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Bellagio: Gateway to the Cosmopolitan

As the countdown to the opening of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas inches ever closer to zero (we're now at 97 days), many of us... » continue

New Avatars and Backgrounds!

The arrival of fall means only one thing around here... time to scrape the summer crusted Twinkie spooj off the inside windshield of the Pinto... » continue

Aria's Latest Recipe For Cost Cutting

The turgid regrowth of the Las Vegas tourism and even slower adoption of its newest resort complex - CityCenter - is taking a toll on... » continue

CityCenter Love Connection

Just a quick note to those tuned into the Twitter and RSS feeds that Admiral Hillegas posted a new feature article over on Two Way... » continue

The Buffet at Aria To Get $1M Makeover

It was almost a year ago to the day that we published a Sneak Peekaboo inside The Buffet at Aria. I didn't mention it... » continue

Bellagio Applies The Personal Touch

The number of inquiries I read about casino hosts is staggering. Everybody wants the attention and that personal level of service that a host brings.... » continue

Palms For $29 Per Night!

Desperation - this offer reeks of it. We recently wrote of Palms difficulty keeping up in today's market which was further complemented with insights from the... » continue

Aria: Now With Extra Bed Fee

Tearing a page out of Encore's practice in charging an extra $50 per night to guarantee two queen beds, Aria has begun doing the same.... » continue

Mirage Now Offering Skylofts Lite

If shady mortgage practices, a booming Dow, and low unemployment were still a staple of today's economy, I'm convinced that the top floors of every... » continue

Has The Nightclub Market Topped Out?

One of Vegas's busiest weekends, Labor Day, is just around the corner. It's when the cab lines at casinos rival the busiest buffets and the... » continue

Wynn Website To Dump Flash?

Over the last five years I've loaded up the Wynn Las Vegas website a non-scientific average of 5.8475 times per week. Sometimes more, sometimes... » continue

Cosmo Interior Peekaboo: Scarpetto and D.O.C.G.

Restauranteur Scott Conant has posted a number of renderings of his new restaurants coming to the Cosmopolitan when it opens on December 15th. ... » continue

Bellagio Joins Twitter

The world famous Bellagio has finally joined Twitter. You can access their account @BellagioLV. Sure is a damn shame they couldn't afford... » continue

And The Tropicana Contest Week Four And Grand Prize Winners Are...

For those who missed this week's Havana Gigantic Tropicana Contest Webcast we are happy to announce the Week Four and Grand Prize winners!!! The winner of... » continue

Exclusive: Introducing Victor Drai's New Hotel

Talk about timely... an anonymous tipster has sent us some renderings of the proposed new boutique hotel partnership between Harrah's and Victor Drai planned for... » continue

The MGM Grand Pool Is SICK(ening)

Ooops. Looks like someone forgot to turn of the valve that pumps chlorine into the MGM Grand pool and now at least 100 of... » continue

XOut: Victor Drai Out At Wynn

Wynn Las Vegas has confirmed the long floating rumors that Vegas nightlife guru Victor Drai is leaving Wynn to concentrate on his burgeoning club enterprise... » continue

Vdara's Silk Road Restaurant To Close

We're hearing rumors that Silk Road Restaurant at Vdara will close this fall. Moving into the space will be the Mr. Chow that had... » continue

For Sale: Half Stake In City Within A City, Bellagio ADJ

Someone strike up the band and pack up the donkeys, as it is looking like the biggest suckers to ever play the casino game -... » continue

Aria Sky Suites No Longer So Sweet

It lacks the refinement of a Mandarin, the elegance of a Wynncore Tower Suites, and if it weren't for an entire wall dedicated to a... » continue

Cosmo Is Already A Celebrity Hot Spot!

The Cosmopolitan is claiming on its website that one of their forthcoming restaurants STK is a celebrity hot spot. STK Las Vegas is a celebrity hotspot... » continue

Bellagio Moving To Wine Country

Bellagio - Las Vegas' finest resort, aka The Other Gateway To The CityCenter - has decided to take a little vacation to Napa, California, home... » continue

TropTripping: Caption This Carpet

The renovations at the Tropicana are continuing at full steam - new billboards, new signage, new bridge from MGM and much much more. The... » continue

VegasEats: Society Cafe Encore - Again

I've eaten at Society Cafe Encore twice since it opened and both times left scratching my head as to why folks like this place so... » continue

Havana Gigantic Contest - How To Win The Final Prize!

