The Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to redesign plans that would close off D Street, near downtown, as part of the Interstate 15 north widening project.
Representatives from Disney theme parks will visit Las Vegas Friday to encourage fun.
They’re one of the fastest-rising names in the Vegas rock ranks, though that name soon will change. The hard-hitting, hook-heavy, guitar-mad 7th Son recently recorded their debut for Roadrunner Records, home to such big names as Nickelback and Slipknot. Currently, the band is gigging locally and planning on switching monikers soon. Singer/guitarist Chris Babbitt breaks it down for us.
Neil Wharton isn’t usually confused with his dad, unless he wants to be. And he wants to be this weekend, when he sings as Vince Neil in a Motley Crue tribute band.
Now that it’s February, it’s time to start focusing on Valentine’s Day. If you’re having problems finding the ideal gift for your lady, check out getinherhead.com, where women can enter their sizes, color preferences and a wish list and her significant other can sign in and see just what it is she dreams of. Also provided is an e-mail reminder system, so you won’t forget important dates.
William Shakespeare and Mark Twain are coming to Vegas. The literary legends will be celebrated by two theater companies that believe their classics still hold relevance.
Awful, isn’t it? Heartbreaking, don’t you think? Incredible, wouldn’t you say?
1909. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People — the NAACP — was formed in New York. Robert E. Peary and five fellow adventurers reached the North Pole.
V ery few things have earned my loyalty for more than a decade. “Days of Our Lives” came close. Honda isn’t quite there yet. And, I don’t feel comfortable counting University of Utah football since only the rivalry game gets me glued to the set.
Juicy Couture and Las Vegas go together like tracksuits and velour. We were, after all, the first city to introduce a stand-alone store for the Los Angeles-based brand in ’04. Now, the Forum Shops at Caesars is unveiling a 4,800-square-foot Juicy Couture store with a Juicy Couture Intimates boutique to come. It seems our city is Juicier than ever.
The newest spa to open in Las Vegas not only claims to provide life-changing service, they get the process started as soon as you step foot in their doors.
Ken Paves wants to make one thing clear. “Jessica Simpson did not give birth to me,” he says from a chair in his new namesake salon at ElevenSpa.
If the financial services industry adhered to public sentiment, bankers and brokers would be wearing potato sacks, riding the bus and earning minimum wage right now. They certainly carry a great deal of blame in making a mess of the economy, and they further enraged taxpayers late last year by slurping down billions of dollars in federal bailout money.
The regulatory staff of the Public Utilities Commission staff is recommending the three-member panel consider seeking an injunction against the county for willfully and repeatedly violating a state law designed to avoid potentially lethal natural gas explosions.
Not surprisingly, Wall Street lauded plans by Wynn Resorts Ltd. to reduce expenses by $75 million to $100 million annually at Wynn Las Vegas and the recently opened $2.3 billion Encore.
A bond analyst with KDP Investment Advisors said she thinks Station Casinos’ prepackaged bankruptcy plan “is still fairly paltry,” but she and other observers suggested bondholders may decide accepting the offer is a better option than forcing the company into bankruptcy in the current economy.
The public should be invited behind the curtain of the International Consumer Electronics Show, many readers say.
Maybe it’s the price point. Perhaps it’s the environmentally friendly construction. Or it might just be the new floor plans. For whatever reason, Villa Trieste, a new-home neighborhood that Pulte Homes opened Jan. 10 in Summerlin, posted the same number of sales in its first two weeks as most new-home communities can expect to sign in a month.
