THE ADVOCATE: New Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce President Matthew Crosson is working to unify local business factions and help small companies better promote themselves.
CityCenter’s most famous architect is also its least publicized. His name is Norman Foster. He is a globetrotting superstar with books and museum exhibits dedicated to his work. “Stormin’ Norman,” as the British press calls him, serves as chairman of London-based Foster + Partners, an architecture, design and planning firm responsible for famous buildings across Europe and Asia, including the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank headquarters and Reichstag New German Parliament. The Harmon Hotel at CityCenter was to be Foster’s Las Vegas debut.
After making the Blue Jays out of spring training as their fourth outfielder, Mike McCoy played six positions this season for Toronto.
Odartey Blankson: Years: 2003 to 2005, Career highlights: The Marquette transfer scored 1,087 points in two seasons to rank 31st on UNLV’s scoring list.
With all respect due Woody Hayes, Bob Knight or Russell Crowe; with a dubious appreciation of Mike Tyson, for taking a chunk out of Evander Holyfield’s ear; or of Alec Baldwin, for taking a chunk out of his daughter’s rear end, I might have witnessed the ultimate meltdown at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring on Thursday night.
In poker, they call it going “all in.” It’s that time in the game when a player decides he’s willing to risk everything.
With that, I’d like you to meet the Martin family: Dave, Debby, Will and Genevieve. These folks go all in every day as members of the Mount Charleston Volunteer Fire Department Station 81.
We asked for your crazy cake stories — from weddings or special events — and we got a plateful.
If you’re like the majority of Americans today, you have hot dogs, fireworks and maybe some cake on hand, ready to mark America’s 234th birthday.
Harrah’s Entertainment’s top executive is not shy about admitting that even he is surprised by the World Series of Poker’s explosive growth since 2004.
For a second there, I wondered what political office Brock Lesnar was about to accept …
The question must have been posed to Shane Carwin at least 100 times last week.