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Maxey in 1994 with the idea for MGM's prime Strip location, and a joint venture was formed between the two companies. Construction began in March 1995. Completed at a cost of $460 million, New York-New York opened on January 3, 1997. Since the initiation of New York-New York, analysts had speculated that MGM Grand or Primadonna would buy out the other's interest in the project. Instead of making such a cash-intensive purchase, however, MGM agreed to buy Primadonna outright for $276 million in stock plus $336 million in assumed debt. The merger closed in March 1999, giving MGM full control
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coach, and to have played all of their home games at the same venue. Las Vegas was one of the first markets to be considered for a UFL team, being mentioned as a location from the beginning. When the league released their tentative list of six markets for their inaugural season in early 2008, it included Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Hartford, Orlando, and San Francisco. When the league contracted to four teams prior to the start of the 2009 season, Las Vegas merged with Los Angeles, while New York merged with Hartford. Eventually, despite New York and Los
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in New York City when he collided with armed guards that were delivering money to the bank. Next six years he spent in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. When he got out in February 1983, he went to a Citibank and stole $18,000. Toye moved to Las Vegas but made a list of all the Citibank branches in New York. Nine times he flew to New York to rob a bank and immediately returned to Las Vegas after the robbery. He put the money in a Vegas bank account under a false name. He was arrested May 24,
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Hotel was having trouble competing with the newer resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, Adelson imploded it to make room for The Venetian. Construction of the Venetian began in 1997, when themed hotels were the fashion. Modeled on Venice, Italy, it joined Excalibur, New York-New York, Paris Las Vegas and other themed hotels on the Las Vegas Strip. When the trend in Las Vegas then shifted to more understated and "elegant" hotels, construction on The Palazzo began in 2005. Together, the Palazzo, Venetian and Sands Expo make up the world’s largest integrated resort, with 7,100 all-suite rooms, 2.3 million square
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Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection The Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection on the Las Vegas Strip (Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard), is noteworthy for several reasons. It was the first intersection in Las Vegas completely closed to street level pedestrian traffic and its four corners are home to four major resorts: Excalibur Hotel and Casino, Tropicana Las Vegas, New York-New York Hotel and Casino and MGM Grand Las Vegas—the latter has 5,044 rooms and was once the largest hotel in the world. The resorts at the four corners have a total of 12,536 hotel rooms as of
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Las Vegas Park Speedway The Las Vegas Park Speedway was a horse and automobile racing facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was built to be a horse racing facility and it held single races in NASCAR Grand National (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series), AAA, and USAC Stock cars before it was demolished. It opened as the Las Vegas Jockey Club. Joseph M. Smoot hitched a ride from lawyer Hank Greenspun to get from New York City in the eastern United States to Las Vegas. He claimed to have helped build tracks in California and Florida which turned out to
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New York-New York Hotel and Casino New York-New York Hotel & Casino is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, USA, designed to evoke New York City in its architecture and other aspects. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. New York-New York Hotel & Casino is located at 3790 Las Vegas Boulevard South, in Paradise, Nevada. It uses the New York City influence of its name in several ways. Its architecture is meant to evoke the New York City skyline of the 1940s era; the hotel includes several towers configured to resemble New
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(1999) Examples of "superclubs" from this period include Womb, Tokyo, (2000), Bungalow 8, New York City, (2001), Vision Club, Chicago, (2002), Vanguard LA, Hollywood, (2002), SeOne, London, (2002), Berghain, Berlin, (2003), Cielo, New York, (2003), Opium Garden Miami, (2003), AIR, Birmingham, (2003), Crobar, Chelsea, New York, (2003), Pure, Las Vegas (2004), Sound Bar, Chicago, (2004), Myth, Minneapolis, (2005), TAO Las Vegas, (2005), 1015 Folsom Nightclub, San Francisco, (2005), Belo (San Diego), (2006), XS Nightclub, Las Vegas, (2008). Examples of "superclubs" from this period include: Echostage, Washington D.C., (2012), Output, New York City, (2013), White Dubai @ Meydan, (2013), Laroc, Sao
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outdoor game between two NHL teams – a preseason exhibition between the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers outside Caesars Palace. The Kings would subsequently organize "Frozen Fury" – a series of annual preseason games in Las Vegas against the Colorado Avalanche. The NHL Awards ceremonies have been held in Las Vegas since 2009. In 2009, the media speculated about a plan involving Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Nevada. Rumors of a Las Vegas expansion team surfaced again in August 2014, pointing to a new indoor arena on the Strip (built as a joint
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casino was built on ground level, like most other Las Vegas hotel-casinos. Planned condo units were cancelled and replaced with studios and other hotel rooms. In January 2008, it was reported that the $3.9 billion project faced financial complications, as Eichner's company defaulted on a $760 million construction loan from Deutsche Bank when the developer missed a payment after failing to secure refinancing for the project. Construction moved forward as the developers searched for new financing. In late February 2008, Global Hyatt Corporation and New York-based Marathon Asset Management agreed to recapitalize the condominium-hotel project. However, one month later the
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Las Vegas Quicksilvers (Soccer-NASL-1976-1978), Las Vegas Seagulls (Soccer-ASL-1979), Las Vegas Sting (Football-Arena Football League-1994-1995) and Las Vegas Thunder (IHL-1993-1999) The Outlaws were sponsored by Cox Communications, New York-New York Hotel & Casino, Station Casinos, PacifiCare Health Systems and Findlay Toyota. Just like the Posse (and the later Locomotives), the Outlaws had a difficult time selling tickets. For the home opener against the Hitmen 13,700 tickets were sold for a stadium that seats 36,000. There were only 7,000 estimated season ticket holders. Compared to the rest of the league, the Outlaws' attendance was about average, at 22,000 fans per game. They
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1991 outdoor NHL game in Las Vegas The 1991 outdoor National Hockey League (NHL) game in Las Vegas was an exhibition pre-season game between the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings that took place on September 27, 1991, on an outside rink built over the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel and casino. This was the first official outdoor NHL game, and was part of the pre-season schedule for the 1991–92 NHL season for both teams. The idea of having an exhibition ice hockey game outdoors in Las Vegas belongs to Rich Rose, president of Caesars World
