Jordan brothers live it up in Vegas

Michael Jordan's Twitter-happy 19-year-old son may be on a shorter leash on future trips to Las Vegas.

Marcus Jordan opened a major can of worms after hinting on Twitter last Friday that he was partying like a high roller at CityCenter.

Posted on his Twitter feed: "Last night was stupid..35k at Haze...Totals 50k something the whole day .. Damn!!"

A spokesman for MGM Resorts International acknowledged Tuesday that the gaming giant is checking into the matter. Alan Feldman, responding by e-mail, said: "Heard about it yesterday. We're looking into it."

Haze is a Light Group-operated nightclub in Aria, the anchor hotel-casino at MGM International's CityCenter.

Marcus, whose birth date is listed as Dec. 24, 1990, and his brother, Jeffrey, 21, were in Las Vegas with their father, who was holding the Michael Jordan fantasy camp at The Mirage.

The brothers, who are attending the University of Central Florida, loved their accommodations: Jeffrey, who goes by HeirJordan13 on Twitter, tweeted: "this suite at aria is sick."

Marcus' tweet that referred to the $35,000 tab was quickly removed from his Twitter feed.

One Strip executive I talked to said the offspring of high rollers are frequently a handful and need to be carefully supervised, now more than ever, after the liquor license crackdown last year. Another club exec said VIP hosts are often pressured to comp high rollers' family members.

THE SCENE AND HEARD

Nevada's former first lady, Dawn Gibbons, is joining KSNV-TV, Channel 3, on Oct. 4 as director of community relations for Sunbelt Communications Company. She will head the company's community outreach efforts throughout the state. ...

Penn Jillette of the Rio's veteran headliner act Penn & Teller is having most of his signature ponytail cut off today at the Rio Spa & Salon. He's doing it around 10 a.m. to benefit children in need. He's had the ponytail about 25 years. ...

Film legend Tony Curtis returned to his Anthem home last week after a month in a Henderson hospital. Curtis, 85, "is already asking what's on his schedule," a rep said. ...

Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce CEO Matt Crosson will be turning the tables and tossing questions at me at Thursday's Chamber luncheon at the Four Seasons. Ticket information: Call 641-5822 or go to LVChamber.com.

SIGHTINGS

Chef Gordon Ramsay of the hit TV show "Hell's Kitchen," dining at Serendipity 3 at Caesars Palace on Tuesday. ... Swimming rivals Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, at The Bank (Bellagio) on Sunday with Cullen Jones, who owns the U.S. record for 50-meter freestyle. Phelps and Lochte were U.S. teammates at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Earlier this month, Lochte scored a rare win over Phelps in the 200 individual medley. Lochte, who had a belated birthday party at Blush (Wynn) on Tuesday, and Jones took in the Miss Universe pageant Monday. ... Pulling her luggage cart through Mandalay Bay's casino Monday: a disappointed Miss Brazil Debora Lyra, in a hot pink T-shirt that read: "Don't Worry, Be Happy." She accommodated fan requests until she was approached by a man claiming to be an entertainment impresario. When she politely moved on, he pursued first runner-up Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps, who also wasn't interested. ... Members of Rascal Flatts, shooting a video for their song "Why Wait?" at the Palms late Monday with Carrot Top and later Penn & Teller.

THE PUNCH LINE

"There was a big controversy in the Miss Universe contest. Miss Iran was disqualified for enriching uranium." -- David Letterman

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