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The Strip REALLY Is Live Tonight!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 25 April 2011
We're on! Tonight's show features two 1970s heartthrobs with Vegas gigs in the next few weeks, CHiPs star Erik Estrada and teen idol David Cassidy of The Partridge Family.
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Sad Shermy Socks Steve & Sun
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 25 April 2011
Some of you expect me to blast back at disgraced former Review-Journal publisher Sherman Frederick
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The NYT Loves, Invents Stuff About Clint Holmes
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 20 April 2011
Don't get me wrong here. I love Clint Holmes. He's an amazing performer and I wish he were still a Strip headliner. He's old-school and genuine and works so hard you feel lazy watching him.
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Pulitzer Shucks! And Congrats Anyway!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 18 April 2011
The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes were announced earlier this afternoon and the Las Vegas Sun's Marshall Allen and Alex Richards were not winners. They had been favored after sweeping several pre-Pulitzer honors for investigative journalism, but in the end they were considered -- and then passed over -- in the Local News Reporting category.
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Monday Is Pulitzer Day!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 18 April 2011
Somewhere around noon PT on Monday, we find out if the Sun has done the improbable and won its second Pulitzer Prize in three years.
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In Vegas, Woe Is Thee Who Relies On Google Maps
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 15 April 2011
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CityCenter Comes To Their Senses?
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 15 April 2011
I know there's a ton of big Vegas news out there -- Kirk leaving MGM, Wynn's newest best friends being indicted, dipsticks finally getting their comeuppance -- but I've got a project to contend with so I can only handle minor blog posts right now.
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LVW Col: For Whom The Tillerman Tolled
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 14 April 2011
Sometimes columns come from trying to go out to eat. See? -sfLongtime Vegas restaurant the Tillerman quietly disappearsBy Steve Friess
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Little Did We Know...
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 13 April 2011
As I mentioned last week, I'm updating one of my Vegas guidebooks for a new edition right now and look at what we published a scant four years ago:The North Strip is undergoing a rebirth that began with the ritzy and vast resort Wynn Las Vegas and, by decade’s end, it will see more than $10 billion in new high-end resort construction. Sigh. Maybe next decade.
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6 Thrilling Adventure Activities in Las Vegas
Blog: GoBackpacking - 13 April 2011
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Irresistible Press Release Of The Month: Bellagio's Space Bunnies!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 12 April 2011
Classic. How long until Maury get to do the entire Bellagio Conservatory?!? -sf
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The Strip is Live tonight at 8 pm PT
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 11 April 2011
Who are those people who stand in those lines to get into Vegas nightclubs? Where does all this money come from?
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How Responsibly Do Casinos Want You To Game? Not Very.
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 7 April 2011
Yesterday, I needed to look up when the Monte Carlo offers free gambling lessons for an upcoming update of my Random House/Knopf guidebook of Vegas. I went to the resort's website, then clicked on the tab for CASINO and found myself on a screen with many options.This one intrigued me:
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The Show is UP: Top Of The Stratosphere
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 7 April 2011
You read the column, now hear the conversation. Stratosphere CEO Frank Riolo offers a candid, in-depth assessment of one of the most beloved and distinctive of Vegas landmarks. Also, hear Carolyn Goodman correct the record on Oscar Goodman's drinking and listen to me foolishly complain about not being able to lay money on Butler from my iPhone. Hah. Enjoy. Click on the date below to play or right-click to save the show.
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Hating Myself For Liking Terry Fator's Gay Puppet
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 6 April 2011
If the question a few weeks ago was whether I was capable of giving Criss Angel a fair shake even though I'm not a fan of his off-stage antics, this week's piece proves that talent actually will win me over most of the time. I went to "Believe" for that earlier column trying my best to give it a shot, but I went to Terry Fator last week determined to dislike it. And then I didn't because Fator may be square and corny, but so I am. Here's this week's Las Vegas Weekly entry.
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The Mayoral Primary & The Race of The C.G.s
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 6 April 2011
As I pretty much anticipated in last week's AOL/Hu
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BREAKING: The Goodmans are JEWISH!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 5 April 2011
Those of you who listened to the Carolyn Goodman conversation that was posted in the podcast feed over the weekend might have wondered w
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Buffet of Buffets, 24 Hours of Gluttony - Las Vegas Experience #1
Blog: Living the Dream: RTW - 5 April 2011
The Buffet of Buffets is an interesting new concept in the food scene on the Las Vegas strip, not from being a new upscale restaurant or novelty dining experience, but rather being one of the most gluttonous events one can attempt throughout the entire city. After hearing such rave reviews of the experien
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The Strip is LIVE Tonight!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 4 April 2011
We're back tonight at 8 p.m. PT for The Strip with our conversation with Stratosphere CEO Frank Riolo who discusses the Sahara closing, whether there'll ever be a sky-high casino at the property and whether the Stratosphere is still part of The Strip.
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A Very Mayoral Sunday In The Media
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 3 April 2011
As my pal Amy and I ran our April Fool's errand to L.A.
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The Show Has Been UP: Donny & Marie
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 2 April 2011
This show's been available in the show feed now for a few days, but I've just been too swamped to get it updated on TheStripPodcast.Com. Remember if you subscribe -- for free! -- in iTunes or Zune, you'll always get it first. Anywho, enjoy.
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Carolyn Goodman on DREAM Act, Domestic Partnerships
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 1 April 2011
[UPDATE: Hear the whole interview with Carolyn Goodman by clicking here
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LVW Col: The Sahara Strands The Stratosphere
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 31 March 2011
Here's my latest LVW column. My full chat with Frank Riolo, CEO of the Stratosphere, will be available as a podcast next week. Enjoy. -sfWith the Sahara closing, the Stratosphere faces an identity crisisBy STEVE FRIESS
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Odd Brown and Gay Moments In The Vegas Mayor Race
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 31 March 2011
This week, I've finally started doing some reporting on the non-partisan race to replace Oscar Goodman as mayor of Las Vegas.