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Frank Marino (female impersonator) Frank Marino (born November 20, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York) is a female impersonator dubbed "Ms. Las Vegas" for his longtime starring role as Joan Rivers in the Las Vegas drag revue "Frank Marino's Divas Las Vegas", which played at The Linq (formerly known as Imperial Palace and The Quad) on the Las Vegas Strip until June 2018. Famous for his lavish on-stage wardrobe (much of which was designed by Bob Mackie, who has also done fashions for Rivers), Marino has received two Las Vegas Walk of Fame stars and received another star when Las Vegas
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Tommy Wind Tommy Wind is a magician from Staten Island in New York City. He has performed in many of his own original shows, combining illusion with rock and roll music, in New York City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Tommy began his career when he was only 7 after his grandfather introduced him to magic by showing him the disappearing hanky trick. He has also appeared in TV shows including Criss Angel's "Mindfreak" and NBC's "I Do!". He is now the youngest magician to perform in Las Vegas up to date. Tommy received an award on
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September 2010 and October 2011. Gray Line New York, owned by Coach USA ordered 20 open-top Enviro500 for its sightseeing operations in New York and put them into service in spring 2005, these were the first open-top Enviro500 built (another 13 would later be ordered). Gray Line also received three single-door Enviro500 in summer 2005 for operation in San Francisco. Citizens Area Transit (now RTC Transit) of Las Vegas had its first 50 Enviro500s enter service by October 2005. The service, marketed as "The Deuce", runs along the Las Vegas Strip. Certain high-traffic routes, such as along Maryland Parkway and
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at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 21, 2014 in New York City. In May 2014, Isler was invited to the annual party parade in Machala, Ecuador. Isler attended the 2014 CFDA fashion awards at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on June 2, 2014 in New York City. In June 2014, she visited Baton Rouge, Louisiana to help crown the winner of Miss USA 2014 on June 8, 2014. Isler attended the amfAR Inspiration Gala New York 2014 at The Plaza Hotel on June 10, 2014 in New York City. In June, Isler traveled to Las Vegas for the Las Vegas
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Strip House Strip House is a privately owned fine dining chain of steakhouses with locations in New York City and Las Vegas. All locations have smaller, separate rooms for private dining. The original Strip House was opened in New York City in 2000 by Restaurateurs Peter, Penny, and Mathew Glazier of The Glazier Group. The kitchens are overseen by Executive Chef John Schenk. In 2011, New York restaurant owner BR Guest Hospitality purchased the brand and 3 restaurants in Manhattan, Houston, and Las Vegas, while The Glazier Group maintains the remaining eateries. Signature prime cuts include: New York Strip, filet
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Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow is an American businessman and professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He was one of the regulars at the famed Mayfair Club while he lived in New York City. Zolotow lived in New York City for many years before becoming a professional poker player and moving to Las Vegas. He worked as a businessman, and owns several bars and restaurants in New York City. He also discovered poker while living in New York and became a regular player at the Mayfair club along with
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married his second wife, Mary Hollingsworth in Clark County, Nevada. In 1964, Henderson pioneered underground living and sponsored the Underground Home exhibit at the New York World's Fair. At the height of the Cold War and fearing nuclear war or other catastrophe, Henderson built and lived in underground homes in Colorado and Las Vegas, Nevada. The home in Las Vegas is a 16,500 square foot home with magnetic doors that he built to be bomb-proof and earthquake-proof while also having creature comforts such as a swimming pool, putting green and guest house. When his friend, recording artist Johnny Mann, released
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a beach club. They followed the tremendous success of TAO Las Vegas by opening LAVO Restaurant & Nightclub at The Palazzo Hotel Casino Resort in Las Vegas and added partner Lou Abin to the Tao Group in 2008. In May 2009 they introduced AVENUE, in New York’s trendy Chelsea neighborhood. In September 2010, they opened LAVO Restaurant & Nightclub in New York. Together with his Tao Group partners, Tepperberg opened Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve 2011. In June 2011 they launched Dream Downtown Hotel in New York City where the team
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Las Vegas Outlaws (XFL) The Las Vegas Outlaws were an American football team in the XFL. They played in the Western Division with the Los Angeles Xtreme, San Francisco Demons and Memphis Maniax. They played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. On February 1, 2001, The Outlaws hosted the first nationally televised XFL game on NBC against the New York/New Jersey Hitmen. Before the 2001 season began there was already question if Las Vegas could support a professional sports team due to past failed attempts with: Las Vegas Americans (Soccer-MISL- 1984-85), Las Vegas Dustdevils (Soccer-CISL-1994-1995), Las Vegas Posse (Football-CFL-1994)
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He worked at the Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company. Rappaport became a casino executive Las Vegas, Nevada in 1991. He first worked for MGM Resorts. Rappaport served as president at the following Las Vegas resorts: New York New York, Luxor, Excalibur & The Mirage. He was one of the key figures who introduced many of Cirque du Soleil shows to Las Vegas and was the key to bringing Criss Ange to the Luxor hotel & Casino. Rappaport joined Foxwoods as Senior Vice President in Ledyard, Connecticut. He served as its chief executive officer of the Foxwoods Resort Casino from 2014
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Las Vegas station (New Mexico) Las Vegas is an Amtrak train station at Railroad Avenue and Lincoln Street in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Built in 1899, the two-story brick station building was designed in the Spanish Mission style and features a red tile roof, ornate metal brackets and a curving parapet. The station was renovated in 2000, when approximately $1.2 million was secured from federal, state and private sources. It reopened as the Las Vegas Intermodal Facility and now houses a passenger waiting room and the city's Visitor Center. The station is near the "Hotel Castañeda", a former hotel built
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Las Vegas station (New Mexico) Las Vegas is an Amtrak train station at Railroad Avenue and Lincoln Street in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Built in 1899, the two-story brick station building was designed in the Spanish Mission style and features a red tile roof, ornate metal brackets and a curving parapet. The station was renovated in 2000, when approximately $1.2 million was secured from federal, state and private sources. It reopened as the Las Vegas Intermodal Facility and now houses a passenger waiting room and the city's Visitor Center. The station is near the "Hotel Castañeda", a former hotel built
