Frustrated football bettors who took the Green Bay Packers on Monday night and lost on a controversial game-ending call can get a refund if they placed their bet downtown at the D Las Vegas, the casino’s owner said today.
"The Hangover" and other movies portray Las Vegas as a haven for bachelors looking to get wild before they get married. But just as many women come here for a last hurrah before tying the knot. Local nightclubs report a booming bachelorette business. "We were seeing such an explosion we had to hire extra help in the office just to handle the calls," said Jason Strauss, one of the owners of the Tao Group. This year, the Tao Group decided to try to capitalize on the market by hosting what's being billed as "the world's largest bachelorette party." Hundreds of women have booked special packages to nightclub group's venues. The party begins tonight and runs through Sunday at the Venetian and Palazzo.
The Golden Gate Casino downtown still has the bar where Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. drank and a telephone that was installed in 1907. But now, it also has a new lobby, updated casino and refurbished rooms. The 1906 hotel-casino recently received a $15 million makeover.
It took little more than a month for Seafood Shack to open at Treasure Island. The new nautical-themed restaurant, decorated with recycled seafaring materials, opened this week at the former spot of Isla Mexican Restaurant and Tequila Bar, near the TI buffet.
Andre Rodriguez was grateful for the day he overslept. It may have saved his life. “I am here by the grace of God, I thought about it all day yesterday,” Rodriguez said.
Anthony Morse sat waiting for a bus Thursday afternoon, his mind focused on the four people who died earlier in the day after a car driven by a suspected drunken driver slammed into a bus stop. "See that bus stop across the street? I call those death traps," said Morse, 46, pointing to a bus stop on the westbound side on West Flamingo Road near Arville Street.
The north end of the Strip has struggled in recent years with half-finished projects, deteriorating buildings and vacant lots. But developer Ric Truesdell sees big opportunities there. "There hasn't been a new building in this block in a decade," Truesdell said.
There weren't any fireworks or huge crowds, but those who showed up for the opening of the new Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace did get the first tastes of 500 menu items.
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Las Vegas once again is in the running for the best restroom in the United States, a title the city has never won despite having some of the fanciest pit stops in the West.
Through a private door near the Wynn buffet, past a security guard and down an escalator sits a small, brightly-lit convenience store. Its shelves are lined with nylons, makeup, aspirin and snacks. Discounted Wynn merchandise hangs on racks.
The owner of the world's largest collection of Nikes is named Jordan Michael Geller. Steve Geller named his son after the legendary Chicago Bulls player ...
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Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012
It’s no miracle, or even a surprise, that the star of "Flavor of Love" would have his fried chicken served by women wearing cheerleader outfits on the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas buffets used to be gluttonous affairs, occasions for filling up on cheap food. Quantity trumped quality with institutional displays of food piled into stainless steel bins. Now, Caesars Palace hopes to take the concept to a new level.
Connie Diemoz won’t be eating at Mesa Grill anytime soon. But the dishes the chefs at the Caesars Palace restaurant prepare next week will help put food on her table. Mesa Grill is one of more than 100 local restaurants participating in Las Vegas Restaurant Week, which begins Sunday.
Las Vegas chef Jeff Henderson is the latest to land his own cable cooking competition, this time with a television show on the former Game Show Network.
Want to win big this weekend? Why not head to a casino, where slot machines will entertain with lights, music and action? Statewide progressive jackpots can reach millions and have better odds than the lottery.
Henri Bendel, a retailer of New York high fashion women’s accessories for 117 years, will mark the grand opening of its first Las Vegas store next week at Fashion Show mall.
Jim Murren remembered watching his future wife struggle in a man's world as they both blazed careers as financial analysts on Wall Street. Years after Heather Murren reached a top executive position with Merrill Lynch, her experiences would follow her husband to Las Vegas and influence how Jim Murren runs MGM Resorts International as its CEO. Murren said he's committed to making sure other women don't face the same obstacles, guiding Nevada's largest employer to a stellar record for promoting women and other groups, who in the past faced disadvantages.
Phyllis James glanced up toward the ballroom banner that read "Women's Leadership Conference." "I've never heard of anyone having a conference for men where they say, 'Come and we'll tell you how to be leaders,'" said James, executive vice president and chief diversity officer for MGM Resorts International.
Most everyone coming to Las Vegas would like to find an edge to put the betting odds in their favor, but some people go too far. Those are the stories behind "Cheating Vegas," a new documentary television series debuting Sunday.
The Bellagio is remaking 928 rooms and suites on the Las Vegas Strip, with some becoming available as early as next month. The $40 million project will begin next week at the Spa Tower of the Las Vegas casino-resort and is scheduled to be completed by December.
Las Vegas is known for its celebrity chefs and swanky steakhouses, but now it’s a city with a top-rated restaurant for every pocketbook. Hash House A Go Go has been named among the nation’s Top 10 Cheap Eats by restaurant rater Gayot.com.
Sam DeMarco stood inside the old bus depot in downtown Las Vegas on a recent Friday morning, inhaled deeply and smiled. DeMarco, chief chef at First Food & Bar at the Palazzo, smelled the freshly picked produce waiting in bins at the Downtown 3rd Farmers’ Market. He walked the aisles, surveying the fresh berries, watermelon and artichokes. Like most chefs, DeMarco, known as "Chef Sammy D," can think up recipes in his head, then go searching for the ingredients needed to make them. But to him, that’s not the true art of cooking.
The MGM Grand is in the midst of a $160 million makeover to renovate its hotel rooms, remodel its casino and revamp its restaurant and entertainment offerings.
What makes an employee invaluable? The answer is the same whether he is vice president of a corporation or a clerk at the front desk of a hotel. Key attributes include having a positive attitude, pushing to learn new skills and being willing to stretch beyond the scope of a job description.
Daphne Lucas saw her dream job on television when she was barely out of high school. Women called “wine angels” wore Catwoman suits and dangled from wire cables strung from the ceiling of a four-star restaurant.
The LVH officially lifted its new name to the front of the historic Las Vegas hotel Thursday afternoon by placing the final letter of its sign. The resort on Paradise Road opened in 1969 as the International Hotel and later became the Las Vegas Hilton.
When someone is on a roll at a craps table or roulette wheel, groups of people often huddle around the player and cheer, creating a buzz that carries across the casino floor.It’s far less common to find that same kind of energy at the slot machines. South Point executives hope to change that. They have invested millions of dollars on a new technology they hope will replicate the excitement and community feel of table games at slots.
Bally’s will serve as the main site for the World Food Championships this fall. The four-day food fight, which announced last spring it would be in Las Vegas, will see hundreds of amateur and professional chefs at Bally’s square off for a total prize pool of $300,000.
Las Vegas could be getting a new area code, although it probably won't come up all 7s as some have proposed. The Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday approved a measure to allow officials to pursue a new area code.
First Food & Bar will be featured this weekend on the Cooking Channel’s "Unique Eats," and chef Sam DeMarco’s four-year-old restaurant inside the Palazzo will be offering free samples during the airing of the program Sunday night.
It no longer takes a roll of the dice or spin of the roulette wheel to become a high roller in Las Vegas casinos. You can now tweet your way to VIP status. Or you can use Facebook, Foursquare or Instagram.
Home chefs can now whip up a summer dinner like a Las Vegas steakhouse from their patio grills. That’s because they can get their steak from the Strip.