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Labor Day Weekend: Beer Pong, A Bull, And Sweet Chocolate Love

We obviously played beer pong in the wrong basements.

Labor Day Weekend is already here. Hopefully you’ve scored a reasonable room rate and know what not to do this weekend. But there’s also plenty going on that you should do to say goodbye to summer. We'll bring you a roundup of the club and pool scene later on, but for now, here's what you can do that doesn't involve celebs or bikinis.

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Excalibur Wants to Be The Strip's Dive Bar

Beer pong, shuffleboard, and pool tables - in Vegas. Which one of these doesn’t belong? If you answered beer pong, guess again.

While you can get your pong on at more than a couple casinos these days, you don’t often see pool tables on the Strip, let alone shuffleboard. The corner dive bars found elsewhere with room in the back to knock some balls around just don’t exist as much here.

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Rock & Rita's to Show Off 'Flair Bartending' at Circus Circus

With all these new party bars opening on The Strip, it makes sense that the oft-ignored Circus Circus is trying to get in on some adult action for once. Hence, the opening next month of their "Great American Party"--Rock & Rita's, restaurant bar and something called flair bartending. From the press release:

At Rock & Rita’s, flair bartending will take center stage as drinks and bottles are flipped, juggled, spun, balanced and poured by some of the best professionals in the business. A style of American bartending credited to the legendary Jerry “The Professor” Thomas, who first poured flaming Scotch from a mug while mixing a Blue Blazer cocktail, flair bartending is synonymous with over-the-top showmanship. Rock & Rita’s will showcase flair competition winners from around the world at bartending stations equipped with stage controls for both impromptu and scheduled shows.

This sounds like a cross between "Cocktail" and the scene is "Office Space" where Jennifer Aniston gets fired for not wearing enough "flair" on her jacket. And yes, the bartenders here are known as flairtenders. There was a contest and everything to hire them. You can see them here.

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Flip Cups Tourney Going Down at McFadden's Tonight

In town tonight but not keen on spending hundreds of dollars on a table at TAO or PURE where the cocktail girls are only interested in how many dollar bills are flowing out or your pockets? Want to go somewhere a little less pretentious where you could possibly make money instead? Or course you do!

So skip on over to McFadden's at The Rio where they are holding a Flip Cup Challenge tonight. Everything begins at 10pm, including sign-ups. Ladies drink free Absolut Vodka from 10 to 11pm. Dudes and ladies entering in after 11pm get drinks specials like $1 Coors Lights, $4 Absolut vodka drinks, $5 Coors Light pitchers and $5 bomb shots until close.

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First Time at O'Sheas? We Promise It Won't Hurt

Note: This O'Sheas post was written without the influence of Sexy Snake Man. We swear!

There are few things we like more than leading our dear friends down the road of debauchery, especially in Las Vegas.

So, when we had the opportunity to break free from the mob of 100+ journalists hosted by CityCenter last week (imagine the very best and worst high school reunion rolled into a 72-hour affair complete with copious amounts of dick swinging and one-upping), we had to take our Vegas virgin friend, Jenna, to see some of the not so swank features of the Strip.

Maybe Jenna wasn’t exactly an unsullied maiden, but she hadn’t graced the Strip in nearly two decades, which pretty much makes her born again material in our book.

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O'Sheas Rakes in the Dough From Beer Pong

It’s no secret that O’Sheas is one of a handful of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip to offer beer pong just about nightly.

The real shocker: the place rakes in more than $25,000 from it every week, and more than $100,000 per month.

No, that number didn’t come from management or an official press release (though the PR department did, in fact, confirm it). Instead, it came from the people who know best—dealers and pit bosses in the gaming pit closest to the beer pong action.

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World's Largest Flip Cup Tournament Coming to Hooters Next Month

While beer pong is seemingly everywhere on the Vegas Strip, the other popular frat boy game of Flip Cups has not really broken onto the scene. But that may all change after October 11 when the second annual World's Largest Flip Cup Tournament comes into town.

Taking place at the Hooters Hotel and Casino, the tournament will feature 64 six-person teams in an NCAA-style bracket competition. Each game will be played mouth up to mouth down with one flip in a best of seven games series.

Ok, hold up. We got a little ahead of ourselves. We just took for granted that everyone knew what Flip Cups were. But if you partied in a college on the West Coast chances are you might not know what we're talking about (For some reason, East Coast schools know how to play Flip Cups more.) So here's a little explanation.

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Monte Carlo's Old Brew Pub Will Re-Open Sept. 2 as Simply, 'The Pub'

Hmm...that didn't require much brainstorming, did it? The Monte Carlo has just announced that they will be re-opening the old Brew Pub as The Pub come September 2, just in time for football season. So much for the whispers of a new nightclub. From the official press release:

This fan favorite hangout is getting a makeover and introducing new beer selections and a new menu to enhance watching the game, listening to Zowie Bowie every Friday and Saturday nights or playing an intense game of beer pong....

