The Las Vegas Adventurer

Online shoe superstore (with a location in Las Vegas!) Zappos.com is sponsoring the third annual Las Vegas Marathon this Sunday, December 2. The marathon will take place on the Strip and begins at 6:07am. Participation is expected to be around 17,000 and 18,000 runners, up 15% from last year.
The course will span 26.2 miles (with only 5.5 miles actually on the Strip) including through the Fremont Street Experience and looping through Las Vegas and Clark County. It begins and ends at the Mandalay Bay at the south end of the Strip.
Spectators are welcome and encouraged to watch and numbers are …read more

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The floating ice rink has arrived at Lake Las Vegas!
It’s no Rockefeller Center, though – the rink can only hold up to 60 skaters at a time. The rink uses 110 five-gallon buckets of water and a 12,000-pound chiller unit to help keep the ice cold.
The floating ice rink will be open until Feb. 17 at 9pm.
Lake Las Vegas
1600 Lake Las Vegas Pkwy
Henderson, NV
Admission: $15 per person, $12 for children (12 and under)
Groups of 20 or more $8, season pass $125 (including skate rental)
Times of operation: November 16th – December 21st Sat / Sun 12:00pm – 9:00pm, …read more

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From now to January 1, enjoy the holidays by experiencing over 200 animated and twinkling light displays in a convenient, comfortable drive-through setting while tuning in to a local radio station to hear the music of the holiday at the Sunset Park Gift of Lights Drive-Thru Spectacular. Great for the entire family!
Sunset Park
2601 E Sunset Rd
451-1641
Hours: Sunday thru Thursday, 5–9 pm; Friday thru Saturday, 5–10 pm
Admission: $13 per car; $2 off with bag of items for Goodwill

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“Step into holidays past on Heritage Street when the restored historic homes will be in old time trim. Travel back in time to the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s to enjoy the trees, ornaments and household decorations that made holiday seasons glad for southern Nevadans.”
The Clark County Museum in Henderson will be presenting Heritage Street Holidays starting at 4:30 p.m daily through January 13. I love this idea and will definitely be hauling the family down to check it out!
Clark County Library
1830 South Boulder Highway, Henderson
455-7955
Adult admission: $1.50; Children: $1.

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Sadly, I haven’t ever had the opportunity to travel out of country. However, if I ever do (or rather, when I do!) I’ve got a handy little book to keep track of the experience!
I was fortunate to receive The Globetrotter’s Logbook in the mail not too long ago. It was beautifully wrapped and the book itself is the perfect size, about 5″ by 3″, for stowing in a carry-on bag or purse.
It’s also separated into several different sections:
Part 1: Countries of the World
Part 2: Dependencies & Territories
Part 3: Passing Meridians & Parallels
Part 4: Notes & Things
Part 5: Vaccination Register
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Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino’s Grand Opening celebration is being held today and tomorrow at their newest location at the center of the Strip.
The building was constructed in 2000 as the Aladdin, in the spot of the Tally-Ho hotel which opened in 1963, and then the original Aladdin which opened in 1966 and closed in 1997 before being imploded in 1998. The Aladdin ran into financial trouble in 2003 and was sold to Planet Hollywood and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Planet Hollywood has actually been open since April.
About 1/3 of the Desert Passage shopping mall stores will …read more

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I was fortunate to be able to receive a copy of Historic Photos of Las Vegas from Turner Publishing. It’s a beautiful hardcover book with a very full 200 pages.
This isn’t a textbook – it’s chock full of pictures and captions and very few of them are ones I’ve seen before and both I and my daughters were fascinated – we kept looking up areas online that were mentioned in the book so we could compare them with what they look like now (a pre-Strip Flamingo hotel is especially noteworthy). The earliest picture dates back to 1905 and the …read more

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“The revitalization of downtown Las Vegas continues to expand as both national and local bands come together for the inaugural Rock the Block Music Festival in downtown’s newest entertainment mecca the Fremont East Entertainment District on Saturday, November 17 from noon-10pm.”
Tickets can be purchased for $10 in advance or $15 at the event; no re-entry. Personal water bottle is okay as is still camera, no video cameras. No coolers or food, alcoholic beverages, or lawn chairs (small stadium chairs are ok). Food and other vendors will be available throughout the event.
Performers include Flyleaf, Small Empty Soul, Franky Perez, Left Standing, …read more

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Another piece of Vegas history was blown away this morning as the Atrium tower of the New Frontier hotel and casino was imploded at 2am to make way for a New York-inspired Plaza Hotel.
The New Frontier was the second hotel on the Strip in 1942 with just 105 rooms, and was once owned by Howard Hughes. The Atrium tower was added in 1990.

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