Archive for the 'Las Vegas' Category

November 30th, 2009

Multi-Billion Dollar Vegas Bet on “CityCenter”

MGM Mirage, the Las Vegas Strip’s largest casino owner, is counting on tomorrow’s unveiling of the $8.5 billion CityCenter resort to mark the end of the city’s losing streak and the debt crisis that almost sank the company. (more...)
November 14th, 2009

Manny Pacquioa v. Miguel Cotto, Who ya got?

Tale of the Tape from LA Times: Age: Pacquiao 30, Cotto 29; Record: Pacquiao 49-3-2, 37 KOs, Cotto 34-1, 27 KOs; Height: Pacquiao 5-6 1/2, Cotto 5-8; Reach: Pacquiao 67", Cotto 69"; Chest normal: Pacquiao 38", Cotto 39", Chest expanded: Pacquiao 41", Cotto 41"; Biceps: Pacquiao 13", Cotto 13", Forearm: Pacquiao 12", Cotto 11 1/2"; Waist: Pacquiao ...
October 16th, 2009

World Adult Kickball Championships

I'm gonna start this by mentioning that I think kickball hasn't ever gotten the props that it deserves. In grade school between this and tetherball there was no better way to show athletic prowess to the opposite sex. Nothing says I dominate this playground like beating a volleyball attached to a poll, or kicking the $h** out of some slow baby ...
September 19th, 2009

The Party is Never Over in Vegas…

Even in Las Vegas, apparently, there are limits.... In July, gaming regulators slapped the Planet Hollywood casino with a $500,000 fine for its Prive nightclub's bad behavior, including "topless and lewd activity" and dumping club-goers in the casino "in various states of consciousness." The same month, the Rio closed its Sapphire topless pool, ...
August 30th, 2009

Las Vegas Palms Hotel Remembers DJ AM

On Friday night, to pay tribute to the life of the late DJ AM, Rain nightclub at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas went quiet. DJ AM, born Adam Goldstein, had a weekly gig at the club. Though the club has an extensive (and very expensive) sound and light system, the Palms nightspot turned it all down [Friday Night] to observe a moment of ...
August 9th, 2009

Soccer Betting Really Catching On In The US

"Great news for online bookmakers with the upcoming 2010 World Cup:  The US soccer fan base is growing, and so too is the amount of betting on key games." (more...)
April 2nd, 2009

The Hangover Trailer #2

Must go to Vegas now.
March 9th, 2009

The Hangover Trailer

I am just not doing Vegas right.