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| Sunday, December 5, 2004 | PRIOR ISSUE - ARCHIVES |
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| Mariah Carey Opens Pure, Ten Mermaids A-Swimming, Alexis Goes Gaming, Cosmopolitan Planned, Tangerine Expands, NFR Rides In, Tuff Hedeman Signs, Trace Adkins Headlines, New Year's Eve Events, Teddy Bear Suite A Cuddily Scene, Holiday Village In Gingerbread, Legends on Ice, Honky Tonk Angels Return, Las Vegas Centennial Begins, Kevin Spacey Performs Darin, Wolfgang Puck Recipes, Grilled Cheese On Tour?, Teller & The Chamber Make Music, More... | |
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On Friday, Dec. 31, Mariah Carey will host an exclusive New Year's Eve party to celebrate the opening of the PURE Nightclub inside Caesars Palace, adjacent to the Caesars Race and Sports Book. The event will include dancing, cocktails in the VIP Red Room and seeing Las Vegas' annual fireworks display from PURE's 14,000- square-foot deck overlooking Strip. The party is open to the public, who are at least 21-years-old. Advance tickets are $125, call 702-212-8806.
PURE is owned in part by Celine Dion, Shaquille O'Neal, Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, and nightlife pacesetter Pure Management Group. The 36,000-square-foot nightclub is three venues in one with each featuring its own DJ, sound system and sexy style.
The Silverton has opened the Mermaid Restaurant & Lounge as part of its $150 million casino-wide expansion. The restaurant serves traditional American cuisine as well as original seafood accented dishes. It's located inside the connector between the casino and the new Bass Pro Shops and features a 117,000-gallon saltwater aquarium with 8,000 tropical fish of various species and hosts a live, hourly Mermaid show, performed by Olympic-medalist synchronized swimmers.
Ten mermaids and mermen, under the direction of Stephan Miermont, choreographer and aquatic consultant and coach for the 1996 and 2000 U.S. Olympic synchronized swimming teams, perform a free five to 10-minute show every hour from 5 to 11 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 3 to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The Silverton Casino Hotel Lodge is located just three miles south of the Strip, off I-15 at Blue Diamond Road.
This year, the non-gaming Alexis Park resort just off the Strip on Harmon Avenue that opened in 1984 was purchased for $62 million and the new owners also paid another $8 million to acquire a neighboring 206-unit apartment complex that sits on 10 acres.
Future plans call for a 1,500-room resort complex that will include a 28-story hotel tower, a 60,000-square-foot casino, restaurants, a health spa and meeting space to be built where the apartments now exist.
Meanwhile, the Alexis Park now called the Alexis Resort and Villas is being enhanced. The exterior facade, interior public area and grounds are being modernized. The furnishings in the resort's 500 suites are also being updated. Once the owners receive gaming approval, they will add 15 slot machines to the property's new lounge area.
Last month, the space once occupied by the Pegasus restaurant was reopened as the 375 Supper Club Lounge, a late-night dining and entertainment venue. By the end of January, the pool area will reopen and feature a sand beach, cabanas, fire pits, a bar and fiber-optic lighting.
A couple weeks ago the MGM Mirage announced their Project CItyCenter, now the next-door neighbor to the north is planning a hotel-condo-casino on an eight-acre parcel between Bellagio and the Boardwalk on the center Strip surrounding the Jockey Club timeshare building. The $1.5 billion mega-resort will be called the Cosmopolitan and have 2,400 hotel and condo-hotel rooms, a 70,000-square-foot casino, an 1,800-seat theater, and 300,000 square feet of restaurant, retail, and other entertainment space. Ground breaking is anticipated in early 2005, with an estimated completion date of late 2007.
The nightspot, Tangerine, which has an outdoor deck and sits waterfront at TI, will be closed from Dec. 12 to 28 while the venue undergoes an expansion renovation to the main floor. It will reopen on Dec. 29 with a special Moonshine Wednesday CD Release Party sponsored by Vegas Passport and Patron Tequila, featuring the release of resident DJ David Christian and DJ Ikon's new house and hip-hop mix CD. The first 1,000 guests will take home with them with a free CD. Call 702-212-8140 for information.
The Gold Coast has opened a new poker room.
The Venus Bar at the Venetian is closed until the end of December for remodeling.
The Teatro Bar at the MGM is closed for remodeling and will reopen on Dec. 31 as the Teatro Euro Bar.
The National Finals Rodeo is in town this week. On Friday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. at The Imperial Palace in Tequila Joe's, PBR World Champion and Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame member Tuff Hedeman will be doing an official autograph signing. The first 50 guests will receive an autographed Bud Light T-shirt and Bud and Bud Light will be a $1. Also, from 1 to 4 p.m., people can sign up for a free drawing to win a rodeo jacket or a belt buckle at 4:15.
Straight-shooting country superstar and the most-recent inductee into the Grand Ole Opry, Trace Adkins will headline The Hideaway Showroom at the Silverton, Dec. 9 - 11. Tickets are $44.99, call 702-914-8557 or 1-866-946-4373.
Adkins' new album, "Comin' On Strong," was released five months after his "Greatest Hits Collection, Volume 1" debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's country album charts. The new CD offers 11 tunes.
