seasonal treats, such as the Billy Burger (turkey, stuffing and cranberry-orange relish) and pumpkin-pie, candy-cane and gingerbread milk shakes.

    Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, 8721 W. Charleston Blvd., is offering a small-plates menu of such dishes as sliced filet mignon with shiitake risotto, and lobster tempura.

    Marbella Tapas Bar & Music of Spain has opened at 4561 W. Flamingo Road, serving paella, ceviche, personal-sized pizzas, steaks and seafood and more. Call 778-0200.

    DiVine Events has opened DiVine Cafe at 6380 S. Valley View Blvd. Hours are from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays; the menu includes such dishes as a spicy club melt panini and grilled-chicken and poached-pear arugula salad. Call 253-1400.

    Pumpkins weighing up to 1,000 pounds and horse sculptures made from 31,000 plants are part of the fall theme at Bellagio's Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, on display until Nov. 27. The winter scene will be unveiled Dec. 2.

    The 41-year-old Western Casino in downtown Las Vegas is closing.

    “Due to decreased demand at this location, Tamares Real Estate will be closing the Western Casino, effective Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, for an indefinite period of time and will review redevelopment plans,” Jonathan Jossel, Tamares’ director of Las Vegas properties, said Tuesday in a statement. “While obviously fully engaged ...
    by Published on 11-11-2011 12:24 PM

    The 2012 American Casino Guide is now available for purchase via Everything Las Vegas.

    The cost is only $11.75.

    You can order the guide here:
    http://www.everythinglv.com/forums/content.php

    Just click on the ACG banner.

    As my longtime members know, this is the only promotion I do where the small commission I get from the sale of these guides helps offset my personal costs of maintaining the newsletter and forums. If you plan on buying the guide, please buy it through this offer.

    There are still 2011 guides available via the above link at only $9.75. All the coupons are good till the end of the year so if you have a Vegas trip planned, this is a great way to save some money.

    Both guides are sent out as soon as the order is placed.

    Here is a list of the 2012 Las Vegas coupons:

    * 2-for-1 breakfast or lunch buffet at Arizona Charlie’s Boulder
    * 2-for-1 breakfast or lunch buffet at Arizona Charlie’s Decatur
    * 2-for-1 admission ...

  • Vegas Mate for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch