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Updated April, 2007
OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS IN LAS VEGAS
by billhere, Publisher
OPENINGS IN LAS VEGAS LAST MONTH (MARCH,2007):
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Mar. 1= BARBARY COAST reopened under the new ownership of Harrah's and with
the new name of
BILL'S GAMBLING HALL & SALOON (in honor of Harrah's founder, Bill Harrah).
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Mar. 1= Cirque du Soleil's aquatic spectacular 'O' performed its milestone
4000th show at the Bellagio.
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Mar. 1= HOOTERS renamed their slot club the "Owl Rewards Club."
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Mar. 1= Midnight movie openings start every Thursday night- South Point.
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Mar. 2= The SAHARA (1,720 rooms) was sold to new owners subject to the usual
regulatory approvals.
Major renovations are expected but no details have yet been released.
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Mar. 3= HYPNOSIS GONE WILD reopened -- Empire Ballroom.
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Mar. 3= Café Martorano opened in the RIO. The restaurant, which is taking
over the former
Rosemary's Restaurant space, blends nightlife and dining.
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Mar. 5= Las Vegas Hilton's Andiamo restaurant, was renamed “Casa Nicola”.
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Mar. 6= Jean Philippe Pâtisserie in the Bellagio, opened two hand-crafted
chocolate bunnies fish from an animated steamboat floating on a pond of
sugar waves, complete with a working paddle. This is a one-of-a-kind
sculpture. The display is 7-feet tall and 8-feet long and is made of
approximately 520 pounds of dark and milk chocolate. The chocolate sculpture
exhibit is on display through May 5. It is open 24 Hours a day and is free
to the public.
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Mar. 8= WYNN LAS VEGAS preview shows began for Eric Idle's (of Monty Python
fame) sold-out
Broadway musical spoof of the King Arthur tale "Spamalot", in a specially
designed $70 million theater
called The Grail Theater (which was where the ill-fated Avenue Q played) to
house the 90-minute
production. John O'Hurley (best known as J. Peterman on Seinfeld) will play
King Arthur. The show won
2005 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Director for Mike Nichols and Best
Featured Actress in a
Musical for Sara Ramirez.
Great internet site at:
http://www.montypythonsspamalot.com
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Mar. 9= LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAYcompleted $27 million of upgrades to their
facility including
a new fan interactive area and Nextel Cup garage in the speedway's infield.
This new area will allow race
fans to look directly into the garages from both a raised level and ground
level as the teams prepare their
cars to race. The Speedway is also increasing the banking and moving the pit
road closer to the
grandstands. A new media center also will be part of the project. Removal of
existing asphalt has begun.
More info. at:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nascar12mar12,1,3818312.story?coll=la-headlines-sports&ctrack=1&cset=true
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Mar.11= Spring exhibit opened- Bellagio Botanical Gardens.
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Mar.15= Lucky Strike Lanes opened in the RIO.The project will feature a
10-lane bowling alley,
full-service restaurant and large bar area. The decor will be red brick
facades, retro bowling
photographs, a neon Las Vegas sign and projection screens. Open seven days
per week from 11 a.m.
until 3 a.m.
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Mar.15= STRATOSPHERE opened the POLLY ESTHER NIGHTCLUB, which will be a
nightclub with
four different rooms, each with its own type of music. Location of the Polly
Esther Nightclub is just
inside the main entrance of the Stratosphere between the Poker Room and
Sportsbook. The four signature clubs, which will all be extremely detailed,
decade themed venues, are: the 70's themed POLLY ESTHERS,the 80's themed
CULTURE CLUB,the 90's themed NERVE ANA and Polly Esther's Las Vegas will
also debut SUITE 2000, a club themed around this decade and specially
designed for
Las Vegas. All rooms will be accessible with one cover charge.
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Mar.21= Venus Pool Club, opened inside Caesars Palace. Venus Pool Club
features extravagant
elements of poolside indulgence such as posh cabanas, oversized chaise
lounges, and air-conditioned
bars with flat screen TVs and luxuries as frozen towels, cooling Evian face
spritzers and body massages.
Menu items range from lobster sandwiches to fresh ceviche, and a traveling
drink cart equipped
for creating multiple flavors of mojitos and margaritas. Venus Pool Club
will open 7 days per week from
9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and is located in the pool area of the Palace Tower.