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one man show “The Mentalist” to critical acclaim Off-Broadway in New York City and made his acting debut in the movie "Mattie Fresno and the Holofulx Universe." In 2005 the Psychic Entertainers Association again awarded Gerry. This time he received the “Mentalist of the Year” award. In June 2005 Gerry moved his one man show “The Mentalist” from New York City to Las Vegas. The show was an instant success in Sin City. The Las Vegas Review Journal readers poll nominated him “Best Magician” in all Las Vegas. In October 2007 Gerry starred in the reality television series “Phenomenon” with
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Small Wonders II, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - 2006 Portraits, curated by Shane Guffogg, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA - 2005 The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH - 2005 Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA - 2004 New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA - 2004 Spike Gallery, New York, NY - 2004 California State University at Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA - 2003 Spike Gallery, New York, NY - 2003 Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV - 2002 Ah Allen, New York, NY -
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Paula Francis Paula Francis (born March 12, 1952) is an American journalist. Francis was born in Queens, New York City, New York. Paula's TV news career started in Madison, Wisconsin and later moved to Las Vegas in 1985 where she started at KTNV-TV as the evening anchor until she joined KLAS-TV in 1990 as the evening anchor alongside Gary Waddell. Paula has won eight "Las Vegas Review-Journal" 's Best of Las Vegas awards and several humanitarian awards for her involvement in the community. She has appeared in over a dozen episodes as herself as the news anchor in "". Francis
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retired from anchoring on April 1, 2016. Paula Francis Paula Francis (born March 12, 1952) is an American journalist. Francis was born in Queens, New York City, New York. Paula's TV news career started in Madison, Wisconsin and later moved to Las Vegas in 1985 where she started at KTNV-TV as the evening anchor until she joined KLAS-TV in 1990 as the evening anchor alongside Gary Waddell. Paula has won eight "Las Vegas Review-Journal" 's Best of Las Vegas awards and several humanitarian awards for her involvement in the community. She has appeared in over a dozen episodes as herself
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Hockey League (NHL). The Golden Knights are owned by Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, a consortium led by Bill Foley, and play at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights began play during the 2017–18 NHL season and became the first major league professional team in Las Vegas. Prior to the Golden Knights, the National Hockey League had experience with Las Vegas beginning in 1991, when an outdoor game was held in Las Vegas, with the Los Angeles Kings facing the New York Rangers outside Caesars Palace in a preseason exhibition game. It carried thorough the years with an annual preseason exhibition
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bridges to neighboring casinos to the north (New York-New York, across Tropicana Avenue) and to the east (Tropicana, across the Strip). A free tram connects Excalibur to its sister MGM Resorts International properties to the south, Luxor and Mandalay Bay. The land on which the Excalibur sits was originally the proposed site of the Xanadu Resort envisioned in 1975. The 1,730 room Asian-tropical themed resort would have been the first mega resort in Las Vegas. The project was never built when the developers could not secure a deal with the county on the sewer infrastructure such a large project would
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who is in trouble in Las Vegas. Over the course of 48 hours, players would journey across America, stopping at major cities on their way to Las Vegas. The confirmed locations included New York City and Las Vegas. Development of the game began in 2003 at the now defunct Glasgow studios of Steel Monkeys. When Steel Monkeys in the UK shut down, the game moved production to the secondary Steel Monkeys studio established in Minsk, Belarus. On February 11, 2009, confirmation from Steel Monkeys that "2 Days to Vegas" is still in development was received by IGN. According to the
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the toughest place to compete as the most prestigious dance companies choose to attend the Las Vegas competition instead of the Orlando or New York City location. <div> <div> <div> Orlando replaced New York City as the second competition location with Las Vegas in 2016 and 2017. It will continue to host the competition in 2018. <div> <div> <div> The Dance Awards The Dance Awards are a National Competition presented annually in Las Vegas and Orlando, and are awarded to recognise excellence in dance for young dancers between the age of five and eighteen. They are widely regarded as the
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Center May 1-3, 2012; Las Vegas Convention Center May 7-9, 2013; Las Vegas Convention Center May 6-8, 2014; Las Vegas Convention Center May 8-10, 2018; Las Vegas Convention Center May 7-9, 2019; Las Vegas Convention Center The first National Hardware Show took place in New York City in 1945 and was created by Abe Rosenburg of General Tools, along with Charlie Snitow, General's Chief Legal Council. In the early 1960s, Reed Exhibitions (previously Cahners Expositions Group) acquired Snitow's trade show business. The Show moved to Chicago's new McCormick Lakeside exhibit hall in 1975. In February 2003, Reed Exhibitions announced that
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Corey I. Sanders Corey Sanders has served as Chief Operating Officer of MGM Resorts International since June 2010. He oversees operations at the Company’s wholly owned properties, which in Nevada include Bellagio (resort), MGM Grand Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, New York-New York Hotel and Casino, Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, Luxor Las Vegas, Excalibur Hotel and Casino, Circus Circus Las Vegas, Circus Circus Reno, Gold Strike Jean and Railroad Pass Casino. He also oversees Beau Rivage (Mississippi) in Biloxi and Gold Strike Tunica, both in Mississippi, as well as MGM Grand Detroit. Mr. Sanders previously served as the
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of Las Vegas. Presented in three distinct cantos throughout an integrated bar, showroom and restaurant venue, the show ran until July 2014. Select elements of "Vegas Nocturne" have since been presented at development showcase seasons at the Slipper Room and House of Yes in New York City and the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it was voted Strangest Show. In 2016, Spiegelworld presented a series of development showcase seasons in Las Vegas and at Joe’s Pub in New York City of "Never Sleep Alone", an interactive dating advice comedy featuring the character Dr Alex Schiller. "Absinthe" toured Australia in 2015,
