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| Sunday, January 14, 2001 | PRIOR ISSUE - ARCHIVES |
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| Blue Man Group, THQ US Open Motorcross, MTV Tapings, All-American SportPark, Drifters, Coasters & Platters, More... | |
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Blue Man Group's hit debut recording, "Audio," has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Pop Instrumental. Released on Virgin Records, "Audio" continues to climb on the record charts.
The Stardust has lined up three rock `n roll groups that have all been inducted into the Rock `n Roll Hall of Fame to appear in the resort's Wayne Newton Theater, Jan. 17-20. Three groups, the Original Drifters with Bill Pinkney, the Coasters featuring Carl Gardner and Sonny Turner's Platters, all debuted in the early 1950s American music scene. Tickets are $19.95 per person, with tax, tip and one beverage included, call 702-732-6325. Pinkney formed the first Drifters ensemble in 1953 with Clyde McPhatter. Some of the group's gold records were "There Goes My Baby," "This Magic Moment," "Save The Last Dance For Me," "On Broadway," "Up On The Roof" and "Under The Boardwalk." In the early 1950s, Gardner was part of a Los Angeles-based group called the Robins. He reorganized the Robins and changed the name to the Coasters. This group had a string of novelty tunes that included "Charlie Brown," "Yakety Yak," "Young Blood," "Along Came Jones" and "Poison Ivy." Turner took over as the Platters' lead singer in 1960. The Platters were formed in 1953 and had trademark tunes like "My Prayer," "The Great Pretender" and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." MTV's hit show, "Say What? Karaoke" held auditions this past week to pick the finalists who will perform during the Jan. 14-16 tapings of the show at Ra. To attend the tapings at Ra, call 702-262-4096. Can't say this isn't enough notice. The THQ United States Open of Motorcross will return later this year to Las Vegas and the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the fourth consecutive year, Oct. 12-14. Tickets priced at $20, $60 and $100 are on sale, call TicketMaster at 702-474-4000. Children ages 3-12 can receive $60 tickets for only $30 and $20 tickets for $10. Comic-hypnotist Denny More will be the headliner at the KXTE XXXtreme Comedy Showcase at the Riviera on Jan. 19 and 20, at 11:45 p.m. The adult show has the "bad boy of hypnosis" showing no mercy with his outrageous and morally questionable scenarios. Tickets for the unpredictable "hypno-sterical" comedy at the Riviera Comedy Club are $16.95 plus taxes, call 702-794-9433. Harrah's Las Vegas will award a portion of nearly $5 million in cash and prizes to many lucky players in conjunction with the ongoing corporate wide promotion and celebration of the new Total Rewards program. Players participating in the "Total Rewards Treasure Hunt" at Harrah's Las Vegas will have a chance to win a variety of prizes, including a "classic" Plymouth Prowler, which will be given away May 7. Through March 18, guests have a chance to win a metallic silver Prowler. There are a myriad of ways to receive drawing tickets from signing up for a Harrah's Total Gold card to purchasing meals and show tickets. Each day, through March 18, at 2 and 7 p.m., three qualifying winners are drawn and given a chance to select the key that starts the vehicle. The person who starts the Plymouth will receive cash and prizes, along with an invitation to return for two free nights and try for the grand-prize drawing in May. In addition, all entries accrued during the Prowler giveaway will also be eligible for the corporate-wide million-dollar "Treasure Hunt" promotion. In September, a preliminary drawing will designate the guests who qualified for the final drawing in October 2001. The lucky Harrah's Las Vegas winners will compete in the corporate-wide scavenger treasure hunt at the Rio Esc Golf Course in Las Vegas beginning Nov. 9. Harrah's website is www.harrahs.com. A resort catering to owners of luxury motor coaches and recreational vehicles is being developed on the southern end of Henderson. The $33.9 million Paradise Coach Resort will take about six months to complete on 40 acres of land at U.S. 95 and Foothills Drive. The park will have 381 RV lots and recreational amenities, including a 16,000-square-foot clubhouse and four satellite pool clubhouses.