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Mar.22= Cirque du Soleil announced a new Cirque du Soleil show. Cirque du
Soleil will present
'Mindfreak' illusionist Criss Angel in a $100-million+ magic spectacular to
open in mid-2008 at the
Luxor. This will be the seventh resident Cirque show in Vegas joining
Mystere, O, Zumanity, Ka and
LOVE with an Elvis-based show opening at MGM Mirage's City Center when that
is completed before
the decade's end.
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Mar.22-24= Don Rickles started the first of many exclusive engagements at
the GOLDEN NUGGET.
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Mar.23= Opening Night for the STEVE WYRICK REAL MAGIC show in the Steve
Wyrick Theater
located in the Desert Passage Mall in the Aladdin. The theater is very badly
designed as you have to
walk up three flights of steps or have a long wait for a single, small
elevator.
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Mar.24= Preview shows began for a new show "Stomp Out Loud," an expanded
version of the off
-Broadway hit "Stomp." The show will be performed inside a new, $28 million
theater specifically created
for this production - Aladdin/Planet Hollywood.
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Mar.26= Celebrity chef, David Burke opened his new restaurant "DAVID BURKE",
serving modern
American cuisine. Located on the casino level of the Venetian, where the
Royal Star Chinese
Restaurant was located.
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Mar.28= Grand Canyon West, a destination owned and operated by the Hualapai
Tribe at the Grand
Canyon's western rim, opened THE SKYWALK. The Skywalk will be the first-ever
cantilever shaped
glass walkway to suspend more than 4,000 feet above the canyon's floor and
extend 70 feet from the
canyon's rim. Access to The Skywalk will run from dawn to dusk and will cost
$25 per person in addition
to the cost of a Grand Canyon West entrance package. One hundred and twenty
people will be allowed
on the bridge at a time. The cost is $25 per person until December 31st,
when it will go up to $45 per
person.
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Mar. 31= Beacher's Madhouse, and his eccentric motley crew of midgets, drag
queens, strippers,
stilt walkers, contortionists and celebrities started again on a
once-a-month basis -
HARD ROCK HOTEL.
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Mar.31= TERRIBLE'S took control and closed on their $400 million purchase,
from MGM Mirage, of the
three casino/hotels, with 2,644 hotel rooms, in Primm, NV (Whiskey Pete's,
Primm Valley Resorts and
Buffalo Bill's). The purchase also includes the convenience store, on the
border, which is the California
Lottery's number one sales outlet.
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Mar. 31= WYNN LAS VEGAS Opened Eric Idle's (of Monty Python fame) Broadway
musical spoof of the King Arthur tale "Spamalot", in a specially designed
$70 million theater called The Grail Theater
(which was where the ill-fated Avenue Q played) to house the 90-minute
production. John O'Hurley (best
known as J. Peterman on Seinfeld) plays King Arthur.
Internet site at:
http://www.montypythonsspamalot.com
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LAS VEGAS OPENINGS COMING UP IN THE FUTURE: 2007
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Apr.4= TROPICANA is open for 50 years. They opened April 4, 1957.
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Apr.5= Harrah's to hold special shareholder meeting to approve the company's
sale toTexas Pacific and
Apollo. The company owns and operates 12 properties in Nevada.
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Apr.5= WYNN LAS VEGAS reopens the La Reve Theater after undergoing $8
million of renovations.
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April 6 = Good Friday.
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Apr.6-8= First Vegas GRAND PRIX (sponsored by Visa):
www.vegasgrandprix.com
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April 14= New show: "Hello Dere!" Starring Marty Allen and Karon Kate starts
-Gold Coast Showroom.
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April 16-19= NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (NAB) TRADE SHOW. FREE
passes to
see the exhibits at: www.nabshow.com
(use code: BR08)
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Apr.17= Grand opening for a new show "Stomp Out Loud," an expanded version
of the off-Broadway hit "Stomp." The show will be performed inside a new,
$28 million theater specifically created for this production -
Aladdin/Planet Hollywood.
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Apr.20= HOOTERS opens the transformation of their "13" Martini Bar into the
300-seat "Hooters
showroom" featuring headlining acts.
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April 20-22=Pool, Spa and Home Expo-South Point Hotel.
