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Dirk Arthur Returns to the Strip, Freaky Vegas Rejoices

Normally, as you know, we wait until Freaky Friday to impart this kind of news, but today we have magic news of such breathtaking importance that we thought we should do it straight up and freakify Thursday as well. Dirk Arthur is coming to O’Sheas!

Not just Dirk, either, but his tigers as well. Uncaged. Doing their shizzle between 10 and 40 feet away from you in the showroom upstairs. Incredible.

The 60 minute show – called Dirk Arthur’s Wild Magic - starts September 13 and will run at 7pm and 9pm every night except Wednesday and Friday. They’re promising:

A high-energy show that blends comedy, dance, magic and a rare opportunity to see the largest collection of awe-inspiring large, exotic cats in Las Vegas.

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The Cosmo Keeps Us Guessing With Its Side View

As you know we’re obsessed with The Cosmopolitan so as we were touring a room at Caesars the other day, we couldn’t help but let our glance wander southwards. And lo and behold, what did we see but some unfinished lettering. And seeing as we’re pretty sure they wouldn’t have turned on their marquee with all the bells and whistles without finishing the name on the side of the hotel first, we’d like to think they’re sending us a message.

Will the hotel be cosmetically pleasing? A microcosm of a new world? A result of cosmic ordering? Or did they just forget to finish off the side yet? We’ll let you know when the rest go up.

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The Cosmopolitan Gets Hitched to Marriott's Autograph Collection

As our sister site, HotelChatter reported earlier today, The Cosmopolitan has done and gone partnered up with Marriott Hotels' Autograph Collection division. Now while you probably know a lot about Vegas and The Cosmo (thanks to our obsessive coverage), you may not know much about the Autograph Collection. Allow us to explain.

Hotels in the Autograph Collection are supposed to be small, boutique and completely independent hotels. The hotels benefit from being in this collection by having Marriott's giant network of Marriott Rewards members at their disposal. The hotels also come up in searches for properties on Marriott.com giving them a huge help with potential bookings.

But the collection also helps Marriott gain an edge in the boutique hotel world without having to slap their name on each property.

Yet while The Cosmo is independent and definitely boutiquey in design, it is by no means small with close to 3,000 rooms on hand, three pools, a casino, spa and a ton of new restaurants. So obviously, some exceptions were made here.

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Monte Carlo Gets Cool With an Ice Bar Opening Tonight

One quarter of Mount Rushmore and the bar, as it looked on Friday

It may have cooled down a bit since the permanent roasting that was July, but compared to most other places, Vegas is still hot right now. What do you do when it’s hot in Vegas? Well, you could step in front of an air con machine, or you could drink until you forget about it. Or you could do both at the Minus5 Ice Bar.

There’s already one at Mandalay Bay, of course, but we at VegasChatter are fickle creatures and we’re all about the new – so we’re excited that a brand new branch will open inside the Monte Carlo today at 4pm.

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There Will Soon Be a Way to Numb the Pain of Harrah's

We’ve been rather taken with the posh frozen cocktails being served up at Numb, but looks like we’re not going to have to stick to Caesars to get our brain freeze anymore.

We were walking through Harrah’s today, when what did we spy but that distinctive Numb hoarding? From the looks of the building site, it’ll be slightly bigger than the Caesars branch.

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Paul Vigil's Got a New Show, But You'll Need to Drink For This One

If close proximity to strangers bothers you, you'll like his new show

We’re beginning to think of this as The Curse Of VegasChatter. First we show love to Circus Circus, and it ups its resort fee. Now, after we’ve lauded Paul Vigil at King Ink as the only truly free show in Vegas, he goes and starts charging.

We jest (kind of). What’s actually happened is that his free, private weekend shows have gone down so well at the Mirage that they’ve got him to do a proper, full on show every Wednesday at 7pm. And there’s a two drink minimum implemented for this one.

