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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.
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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