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Apr.21= PALMS opens their multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art concert
theater named THE PEARL
CONCERT THEATER. Gwen Stefani will headline the Grand Opening. The farthest
seat from the stage
will be a mere 120 feet away, allowing performers to personally connect with
the entire audience. Two
14-foot by 16-foot video screens will be located on each side of the stage
for close up looks at the on-
stage action with additional plasma screens located throughout the concourse
areas. With special
scalable curtains, The Pearl's capacity can easily adjust to accommodate
from 1,100 to 2,400 guests.
In addition, the floor will allow for seated concert viewing or general
admission standing room audiences.
The new concert facility will be hard wired to The Studio at The Palms. The
facility is also designed to
host live television programs, sporting events and award shows. Internet
site:
http://www.palmspearl.com/
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Apr.27= Magician Dixie Dooley opens his new show, "DIXIE DOOLEY, MASTER
MYSTIFIER" at the
Weston Casuarina.
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Apr.??= ALADDIN changes its name to PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO.
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Apr.??= FOUR QUEENS opens their nightclub called the Canyon Club.
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Apr.??= SOUTH POINT will open a new, fine-dining restaurant called
MICHAEL'S, named after the
successful restaurant in the Barbary Coast.
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Sometime in the spring of 2007, GREEN VALLEY RANCH will open additional
casino space and a
400-seat lounge and entertainment venue which will feature recurring acts
and touring headliners.
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Sometime in the spring of 2007, the NBA (National Basketball Association)
will put the issue of
expanding to Las Vegas into the hands of the owners, who will vote.
Observers think that the NBA will
expand into Las Vegas, as long as the betting issue is resolved, with the
casino sports books, to the
league's satisfaction.
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Sometime in the spring of 2007, the RIVIERA is scheduled to open a new show.
The Riviera Showroom is now under renovation to accommodate this new show
which is rumored to be the Moscow ice Show.
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May 4, 2007= TAO Nightclub at The Venetian will open TAO BEACH, a
sophisticated Asian themed
European-style beach club and nightclub.
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May 5, 2007= Boxing. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather-TICKETS SOLD OUT
IN THREE
HOURS = MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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May 17= Grand opening for the Carmen Electra and Dutch magician Hans Klok
"The Beauty of
Magic" show at ALADDIN/PLANET HOLLYWOOD.
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Sometime in late May, The MATSURI show opens in the Sahara.
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May??= MGM MIRAGE is opening Towers B and C in the RESIDENCES AT MGM GRAND.
The project has three Towers, each 40-storeys high and each Tower will have
576 condominium units.
The Towers are very creatively called: Tower A, Tower B and Tower C. The
condominium units can be
rented by the public under the MGM Mirage program called The Signature at
MGM Grand. Tower A is
now open. The whole project is being built where the MGM Grand Adventures
Theme Park was located,
in the back of the MGM Grand. Turnberry & MGM Mirage are partners. Tel.
1-888-891-1688 or
(702) 891-5555. Beautiful internet site is at:
http://www.mgmgrandresidences.com
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June 1-3= International Jewelry Show-Cashman Ctr.
http://www.intergem.com/event/detail.cfm?showID=50
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June 2-4= International Esthetics, Cosmetics & SpaConference at the Las
Vegas Convention Ctr.
http://www.iecsc.com/lasvegas.php
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Sometime in mid to late June, 2007, the $4 billion, multi-use ECHELON PLACE
will start construction, where the Stardust was located. The project will
have five hotel towers of 5,300 hotel rooms in five hotels (Echelon Resort,
Shangri-La Hotel, one as yet unnamed and Morgans Hotel will open Delano and
Mondrian. One million square feet of convention and meeting space, 350,000
square feet of joint ventured retail space, several entertainment venues
including a 4,000-seat production theater and 1,500-seat performance venue.
25 restaurants and bars. plus the centerpiece 140,000-square-foot casino.
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June??, 2007= RED ROCK RESORT will open a $65 million, 72-lane bowling
center on the west side of
the property near the movie theaters and additional parking. The bowling
center will also include a
lounge, dining area, full service pro shop and a self-contained VIP bowling
area with 12 lanes to host
private banquets, meetings and special events. This is the last and Phase 3
of their expansion plans.
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July 4=Independence Day
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July 7, 2007= Expected to be the busiest day ever, in the history of Las
Vegas wedding chapels.