The Pub will have more than 50 "distinctive" beers on tap including some international variety of ales, lagers and stouts. Just as trendy as beer pong tables these days are create-your-own burgers and The Pub will be offering this on their food menu, allowing pub-goers to choose from more than 30 ingredients. Fifteen specialty burgers and the usual pub fare (appetizers, flatbreads, etc.) will round out the rest of the menu.

For now, the space is covered up by one of those annoying yet effective Monte Carlo ads with the play on words (above.) "On Tray", get it?

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Where to Play Beer Pong in Vegas

Beer pong at O'Sheas on The Strip.

With the World Series of Beer Pong set to invade The Strip again next January at The Flamingo, it's no wonder Las Vegas is prepping its visitors on drinking game. Beer Pong is, for the most part, still a frat boy drinking game but in recent years, it's evolved into a game that nearly everyone who likes to drink gallons of beer has taken a liking to.

VegasConcierge recently posted a picture on its Twitter feed of the new beer pong tables at Excalibur where can play beer pong 24 hours a day at the Jesters Bar on the Casino floor.

Here are a few other places to get your pong on:
· Monte Carlo: Beer pong is played poolside here.
· O'Sheas: You can play beer pong right in the middle of this casino. (Watch the video above.)
· Blondie's Las Vegas: Inside Miracle Mile at Planet Hollywood, this bar offers up beer pong any time of the day. The bar's weekly Thursday tournaments offer a cash prize of $500. Also on Friday June 13th, the bar is hosting a satellite tournament for the World Series of Beer Pong.

One other place to play beer pong? In your room. That is, if you've got yourself a suite. Two places we could see working perfectly for beer pong games? The Trump Las Vegas and The Signature at MGM Grand. These suites have plenty of space and you can easily push a few tables together. And more importantly, they also have kitchenettes to keep your beer cold.

Know of any other places to play beer pong? Let us know!

[Front door photo: Blondies Las Vegas]

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The Monte Carlo Pool is Packing 'Em In and Not in a Good Way

It’s no secret that the "daylife" concept has struck at just about every hotel pool on the Strip this summer. That seems to be true whether you’re staying at a resort known for attracting the cast of "The Hills" and Ray J or a seemingly more obscure one that would appeal to a more subdued clientele.

We’ve noticed, for example, that TripAdvisor’s users are balking at the rowdy atmosphere at the Monte Carlo’s pool. It’s reportedly too crowded and is beset by "VERY VERY NOISY RAP MUSIC" from open to close, apparently seven days a week. Complaints made by one reviewer at the reception desk were received sympathetically – staff get annoyed by the continuous pounding beats, too, evidently – but the guest was told it was all part of the hotel’s effort to appeal to a younger crowd.

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Vegas Has Won The World's Largest Bikini Parade, Now Go Play Beer Pong

If you remember, Las Vegas was vying for a Guinness World Record today in hosting the world's largest bikini parade which actually shut down the Strip for a little bit this afternoon. But it was for a good cause because the City is now officially in the Guinness book. Fox 5 Reports:

Dressed in barely there bikinis, 281 women marched down Las Vegas Boulevard in what the Guinness Book of World Records ruled was history’s largest bikini parade.

Guinness representatives were even on hand to present a plaque to the event’s organizers, which included hostess Holly Madison. The Playboy centerfold and reality television star led the march in her gray, white and pink vintage bikini.

As part of the celebration, hotel pools up and down the Strip are participating in the World's Largest Pool Party. We told you about some of your poolside options the other day, but we just saw that beer pong will be set up at the New York-New York pool. Sweet. Now, New York-New York is officially the frattiest hotel on the Strip.

For a ton of great pics from the event go to the Las Vegas Sun slideshow.

[Photo: Lacey Jones/TwitPic]

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Broke? You Can Still Afford Bottle Service At O'Shea's

Gambling got the best of you and now you’re on the down and outs? Well, that’s what you get for coming to Vegas. However, if going all in didn’t go your way at all, you can still afford bottle service. This is not a joke. Just…uh…don’t expect anything fancy.

O’Shea’s Casino, sandwiched between the Flamingo and the Imperial Palace, has bottle service without all the bells and whistles – ie: no cushy tables, no two bottle minimums and no scantily-dressed servers pouring your drinks for you. For just $45, choose either a 750 ml bottle of Smirnoff vodka or Jack Daniels and a mixer of your choice.

Called the Brown Bag Special, you’re not paying for all the trimmings and extras that come with the bottle at other fancy schmancy clubs, just the alcohol. So if you have a table at the bar inside O’Shea’s (nothing fancy, just first come first serve, and sometimes they’re used for playing beer pong) and want to take it to the next level or just want to get liquored up, the Brown Bag Special is a great investment.

Just try not to blow your savings on the roulette table after you finish your bottle. It will sound like a good idea then, but we can assure you it's not.

[Photo: Talieu]