The Las Vegas Adventurer

I’m not sure that I know of any other state whose cities seem to rely so heavily on taglines and makes such a big deal out of them!
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has launched a new ad campaign for Laughlin, the city 90 minutes south of Las Vegas that straddles the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona.
The campaign is built around the new tagline “Laughlin. It’s Like You Own the Place,” and is targeted at out of state visitors and tourists. The TV ad campaign focuses on cheap room rates, restaurants, gambling and the location of Laughlin on …read more

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The Encore Suites, Steve Wynn’s $2.1 billion sequel to the Wynn, has announced it is now hiring for 5300 positions for its opening later this year.
This is great news for local Las Vegans (or those wanting to become Las Vegans!), who will be able to apply online starting this Sunday, July 20th. (They have a FAQ about the application process here.)
The 2,034 room, 61-floor tower is right next to the original Wynn tower and sits where the Desert Inn once stood. It was originally intended to be an extension of the Wynn but it was later decided it would …read more

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The Las Vegas Hilton announced just a few days ago that its long-running Star Trek: The Experience will be closing on September 1. A decline in ticket sales over the last little while was cited as the biggest reason for the closure.
There’s still time to battle the BORG and the Klingons before everything’s packed up, though! Tickets are still on sale for the whole experience – the BORG Invasion 4D, Klingon Encounter, and History of the Future Museum – for $42.99 per person, or $35.99 per person for seniors, children under 12 and Nevada residents with valid ID. The ticket …read more

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Station Casinos has announced its newest addition, Aliante Station, will be opening to the public on November 11, 2008 at 11:11pm. The hotel/casino will be Station’s 18th property in southern Nevada and comes in at a cost of $675 million.
The mid-rise building (only nine stories high) will offer 202 rooms and suites between 400 up to 1,500 square feet equipped with 42-inch plasma TVs, CD players with iPod jacks, in-room audio entertainment systems, and high-speed Internet.
It will also feature six restaurants and a food …read more

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Yesterday The Mirage welcomed five new additions to Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat – six-week-old white-striped and golden tiger cubs!
The public will get its first chance to see the rare babies today, June 13th, in a special nursery created just for them at the Secret Garden. Today is also Siegfried’s 69th birthday! (Holy cow, he looks great!)
“We are delighted to welcome these cubs to their new home at the Secret Garden,” said Scott Sibella, President of The Mirage. “They make a wonderful addition to Siegfried & Roy’s animal family.”
Roy said, “While we no longer perform nightly, …read more

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We’ve all heard the stories of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) getting ready to launch full-body scans at security check-ins in US airports, and they’re now a reality.
The first scanner was installed at the Phoenix, Arizona airport in April, and ten more are set to roll out over the next month – and one of those is McCarran Airport here in Las Vegas. (A few of the remaining will be at Reagan National and Baltimore-Washington International Airports in Washington; Dallas; Albuquerque; Miami and Detroit.)
The scanning is supposed to help bypass the need for pat-downs, and passengers will have the choice …read more

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The Flamingo Hotel has announced that all remaining Toni Braxton: Revealed scheduled shows have been canceled so Toni can concentrate on her health. She was hospitalized in April for chest pains, and has suffered from pericarditis – a viral inflammation of the heart.
The show, dark since Toni’s April 7 hospitalization, was supposed to re-open next week on June 6. Her two-year run at the Flamingo was set to end in August.
All tickets are refundable – contact the Flamingo for information: (888) 902-9929

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Well, today it’s HOT, HOT, HOT! Our temperatures over the next two days are predicted to break some records (107 today, 105 tomorrow!). Locals know this because it’s been all over the news for the last few days, but how would someone just flying into the valley look it up?
Your first stop might be weather.com, and while it gives a pretty comprehensive menu of options (ten day forecast, hourly forecast, etc), it always seems to be a few degrees off when it comes to official reports (which, let’s face it, once …read more

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I’m not sure how many people would be surprised to find that I’m a country music fan! Tonight at the MGM Grand here in Las Vegas one of the biggest annual country music award shows is underway – The 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
While I’m not crazy enough to try and brave the traffic and commotion happening on the Strip right this minute, I’m still able to keep up with it from home, and at my other weblog, Country Music Stop!
So if you’re just …read more

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Well, they didn’t create it, they’ve just spent the last eight months compiling it!
The Las Vegas Sun unveiled their newest project yesterday: The History of Las Vegas. The website follows the last 103 years of Vegas history with news stories, videos, articles, pictures and opinions:
The largest American city founded in the 20th century took shape as a railroad watering hole before turning into the “Gateway to the Hoover Dam.” From there the town was known by its seedy mob label as “Sin City,” before finally transforming into the corporately-financed …read more

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