(07-07-07)
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Sometime in the summer of 2007, SANTA FE STATION will open a new poker room,
two restaurants
named Tides Oyster Bar and Salt Lick BBQ and a Center Bar concept similar to
the ones at Green
Valley Ranch and Red Rock Station.
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Sometime during late summer or early fall of 2007,FIESTA HENDERSON will open
a Food Court,
Arcade and 12-screen movie theater operated by Regal Cinemas.
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Sometime in the fall of 2007, TOWN SQUARE, phase one, will open with
theaters, restaurants and
offices. This $750 million project on 1.9 million square feet, is located at
Las Vegas Boulevard and
Sunset Road.
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Sept. 3=Labor Day
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Oct.??= PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO (formerly the Aladdin) completes $1
billion
in major renovations and remodeling.
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Oct.??= $2 billion TROPICANA expansion starts by the new owners. The company
has filed plans
with Clark County to expand the old casino to 10,224 rooms counting 948
condo-hotel units. Existing
hotel towers will stand as will the showroom while the rest of the property
is demolished for the
redevelopment. The current two towers, which total fewer than 2,000 rooms,
will be reworked and
merged into new towers. Hotel will remain open during the construction
period.
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Oct.??= The VENETIAN will open their third tower called "Palazzo Resort
Hotel Casino" on the south
-east corner of The Strip and Spring Mountain where the now demolished Tam
O'Shanter Motel was
located. The 53-stories tower will have 3,025 suites, cost $1.8 billion,
with casino (1,900 slot machines
and 80 table games), meeting space, shopping mall (with Barneys of New
York), restaurants,
underground parking and 1,500-seat theater. There will be a 60-foot glass
domed entry lobby with a two
-story fountain. When completed, it will be part of the largest hotel
complex in the world with 7,052 hotel
rooms. Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z will open a 40/40 club. Also opening is a
20,000-square-foot casual
entertainment facility called ROCKET, a seafood-focused outlet, as well as
an Italian steakhouse AND
A Wolfgang Puck eatery. "Jersey Boys" is set to open in the Palazzo Tower.
The Broadway hit is slated
for a long run in a new theater. The biography of Frankie Valli and the Four
Seasons won four Tony
awards, including best musical. It opened on Broadway in November,2005 and
grosses more than
$1.1 million per week. As in the first two towers, there will not be a
buffet.
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Nov. 4= Daylight Savings Time ends. Put clocks back one hour.
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Sometime in 2007, the Aladdin/Planet Hollywood will open a new show "Lumiere".
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Sometime in 2007, HARMON AVENUE EXTENSION opens that would link the street
with Frank
Sinatra Drive and The Strip.
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Sometime in 2007, the Hard Rock Hotel will start A $750 million expansion
with the addition of
approximately 950 guest rooms, including an all-suite 15-story tower with
upgraded amenities,
approximately 60,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, and
approximately 35,000 square
feet of casino space. In addition, the project includes the expansion of the
Hard Rock's award-winning
pool, several prominent new food and beverage outlets, a new and larger
"JOINT", live entertainment
venue, 30,000 square feet of new retail space, as well as a new spa and
health club. The project,
is expected to be fully completed by mid-2009.
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Sometime in 2007,the Monte Carlo will open DIABLO CANTINA MEXICAN
RESTAURANT. The two-
story, Strip front entrance restaurant will offer casual Mexican food with a
modern festive approach.
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Sometime in 2007, Station Casinos will start construction on its DURANGO
STATION CASINO
complex. Phase I of the project will include 400 hotel rooms, a 120,000
square-foot casino and
amenities. Phase II will add a 600-room hotel tower, entertainment center
and other expansions.
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Sometime in 2007, Station Casinos will announce plans for a mixed-use
project (condos, retail etc.)
on 52-acres near their Palace Station.
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Sometime in 2007, Herbst Gaming/Terrible's will finalize its $400 million
purchase of the three Primm,
NV hotels and casinos (Whiskey Pete's, Buffalo Bill's and Primm Valley
Resort), it purchased from
MGM Mirage.
