Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel opened its doors to the public Thursday, August 28 at 8 p.m. The $250 million Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel is the latest addition to the Cannery Casino Resorts family and is the newest casino in the Boulder Highway gaming area.

“Eastside Cannery is an outstanding addition to Cannery Casino Resorts,” said William Wortman, co-owner and principal of Cannery Casino Resorts. “We are excited to have opened our doors to the public and we are confident the property will set the standard for casinos catering to the local Las Vegas market.”

Located in the Boulder Highway gaming corridor, Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel features a 16-story tower of bronze, glass and steel, with a distinctive saw-tooth roofline, making an iconic impression. Within the new 16-story hotel tower, there are 307 guest rooms and suites that showcase floor to ceiling glass windows giving the guests spectacular views of the mountains and the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. The oversized 450 square foot guest room decor and furnishings are reminiscent of the ongoing industrial theme of the property, but have a fresh 21st Century feel with wide screen plasma televisions in every room. Guests who book the corner suites are treated to an exceptional view while soaking in their in-room spas in their 600 square foot surroundings. Guests who book one of the five executive suites on the top floor are able to enjoy all the amenities in their 900 square foot surroundings. Read more

Aug

28

M Resort introduces Lightship to Vegas skyline

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(Obviously M Resort’s lightship wont be advertising chicken sandwiches)

M Resort, Spa and Casino, an all-new $1 billion resort to be completed in March of 2009 on South Las Vegas Boulevard, has signed an exclusive agreement with The Lightship Group, the world’s largest airship operator, to bring a new era in outdoor advertising and entertainment — a flying electronic lightship, which is one of only three in the world — to the Las Vegas sky beginning in September.

On the forefront of outdoor advertising and the use of visual stimulation to drive sales, M Resort will be home to the twin-engine A-170LS video lightship, which is essentially an electronic lightsign on a blimp. Utilizing an array of LEDs (light emitting diodes) the lightship features the world’s largest 70′ x 30′ aerial television screen. It is able to broadcast a multitude of media from live television and streaming video, to web sites and static images and offers vibrant full-color clarity. Read more

Aug

28

Minus 5 Experience Creates a Winter Wonderland in Mandalay Bay

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Parkas, boots and mittens are about to become mainstays in Las Vegas nightlife fashion, as a lounge made entirely of ice opens at Mandalay Place, located adjacent to Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas in September.

The first permanent ice lounge of its kind in the U.S., the 2,000 sq. ft. Minus 5 Experience is a sub-freezing ice lounge that is owned and operated by the Minus 5 Group, a New Zealand-based company that has “ice-cool” attractions with six other Minus 5 ice lounges currently in operation in three countries around the globe. To catch a glimpse of this “cool” attraction, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y73frhcai14.

The Minus 5 Experience

Guests are invited to come in from the Las Vegas 100-degree heat and don Minus 5-issued parkas and booties over their t-shirts and flip-flops. Then the arctic adventure begins, as patrons enter the ethereal blue and white world of the shimmering Minus 5 ice lounge. An icy wonderland of intricately hand-crafted ice sculptures and architecture, guests are promptly served an ice glass filled with exotic vodka-based cocktails (”mocktails” are also available for the kids or non-drinkers). Then, guests can relax on ice couches and enjoy what is literally the coolest lounge on the planet where the temperature is a constant -5 degrees Celsius or 23 degrees Fahrenheit. Read more

Aug

28

RIP: Palazzo’s 40/40 Club

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Palazzo turning this into its new Sports Book. Heres the release:

Business mogul Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter and his partners have announced today the sale of the 40/40 Club in Las Vegas for an undisclosed amount. The 24,000 square floor ultra sports bar and lounge located in The Palazzo and Casino, will not operate under the 40/40 brand, as the sale is for the lease and not the naming rights.

“The sale is a great business decision, we are delighted. We look forward to expanding the brand even further to Chicago and Tokyo,” stated owner Mr. Carter.