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mime and physical comedy).' At the same time, Spymonkey and Cal McCrystal accepted an offer from Cirque du Soleil to create and perform the comedy numbers for "Zumanity - Another Side of Cirque du Soleil", an adult cabaret show they were creating in Las Vegas. Julian Crouch wrote, 'Our loss is Las Vegas's gain.' Spymonkey spent two years performing "Zumanity" in a specially built theatre in the New York-New York Hotel and Casino, where they were seen by half a million people. Spymonkey also appear in "Lovesick", Lewis Cohen's 2004 film documentary about the creation of the show. While in
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members of the Occupy Las Vegas factions organized a protest at the Lloyd George Federal Building. Protesters occupied the northbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard, resulting in 21 arrests. The arrests are a first among Occupy Las Vegas demonstrations. Occupy articles Related articles Related portals: Occupy Las Vegas Occupy Las Vegas (abbreviated OLV) was an occupation and peaceful protest that began on October 6, 2011. It is affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City, and also with the "Occupy" movement in the United States and around the world. A series of meetings that were
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Japan, and the United States, for instance. Such replica buildings are extensively used in casinos, hotels or amusement parks such as Disneyland where the apparent playfulness and whimsy are intended to add to their appeal. In some cases, such as Carhenge, the structure is an adaptation of a well-known building. Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, in the form of novelty architecture include the pyramid-shaped Luxor Hotel and the New York-New York Hotel & Casino, a building designed to look like the New York City skyline; Paris Las Vegas whose front suggests the Paris Opera House and the Louvre; and
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with slippery atonal harmony; a plaintive nineteen-seventies folk-rock ballad melds into a Broadway power anthem. Paul Muldoon’s libretto is a marvel of virtuosic wordplay, exuberant, unsettling, and heroic by turns.” Designating the New York premiere as the magazine's "Pick of the Week," "Time Out New York" described it as "a gutsy, occasionally trashy cabaret opera.” “You cannot deny the theatrical audacity of "Vera of Las Vegas," which elicited many cheers from the packed house," admitted the "New York Times". Charles Ward, in the "Houston Chronicle", describes the central arias as "very handsome, large-scale versions of sophisticated songs in the Great
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New York City when he was 13 to see his first Broadway musical. By age fourteen, Cavanaugh was playing keyboard with bands at weddings and other events several nights a week. His first full-time gig as a musician was an extended engagement in Orlando, Florida at a piano bar on International Drive called Blazing Pianos. In January 1999, Cavanaugh had the opportunity to play in Las Vegas at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino, where he happened to catch the attention of Billy Joel in February 2001. Consequently, Cavanaugh moved to New York City to work with Billy Joel
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said that the piece was "a parallel line of work with the French masterpiece "Hiroshima mon Amour"! The film was previewed at various film festivals in 2003 before its official 2008 release including the New York Film Festival, Las Vegas Film Festival; Los Angeles Film Festival and the New York Film and Video Festival where it was nominated for the "Grand Selection". Independent Film Quarterly The New York Independent Film and Video Festival Where or When (film) Where or When is a 2003 film by Iranian film director Bahman Pour-Azar. He co-wrote the film script with Jun Kim over seven
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lukewarm about "Viva Las Vegas", such as one for "The New York Times", who wrote: ""Viva Las Vegas", the new Elvis Presley vehicle, is about as pleasant and unimportant as a banana split." However, many others deduced the reasons why many members of the North American public liked the movie so much. "Variety" magazine stated in its review: "Beyond several flashy musical numbers, a glamorous locale, and one electrifying auto race sequence, the production is a pretty trite and 'heavyhanded' affair". Critical reaction notwithstanding, "Viva Las Vegas" has become one of Elvis Presley's most popular and iconic films. The film
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inaugurated new service with the Lockheed Electra propjet to Las Vegas and San Diego. Eastbound coast to coast routes flown with the Electra at this time included San Diego-Los Angeles-Houston-New Orleans-Miami and San Francisco-Las Vegas-Houston-New Orleans-Tampa-Orlando-Jacksonville. National was also operating other long, multistop routings with the Electra as this time such as Boston-New York City-Jacksonville-Orlando-Tampa-New Orleans-Houston-Las Vegas-San Francisco. National flight number 223 departed Boston at 7:30am and arrived in San Francisco at 8:42pm with this latter routing being flown on a daily basis. Total travel time for this flight was 16 hours and 12 minutes. In 1962 Louis Bergman "Bud"
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in Lake Tahoe and in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He also rejected a bid by Martin T. Sosnoff, an investor from New York City, to purchase the company. He was inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame in 1993. Gluck eventually stepped down in 1994, when the company was acquired by the ITT Corporation, on whose Board of Directors he served. However, he retired from ITT's Board in 1995. Later that year, in 1995, he became co-Chairman of Transcontinental Properties, a real estate development company which developed Lake Las Vegas. The construction of the new community, located southeast of Las Vegas,
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County War. In April 1878, the Regulators killed three men, including Lincoln County Sheriff William J. Brady and one of his deputies. Bonney and two other Regulators were later charged with killing all three men. Bonney's notoriety grew in December 1880 when the "Las Vegas Gazette" in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and "The Sun" in New York City carried stories about his crimes. Sheriff Pat Garrett captured Bonney later that month. In April 1881, Bonney was tried and convicted of the murder of Brady, and was sentenced to hang in May of that year. He escaped from jail on April
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Chuck Clements Chad "Chuck" Clements (born September 29, 1973) is a former American football quarterback who played one season with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Houston and attended Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Texas. He was also a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, Berlin Thunder, Las Vegas Outlaws and Ottawa Renegades. Clements was drafted fifth overall by the Las Vegas Outlaws in the 2001 XFL Draft but, because
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club dates. The Ritzes, among the first of the big-money acts in Las Vegas, made a few television specials in the early 1950s. They carried their zaniness on the road until 1965 when Al died in New Orleans where they were performing. Harry and Jimmy stayed together and by 1966 opened the new Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. They continued to perform, just the two of them, in Florida and upstate New York theaters, cruise ships, as well as some guest appearances on the Dick Cavett Show, Merv Griffin, etc. By the 1970s and 1980s, they had some attention in