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Sometime in 2007, Construction is scheduled to begin on THE WORLD JEWELRY
CENTER by a
California developer called Probity International Corporation as part of the
city's development of its 61-
acre Union Park site, vacant land just west of downtown, across from the $2
billion World Market
furniture center. The $500 million World Jewelry Center would occupy 5.4
acres, be 57 stories tall, and
have a million square feet of commercial space designed to bring together
jewelry manufacturers,
wholesalers, retailers, and consumers. Roughly 800,000 square feet would be
devoted to exhibition and
meeting areas, gem-grading laboratories, classrooms, a jewelry and gem
museum, a café, and a private
club. A 125,000-square-foot retail center, consisting of up to 50 stores,
would be open to the public.
Up to 25 residential condos would occupy the top floors. The World Jewelry
Center would be competing
with established jewelry centers, such as New York City's 47th Street
Diamond and Jewelry Center,
L.A.'s Hill Street Diamond District, and Miami's Seybold Jewelry Building.
It will take three to three-and-a
-half years to complete.
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Sometime in late 2007, the famous CROBAR Nightclub will open where the Rita
Rudner Theater was
located - New York-New York.
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Sometime at the end of 2007 = Opening of the $365 million, TRUMP
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL &
TOWER LAS VEGAS. It is a 64-story hotel condominium project located west of
Las Vegas Blvd on
Fashion Show Dr., behind the New Frontier. The project is modeled after the
successful New York
venture at One Central Park West, Condominium units are in the price range
from $700,000 to $7
million and feature1,282 condominium hotel units ranging from studios to
multiple room suites. This
will be the tallest residential tower in Las Vegas. "The Donald" promises
his project will shake up Las
Vegas' already thriving high-rise residential market:
http://www.lasvegashighriseprojects.com/TrumpInternational.html
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OPENING IN LAS VEGAS 2008
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Jan. 1= Grand Canyon West, is a destination owned and operated by the
Hualapai Tribe at the Grand
Canyon's western rim. THE SKYWALK. is the first-ever cantilever shaped glass
walkway to suspend
more than 4,000 feet above the canyon's floor and extend 70 feet from the
canyon's rim. Access to The
Skywalk runs from dawn to dusk and will, as of today, cost $45 per person in
addition to the cost of a
Grand Canyon West entrance package. One hundred and twenty people are only
allowed on the bridge
at a time.
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Sometime in early 2008, Apollo Management Group and Texas Pacific Group will
close on their $17.1 billion purchase of HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT.
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Sometime in early 2008, the LAS VEGAS MONORAIL is planning to start
construction of an extension from the MGM GRAND to McCarran Airport. The
extension will run north from the MGM Grand to Harmon, east to Swenson
Street, south to Russell Road and east to the site of McCarran's future
Terminal 3.Monorail stations along the extended route are planned at the
site of the planned "W" Resort
Hotel on Harmon, at the Hard Rock Hotel and on Swenson near the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas to
serve events at the Thomas & Mack Center. Two stations would be built at
McCarran, one near the
planned Terminal 3 and another at Terminal 1 on the north side of the
airport's baggage claim area.
Projected completion date is three years later.
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Sometime in mid-2008, a new Cirque du Soleil show opens at the LUXOR. Cirque
du Soleil will
present 'Mindfreak' illusionist Criss Angel in a $100-million+ magic
spectacular.
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Jul.??,2008 = Opening of Building 3 of the WORLD MARKET CENTER. Costing $550
million, it will
be a 16-story showroom with over 2.1 million square feet of space, Sky
bridges at all levels will connect
this Building with Buildings 1 and 2.When fully built at 12 million square
feet, in 8 buildings, the WORLD
MARKET CENTER will be the largest trade show complex in the world.
Telephone: (702) 599-9621
www.lasvegasmarket.com
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Sometime in 2008,FONTAINEBLEAU Las Vegas hotel-casino will open. It's a
development of a 4,000-room hotel-casino, that will be built on the Strip
just north of the Riviera on 25 acres that once held the El Rancho and
Algiers casinos. The land fronts the existing Turnberry Place
high-rise condominium
project
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Sometime in 2008, The International Halloween Costume & Party Show, has
announced that after 23 years in Chicago, the show will move to Las Vegas.
Also making the move, is the annual National
Haunt & Attractions show.
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Sometime in 2008, the LADY LUCK in Downtown Las Vegas, which closed February
12, 2006, will
reopen after major renovations have been completed. Financing problems have
delayed completion.
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Sometime in 2008, ground breaking will take place for the MAXIM magazine
mixed-used project planned for the 7.7-acre site near Circus Circus which
would include a three-tower resort hotel with 300 rooms and 1,860
condominiums. It will also have a large casino, shops and restaurants.
