Cirque du Soleil to set another global record for simultaneous stilt-walking

May 29, 2009

From bikini contests to Santa Run contests, Las Vegas has it all.

And now, to celebrate its 25th anniversary, Cirque du Soleil is shooting to get a Guinness World Record for the most society walking on stilts at the same day (it’s already in the Book from an event 5 years ago).

The event takes …

Minus 5 ice lounge holds guess-the-heat contest

May 29, 2009

With temperatures in the more modest 90s, when will be the day that summer that we hit 105 degrees?

The coldest bar in Las Vegas (on purpose) is Minus 5, located in Mandalay Place at the entrance of Mandalay Bay.

For $25, you get a drink and are outfitted in a parka, gloves, boots, and are let …

Porn star Sasha Grey plays The Girlfriend Experience, hosts Las Vegas party

May 28, 2009

CineVegas can get you on the guest list to a party for the new Steven Soderbergh movie The Girlfriend Experience, which releases on May 29 at the Brenden Theatres (at The Palms).

The movie features porn star Sasha Grey playing as a high-end New York City prostitute.

Grey will host the party, ta…

FAO Schwarz at Caesars Palace purchased by Toys R Us

May 28, 2009

Next duration you’re looking for a big, motorized, mechanical animal in front of FAO Schwarz, it might be a giraffe. As in, Geoffrey the Giraffe.

The high-end toy company was purchased by Toys R Us.

We still feel like tourists whenever walking through The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, particular…

Susan Boyle to seem in Las Vegas with Donny Osmond

May 27, 2009

Susan Boyle, the overnight singing sensation from Britain’s Got Talent, will compose an appearance at the Flamingo Las Vegas.

Boyle racked up a whopping 61+ million hits for her YouTube video of her wowing the crowd with her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables. That’s

Immediatel…

Longest craps roll in Las Vegas broken in Atlantic City

May 27, 2009

Saturday night, nearly 20 years to the day, Stanley Fujitake’s record for the longest craps roll in history was broken.

On May 28, 1989, Fujitake had his historic craps streak at The California in downtown Las Vegas. He rolled for 3 hours 6 minutes, for 118 rolls and 18 pass line wins.

While ther…

Indy 500 Race Car Driver Danica Patrick in Las Vegas

May 24, 2009

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Danica Patrick seen recently on the red carpet at Caesars Palace during the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

While your watching the Indy 500 race with Danica Patrick today check out the latest from the 2009 World Series of Poker at the Rio Resor…

Welcome to Las Vegas sign now historic landmark

May 22, 2009

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com The Famous Welcome to Las Vegas Sign

The Betty Willis-designed sign is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, where it joins 358 other places deemed historic in Nevada.

The popular and well-recognized sign on the south Strip greets vis…

Buy 1, get 1 free Baskin-Robbins dessert

May 21, 2009

Now that we’re into 3-digit heat, Baskin-Robbins is offering to help us out with the above buy-1, get-1-free coupon of a 31 Degree Below soft-serve dessert.

The coupon expires June 21.

Click here for a larger version of the coupon.

To find a location near you (we found 12 in the Las Vegas area…

$245 million arts center to break ground in downtown Las Vegas

May 20, 2009

A world-class performing arts center will have its groundbreaking on Tuesday, May 26, set for an early 2012 opening.

In spite of the economy, the $245 million Smith Center downtown at Bonneville Ave./Grand Central Parkway is being funded by a combination of public and private funding, including …

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