Las Vegas Fills With LA Fire Smoke Photos

August 31, 2009

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Las Vegas strip filled with California fire smoke late sunday evening

Late Sunday evening Flipchip hiked the strip and came back with the following images of the smoke invading the Las Vegas Valley. A thick haze of visible particulates raining down on …

Bart Simpson’s Mouthpiece Opens Home To All Players

August 31, 2009

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, playing poker in Jennifer Harman’s 2009 SPCA charity event in Las Vegas

assemble your plans now to attend and get your tickets early for the poker social event of the year. Nancy Cartwright, alter-ego and vo…

DJ AM found dead

August 28, 2009

Popular Las Vegas disc jockey DJ AM was found dead today.

DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, was in residence at PURE (at Caesars Palace) every Friday night and LAX (at Luxor) every Sunday night. He was co-owner of LAX.

Goldstein and Travis Barker (drummer of Blink 182) were recently in th…

Michael Jackson musical tribute at The Pearl

August 28, 2009

A star-studded Michael Jackson musical tribute takes place tomorrow afternoon, the day of his 50th birthday.

Coming out to sing and pay tribute to Jackson are stars from Las Vegas shows including Clint Holmes, Human Nature, Jersey Boys, Peepshow, Phantom, Sirens of TI, and more.

The show takes …

Moonwalker charity screening tomorrow

August 28, 2009

Michael Jackson’s movie Moonwalker will be shown tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Brenden Theatres (at The Palms). Aug. 29 would’ve marked Jackson’s 50th birthday.

After the show, stick around for stories and a q&a with some of the humans from the film — producer Frank Dileo, choreographer Vincent Pa…

Smashburger to open restaurants in Las Vegas

August 28, 2009

We may get crucified for that, but we never really saw the big deal with In ‘n’ Out and Fatburger.

So we’re excited to construct out of another fast food burger joint joining our happy family.

Denver-based Smashburger expects to open several restaurants in Las Vegas within the coming year.

Sma…

Bally’s Las Vegas Reopens Sports Book

August 27, 2009

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Bally’s Resort Las Vegas

Bally’s owner, Harrah’s Entertainment, must finally be seeing something more than red ink that’s signaling an end to the dark clouds of economic despair by Las Vegas for the past months. Last March corporate closed the lengthy …

Danny Gans tied to Green Valley pharmacy

August 26, 2009

The Las Vegas Sun revealed an organization amoung the late Danny Gans and GreenValleyMed, a medical supplier in Henderson.

Gans died from an accidental overdose of pain medication on May 1, though it was never revealed where that drug came from considering he didn’t have a prescription.

Clark Coun…

Free red velvet cheesecake at Cheesecake Factory

August 26, 2009

At what price free cheesecake?

On Sept. 5, bring 2 cans of soup to the Cheesecake Factory, and you’ll get a free slice of Stefanie’s Ultimate Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake.

The offer is good to the first 500 visitors to each location.

Cans of soup will be donated to Feeding America, the largest dome…

Unlimited shrimp eating at Red Lobster

August 25, 2009

Think $1.99 shrimp cocktail is a deal?

Try unlimited shrimp at your local Red Lobster. that takes a page from the Las Vegas buffet manual, though it’s at all Red Lobsters.

For $16.99, you can eat as much as you can of the following shrimp:

Teriyaki Grilled Shrimp (over wild rice pilaf)
Garlic Sh…

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