Completion of the project will be in 2010. The project is planned for a site
on the northwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Circus Circus Drive.
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Sometime in 2008 construction will start on The world-class SMITH CENTER FOR
THE PERFORMING ARTS on a vacant 61-acre former railroad yard west of
downtown. The Center is expected to cost up to $250 million, with an
endowment of $50 million or more for expenses. Completion is for 2011.State,
county and city governments have approved a car-rental tax to pay almost
half the estimated cost. Completion is for 2011.The Center's main hall will
have more than 2,000 seats for large touring productions and concerts. The
Center will also have an elegant theater with more than 600 seats for
intimate performances and a Studio Theater with more than 300 seats for
children's performances, jazz, cabaret, rehearsals and community events:
http://www.lvpacfoundation.org
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Sometime in the fourth quarter of 2008 The VILLAGE AT QUEENSRIDGE opens and
will have over
700,000 square feet of boutique shops, cinemas, restaurants and office
space. This project is located
on the southwest corner of Rampart Boulevard and Alta Drive, across the
street from the Suncoast Hotel
& Casino, on the south side.
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Sometime in late 2008 the COSMOPOLITAN Resort & Casino will open. A $1.8
billion development, it will consist of two glass towers on an 8.5-acre site
on Harmon Avenue and the Las Vegas Strip, just
south of the Bellagio. It will encompass over 4 million square feet and
approximately 3,000 rooms
comprised of condo hotel units and hotel rooms, over 150,000 square feet of
convention and meeting
space, a 75,000 square foot casino, Over 300,000 square feet of retail,
restaurant, entertainment
space, a 50,000 square foot fitness center/spa, 400 feet of Strip frontage,
multiple nightclubs, an 1,800
seat theater,500 seat cabaret and a four-level, 3,800-car underground
parking garage. One of the
attractions will be The Cosmo Beach Club, a five-acre pool deck overlooking
The Strip featuring al fresco
dining and a nightclub. The hotel is intended to have a four-star rating and
will be called: The Grand Hyatt
Las Vegas at The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino. Hyatt will operate the
property's 3,000 hotel rooms,
suites and condo-hotel units. Info.::
http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/about/press/pr-show.jsp?id=1200622
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Sometime in late 2008, opening of the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute on the corner
of Bonneville Avenue
and Grand Central Parkway at Union Park in downtown Las Vegas, which will be
a medical-scientific
think tank, diagnostic and research facility dedicated to seeking the cures
for memory disorders and
dementia associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's,
Parkinson's and other brain
dysfunctions.
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Sometime in late 2008, the first homes will be occupied in Olympia Group's
massive new 6,000
residential unit project in North Las Vegas. The homes in the master-planned
community, called Park
Highlands, will have a price range from $250,000 to $1 million+. The project
will take 10 years to
completely build out and is located close to Station Casino's future Aliante
Station. The buildersalso
hope to add a casino to their project.
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OPENING IN LAS VEGAS 2009
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Sometime in early 2009, the second tower of 2,054 suites, costing over $2.1
billion and named
ENCORE AT WYNN LAS VEGAS will open. Fully integrated with Wynn Las Vegas but
with additional
casino, additional food & beverage and more retail. Demolition of the
remaining towers of the old Desert
Inn have been completed to make way for this second tower. Information on
the second tower at:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/May-28-Fri-2004/business/23980705.html
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Sometime in early 2009, Station Casinos will open ALIANTE STATION CASINO in
the master planned community of the same name, in North Las Vegas at I-215
and Aliante Parkway. The property will have 2,000 slot machines, 200 hotel
rooms and cost up to $600 million.
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Sometime in early 2009, opening of ONE QUEENSRIDGE PLACE, the first suburban
high-rise condo
to go up in Las Vegas. Project consists of two 18-story towers with 219
condo units in each that are
each priced from $1.2 million to $5 million. Both Tower One and Tower Two
are going to open at the
same time. One Queensridge Place is located on the southwest corner of
Rampart Boulevard and Alta
Drive in the master-planned community of Queensridge, which is part of
Peccole Ranch adjacent to
Summerlin. This project is located across the street from the Suncoast Hotel
& Casino, on the south
side. Tel.: (702) 646-6377.
