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On an alien planet, a former Marine (Sam Worthington) falls in love with a blue-skinned warrior (Zoe Saldana) and sides with her people against humankind's encroachment on their world.
Life in the fast lane takes on a whole new meaning at the Pole Position Raceway in Las Vegas. There both novice and experienced racers can zoom around in indoor race karts that are the fastest of their kind in the United States.
Bruce Belland is alive and well and living in perfect harmony in California. If you’re a fan of nostalgia groups, the impact of that statement will not be lost on you -- Belland has been the lead singer of The Four Preps, who will be performing at the Suncoast October 10-11, since he co-founded the group in 1954. Moreover, he is the only original lead singer of any group to still be performing after 55 years.
Las Vegas Airport is Las Vegas McCarran LAS Airport
Newspapers are Las Vegas Weekly, Las Vegas Review Journal
Las Vegas Sports teams are Las Vegas Gladiators Arena Football, Las Vegas Strikers, Las Vegas Wranglers
Major Las Vegas Attractions and Events are Spring Mountain Park, Lake Mead , Adventuredome Theme Park, City of Lights Jazz Festival, Las Vegas International Chess Festival, Las Vegas BikeFest
Local Schools are Las Vegas High School, Eldorado High School, Chaparral High School, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
About Las Vegas, Nevada
The Meadows, Bugsy Siegel, Sin City, Frank Sinatra, Wayne Newton, Elvis, Fear and Loathing, Celine Dion (she's gone), Elton John, even The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil. Entertainments galore. That's Las Vegas in the 21st Century.
But, people even live here, although it's up in the air as to when they sleep. That's another story. There's a lot going on here.
Many go to Las Vegas to gamble. Others just want to see the spectacle, strolling The Strip and viewing the free shows: Bellagio’s dancing fountains, Treasure Island’s pirate show and Mirage’s faux volcano eruption, going inside to ogle the plush surroundings and drop a few quarters in the slot machines.
Top casino attractions charging admission include Hilton’s Star Trek Experience (a must for Trekkies), Mirage’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, and Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef. Paris Las Vegas' half-scale Eiffel Tower offers panoramic views of the Strip, as does Stratosphere’s 1,149-foot-tall observation tower.
In old downtown Las Vegas, ten casinos line the five-block-long Fremont Street Experience, which presents free, nightly sound and light shows displayed on an overhead canopy covered with over 12 million LED lights.
Off-Strip, popular stops include Boulder Dam, Elvis-a-Rama (featuring Elvis Presley’s personal belongings) and the Liberace Museum. Those who’d rather ramble than gamble enjoy nearby Valley of Fire State Park’s red-rock scenery.
Las Vegas Review-Journal readers rate Rio's Carnival World Buffet the city's best. Those seeking lunch with a landscape can head for Panevino, located in an unlikely but scenic spot near McCarran airport, look over the city from Summerlin's Summit or try Stratosphere's Top of the World Restaurant. Top-rated hotel restaurants include The Palms' N9NE Steak House and Bellagio's Picasso. The fame of chefs setting up in Las Vegas these days rivals that of headliners at the local casinos. Their venues include Bradley Ogden, Le Cirque and Aureole.
With over 115,000 hotel rooms, Las Vegas offers abundant lodging choices, but prices can run high on winter weekends and during frequent big conventions. Top-rated hotel/casinos include The Orleans, Mandalay Bay, Bellagio and Venetian. High-end hotels that offer a getaway from the gambling scene include JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort, Four Seasons, Renaissance Las Vegas and Fairfield Grand Desert Resort. Moderate-priced choices include Aladdin, Bally's, Flamingo and New York-New York.
Picture yourself in Las Vegas with a minty mojito in your hand, sitting on a white beach, surrounded by cool Caribbean mint leaves. No, you’re not having a mirage -- you’re simply in The Mirage.
Of course, that would be The Mirage casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip where the rum lounge and outdoor patio called RHUMBAR was recently unveiled by Michael Frey and Craig Gilbert of Drive This! Entertainment. Thanks to the design by New York-based Alvarez-Brook Design, when at RHUMBAR, guest s feel
To say that Treasure Island has added a new jewel to its multi-faceted restaurant lineup with the opening of Khotan is not an overstatement. Translated, Khotan means “City of Jade” and not only does the new establishment offer Pan Asian cuisine and a variety of Chinese dishes, but it is also home to the largest private collection of hand-carved jade and ivory antiquities in the United States.