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Mount Up! PBR Rock Bar to Soft-Open on August 22

Yee-haw! Get your cowboy boots on...again! PBR Rock Bar is set to soft-open on August 22 at the Miracle Mile Shops in Planet Hollywood, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

Not only will the place have your favorite white-trash comfort food like Dorito-crusted mac and cheese, it will have all the crazy antics we'd expect from a bull-riding bar. After all, PBR stands for Professional Bull Riders.

Inside, a DJ booth and live-performance stage will branch well beyond classic-country fare. Staff also will literally swing from the ceiling playground-style, and the requisite mechanical bull will bring an extra dose of entertainment underneath a custom-made Jumbotron.

You can expect lots of country fans and cowboys to hang out here, especially when the rodeo is in town in December, but PBR is sounding more like a party spot than Gilley's down at Treasure Island. Come August 22, there will be only one way to settle this matter. With a mechanical bull-off.

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The Only Cosmo Mag You Need to Read in Vegas

Yes, that is some room with a view

There are, presumably, some people still left who, when they hear the word “Cosmo”, think magazine.

Yes, these people are not like us. They don’t geek out watching hotel marquees light up in 100 degree heat, they don’t feel a frisson when they get a sneak peek at forthcoming hotel rooms and they definitely don’t plan their meals five months in advance.

And it’s probably to redeem our street cred a little bit that The Cosmopolitan has launched its own Cosmo magazine. Ok, for “magazine” read “broadsheet newspaper-sized brochure”, but very pretty it is too.

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Max Brenner is Ready To Break Chocolate With Us

What, no Holly Madison? No official proclamation of yesterday as Official Max Brenner day in Vegas? How very odd.

Either way, Max Brenner opened yesterday in the Forum Shops and Mayor Goodman was there to help The Bald Man cut the ribbon. Or, in this case, the massive slab of chocolate. With a hammer.

Time to go for a work out and then get straight down there, no? Happy Friday.

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Prepare For a Sugar Coma: Max Brenner Opens Tomorrow

Max Brenner and his beans

Yet another reason to love tomorrow (as well as free knickers and English eyecandy): it’s the opening of Max Brenner’s new flagship store in the Forum Shops. At 10am, Mayor Goodman will come along to declare the store/restaurant/chocolate temple officially open (and most likely declare it Max Brenner day or something), and after that, you’re free to fill yourselves with sugar and cocoa beans to your heart’s content.

The menu is huge (see it here) but luckily (for us, mostly), on Monday we were given a sneak preview of what’s on offer by the bald man himself. We only sampled the sweet stuff (there’s a whole savory menu too, and they also said they have ambitions on the title of the finest brunch in Vegas) but we sampled a lot of it.

Our verdict? In short, we’d say if you already think you’ll like it, you’ll love it. And if, like us, you’re as yet unsold and worry that it could be tacky and nasty, you’ll be far off the mark, and hugely pleasantly surprised. This is no irritating, famewhore-endorsing, faux penis lollipop-licking Sugar Factory. This is a classy joint.

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The Cosmopolitan Rooms Holding Steady at $300 on Opening Night (But Just Wait a Week)

As we write this, the marquee at The Cosmopolitan is getting ready to be lit up! Stay tuned tomorrow when we have pics or follow us NOW on Twitter!

It's only August but we're wishing December would hurry up and get here fast. The Cosmopolitan is still set to open on December 15 and rooms start at a hefty $300 a night for a Terrace Studio suite. Hopefully, those rates will come down a touch as we get closer to opening day but if you still want to save a few pennies, here's a new tactic for Vegas--visit on opening weekend.

December 15th falls on a Wednesday and rates drop to $275 that Friday and Saturday. Still want to save more money? Go the following week when rates drop further to $175 a night. (They creep back up to $225 for Christmas weekend.)

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A Little Bird Tells Us the Rumor Is Pretty Good

The first verdict is in! TripAdvisor is showing its first review of the Rumor, and looking at its writer, it seems like it’s genuine. Also, he doesn’t like the Hard Rock so there’s a brownie point for him already.

Assuming it is all it seems to be, the verdict seems to be positive. He calls it stylish, he got a Jacuzzi room, and he was overlooking the pool, which is where you want to be, rather than staring at Harmon.

The downsides?

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