South Point Resort Las Vegas
A Labor day tradition, The Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, begins Sunday at 9PM ET on a TV channel in your city. The 2010 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon is coming live for 21 continuous hours from the South Point Resort in Las Vegas.
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Veer Towers at CityCenter Las Vegas
On-line travel site, Orbitz.com, says the Number One Labor Day Destination is Las Vegas. A majority of the party-goers for the three day, official end-of-summer bash would rather be in Las Vegas. And why not? The Great Recession version of Las Vegas continues the long tradition of being the most fun place on the planet.
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At the risk of becoming the ParisHiltonParisHilton blog, we hear that Paris Hilton has been booted from Wynn Las Vegas.
With an apparent zero tolerance policy for drugs (or needing to distance themselves for stockholders), Hilton has been banned from both Wynn and Encore, following her arrest for cocaine possession over the weekend.
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Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas announced they have forged an agreement with Marriott Hotels to promote the high-end Las Vegas resort. The $3.5 billion resort project located on the Las Vegas Strip between CityCenter and the Bellagio will join the exclusive Marriott Autograph Collection. The Las Vegas casino/hotel/resort will benefit from the more than 30 million strong customer data base operated by Marriott.
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Waiting for help
A Las Vegas Metro Police cycle cop was left in the middle of Flamingo Road just south of Eastern Avenue after an accident separated the officer from his ride.
Flipchip shot these photos Sunday evening of the unidentified Metro officer moments after the accident. Details of the crash were unavailble.
This has been a very unlucky year for Las Vegas Metro Police. Driving any vehicle in Las Vegas has always been akin to prop betting with the devil. Good thing we're a city of gamblers.
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This is probably the best-looking mugshot you'll ever see
A fume-filled Escalade near Wynn Las Vegas caused a motorcycle cop to pull it over, suspecting marijuana.
Hilton's boyfriend Cy Waits (who manages the Tryst nightclub at Wynn) was driving, with Hilton in the passenger seat.
Later, when Hilton pulled lip balm from her purse (possibly in preparation for the mugshot), a bag of cocaine allegedy fell out.
Both were booked and released from Clark County jail.
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Just before midnight last night, Metro conducted a traffic stop on a car near Wynn Las Vegas.
When pulled over, officers detected the scent of marijuana coming from the car.
On further investigation, they found Paris Hilton in the passenger seat with a controlled substance that later turned out to be cocaine.
She was arrested on possession and put in the Clark County Detention Center.
The undisclosed male driver was also booked for possession and DUI.
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Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Apparently dancing on a casino table game costs $250,000.
Back in October, a high-limit baccarat player at Caesars Palace climbed on his table at least three times (and even danced at one point), and personnel didn't stop him. The game was still in progress.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a complaint against the casino, citing safety and game protection concerns.
The ruling came down this week, and Caesars was fined a quarter of a million dollars.
Less than a year and a half old, and the M Resort is already in flux.
First there’s the bit of bad luck with the casino opening in a bad economy that has still yet to recover despite slow signs early this year. The $1 billion M Resort has $700 million in debt, which is controlled by Lloyds Banking Group.
And last month, Lloyds put their majority stake in the hotel-casino up for sale at an auction.
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Free Museum Day is back!
On Sept. 25, museums across the country affiliated with the Smithsonian are opening their doors with free admission for 2.
In Las Vegas, you can visit the Atomic Testing Museum (755 E. Flamingo) between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Although admission is free, you must fill out information (email, address) and print out a ticket at the following link: http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/admission.html?2010