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entities that are helping to diversity downtown Las Vegas' economy and job base. The square footage of World Market Center Las Vegas is greater than both the Willis Tower in Chicago and the Empire State Building in New York City. The city is also working to attract events to the downtown area. Recently held events include "Helldorado" and the "Life is Beautiful" festival. In 2012 several new downtown projects were completed. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, the new Mob Museum and a new City Hall building opened. The Discovery Children's Museum opened next door to The Smith Center
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of a preseason injury, never played for them. Chuck Clements Chad "Chuck" Clements (born September 29, 1973) is a former American football quarterback who played one season with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Houston and attended Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Texas. He was also a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, Berlin Thunder, Las Vegas Outlaws and Ottawa Renegades. Clements was drafted fifth overall by the Las Vegas
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in the east, enters Nevada at the Clover-Bull Valley Mountains, and in the south leaves Nevada at the New York Mountains. At the northwest of the entire Las Vegas region, and also the northwest section upland area of the watershed of Las Vegas Wash, the Great Basin Divide, changes direction in the Spring Mountains, from a north-south transect, to leave the massif at the northeast, in the foothills, and enter the east-west transect, mostly at the southern perimeter of the north-south mountain ranges, on the Las Vegas north perimeter. Las Vegas Valley (landform) Las Vegas Valley is a basin in
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the fall of 2011. Saulsberry has performed on the television variety show "Soul Train" and was the announcer for the 34th NAACP Image Awards and the 2003 Essence Awards. He was a guest presenter at the first annual Voice 2007 in Las Vegas and a featured speaker and panelist for two consecutive years at Voice Coaches Expo in Schenectady, New York. He has taught his voice-over workshop in various locations around the country that include, New York, Chicago, Nashville, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. He has also been a guest lecturer for the Theatre Department at Western Michigan University, California
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Charles Bock Charles Bock (born 1969) is an American writer whose debut 2008 novel "Beautiful Children" (published by Random House) was selected by "The New York Times" as a Notable Book of the Year for 2008, and won the 2009 Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York, with his wife, Leslie Jamison, and his two daughters. Bock was born and raised in Las Vegas, which served as the setting for Beautiful Children. He comes from a family of pawnbrokers who've operated pawn shops in Downtown Las Vegas for
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for more than 12 hours, the paucity of actual marathoners distinguish the Las Vegas event from other big city venues such as Boston, New York, Chicago, London, or Berlin where the number of marathon finishers range from about 20,000 to more than 30,000. While successful as a commercial, for profit venture, this race falls short of the original vision to make the Las Vegas Marathon a world class, competitive running event. Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon The Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon & 1/2 Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run on the Las Vegas Strip and in
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"Aerotrain" No. 2 was leased as a demonstrator to the New York Central and ran between Cleveland and Chicago. In March 1956 the Aerotrain made experimental runs for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in California as a "San Diegan" between Los Angeles and San Diego. Its use ended because the trainset had to be turned after each trip and it needed helper locomotives on the Sorrento Grade north of San Diego. Starting December 1956 Union Pacific ran the ex-New York Central Aerotrain as the "City of Las Vegas" between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The train was eventually
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Under My Skin", "All or Nothing at All", "Pennies from Heaven" and the "Theme From New York, New York" are just some of the gems in the Best of Vegas collection. Best of Vegas Best of Vegas is a 2011 live album by American singer Frank Sinatra that contains 17 live tracks from the 2006 box set, """". In the span of a few years, Las Vegas refueled Frank Sinatra's career and Sinatra in turn became the lead figure in the city's ascendance. It was a synergistic relationship that has since become legendary in the annals of 20th century entertainment.
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see what is going on inside. The MSG Sphere Las Vegas will be accessible via the Las Vegas Monorail, RTC Transit and The Deuce. A new Las Vegas Monorail station has been proposed to serve the MSG Sphere and The Venetian. In November 2018, it was confirmed that the new monorail station would be built. MSG Sphere Las Vegas The MSG Sphere Las Vegas is an under-construction music and entertainment venue being built in Paradise, Nevada. Construction on the venue began in 2018 and will be complete by 2021. The venue is being built in partnership between The Madison Square
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today, on 16 November 2016, "Absinthe" was named by Las Vegas Weekly as “the #1 greatest show in Las Vegas history”. On May 31, 2012, Spiegelworld returned to New York City with its new show "Empire" and a new site for its spiegeltent on an unused car park in Times Square. "Empire" commenced a 17 month Australian tour in Sydney on 4 January 2013. In late 2014, the show toured New Zealand and then in 2015 it played seasons in Tokyo, Portland, Toronto and Montreal. In January 2014, Spiegelworld premiered its new show "Vegas Nocturne" at Rose.Rabbit.Lie. at The Cosmopolitan
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year later Isaacson won the All-Army entertainment contest again as a solo act. After his mandatory service in the army, he later toured for two years entertaining troops all over the United States. After touring the country entertaining the troops as a solo performer, Isaacson started to work his act in the New York nightclubs. It was at this time that he adopted the stage name of "Don Lane", after fellow entertainer Frankie Laine. Lane worked his act in nightclubs throughout New York, Los Angeles and the showrooms in Las Vegas. During his stint in Las Vegas, he worked alongside
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Cavendish Invitational The Cavendish Invitational is the largest money bridge tournament in the world. In 2012 it moved from Las Vegas to Monaco and from May to October. From 1975 to 2011, first in New York City and later in Las Vegas, it ran from Friday to Sunday on Mother's Day weekend. The Cavendish Invitational Pairs and its companion competitions are named for the Cavendish Club of New York City, which was founded in 1925, months before Harold S. Vanderbilt and others created the scoring system that defined "contract bridge". Some if its members were also among the most famous
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was announced that original Las Vegas location of Tetsu would be closing on April 2 of that year. Tetsu (restaurant) Tetsu is a modern Japanese restaurant conceived by Michelin-starred chef Masa Takayama, Tetsu serves a Robatayaki-based menu with an emphasis upon grilled fare. The first location opened in the Aria Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in 2012, replacing Chef Takayama's "Shaboo", which had occupied the space since 2009. In November 2017 a second branch opened in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. The New York location features a casual ground floor space for a la carte