In the next 12 months, Mr. Carter and his partners plan on opening 40/40 clubs in Chicago, Tokyo and Macau. Read more

Aug

27

New Hard Rock Casino poker room

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A private bar, bottle service, certified masseuses, music, plush couches, and video poker machines … sounds more like a nightclub than a traditional poker room. The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has created a decadent atmosphere designed with the player’s comfort in mind to attract the world’s top poker players, as well as high-end bachelor parties, and private events, with Las Vegas’ first Poker Lounge.

The new 7,000-square foot, first of its kind, Poker Lounge is a full service poker room, with an inviting, lounge feel, and the newest addition in the property’s $800 million expansion and renovation. The $30 million designed space features 18 poker tables including five private, high limit tables that have already turned the heads of some biggest names in the poker world, as well as Hollywood, and professional athletes.

The trendsetting Poker Lounge will unveil a number of “firsts” when it celebrates its grand opening later this month including a full bar inside the venue and bottle service available for all poker players. Also exclusive to the Hard Rock Poker Lounge will be: Read more

Aug

26

Casino carpets

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I have to admit, I have a love hate relationship with casino carpets. 95% of the casino carpets I’ve seen in my years of travel resemble carpets Ive had during college that were stained with vomit, cigarette burns, and other things I wont mention. Yet, a casino wouldnt be a casino without these offensively interesting designs.

The Reno Gazette Journal has a very good article all about casino carpets, and I highly recommend anyone as fascinated by these repulsive rugs as me check it out.

From the article: Read more

Aug

25

Walking hooker billboards

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Yes, you read it right…Walking Hooker Billboards!

If you’ve ever walked up/down the Las Vegas Strip, you’ll notice two things. First, the walk from one casino to the next is actually a lot longer than it looks on a map. Second, you’ll notice all those little guys (and women) that dont speak english slapping their little hooker cards to try and get your attention. And if they do get your attention (and even if they dont) they’ll try and shove their full color hooker cards in your face.

Now, thanks to modern technology, these same guys are now 100% certain to get your attention. They have been transformed into walking high definition, full color 1080 pixel billboards of hookers. Read more

Aug

25

Caesar’s Las Vegas shooting

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If you have never seen this video of the shooting that took place at the Caesar’s hotel elevator lobby last year, check it out. Its nuts, or actually, the guy is nuts. I just stumbled across this news item that the shooter has been sentenced to three to sixteen years in jail. I wonder if they slapped some extra time on for stupidity? He must have been the only tourist to visit Vegas that didnt realize his every action was being recorded by about a dozen security cameras every second.

Aug

25

Shoppes at The Palazzo

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A new standard of luxury has been set on the Las Vegas Strip by Shoppes at The Palazzo, the recently opened retail centre owned by General Growth Properties.

“Home to an 85,000 square-foot Barneys New York and more than 60 premier luxury brands, The Shoppes at The Palazzo comprises one of the city’s most comprehensive retail offerings. With nearly 30 premier brands that are opening their first stand-alone boutiques in Las Vegas, The Shoppes at The Palazzo is quickly gaining a reputation in Las Vegas as a haven for the trend-setting fashion elite,” said Daniel J. Sheridan, executive vice president of General Growth Properties.

The Shoppes at the Palazzo will bring nearly 30 ‘firsts’ to the Las Vegas market including Barneys New York which Sheridan describes as “a mecca for the fashion forward” which will serve as “the ultimate calling card for the Shoppes at The Palazzo.”

The other ‘firsts’ include: Van Cleef&Arpels, Diane von Furstenberg, Chloè, Christian Louboutin, Catherine Malandrino, Anya Hindmarch, Lambertson Truex, Poleci, Charriol, Piaget, EDIDI New York, Canturi Jewels, Links of London, Double Helix Bar + Double Helix Boutique, Annie Creamcheese Designer Vintage, Bauman Rare Books, Canali, Mezlan, Guerlain, Piazza Sempione, The Kiss, Billionaire Italian Couture and Andrew’s Ties. Read more

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