09Jul

O Shea’s Not Going Away

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There were rumors circulating as soon as it was announced that the Quad would be renamed the Linq that the popular O Shea’s casino would be rebranded. This rumor has since been quashed as Caesars Entertainment has announced that they have no plans to rebrand O Shea’s. The former Strip side casino known for cheep beer as well as beer pong and Lucky the Leprechaun roaming the casino was incorporated in a more upscale space off the Quad casino floor. Since the new O Shea’s opened it has been busy nearly twenty four hours a day and rebranding a successful product would be a mistake so we are glad Caesar’s plans to keep things as they are.

05Jul

UFC® 175 Watch Party At El Cortez

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If you want to catch tonight’s UFC® fight between Weidman and Machida the El Cortez is one of the places around town having viewing parties. The watch party begins at 6pm in the Fiesta Room at the El Cortez with $20 for general admission. If you are an Club Cortez or UFC® Fight Club Member or Zappos employee you can get in for $10.

04Jul

LVH Becomes The Westgate

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The new owners of the LVH, which was formally the Las Vegas Hilton, have wasted no time in changing the signage of their new property to the new name of Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. The new owners Westgate Resorts have announced that they will convert some of the rooms to timeshare villas but still have hotel rooms available for nearby convention goers and Las Vegas tourists. The new owners also announced they would like to change the bar space from the former Star Trek Experience bar in to a nightclub. This hotel has a lot of history being the former home of Elvis when it was called the International and it would be nice to see this property flourish I don’t know if the new owners could make this happen but we wish them luck.

03Jul

Installing NASCAR Showcar

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The above video is of Kyle Busch’s NASCAR show car being installed at M&M World on the Las Vegas Strip as you can see in the video its not the easiest thing to move and install. In the video the car even turns right very unusual for a NASCAR (just kidding) if you want to check it out its a free attraction located inside the M&M World store.

03Jul

Free Strawberry Pie Today At El Cortez

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El Cortez SignThe El Cortez in Downtown Las Vegas has made a little bit of a name for itself with free food giveaways for players especially around holidays with things such as its White Castle Burger give a ways; The latest free food item is a free slice of Marie Callender’s strawberry pie to players today between noon and 6pm for players playing slots and table games.

02Jul

Quad To Become The Linq Hotel

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When the Imperial Palace was re-branded as the Quad no one was particularly overjoyed with the new name it wasn’t bad but it was just kind of bland and with the Quad name sounded like a school or college space. Well now the Quad is being re-branded as the Linq Hotel & Casino which makes a lot of sense as its attached to the Linq Entertainment District and as you can see in the video above the 2,256 rooms will all be completely remodeled ahead of the planned opening date of Halloween this year. As part of the $223 million remodel is a planned new pool space which is greatly needed as the old pool was a rectangle concrete pool with not a lot of charm. The room update is underway at the moment and the newly modern urban rooms as Caesar’s has called them will come with a room rate starting at $89 plus resort fee as opposed to the roughly $20 a night plus resort fee that can often be had at the current Quad. I’m sad to see this often lowest room rate on the Strip at a great center Strip location being taken upscale with a higher rate but it makes a lot of sense for Caesar’s who could use the higher rate to help with their debt load.

02Jul

American Fish Has Closed

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Michael Mina’s American Fish closed down at Aria on June 30th maybe a little earlier than expected as a previous close date was mentioned for some time in July. The restaurant is being replaced with another restaurant concept by Michael Mina called BARDOT which is slated to open sometime in early 2014.

02Jul

Cover Bands Coming To Mandalay Bay

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A good cover band isn’t quite as good as seeing the original but they can be very entertaining in their own right. Two upcoming cover bands visiting the Mandalay Bay are Bonfire which is a tribute to ACDC and is rocking out tomorrow night at the House of Blues with a $10 general admission price for tickets. The second option is early next month when Blasphemous Rumors a tribute to Depeche Mode comes to the House of Blues on August 1st with special guest DJ Johnny Rox and a $13 general admission price for tickets. If you are looking for an inexpensive show on the Strip and are interested in the music of either band it might be worth checking them out.

23Jun

Juice Bar Now Open Downtown

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The old John E Carson motel in Downtown in recent times has seen a lot of new businesses spring up in the newly renovated space. Recent openings include the Carson Kitchen the Bud & Vine flower shop as well as O Face Doughnuts. The latest addition is the Grass Roots organic juice bar which is open Monday to Saturday from 7am to 3pm. Apart from the usual selections of juices, smoothies the Juice Bar also sells salads, soups, wraps and deserts with vegan, dairy free as well as gluten free options too. If you want to check out the Grass Roots organic juice bar or other businesses nearly added nearby its one block to the South of the Commonwealth bar.