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was held at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas for the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one of the three to see action. The 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry is more famously known as the Rough Riders. The reunion was attended by the then Governor of New York, Theodore Roosevelt. Two years later, in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States when President William McKinley died while Roosevelt was serving as vice-president. The last surviving Rough Rider, Jesse Langdon, died in
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began to turn around with the proposal of the Resorts World projects replacing the Echelon currently under construction. The Alon resort is planned to resume the site formerly the Frontier and originally planned for the Plaza. Fontainbleau is currently being on the process of being sold and resumed. Wynn Resorts is also planning an additional tower with a central lake planned for 2020 and a new arena opened near the New York New York hotel on 2016. Las Vegas has still managed to host many conventions and major events, such as the annual Latin Grammy Awards, & the Consumer Electronics
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is high. The property includes five outdoor pools, rivers, and waterfalls that cover , a convention center, the MGM Grand Garden Arena, and the Grand Spa. It also houses numerous shops, night clubs, restaurants and the largest casino in Clark County, which occupies . Located on the Tropicana - Las Vegas Boulevard intersection, pedestrians are not allowed to cross at street level. Instead, the MGM Grand is linked by overhead pedestrian bridges to its neighboring casinos: to the south across Tropicana Avenue, the Tropicana, and to the west across the Strip, New York-New York. The property was originally the site
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Los Angeles, the San Francisco State University, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco; the Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas; the Mercosur Biennial in Porto Allegre, Brazil; the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; the Serpentine Gallery, London; the Drawing Room, London; the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla; the Sculpture Center, New York; the Centre Georges Pompidou Museum, Paris; the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles & Miami MOCA, Miami, the Drawing Center, New York. Steve Roden was also a recent recipient of the 2011 Artist Grant of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and recently of a California Community
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AntiGravity, Inc AntiGravity, Inc. is a performance troupe and entertainment brand based in New York City and founded by Christopher Harrison. They have performed in over 500 productions in over 25 countries, with teams in New York City, Las Vegas, Orlando, Toronto, and Ontario. AntiGravity Inc. was founded on November 3, 1990, when organizers from the New York Marathon hired choreographer Christopher Harrison to put on a performance for the Marathon’s closing ceremonies at the Roseland Ballroom. Initially credited as “ZeroGravity,” the performance troupe comprised athletes, acrobats, and former Olympic competitors, with Harrison serving as director and choreographer. Later in
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the Mafia's main representative in Las Vegas. An old bootlegging associate of Dragna's, Anthony Cornero ran gambling ships off the coast of California. Tommy Lucchese, of the Lucchese crime family, was Dragna's main contact in New York (and the two were relatives according to Mickey Cohen). Dragna also controlled unions in the laundromat business and dress importing companies. As boss, Dragna often had to do business with representatives from the more powerful Cosa Nostra families in New York. When Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, an associate of the New York Luciano crime family, relocated to the West Coast during the late 1930s,
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Crunch Fitness Gyms throughout the US. Since the launch of the initial technique, Harrison has combined yoga practices, Pilates, ballet barre exercises, and strength training techniques into multiple exercise curriculums under the brand AntiGravity Fitness. AntiGravity, Inc AntiGravity, Inc. is a performance troupe and entertainment brand based in New York City and founded by Christopher Harrison. They have performed in over 500 productions in over 25 countries, with teams in New York City, Las Vegas, Orlando, Toronto, and Ontario. AntiGravity Inc. was founded on November 3, 1990, when organizers from the New York Marathon hired choreographer Christopher Harrison to put
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Red Bull. His project portfolio includes entertainment strategy for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City and developing new boutique hotel franchises such as The William in New York City (opening December 2013). As a DJ, Fuller performs under the name The Funkler. He has held residencies in Ibiza, Hawaii, and Las Vegas, and has performed for thousands at one-off shows across the country. He performed at the Love Festival at the Palms and several other venues, internationally. He was named Las Vegas’ best local DJ in 2003 and his album, “Live, Love, Laugh, Life” was named Las Vegas’
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Penguins, had five 30-goal scorers. New York was not shut out in any of their 80 regular-season games. On September 27, 1991, the Rangers played the Los Angeles Kings in the first ever outdoor NHL game in Las Vegas, Nevada, at Caesars Palace. This was also the first NHL game in Las Vegas since 1968. The crowd on hand was 13,000 with the Kings beating the Rangers 5 to 2. Towards the end of the regular season, the NHL went on a 10-day strike, causing the league to shut down from April 1-April 12. The games that were originally scheduled
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Witkoff Group announced their purchase of the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel (New York). In August 2017, Witkoff purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau Resort Las Vegas in Las Vegas. In February 2018, Witkoff announced the former Fontainebleau will be developed and open in 2020 as The Drew Las Vegas, named after Witkoff's son, Andrew (nicknamed "Drew"), who died of a drug overdose in 2011. The Drew Las Vegas will open in partnership with Marriott International Inc., and will be the first JW Marriott on the Las Vegas Strip. Witkoff lives on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. In 1987, he married Lauren
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the record for the largest structural stage in North America. EDC events were also held in Milton Keynes, England, San Juan, Orlando, Florida, and New York. The first EDC Mexico was held on March 15–16, 2014. A documentary film called "Under the Electric Sky" about the festival premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. EDC Las Vegas 2015 was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on June 19, 20 & 21. EDC Las Vegas 2015 was met with unwanted publicity for the death of a UC Irvine graduate on the second night of the festival.
