Two Way Hard Three: September 2008 Archives

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September 30, 2008

Cirque's Criss Angel show has been taking some hits. Any reaction from Vegas locals?
Does Criss Angel's Cirque du Soleil Show at the Luxor Really Suck That Much?

LA Times Preview

Posted by detroit1051 and is filed under Las Vegas Strip , MGM MIRAGE

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Check Out Large Group of City Center Renderings

September 30, 2008

Thanks to donnymac for pointing this out - a site with a bunch of renderings that I haven't seen, at least not all of them:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/702919/34-brand-new-renderings

Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming , Casino Design , Las Vegas Strip , MGM MIRAGE , Project CityCenter

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StripWalk September 2008 - Hard Rock, Luxor, City Center and more...

September 27, 2008

Once again, another StripWalk from MikeCh, this time covering South Strip properties (and a trip to the Hard Rock).

Continue after the jump to read the details, photos are here:
http://www.ratevegas.com/photo/gallery/september2008

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Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming , Casino Design , Las Vegas Photography , Las Vegas Strip , MGM MIRAGE , Project CityCenter , Strip Walk , Trip Reports

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Las Vegas Hilton Sports Book Robbed

September 26, 2008

First seen on Twitter, the Las Vegas Sun now has a story about a robbery today at the Las Vegas Hilton.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/26/las-vegas-hilton-sports-book-robbed/?latest

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Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming

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Macau Trip Report - September 2008

September 26, 2008

George (Drambuieman) is back with another great report on Macau. Some info on CotaiJet, Ponte 16 and more.

Click through to read and be sure to check out the photos:

http://www.ratevegas.com/photo/gallery/drambuieman

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Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming , Casino Design , MGM MIRAGE , Macau Casinos and Hotels , Reader Reviews , Trip Reports , Venetian/LV Sands , Wynn Resorts

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Vegas Gang #17 - September 18th, 2008

September 21, 2008

Vegas Gang #17 is online here: http://www.vegasgangpodcast.com

This time around we cover:

* Economic Update
* Kansas Update
* Strip Clubs in Strip Resorts?
* Mega-Resort Designs of the Future?
* ARIA Update

Feel free to leave your comments below.

Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming , Casino Design , Las Vegas Strip , MGM MIRAGE , Macau Casinos and Hotels , Podcasts , Vegas Roundtable

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ARIA Restaurants Announced

September 18, 2008

MGM Mirage has started to leak the info on the restaurants that will be built inside ARIA, the main resort at City Center.

Two takes on the line-up, which is heavy on big names and maybe a couple of great restaurants:

http://thestrippodcast.blogspot.com/2008/09/aria-sings-food-glorious-food.html

http://www.eatinglv.com/2008/09/aria-announces-celebrity-chef-lineup/

Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming , Casino Design , Las Vegas Strip , MGM MIRAGE , Project CityCenter

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Nominations Open for 2008 Trippies

September 17, 2008

My friend and fellow Gang member Chuck as opened the nomination process for the 2008 edition of the Trippies, the annual reader's poll.

Check it out:

http://www.vegastripping.com/trippies2008/

Feel free to nominate all your favorite hotels, shows along with Web sites, blogs and even iPhone apps (hint hint).

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Marina Bay Sands - Singapore

September 16, 2008

Thanks to our friend George (Drambuie-man), we have a report on the construction of the Marina Bay Sands, the Las Vegas Sands project in Singapore.

Photos are here:
http://www.ratevegas.com/photo/gallery/marinabaysands

Continue after the jump to read more...

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Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming , Venetian/LV Sands

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UPDATED: City Center Room Photo - Tech at Aria

September 15, 2008

Thanks to reader Josh for pointing this out.

The LA Times has an article about tech at City Center's main hotel, Aria. The article includes a room mockup photo:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2848186661_9c330d983f_m.jpg

The full article:
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/tech-leads-the-way-a-2733/

Update: This MGM Mirage press release has more info on all the tech going into the room. Some of it sounds pretty cool, though I hope the Internet speed is a bit higher than 128kb that they indicate in the release.

Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming , Casino Design , Las Vegas Photography , Las Vegas Strip , MGM MIRAGE , Project CityCenter

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Eastside Cannery Heads Profiled

September 13, 2008

A nice piece in the Sun about the guys that developed the Eastside Cannery and Cannery Resorts.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/13/cannery-partners-did-it-their-way/

Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming

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The Mirage Details Re-Launch of Volcano

September 10, 2008

The Mirage Volcano, a fixture on the Las Vegas Strip for almost 20 years, is being re-launched.

MGM Mirage teamed with WET Design (Fountains of Bellagio) to re-create the iconic front-feature.

http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/mgm/34865/

WET brought in Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and Indian tabla sensation Zakir Hussain to create the audio for the new volcano.

More info here:
http://www.mirage.com/attractions/volcano.aspx

Scheduled to be unveiled later this year, we have a bunch of photos of the construction progress here:
http://www.ratevegas.com/photo/gallery/mirage

Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming , Casino Design , Las Vegas Photography , Las Vegas Strip , MGM MIRAGE

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Trip Report - A Wynn Las Vegas Trip Leads to Pending Nuptials

September 7, 2008

A big thank you and congratulations to Sean, the author of this excellent trip report featuring a stay at Wynn Las Vegas. You sir, are a class act, putting all of this together.

This is a very fun story that I can pretty much guarantee will make you smile. It even includes a special guest appearance by Steve and Elaine Wynn!

Keep reading after the jump for more...

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Posted by Hunter and is filed under Las Vegas Strip , Reader Reviews , Trip Reports , Wynn Resorts

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Cosmopolitan Finds a Buyer

September 4, 2008

It seems that the embattled Cosmopolitan Hotel project on the Strip has found a buyer after the bank foreclosed on the original developer.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/04/buyout-keeps-cosmopolitan-play/

Thanks to Mark D for pointing this out.

Also, some coverage in the RJ:

http://www.lvrj.com/business/27848684.html

Posted by Hunter and is filed under Business of Gaming , Condo-Hotels , Las Vegas Strip

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Open Topic - September 1st, 2008

September 1, 2008

Discuss whatever you'd like as long as it has nothing to do with Sarah Palin.

Posted by Hunter and is filed under Open Topics

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