This weeks marks the end of our month long Havana Gigantic Contest, where each week we have given away a hand picked travel package to... » continue

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Chuck The Monster And More...

For the VT freaks out there who want to know some of the details about the site's origins ('twas an accident), how the business/technological side... » continue

And The Havana Gigantic Tropicana Contest Week 3 Winner Is...

Sorry folks, no webcast this week, but we are super happy to let you in this post whom the judges have chosen as the winner... » continue

How I Got 86'd From Caesars Palace

I've been known to throw a low blow or two at Caesars every now and then, but my hatred is rooted far deeper than its... » continue

BREAKING: Luxor Casino Is NOT Muslim

We've got some breaking news folks, we've finally managed to confirm that Luxor is NOT Muslim, as 2 in 5 Americans seem to believe. Whew. ... » continue

TropTripping: Caption This Coconut

So I just happened to be sitting in the Celebration Lounge at the brand renewed Tropicana, talking to a pina colada when it let it... » continue

Expedia Glitch Pegs Wynn Parlor Suite At $141 Per Night

An internet booking engine glitch sent prices of Wynn Las Vegas' Parlor Suite to the low low price of $141/night yesterday afternoon. Prices were replicated throughout... » continue

All Systems Go On Lady Luck Renovation

Fox5 Vegas is reporting Las Vegas city planners have approved Lady Luck's plans for renovation, green lighting what we all hope will be stunning transformation... » continue

Tea In The Sahara With Sam

These days, Sahara is mostly known for... uhm... still being open. Barely. Despite SBE Entertainment's best attempts at renovating a smidgen of... » continue

Wynn Lakeside Grill Construction Update

While at Wynn last weekend, I managed to procure a short peekaboo of the construction of Chef Walzog's new Lakeside Grill restaurant in the former... » continue

Is The Casino Coffee Shop A Dying Breed?

I make no secret about my love for stuffing my face at 4am. All your hangover remedies go in one ear and out the other;... » continue

The Gold Strike Marquee

Those who have never enjoyed the pleasure of driving to Las Vegas from California via Interstate 15, know not the unintentional comedy that is the... » continue

Tropicana To Hold Gala Grand Opening Celebration

Thinking there will be only one casino opening in the near future? Wrong. Ok, sorta wrong. The details are still pretty thin, but we are... » continue

Tropicana Contest Week 2 Winner Is...

And the winner of Tropicana Havana Gigantic Contest week two package: High Limit Grand Opening VIP Package - Grand Opening of New High Limit Gaming (Date TBA,... » continue

Steve Wynn Thinks I'm a Genius

No, not really. But shortly after my colleague, JohnH, reported of getting snubbed by Wynn only to be reconciled by Un-Wynn, the Nguyen Twitter folks tweeted... » continue

Southwest Unleashes Wynn Deal

Southwest Vacations is back with a duo of new flight/hotel package deals one of which is custom built just for Wynn Las Vegas and Encore. Here's... » continue

Vegas Gang #50 : Now In Hi-Fi Stereo!

On the latest edition of the Vegas Gang Podcast, we've finally taken one small step into Hi-Fi Stereo and one giant leap out of that... » continue

NYNY Offer's Draconian Fine Print

A new offer from New York New York just landed in our email box. Instead of being formatted in standard html and images, this... » continue

Planet Hollywood Starts A Battle of The Bulls

Fighting in the Blue Corner, previous home of the Coldest Beer and Dirtiest Girls in all of Las Vegas, the only bar you were previously... » continue

Rumjungle Gets Napalmed

The Las Vegas Sun is reporting that MGM has won the right to evict Rumjungle from Mandalay Bay. Sayonara!... » continue

Inside the Cosmo Kitchen

Speaking of Cosmopolitan, the company that did all the condo kitchen installations has put up a ton of photos of them on their Facebook joint. Big... » continue

Breaking: Harrah's Files for IPO

MarketWatch and Wall Street Journal are reporting that Harrah's Entertainment has filed the required paperwork to take a portion of the company public via IPO. Again. Oskar... » continue

TropTripping: Caption This Gambler

In case you didn't know, we're giving away a ton of groovy Tropicana experience packages throughout the month of August. All you have to... » continue

Steve Wynn Talks Cosmopolitan

Earlier today, Steve Friess - Vegas Seven's "Best Blog in Vegas" winner - posted a few transcripts from his super secret, hyper-classified conversation with Steve... » continue