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Teller. This incarnation of Play Dead began with two weeks of workshop performances at "The Calypso Room" in Las Vegas in September, 2010, at the Rio, the home of Penn and Teller. Teller told the opening night audience that the show marked the first time ever that a show was created in Las Vegas to bring to New York, and was headed directly for an off-broadway venue in New York City. It opened for previews on October 21, 2010, and opened officially November 10, 2010 at The Players Theatre on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. The show ran Tuesday to
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"Hobie" Hobart, Welty's partner. He also briefly encounters the red-haired girl, Pippa. Theo's life is disrupted when his deadbeat dad, Larry Decker, arrives with his new girlfriend, Xandra, and whisks him away to Las Vegas. Theo secretly takes the painting. In Las Vegas, Theo makes a new friend, Boris, a cosmopolitan son of a Ukrainian émigré. The two boys both have absentee parents and spend most of their afternoons drinking and using marijuana and other illegal drugs. Theo's father later gets drunk and dies in a car crash. Theo decides to return to New York. He packs his things, including
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optioned the struggling Adam Lind to Las Vegas. Upon his MLB debut that day, Gomes became the first Brazilian player in MLB history. On the same day, Gomes got his first MLB hit, a single off of New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes. On May 18, 2012, Gomes hit his first ever MLB home run on the first pitch off of New York Mets pitcher Jon Niese in a 14–5 win. Gomes was optioned back to Las Vegas on May 27. He hit 5–22 with 2 HR in 8 games. Gomes was recalled from Triple-A on June 5, with pitcher
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clubs in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York. David Vigliano David Vigliano is an American literary agent. He is the head of AGI Vigliano Literary LLC, which was formed in 2014 when Y Entertainment bought the boutique firm he founded, Vigliano Associates. Vigliano is best known for working with "headline-making" authors and for negotiating record-setting advances. Since 2002, 80 of his projects have appeared on the "New York Times" best seller list, with 15 hitting the #1 position. Vigliano was born in New York. His mother, Barbara Murphy Vigliano, was an actress who starred in live television shows in
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on July 17. EDC Las Vegas was held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway from June 17–19, 2016. EDC Mexico was held for the third time at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, from February 27–28, 2016. EDC New York was held at Citi Field in Queens, NY, from May 14–15, 2016. EDC UK was held at Milton Keynes, England on 9 July 2016. EDC Orlando was held at Tinker Field in Orlando, Florida, from November 4–5, 2016. EDC India was held at Buddh International Circuit in New Delhi, India, from November 12–13, 2016. EDC returned to the Las Vegas Motor
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés was voted 12th best in the world in "Restaurant" magazine's Top 50. The Las Vegas location is known for its 3-course prix fixe menu: L’Unique. The restaurant opened a ninth location in 2014, at MahaNakhon in Thailand, called L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon (Bangkok). The latest location is in Chelsea Market on Manhattan in New York City. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon is the name of twelve French gourmet restaurants, located in New York City, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Paris, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Montreal and Shanghai. Owned by chef Joël Robuchon, the restaurants serve his
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the now defunct KNGY-Energy 92.7 in San Francisco, California, Joel Salkowitz from the now defunct WNYZ-Pulse 87.7 in New York City, New York, and Mark "Tic Tak" Allen of KUPL-98.7 FM in Portland, Oregon. The Vibe was programmed by industry veteran Rob Walker as a Dance Hits format, with imaging done by Mitch Craig. In November 2009, KVBE's signal repeater added crucial coverage within the Las Vegas area, since the primary coverage area does not clearly reach the city of Las Vegas in most places. In March 2010, the station's operations were taken over by D2 Media, LLC and began
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Resort suffered extensive damage from a fire, rebuilding is said to have begun quickly. In May 2018, musician Barry Manilow returned to Las Vegas as the exclusive headliner at the Westgate International Theater at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. In June 2018, Westgate acquired the former Hilton New York Grand Central, a 23-floor, 300-room, two-tower hotel located in the historic Tudor City neighborhood within Midtown Manhattan's East Side that has been rebranded Westgate New York City. Westgate Resorts operates the Westgate Resorts Foundation, which was started in 2001 and gives out more than $2 million annually to charities and
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industry resumed. Marcus Thielen writes of this era, "...after World War II, government programs were established to help re-educate soldiers. The Egani Institute (New York City) was one of few schools in the country that taught neon-trade secrets. The American streamlined design from the 1950s would be unimaginable without the use of neon." The development of Las Vegas, Nevada as a resort city is inextricably linked with neon signage; Tom Wolfe wrote in 1965, "Las Vegas is the only city in the world whose skyline is made neither of buildings, like New York, nor of trees, like Wilbraham, Massachusetts, but
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winner-take-all prize of $120,000. As of 2013, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,200,000. His 49 cashes at the WSOP account for over $1,100,000 of those winnings. Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow is an American businessman and professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He was one of the regulars at the famed Mayfair Club while he lived in New York City. Zolotow lived in New York City for many years before becoming a professional poker player and moving to Las Vegas. He worked as a businessman, and owns several
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Madame Tussauds Las Vegas Madame Tussauds Las Vegas is a wax museum located in the Las Vegas Strip at The Venetian Las Vegas casino resort in Paradise, Nevada. The attraction opened in 1999, becoming the first Madame Tussauds venue to open in the United States. It features over 100 wax figures of famous celebrities, film and TV characters, athletes, musicians and Marvel superheroes, as well a 4D movie theatre. Subsequent Madame Tussauds venues opened in the U.S in New York City in 2000, Washington D.C. in 2007, and Hollywood, California in 2009. The process of making a wax figure can
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Occupy Las Vegas Occupy Las Vegas (abbreviated OLV) was an occupation and peaceful protest that began on October 6, 2011. It is affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City, and also with the "Occupy" movement in the United States and around the world. A series of meetings that were titled "The General Assembly" or "GA" were held to plan the beginning of the event on October 6, 2011, and were held to create a consensus on policies and planning for the occupation. As of April 2012, Occupy Las Vegas had continued to engage in
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The New York Times reported that the Brooklyn Bowl would be expanding to Las Vegas and London. On March 8, 2014 Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas debuted on the Strip with the club’s signature Bowlive event, featuring Soulive and special guests, followed a few days later by a special show from Elvis Costello and The Roots. Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas is a 2,000-capacity, two-story, 32 lane facility in a 80,000 square foot location within LINQ, Caesars Entertainment's retail, dining and entertainment space. In 2014 Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas won the Las Vegas Weekly's readers' choice award for Best Live Venue. In
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purchase the New Frontier Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, with plans to raze the current structure and build a new resort to be branded as Las Vegas Plaza. It sold for a record $33 million per acre. In August 2007, Elad Properties faced a lawsuit between itself and the Plaza Hotel & Casino owner, Tamares Group. El-Ad Group The El-Ad Group is an Israel-based American real estate development company. The group controls many subsidiaries including Elad Properties, which is based in New York City, Elad Florida and El-Ad Canada, which is based in
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Noël Coward at Las Vegas Noël Coward at Las Vegas is a 1955 live album by Noël Coward. This was Coward's first appearance on the Las Vegas Strip, with Coward claiming that the dates gave him "one of the most sensational successes of my career, and to pretend that I am not absolutely delighted would be idiotic." "Life" magazine wrote that Coward was paid $40,000 per week for the engagements. Coward was accompanied by Peter Matz, who also provided the orchestrations, Matz arranged Coward's next live album, "Noël Coward in New York". The album reached No. 14 on the "Billboard"
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Las Vegas School of Music (as a showcase for its faculty and opera program) commissioned "Vera of Las Vegas" in 1995. Since the work was to be the centerpiece of a trilogy, Hagen elected to make a live recording rather than authorize a staged premiere. It was recorded to 24 tracks in March 1996 at the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall in Las Vegas. Hagen, at the Bard College Electronic Music Studio in April–May 1996, oversaw postproduction mixing, editing and recording of extensive overdubs, performing many of them. After final mastering in New York in June 2003, the opera gained
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Arts Management , headed by Dean John Bedford and dance department chairman Jo Rowan, presented LeTang with a Living Treasure in American Dance Award in 1995 and with an Honorary Doctor of Performing Arts in American Dance degree in 2002. In the years prior to his death, he resided in Las Vegas, Nevada, teaching master classes from his home studio and travelling several times a year to hold classes in New York City. Henry LeTang also lived in Airmont (Monsey), New York, in the 1980s and 1990s. He died of natural causes in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of
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Carson was recalled back to New York, and D. J. Carrasco was designated for assignment. Carson made his major league debut on May 18, 2012, when he pitched a scoreless inning of relief against the Toronto Blue Jays in a 14–5 Mets loss. Carson started the 2013 season with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, and was called up by the Mets on April 21 when Aaron Laffey was designated for assignment. In June 2013, Carson was sent down again to Triple-A Las Vegas. In parts of two seasons with the Mets, he pitched in 31 games with a 6.82 ERA.