Starting at 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve, the newly designed Teatro Euro Bar inside the MGM Grand will open its doors for an extravaganza. The party will include special guest DJs Digital Boy, direct from Italy, and DJ Leo Teo and the champagne bar will be turned into a catwalk featuring erotic dancers taking the stage every half-hour between 11:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m. Admission is $100 in advance and $125 at the door, call 702-285-8844.
Kevin Cavenagh will offer a retro New Year's Eve as he salutes the Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin years and a list of special guests. Tickets for his 10 p.m. show in the Le Bistro Theatre are $50 for general admission and $60 for VIPs.
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The Four Seasons Presidential Suite will be transformed into a Holiday Teddy Bear Fantasy Suite decorated with over 500 teddy bears and other animals from FAO Schwarz, Exclusive, Nostalgic and Unique Toys in fanciful settings from Dec. 10 - 21. The suite will be open to the public daily from 11 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and it is free to visit, view and photograph. This year's fantasy settings will include: a teddy bear safari amidst jungle animals; the ultimate slumber party; a North Pole setting with polar bears and cold-weather friends; and the deep-soaking bathtub filled to the brim with bubbles, baby bears and friends. The kitchen area will be modeled after the new soda fountain at FAO where milk shakes, floats and sundaes are made. The hotel's other festivities include the annual Holiday Village currently running through the New Year. Executive Pastry Chef Jean Luc Daul and his talented team have created a village featuring 20 gingerbread real estate properties "for sale." A highlight is the 12- foot-working carousel. Purchase a lot from $250-$550 in the Village and your name / company name will be showcased on the display. All houses / lots are built to last, and may be taken home by owners on Dec. 27. Proceeds benefit the UNLV Cancer Research Center. In addition, the Four Seasons is offering a selection of homemade seasonal specialties that are ideal for holiday gifts. Items are on display and for sale at the Verandah restaurant. Gift items include: a 21" Chocolate Santa Claus priced at $60-$85; the Chef's own recipe for Christmas Stollen for $18.50; Mincemeat Pie for $24.50; and a half pound of Christmas cookies for $17.00. New this year is ice-skating at the Roman Plaza at Caesars Palace. The outdoor ice rink on the Strip is approximately the size of the skating surface at New York's Rockefeller Plaza. The show, "Legends on Ice - The Stars Are Out Tonight," is running on Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 15. It is featuring an ensemble cast of skaters with national competition experience and skating stars. Confirmed skaters are Rudy Galindo, Elvis Stojko and Paul Wylie with a cast that includes comedy skating star Dan Hollander, Ukrainian hula-hoop skating star Irina Grigorian, and Cirque du Soleil mime Karl Baumann. Stojko will also perform in a New Year's Eve gala show. Tickets are $25 general admission and $50 for VIP box seats. Public skating hours broken into two-hour sessions on the weekends are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. to midnight and on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. It's $10 to skate with free skate rental and viewing is also free. Each Sunday, the 2 p.m. public skating session is $10 and offers an opportunity to skate with cast members from the show. Group skating lessons by U.S. Figure Skating-certified instructors are available for $20, which includes the skating fee. The Honky Tonk Angels will be returning to the Gold Coast with their "A Magical Musical Christmas" show from Dec. 15-30. The cast will include The Honky Tonk Angels, the Cool Country Crew Band, magician Bill Mcrea and Santa. Tickets are $33 for the show only and $38.50 for the dinner / show package. What are the holidays without "The Nutcracker?" The Nevada Ballet Theatre will present "The Nutcracker" from Dec. 17-23 in the Samba Theatre at the Rio. Tickets are $30 with junior and senior discounts available, call 702-777-7776. Las Vegas will be celebrating its centennial beginning New Year's Eve. A special Web site LasVegas2005.com has been set up as a primary source of information on the Las Vegas Centennial and the events planned throughout the year. The site also details the city's history and allows for people to submit their own ideas and comments. Kevin Spacey will be performing "Beyond The Sea" - A Bobby Darin Tribute in the Wayne Newton Theater at the Stardust on Sunday, Dec. 26. Tickets are $59.95 plus tax. Internationally renowned chef and culinary entrepreneur Wolfgang Puck has released his latest book "Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy: Delicious Recipes For Your Home Kitchen," a groundbreaking cookbook in which Puck shares his creativity and genius so that anyone can prepare his more than 100 recipes. A daily WinterFest celebration is taking place in nearby Henderson through Dec. 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. The free festivities include entertainment, activities, special events and a chance to meet Santa. For information, call 702-267-4849. We all heard about the 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that the lady kept because she said it has the image of the Virgin Mary on it. Well it recently sold on eBay for $28,000, and of all things, the winning bidder was none other than Golden Palace, an online casino. The most famous sandwich won't be sitting on a nightstand any more; in fact, it may even be going on tour. The Las Vegas Chamber Music Society (LVCMS) along with Teller, of the comedy duo Penn & Teller, will present the Colorado String Quartet performing all six String Quartets by Béla Bartók for the first complete cycle in Las Vegas. The quartet is recognized on four continents as one of the finest string quartets on the international scene. They have won both the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Naumburg Chamber Music Award, Performances are on Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. in the luxurious Palazzo Suites at the Rio and seating is limited to only 50 guests. Tickets are $75 or $125 plus tax for both performances. Tickets on Saturday include a pre-concert tea / reception with Teller and the Colorado String Quartet at 3 p.m.
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