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Tropicana Sends Nikki Beach Packing

Posted by Chuckmonster on 26 Sep 2011
As you may have heard, The Tropicana has unceremoniously given Nikki Beach the boot after only being open for part of one pool season. This change has has been rumored for quite some time. The...

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Venetian Leaking Into Parking Garage

Posted by Chuckmonster on 30 Aug 2011
We've just received a report from long time VT reader Ondarox who tells us that the Venetian's parking garage is leaking water onto cars below. I have a friend who is on the Venetian site right...

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The Palazzo's Pool Is Leaking

Posted by Chuckmonster on 7 Jul 2011
The Palazzo, creeping up on its fourth birthday, is having serious issues with leaks and corrosion to its pool and have called in local contractors to assess the issue. The photo below, which shows the scary...

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Trop Watch: Nikki Beach Opens Today!

Posted by Chuckmonster on 26 May 2011
In a smashing display of unity seen only at summer kick-offs in the Hamptons, homecoming weekend at the fraternity house, The Dinah Shore Invitational in Palm Springs, Klu Klux Klan rallies, religious services by the...

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ARIA's Pool Deck Nominated for Architecture Award

Posted by Chuckmonster on 25 May 2011
The American Institute of Architects have nominated ARIA's pool deck for their "people's choice" architecture award under the "Cafe/Bar" category. Not sure if this is specifically targeted for the poolside bar (the building above) or for...

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Trop Watch: Nikki Beach Pool Peekaboo!

Posted by Chuckmonster on 19 Apr 2011
VT megareader TwoFours stopped by the Tropicana the other day to take another look at the construction progress on the Tropicana's pool and Nikki Beach day club. He brought back some fabulous photos...

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Tropicana Jackhammering For Nikki Beach

Posted by Chuckmonster on 23 Feb 2011
VT reader TwoFours stopped by the Tropicana the other day and brought back some photos of the big pile of dirt that most of their pool area has turned into. Thanks TwoFours! The Pool has been...

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TropWatch: Nikki Beach Renderings!

Posted by Chuckmonster on 9 Nov 2010
From the anonymous tip line comes these two renderings of the soon to be constructed Nikki Beach pool area at the Tropicana. Looks pretty damn spiffy! I wonder if by "beach" the actually mean...

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Cosmo Peekaboo: The Pool

Posted by Chuckmonster on 22 Oct 2010
Not that you're going to get to use it until April 2011, but our trusty ferret Mac has stumbled upon a rendering of Cosmo's pool deck. Hopefully the aerial satellite photo combined with the...

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The MGM Grand Pool Is SICK(ening)

Posted by Chuckmonster on 27 Aug 2010
Ooops. Looks like someone forgot to turn of the valve that pumps chlorine into the MGM Grand pool and now at least 100 of our fellow trippers are sick or in the hospital. More from...

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Exclusive: Someone Deuced In The Wynn Pool

Posted by Chuckmonster on 22 Jul 2010
Breaking news exclusive from VT reader Big Hoss who says that someone Bushwood'ed the Wynn Las Vegas pool. Newsflash from Wynncore: My wife and I just were asked to get out of the Wynn pool when...

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Aria Breeze Cafe and Pool Deck Pictorial

Posted by Chuckmonster on 29 Jun 2010
One of our favorite architecture/design blogs Contemporist has republished a great pictorial of the many groovy architectural features in, on, near and around Aria's pool deck. Included in the very sexy pictorial are photos...

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