Posted on April 19, 2008
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The long awaited Cirque du Soleil / Criss Angel production now has a name. Producers announced “Criss Angel Believe” will open Sept. 12 at the Luxor hotel casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Previews begin September 1st.
Criss Angel says the show takes its name from a Harry Houdini legend. The magician and escape artist is said to have designated a code word for communicating with him after his death. The word was “believe.”
Insiders say Angel will star in the show as a “surreal, enigmatic Victorian noble.” The 40-year-old magician and illusionist is best known for his A&E series “Mindfreak.”
Tickets went on sale Thursday for casino VIPs and Angel fan club members.
Posted on April 13, 2008
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While most slot machines are based on nothing but chance, Pong breaks new ground with exclusive skill based pay outs. During the 45-second bonus round, a random bonus game , gamblers are able to play a round of old school Atari Pong. The bonus round is skill based, so the better you do the more you win. Even if you’re not skilled at the timeless classic, you’ll still win a little, but seasoned Pong players who grew up tunning there joystick hands, will walk away with a bit more of their cash.
Bally, the former maker of classic pinball tables, is the first to introduce this new skill based concept to the world of slots, the first of which is based on the classic paddle game Pong. Coming soon, another Atari classic, Breakout. The skill based machines have only been approved in Nevadam but the maker is working to get them approved in many more gambling areas.
We have spotted a row of the new machines on the floor of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Seems to play well but it took some time to get my Pong skills back.
Posted on April 3, 2008
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A 37 year old woman Debbie Psychopedas won a $1,679,200 jackpot while she was playing the Wheel of Fortune game at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino. The winner, who resides at Stamford, has been playing at the Casino for the past 15 years.
“We’ve been spending one night at the Golden Nugget every vacation for the past 15 years,” said the excited winner. “For some reason, this time we decided to come for a day trip … it sure paid off.”
Wheel of Fortune slot machines are themed after the popular TV game show and follow the standard three-reel format and associated pay tables. The progressive jackpot is paid when all three reels stop on the Wheel of Fortune symbol.
Psychopedas, an office manager, indicated that she loves her job and has no plans of quitting. Although she is still unsure about how she will spend the majority of the money, the new millionaire says she does plan to treat herself to a new bracelet.
Posted on March 6, 2008
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The new owners of the Hooters Hotel in Las Vegas are promising a $130 million hotel makeover and name change in a project that the company executive said should begin later this year.
The investment group plans to announce a partnership with an as-yet unnamed “boutique” hotel operator to manage the rebranded property, and is negotiating with restaurant developers and nightclub owners, Bosworth said. Bosworth declined to say if the property would remain open during the changeover, which could take 18 months.
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Hedwigs Las Vegas Top Tier is completing financing for the $225 million purchase, and hopes to close the sale this spring, Hedwigs principal Richard Bosworth told the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a Tuesday report.
Los Angeles-based Dodd Mitchell is heading the redesign, which will use the current structure – the former Hotel San Remo just east of the Las Vegas Strip.
Hedwigs made its third $500,000 nonrefundable, nonapplicable fee payment on Friday to retain purchase rights for the property that Hooters put $130 million into renovating before opening in February 2006 as its first casino and hotel.
The redesign is expected to expand the casino area and change some of the hotel’s 727 rooms into suites.
Posted on February 29, 2008
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Police in Las Vegas, Nevada, are investigating a discovery of what they are saying is the deadly poison Ricin in a hotel room. Authorities were called to an Extended Stay America hotel around 3 p.m. PT Thursday after a man brought a bag with a small container to the manager’s office. The man said he found it while retrieving items from a hotel room. Preliminary tests show the substance is Ricin, authorities said, but other tests to confirm it are under way. The mystery is WHY the substance was in there in the first place, “We don’t know who the ricin belongs to or why it would be here at this time,” stated Capt. Joe Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The FBI, which is assisting in the case, said it saw no link to terrorism, according to spokesman Richard Kolko. Altough officers who found the deadly poison ricin in a Las Vegas, Nevada, extended-stay hotel room also discovered firearms and an “anarchist-type textbook” with an entry about ricin bookmarked, police said Friday.
Three hotel employees and a fourth person who came to the room to retrieve some items went to the hospital as a precaution, Officer Ramon Dendy said. Three police officers who entered the room also are under watch at the hospital. All have been decontaminated, and none of the seven have shown symptoms of Ricin poisoning, which can include anything from severe vomiting, fever, cough, difficulty breathing, nausea, sweating and dehydration.