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The All-American SportPark located off at the south end of the Strip has closed. The sports-theme park opened October 1998 featuring a Go-Kart track, batting cages, video arcade, 1,500-seat arena and other sporting amenities. The SportPark may reopen in the near future under new ownership. Meanwhile, the adjacent Callaway Golf Center with a lighted nine-hole Par 3 golf course at Sunset Road and Las Vegas Blvd. is successful and will remain open. The golf facility includes the Divine Nine golf course, a 110-station driving range, the David Leadbetter Golf Academy, the Bistro 10 Restaurant and the Saint Andrews Golf Shop. The company plans to expand the 42-acre golf course. A Las Vegas company has announced plans to build a south Strip mega-resort that may include a 40-story tower on 77 acres. The land is across the street from Mandalay Bay and adjacent to McCarran International Airport to the west. The land could potentially accommodate three resorts that would be interconnected and share the use of facilities such as a convention center, retail shops, restaurants, parking garages and entertainment venues. Well-known standup comedian Max Alexander will headline The Improv Comedy Club at Harrah's, Jan. 16-21. He is familiar to many people through his wide variety of acting roles, including parts in the films "Punchline" and `Roxanne," and on television in "The Practice," "Pearl" and "Matlock." Appearing with Alexander will be Mike Loftus and Brian Dunkelman. Tickets are $24.95 plus tax, call 800-392-9002 or 702-369-5111. This week, Jan. 15-21, Gary Delena is taking the spotlight with fellow comedians Johnny B and Tom Drake at Bob Kephart's Comedy Stop at the Tropicana. Delena accompanied by his trusty guitar infuses comedy with music. In the early 1980s, he wrote for the National Lampoon magazine and performed with its touring comedy show. His trademark remark is "Eeh-yess." Delena has recently signed a multi-year contract with Disney's Cruise Line. Tickets for The Comedy Stop are $17.50 per person with tax, gratuity and two drinks included, call 702-739-2714. The Checkmates starring Sonny Charles and Sweet Louie are still one of the most popular lounge groups performing in Las Vegas. Last year they were inducted into the Las Vegas Casino Legends Hall of Fame at the Tropicana. The one hit song The Checkmates had back in the 1960s was "Black Pearl." Wisely, Arizona Charlies West and Arizona Charles East have signed the group to perform exclusively and monthly at their two off-Strip casinos located on both side of town. Through March, The Checkmates will play at Arizona Charlies East during the first half of the month and switch to the latter part of the month from April through June. They'll take a week's vacation the second week in April. For showtimes, call The Checkmates new 24 hour Hot Line #702-615-2151. Juggler/comedian Wally Eastwood is now the special guest star in the famous "The Best of the Folies Bergere" at the Tropicana through March. The highlight of his act is his musical medley juggling stunt involving a custom made keyboard. He starts by bouncing three balls off the keys and concludes with a five-ball barrage. He began his career at age five traveling with the circus doing everything: wire walking, trapeze, teeterboard, unicycle and acrobatics. Eastwood later became a serious student of the art of juggling. In 1986, he started transforming his act by integrating humor, choreography and contemporary music. His most recent venture in November of 2000, was an invitation to perform at the London Palladium in England where he has been asked to return for an encore performance. Tickets for the "Folies Bergere," the longest-running production show in the country, are $44.95 for table seating and $54.95 for booth seating plus tax and surcharge, call 702-739-2411. The Aladdin Resort has agreed to sell a 5-acre parcel of land adjacent to the Strip resort, to an investment company that plans to build a luxury high-rise condominium. The 350-room five-star non-gaming hotel and condos will be built on the corner of Harmon Ave. and Audrie Lane and link directly to the Aladdin's Desert Passage shopping mall. Construction is anticipated to take two years and the condos are expected to sell from $750,00 to $1 million. Station Casinos is running a January promotion simultaneously at its five Station casinos: Boulder, Palace, Santa Fe, Texas and Sunset. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m., each Station owned casino is drawing 50 winning tickets. Each ticket winner must be present to select one card from the prize board ranging in value from $50 to $1,000. The accumulative 6,000 weekend winners will be eligible for the grand prize drawing at 7 p.m. on Jan. 31, when 10 names will be drawn at each casino to win between $1,000 and $25,000. People can win no more than three times at each weekend drawing and once at the grand prize drawing. The 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup event scheduled for March 4, will be the fourth annual Las Vegas 400 race and it will be preceded on Saturday, March 3, by the Sam's Town 300 NASCAR Bush Series race. The inaugural race in 1998 sold more than 100,000 tickets in 30 minutes. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway has since added more seating. For information, call 702-644-4444.
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Blue Man Group has made numerous TV appearances including eight performances on "The Tonight Show" and the popular Intel Pentium 3 commercials. Selections from "Audio" have been heard on commercials for
ABC's popular series, "The Practice," as the soundtrack to various events on NBC's coverage of the Olympics, and on CBS TV's coverage of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The Grammy Awards presentation will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 21.