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Sometime in mid 2009, the Hard Rock Hotel will complete their $750 million
expansion which includes the addition of approximately 950 guest rooms,
including an all-suite 15-story tower with upgraded amenities, approximately
60,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, and approximately 35,000
square feet of casino space. In addition, the project includes the expansion
of the Hard Rock's award-winning pool, several prominent new food and
beverage outlets, a new and larger "JOINT", live entertainment venue, 30,000
square feet of new retail space, as well as a new spa and health club.
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Sometime in the fall of 2009, NORDSTROM DEPARTMENT STORE (my favorite store
in Las Vegas)
will open their second Las Vegas store in the Summerlin Centre, located at
Sahara and the 215.
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Sometime in 2009, WET LAS VEGAS will open, near the 215. Slated to be the
largest indoor waterpark
in North America, costing over$1 billion. Exact location and construction
schedule is to be released in a
few weeks: www.wetlasvegas.com
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Sometime in 2009, MONTREUX, the resort that will rise to replace the NEW
FRONTIER will open.
Montreux, given a Swiss mountain theme, will cost $1.9 billion, with 2,750
rooms and include a big
shopping mall and dining and entertainment amenities.
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Sometime in November, 2009, the Grand Opening of CITYCENTER which will
feature a 60-story,
4,000-room gaming resort with an Elvis Presley Show by Cirque du Soleil.;
two 400-room,non-gaming
boutique hotels including Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas; a
500,000-square-foot retail, dining and
entertainment district; and four distinct residential products within five
towers – approximately 2,700
residential units. CityCenter is located on 76 acres between the Bellagio
and Monte Carlo resorts -
approximately 18-million square feet of space . Total cost is $7 billion -
it is the largest privately
financed \development in the history of the United States. 12,000 new,
permanent positions will be
created by this project!
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Sometime in late 2009, the new HOOVER DAM bypass and bridge opens. With
security vehicle check points, there are some lengthy delays. Originally set
to open in 2007, The completion of the Hoover Dam Bypass has been delayed by
two years because of the collapse of construction equipment. Internet site
is at:
http://www.hooverdambypass.org/
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OPENING IN LAS VEGAS 2010
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Sometime in early 2010, the $4 billion, multi-use ECHELON PLACE will open,
where the Stardust
was located. The project will have five hotel towers of 5,300 hotel rooms in
five hotels (Echelon Resort,
Shangri-La Hotel, one as yet unnamed and Morgans Hotel will open Delano and
Mondrian. One million
square feet of convention and meeting space, 350,000 square feet of joint
ventured retail space, several
entertainment venues including a 4,000-seat production theater and
1,500-seat performance venue.
25 restaurants and bars. plus the centerpiece 140,000-square-foot casino.
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Sometime in 2010, opening will take place for the MAXIM magazine mixed-used
project planned
for the 7.7-acre site on the northwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and
Circus Circus Drive, which
would include a three-tower resort hotel with 300 rooms and 1,860
condominiums. It will also have a
large casino, shops and restaurants.
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Sometime in 2010,THE WORLD JEWELRY CENTER will open as part of the city's
development
of its 61-acre Union Park site, vacant land just west of downtown, across
from the $2 billion World
Market furniture center. The $500 million World Jewelry Center would occupy
5.4 acres, be 57 stories
tall, and have a million square feet of commercial space designed to bring
together jewelry manufacturers
wholesalers, retailers, and consumers. Roughly 800,000 square feet would be
devoted to exhibition and
meeting areas, gem-grading laboratories, classrooms, a jewelry and gem
museum, a café, and a private
club. A 125,000-square-foot retail center, consisting of up to 50 stores,
would be open to the public. Up
to 25 residential condos would occupy the top floors. The World Jewelry
Center would be competing
with established jewelry centers, such as New York City's 47th Street
Diamond and Jewelry Center,
L.A.'s Hill Street Diamond District, and Miami's Seybold Jewelry Building.
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Sometime by the end of 2010 the LAS VEGAS CONVENTION AND VISITORS AUTHORITY
completes a $1.4 billion expansion and renovation of the Las Vegas
Convention Center. They will add some 255,000 square-feet of meeting space,
create 3,200 new parking spaces, install a police station and put in a
concourse linking three buildings now joined by outdoor pathways.
