Today there is only one story in Las Vegas: The opening of CityCenter. The shouting argument that has dominated Vegas– death star or salvation–will end, and the colossus will take its place as part of the Strip’s iconic yet ever changing creations. Welcome, CityCenter, to Fabulous Las Vegas. (photos Sarah Gerke)
Last night Donald Trump dropped a bombshell on Larry King when asked for his view of CityCenter (which opens to the public near midnight on Wednesday). The Donald slammed the place, which it is not clear he has even visited: “It’s a total catastrophe. First of all, it cost billions more than it was anticipated [...]
A statement released by Steve Wyrick shows that he rivals Criss Angel in his ability to stare reality in the face and see something totally different. Wyrick’s theater in Planet Hollywood’s mall closed last week. At first there was no response from Wyrick’s camp. Then, apparently after taking it through some drafts, a “final” statement [...]
“Time in a Bottle,” a fan in the balcony called out. “I wrote that,” Brooks joked. He then played the song and a couple other Jim Croce songs for good measure. The audience loved it. I lost count of the standing ovations. By any standards, Garth Brooks opening in Vegas was a huge success. Country [...]
Zowie Bowie are the retro Vegas act whose 8 year not married but engaged status was part of their thoroughly predictable shtick. But the unpredictable has happened. Well, predictable for a real couple just not a Vegas act. The duo have announced their split (one of them seems to have been caught dating outside the [...]
This is Gold Plated Door photographer Sarah Gerke’s rendering of litter on the Strip. This is almost entirely for illegal escorts. If you want legal prostitution in Nevada you have to cross the county line into Pahrump and then only female prostitution was legal. Today that changes. It’s official. Nevada has approved liscencing male prostitutes [...]
Nothing has been going right for magician/landlord Steve Wyrick this year. In recent years, Wyrick has been operating out of his own theater in the mall at Planet Hollywood. Not that anyone paid him much attention. But in July, Wyrick announced a trick called “Death Drop” to promote the opening of a new tattoo parlor [...]
There are two schools of thought about the future of Vegas. One is that the local economy is in need of diversification, everyone agrees, only no one knows how to make that one happen. And the other view, far more common: Sin City needs to double down by going further with the sinning than ever [...]
BREAKING: I just got off the phone with Bobbi Davis owner of Shady Lady Brothel. She hopes to have her first two legal and licensed male prostitutes working at her brothel by January 1, 2010. Some back story: Heidi Fleiss came to Nevada a few years ago to open a stud farm and managed to [...]
When the world ends, the Las Vegas headline will read: “World Ends: Experts Worry About Impact on Vegas Tourism.” Hence earlier this year a throwaway sentence by the president that bankers shouldn’t use bailout funds to party in Vegas resulted in the casinos and even the mayor going demagogue as if those words would destroy [...]