“We did have enough ricin to be of concern,” Lombardo said. “At this point, it has been contained and processed where it’s not a threat to anybody”
Posted on February 24, 2008
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America’s Las Vegas Sands Corporation has purchased two airplanes and is retrofitting them to serve as private jets ferrying high-rollers from Hong Kong to the company’s two Nevada casinos.
Although a 1994 law appeared to remove any possibility of legal gambling on by disallowing the operation of gaming devices on flights in or out of the United States, several loopholes have developed allowing Sands to potentially begin play on its charter flights for high-rollers.
Several airlines had experimented with in-transit gambling before the law was enacted. However, the crash of Swissair Flight 111 was attributed to the electronic gambling entertainment package inside the aircraft, which apparently caught fire. This, along with the law, chilled airline plans for gambling.
Harrah’s attempted to develop an electronic system for aircraft, but discontinued the project due to recurring technical problems. MGM Mirage had not pursued the idea, as the company thought the law explicitly ruled out all forms of gambling. Steve Wynn also considered the idea, but dropped it.
Gambling on private aircraft is viewed as similar to cruise ships and the casino may only be open while the craft is in international waters. The company has already filed a Foreign Gaming Notification Statement with the Control Board stating that it planed to conduct foreign gaming in international waters over global airspace.
Posted on February 20, 2008
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MGM- MIRAGE has reopened the Monte Carlo Hotel today (2-20-2008) and guests can now enter the resort’s casino, hotel tower, restaurants, showroom and meeting facilities.
The majority of guest services also reopened today, including the Monte Carlo Casino, meeting and convention facilities, the wedding chapel and the Spa & Salon Monte Carlo. All food and beverage outlets are open, with the exception of the buffet and the Monte Carlo Brew Pub, which will open as business demands, but no later than February 22.
“Today we celebrate the spirit of Monte Carlo,” stated Monte Carlo President and COO Anton Nikodemus. “After three weeks of hard work and dedicated effort, we are back where we belong — doors open, staff at their posts and welcoming customers. Today is a day of celebration for our Monte Carlo resort family, our guests and our employees alike.”
1,300 rooms are still closed and will become available by February 22, allowing the resort a 2,500-room inventory. 500 rooms will remain closed while undergoing more extensive redesign.
Posted on February 4, 2008
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Donald Trump’s gold-plated luxury condo tower in Las Vegas is set to open on March 31. The hotel will join sister properties in New York and Chicago as the founding hotels of the so-called Trump Hotel Collection.
The Trump Organization says the 645-foot tower will open with a spa, a signature restaurant called “DJT,” a heated outdoor pool and 2,400 square feet of meeting space. The organization says the boutique property is understated because it lacks a casino despite being on the Las Vegas Strip near the Fashion Show Mall. Its 1,282 suites range in size from 515 to 3,500 square feet.
Posted on January 25, 2008
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A fire broke out Friday 2-25-08 on the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip and quickly spread, engulfing the resort’s top floors. Luckily no injuries are being reported.
Flaming embers fell to the street below.
The three-alarm fire, which began just before 11 a.m., was spreading from the center section of the hotel across the roof line. Flames and plumes of black smoke could be seen on what appeared to a west-facing rooftop of the resort.
“The building is being evacuated,” said Gordon Absher, spokesman for the hotel owner, MGM Mirage Inc. He said he had no immediate information whether anyone was hurt in the fire.
It is being reported that welders were working on the roof at the time of the fire.
The Monte Carlo Resort & Casino has more than 3,000 guest rooms and opened in June 1996.
The 32-story casino-hotel modeled after the Place du Casino in Monte Carlo, Monaco, was a joint venture between Steve Wynn’s Mirage Resorts and Circus Circus Enterprises.
Posted on January 16, 2008
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The 3,000-suite Palazzo will feature design reminiscent of affluent Italian living, with restaurants by celebrity chefs, including CUT by Wolfgang Puck, Table 10 by Emeril Lagasse, CarneVino by Mario Batali and Restaurant Charlie by Charlie Trotter—as well as entertainment in the form of Broadway’s “Jersey Boys” musical and Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club. The Shoppes at The Palazzo will comprise 60 high-end and mid-level stores, including Las Vegas’ first-ever Barneys New York and the largest Canyon Ranch SpaClub to date.
Diana Ross will be the star performer at Legends and Luminaries, a special concert series to celebrate the grand opening of the new Palazzo Resort Hotel and Casino. This event, hosted by Wayne Brady, will also feature performances by Andy Garcia + The Cineson All Stars, the Las Vegas cast of the “Jersey Boys”, Seal and several other guests. The after party will be held at TA.
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