2008 August - Las Vegas-Shows,Hotels,Attractions

Harrah’s Las Vega...

Above is from the police-released surveillance video of a man robbing the Harrah’s cashier cage. Yes, that’s right — in broad daylight yesterday daylight at 11:34 a.m., the guy brazenly came in to the main casino cage, took an undisclosed amount of money, thereupon...

Monopoly World Record s...

We came across a Craigslist post that enlists players in the world’s largest simultaneous game of Monopoly. The Hasbro game is seeking a Guinness Book of World Record (while plus garnering free advertising for their new Monopoly World game, of which Las Vegas was not represented in...

World’s highest P...

photos by the flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Its a very towering ways down While documenting the progress on the Boulder Dam Bypass project we saw that portable potty perched at the top of the 155′ tall temporary plylons. The roadbed of the bridge is nearly 1,000′ above...

Las Vegas Sport Books R...

photos by the flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Do you get annoyed by the outdated rule where you can’t use your cell phone in a sports book without getting pestered by a surly protection guard? Well, there’s some good news. The Nevada Gaming Commission finally got their act...

Jeopardy! comes to CES...

“Jeopardy!” and host Alex Trebek will be in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show from January 8-11 2009. CES is so big now that it’s held at both convention centers — the Las Vegas Convention Center next to the Las Vegas Hilton and the Sands Expo next to...

Interactive Las Vegas m...

Pictured above is a graphic representation of the Las Vegas Strip in 1930 when the only casino was the Pair-o-Dice Club. The Strip wasn’t the Strip next, it was just Highway 91. The below picture is the Strip in 2007, and even that’s already outdated with the implosion of...

Find your sexy with Mad...

Have you found your sexy? Madame Meg‘s “Find Your Sexy,” a new hybrid self-help and variety show, begins Sept. 7 at the Harmon Theater (at Planet Hollywood Casino’s Miracle Mile). Billed as “the most uplifting show on the Las Vegas Strip,” the variety...

Circus comes to Luxor&#...

With Las Vegas being Las Vegas, it isn’t often you see the circus come to town. For one night only, Luxor will turn their CatHouse (club? lounge? bar? restaurant? lingerie show? we’re not really certain, but it’s all of the above) into a circus, complete with...

Ads on Las Vegas school...

One area of airline cutbacks that hasn’t been made is the in-flight magazines, which are funded by advertisers. Can advertising additionally work for the Clark County School District? How about having students pay for sports? Those are the latest ideas floating around Las Vegas...

FBI Investigates Home L...

photos by the flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Las Vegas is a leader in foreclosures The Wall Street Journal is reporting the Federal Bureau of exploration is scrutinizing the Las Vegas housing market in an effort to determine the extent of possible hoax with home mortgage lenders. ...

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