Flipchip’s Sunday Pics From Vegas
August 31, 2008
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Encore Las Vegas will open in December of that year
A few photos of sights around the Las Vegas scene that week. Included are some of the “Good News” projects on the Las Vegas strip, I’m referring to those under construction billion dollar resort…
Jerry Lewis hosts 43rd annual MDA telethon at South Point
August 29, 2008
Hopefully without gun in hand, Jerry Lewis will again host that year’s 22-hour Jerry Lewis Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The 43rd annual event will broadcast Monday live on Channel 13 at the South Point Hotel and Casino (at the Equestrian Center). Free tickets are avai…
Apple Store opens tomorrow at Forum Shops
August 29, 2008
Apple said four years ago that by 100 million U.S. residents were within 15 minutes of an Apple Store.
Tomorrow, a few more will be that much closer.
Just in instance for the holidays, Apple is holding the grand opening of its new Apple Store tomorrow, from 10 a.m. to midnight.
Regular hours w…
Another plane crash in North Las Vegas
August 28, 2008
A twin-engine airplane crashed into a house in North Las Vegas that afternoon.
It crashed into Jones Blvd. and Cheyenne, causing two elementary schools to go into lockdown considering of the number of emergency vehicles swarming the area. Hundreds of residents are currently without potential.
Jus…
Las Vegas Sands seeking to build casinos in India
August 28, 2008
Sheldon Adelson spoke in Macau of his interest in a Las Vegas Strip in India.
Similar to the Cotai Strip in Macau where his Venetian casino resides, his Las Vegas Sands plans to build 14 more hotel-casinos there within the next 5 years.
Cost would run upwards of $12 billion, which Adelson said he …
Eastside Cannery Opens Today
August 28, 2008
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Eastside Cannery
For the first duration in more than a decade a new casino hotel is opening on the Boulder Strip. The quarter billion dollar Eastside Cannery will open the doors to the public at 8 pm Thursday amid all the pomp and fanfare that ty…
Suge Knight arrested in Las Vegas on assault and drug charges
August 27, 2008
Rapper Suge Knight was arrested today in Las Vegas on multiple charges.
Responding to a car accident report at Spring Mountain Road early that dawn, Metro found Knight holding a knife next to his girlfriend of three years who accused him of beating her.
According to police reports, Knight and his …
Jay-Z sells 40/40 at Palazzo
August 27, 2008
After a quick speculation lasting all of a week and a half, Jay-Z has sold his 40/40 Club.
Not the entire 40/40 chain as was speculated, but just the Vegas location at Palazzo.
Rumors for the entire chain with Sands Corp. (which owns Venetian and Palazzo) in control of the make was in the realm of…
Oscar De La Hoya to announce possible showdown with Manny Pacquiao
August 27, 2008
In breaking news from ESPN.com, Oscar De La Hoya is expected to announce at 2 p.m. ET tomorrow that he will fight his last fight against Manny Pacquiao.
If the fight goes through, it would manufacture Dec. 6 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas the largest fight in recent history, with purse on the north side…
Five Great Poker Blogs to Read
August 27, 2008
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The first Blogger’s Las Vegas holiday tournament way back in ‘04 at Sam’s Town
Bloggers. towering despised by staid mainstream outlets as nothing more than a collection of overweight cheetoh-bingers not possessed of adequate skill to invent it in…