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Sometime in 2011, the LAS VEGAS MONORAIL plans to open an extension from the
MGM GRAND to McCarran Airport. The extension will run north from the MGM
Grand to Harmon, east to Swenson Street south to Russell Road and east to
the site of McCarran's future Terminal 3.Monorail stations along the
extended route are planned at the site of the planned "W" Resort Hotel on
Harmon, at the Hard Rock
Hotel and on Swenson near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to serve
events at the Thomas & Mack
Center. Two stations would be built at McCarran, one near the planned
Terminal 3 and another at
Terminal 1 on the north side of the airport's baggage claim area.
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CLOSED IN LAS VEGAS LAST MONTH (MARCH,2007):
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Mar. 1= BOTTOMS UP show closed - Fitzgeralds.
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Mar. 1= Royal Star Chinese Restaurant closed. It was located on the casino
level of the Venetian.
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Mar. 2= The Candelight Wedding Chapel, which has been located on Las Vegas
Blvd across from
Circus Circus since it opened in 1966, was moved this morning beginning at 1
a.m. to it's new home.
The owner has donated it to the History Museum on South Boulder Hwy. in
Henderson.
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Mar. 2= HYPNOSIS GONE WILD closed- Krave Nightclub.
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Mar. 3= Chinese New Year Display closed - Bellagio Botanical Gardens.
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Mar. 6= Wynn Las Vegas closed La Reve Theater for $8 million of major
renovations. Will reopen April
5th.
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Mar. 6= The Wynn Las Vegas employee-parking garage (The old Desert Inn
parking garage) was
imploded. The six-story garage imploded extended back from the Strip, just
north of the new Encore
construction site at Wynn Las Vegas.
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Mar.13= The STARDUST was imploded.Details at:
http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6188154
(The next Las Vegas hotel to be imploded will be the Imperial Palace or the
New Frontier.)
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LAS VEGAS CLOSINGS COMING UP IN THE FUTURE: 2007
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Apr. 1= FOREVER PLAID show closing-Gold Coast.
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Apr.18= Nevada Landing Hotel and Casino will be demolished to make way for a
new hotel/casino with housing and commercial business. Located on Interstate
15, 25 miles south of Las Vegas, the Hotel has 302-rooms.(the Gold Strike,
on the other side of Interstate 15, is not affected.
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May 5= Spring exhibit closes - Bellagio Botanical Gardens.
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May 5= Jean Philippe Pâtisserie in the Bellagio, closes its two hand-crafted
sculptures of chocolate fish from an animated steamboat floating on a pond
of sugar waves, complete with a working paddle.
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May 12= The Scintas show closes - Sahara.
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May 29= BODIES…THE EXHIBITION AND TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBIT will close -
Tropicana.
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May 31= Union contracts expire with The Culinary Union, Local 226,who
contracts for about
50,000 casino workers, who include hotel and restaurant service employees on
the Strip and downtown.
They are hoping to avoid a strike as happened in Atlantic City in 2004.
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Sometime in 2007= The NEW FRONTIER is imploded. Noted architect Paul
Steelman has been
hired to design Montreux, the resort that will rise to replace the NEW
FRONTIER. Montreux, given a
Swiss mountain theme, will cost $1.9 billion, with 2,750 rooms and include a
big shopping mall and
dining and entertainment amenities. It will open in 2009.
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Sometime in mid-2007 IMPERIAL PALACE will close and MAY be demolished.
Harrah's will then
own the adjoining casinos of Harrah's, Imperial Palace, Flamingo and the
Barbary Coast.
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Dec.15, 2007 Caesars Palace headliner CELINE DION is closing her show as she
is planning
for a second child at the end of her 4-year Las Vegas run. Dion, told Tele 7
Jours, a French
entertainment magazine, "I'm approaching 40 years old, and I have to tend to
that." Her son, Rene-
Charles, was born in January, 2001 after in vitro fertilization. The frozen
embryo of her second child
awaits in storage at a New York clinic. CHER, MADONNA, Bette Midler, Rod
Stewart, Billy Joel, Diana
Ross etc. are rumored to replace her. We've just learned that Bette Midler
signed with Caesars last week, although as yet no details of the deal have
been released nor when her performances might commence.
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Sometime around the end 2007, the Amazing Jonathan show will close - Sahara.
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Sometime in the late summer of 2008, the MAMMA MIA show will close -
Mandalay Bay.
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