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to prostitutes.) During her time in the US, Lord has lived in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and New York City. As of 2007, she has been living back in France for several years, after the expiration of her visa (which expired during the filming of "I am a Sex Addict"). She has stated that Las Vegas and New York are two favorite cities and that she plans to move back to one or the other city in the future. She published her autobiography, "To My Dear Civilians, With Love", (co-authored by Brian Whitney) in February 2016. Rebecca Lord
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at Treasure Island, "Zumanity" (for ages 18 and older) at New York-New York, "and "" at Mandalay Bay. Many notable artists have performed in Las Vegas, including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Wayne Newton, Liza Minnelli, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Liberace, and in more recent years Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Barry Manilow, Cher, Elton John, Bette Midler, Donny and Marie Osmond, Garth Brooks, Jennifer Lopez, Reba McEntire, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, Criss Angel, Olivia Newton-John and Queen + Adam Lambert have had residencies in the various resorts on the Strip. The only movie theatre directly on the
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Les Warner Les Warner (also known as Lez Warner) is a British born musician and producer, primarily a drummer best known for his work with The Cult. On the reverse of the "Electric" album, he is in the far right picture. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada and performs at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino as part of the Celtic Rockers. Lez is currently playing drums with Godmother of Soul, a Las Vegas-based band featuring Tomi Rae Brown (widow of singer, James Brown), bassist Kelly Garni (founding member of Quiet Riot), guitarist Raven Storm, and Jason Edwards
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Salt Lake City and held a general public photo event on February 5, 2011, at The Sheraton Downtown Hotel where an additional 650 photos were added to the documentary collection. The project made its way to Las Vegas, Nevada, in partnership with MGM Resorts International for an event at The New York New York Hotel & Casino on February 19, 2011, where more than 500 resort employees participated in the documentary project along with the then Mayor Oscar Goodman, County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani, the dance troop The Jabbawockeez, as well as Terry Fator, and the Las Vegas cast of The
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ride costs $17 and $8 for a re-ride. In 2004 Premier Rides installed magnetic brakes on the ride. In August 2006, Premier also installed new trains to replace the original TOGO trains. Since the Premier train installation, the ride has been noticeably smoother, as opposed to when the TOGO trains were in use. The Roller Coaster The Roller Coaster (formerly Manhattan Express), or sometimes Big Apple Coaster is the name of the roller coaster at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The ride's trains are themed to New York City taxicabs. It is the
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in Round 1 and 2. The top 15 scores advanced to the BFTS Championship Round. The event winner was the rider with the highest combined score from all three rounds. For a three-day event, the 35 bull riders will completed in Rounds 1, 2, and 3. The top 15 scores advanced to the BFTS Championship round. The event winner was the rider with the highest combined score from all three rounds. There were four events on the BFTS that were considered major events. They are New York City, New York; Arlington, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Nashville, Tennessee. Major events
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Arrows on a two year contract. He began the 1983-1984 season in New York before being sold to the Memphis Americans in February 1984. At the end of the season, the Americans moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to become the Las Vegas Americans. Grgurev continued playing for the Americans in their new home during the 1984-1985 season. When the Americans folded in the summer of 1985, Grgurev became a free agent and signed with the Pittsburgh Spirit in September 1985. The Spirit folded at the end of the season and Grgurev did not play again until he signed with the
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1957, Fields moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and became part owner of the Tropicana Las Vegas. He eventually sold his interest in the hotel, but stayed on as public relations director. In the 1960's, he worked as Chairman of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. In 1965, Fields coached the U.S. boxing team at the 1965 Maccabiah Games. While in Las Vegas, he married his second wife, a former New York model and Las Vegas on-stage performer, Marjorie Fields, with whom he raised several step children. Fields died in 1987 at the age of 79 at a nursing home in Las
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assets. In September 2018, Madison Square Garden began work on a spherical music venue in Las Vegas, called MSG Sphere Las Vegas, planned to open in 2021. Earlier in the year, MSG announced plans to build MSG Sphere London, near the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. Both venues are designed by Populous architects and are supposed to incorporate highly advanced audio and visual technologies. Following the success of the New York Americans, the Madison Square Garden Corporation established the New York Rangers, which began play in 1926. In 1946, at the behest of vice president Ned Irish, the Madison
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at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, on January 5—7. The rules and scoring stays the same, except the belt buckle value moves up from $10,000 to $20,000. This is the tour where the best riders and bulls compete, and it culminates in the PBR World Finals at the end of the year, which take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the T-Mobile Arena. The top 35 riders and top bulls compete at each event and it culminates in the PBR World Finals at the end of the year, which currently take place in Las Vegas, Nevada,
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restaurants in London before Michael Chow bought Sutherland out and moved to New York. From an early age he became an obsessive collector of furniture and contemporary art, notably his now, famous collection of portraits (of himself) by world-renowned artists. Since the sixties he has designed many architectural projects, including all of his restaurants, the Giorgio Armani boutiques in Beverly Hills and Las Vegas. His latest design is his home in Los Angeles. His restaurant chain has expanded to such places such as Las Vegas, Miami, New York City and Beverly Hills. Recently, Michael Chow has been appointed as one
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