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Introducing Las Vegas
Vegas is the ultimate escape. Time is irrelevant here, especially after a few frenzied and intoxicating sleepless nights on the Strip. There are no clocks inside casinos, just never-ending buffets, ever-flowing drinks and adrenaline-fueled gaming tables. Almost any desire can be gratified instantly, since the USA’s fastest-growing metropolis and its luxe megaresorts stand ready to cater to your every whim 24/7. Emptying your wallet never felt so damn good.
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Hot tips for Vegas? Before you lose all of your bucks, spend a night agog at the tricks and tunes of Terry Fator at the Mirage, followed by a relaxed drink looking over the lights of the city up at the Mix lounge. In the mid-morning take a stroll down to the Bellagio and jump on the free shuttle bus to the uberglam Liberace Museum; a surreal, truly Vegas, sequined bonanza.
Often regarded like America’s dirty little secret, Sin City is a bastion of naughty, hangover-inducing weekends for people from all walks of life. You can reinvent yourself a hundred times over or hide out with your lover in a hotel room for days. It doesn’t even matter if you play the penny slots or drop a bankroll each and every night – you’re guaranteed to leave town convinced you’ve just had the time of your life.
Last updated: Aug 27, 2009
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Travel on a shoestring
23 July 2009
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Fast Facts about Las Vegas
- How bright are the lights of Vegas? bright enough that astronauts have to wear shades when looking at Las Vegas from the moon
- Las Vegas means 'the meadows' (Spanish)
- Luckiest streak? A sailor playing craps at the Desert Inn in 1950 won 27 dice rolls in a row - beating odds of 12 million to 1. He did not bet big however and won only $750
- Much loved Las Vegans Andre Agassi, Jenna Jameson, Toni Braxton, Rico Constatino
- Murder in Vegas Rapper Tupac Shakur was gunned down on the corner of Flamingo and Koval while sitting in a car at a red light after a Mike Tyson fight. The killer has not been found.
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Live shows TODAY!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 21 November 2009
Join us 4-5 pm PT for two live episodes of "The Petcast" and then from 5-6 pm PT for "The Strip" featuring my interview with new Vegas headliner Frank Caliendo. Come to LVRocks.Com and listen via your smart phone and chat in the chatroom with other listeners! See ya there!
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The Show is UP: Bill Boyd
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 18 November 2009
Here's this week's show. At the end of it, Miles shouts out for your Vietnamese and Thai favorites (no Lotus of Siam, please), so go ahead and share if you wish in the comments here. Otherwise, the banter this week is especially amusing and we hope you enjoy it all. Click on the date below to make it play or right-click to save it and listen at your leisure.
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This week's LVW col: After The Flop
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 18 November 2009
Here's this week's LVW col. Let's see if the poker peeps can muster the shock and awe that Batsh*t Bette fans did. -sfAfter the FlopPoker's time in the sun may have come and gone, if recent ratings are any indication By STEVE FRIESS
