Downtown casinos, Stratosphere offer perks for new members
Downtown casinos, Stratosphere offer perks for new members

Several of the downtown casinos are offering premiums to new players club members. At the Golden Nugget, all new 24 Karat Club sign-ups will play a promotional slot machine to receive $5 to $1,000 in free slot play. New players club members at Fitzgeralds will receive a Fitz logo drawstring backpack after earning 50 points ($250 coin-in on slots, $500 coin-in on video poker; no point redemption required). Four Queens customers receive a free deck of cards upon sign-up and a canvas tote bag after earning 40 points ($200 coin-in on slots, $320 coin-in on video poker; no point redemption required) within 24 hours of sign-up. Across the street at Binion’s, new members also receive a free deck of cards at sign-up and a T-shirt after earning 100 points ($150 coin-in on slots, $300 coin-in on video poker; no point redemption required) within 24 hours.

Famous Namesake

Let’s be honest: During its heyday in the 1970s, you — and, for that matter, everybody we know — never would have been admitted into New York City’s legendary Studio 54.

Keeping It Real
Keeping It Real

Kathleen Madigan is a top comedian in her own right. But she may be secondarily known for dating two other comedians, Lewis Black and Ron White.

Wolfgang Puck’s Springs Cafe offers new Sunday brunch
Wolfgang Puck’s Springs Cafe offers new Sunday brunch

Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Her reviews are done anonymously at Review-Journal expense.

DON’T MISS IT
DON’T MISS IT

AARON LEWIS OF STAIND

High School Icicle

Stand clear, post-adolescents — a Lean, Mean, Tween Machine is about to steamroll Vegas. …

Witnessing History

A number of Las Vegas celebrities are making arrangements to attend Barack Obama‘s inauguration festivities later this month.

Heckling the Hecklers

They sit backstage and face off, the heckler and the heckled, looking equally uncomfortable as the camera rolls.

‘Love’

Love” was the easiest of Cirque du Soleil’s six missions on the Strip, except for that one detail: living up to the expectations of everyone who grew up with the Beatles.

Keep F Street open
Keep F Street open

On Monday evening at the West Las Vegas Library, leaders of the local African-American community gathered to talk strategy concerning the impending closure of F Street at Bonanza Road.

Work undone?
Work undone?

As state archivist, Guy Rocha is a walking reference guide to Nevada history. No one has more familiarity with the people and events that shaped Nevada’s rise from rough-and-tumble cow country to international tourist destination, with the characters and skirmishes that forged an independent streak hundreds of miles wide.

A careful approach
A careful approach

Democrats including state Sen. Bob Coffin of Las Vegas, Assemblyman David Bobzien of Reno, Henderson Mayor Jim Gibson and North Las Vegas City Councilwoman Stephanie Smith took part in a telephone conference call Tuesday to endorse a two-year, $775 billion public works spending bill proposed by President-elect Barack Obama, supposedly as a strategy to create new jobs and reverse the country’s economic tailspin.

Seasonal Savings

As the Christmas bills start arriving and the temperature drops, saving on power bills in the summer probably is the last thing on the mind of typical consumers. But how about no-cost improvements that will cut bills now?

Casino in Sparks sold
Casino in Sparks sold

SPARKS — Baldini’s Sports Casino in Sparks has been sold by the Baldwin family to a group of investors from Missoula, Mont., according to an official involved in the deal.

Wife receives surprise Escalade for Christmas

Local businessman Pete Aguilar surprised his wife, Traci, for both Christmas and her birthday with a 2008 Cadillac Escalade SUV from Findlay Cadillac Saab in the Valley Automall.

Car buff turns trash into street-worthy treasures

He’s considered the neighborhood “Pied Piper” of old cars and trucks. Every few months, a down-on-your-luck heap of rusted metal and tires takes residence in one bay of Roger and Rachel Ramos’ three-car North Las Vegas garage.

Cruisin’ Association helps Santa distribute bikes, toys

Santa arrived early at Robert Taylor Elementary School in Henderson, stopping by on Dec. 20 to hand out 181 bicycles and hundreds of toys to 750 needy Las Vegas Valley children and families.

Play nice near big rigs

Why people blindly put their lives in the hands of others is a complete mystery to me.

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