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The Cosmopolitan Gets a Purple-Tinged, Slightly Gothy Website
"Well Worth The Wait." That's what greets you on the new website for The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. A little presumptuous, doncha think? Especially since The Cosmopolitan is not open yet and there is no real opening date on the horizon.
VegasTripping made the discovery this morning of the website and we have to agree with their observation of a slightly gothic look. But as VT said, this could just be a ruse. Without any renderings or photos of the rooms and casino, we don't really know what The Cosmo is all about.
However, everything else listed on the website sounds rather standard for modern Vegas casino resorts. Two towers? Check. A couple of thousand hotel rooms? Check (2,995 to be exact.) A pool complex with an adults-only scene? High-end restaurants? Spa? Check, check and check. The only thing we're a little bit worried about is the "infectious" nightclub scene. Not sure we'd want to throw a word like "infectious" around when talking about Vegas nightclubs. Just sayin'!
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Smashburger Opens And Is Worth The Hype
Yours for $5.99 and an egg bun. Us, not the burger.
In n Out, you are dead to us. Smashburger finally opened today and, having had a sneak preview of its wares yesterday, we can announce we’ve fallen for it harder and faster than we did for Matt Goss that musician we promised not to talk about anymore.
The upsides – the hype was right. We chose the Sin City burger ($5.99, with egg, bacon, cheese and onion on an egg bun) and it was delicious. Soo juicy but not too greasy, a bun that’s good enough to actually eat on its own (ie not a normal fast food bun), and sauce and stuff that was full of flavor but not too sweet. We’d give it an A+, only we found it a little too well seasoned (next time we’ll ask them to go easy on the sodium), so we’re downgrading it to an A-.
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PBR Rock Bar Is On Track To Open Soon (Phew)
PBR Rock Bar is teasing us with the curtains
We love rumors at VegasChatter (hint: the more scurrilous the better – email us please). But when they involve our bellies not being pleasured or our fun being stymied, we’re not so keen on them.
Which is why we were gutted when, on Saturday, we were told by a Miracle Mile spy that the PBR Rock Bar opening was being put on hold in order for them to open up a branch in Dallas. Gutted, we say! What would we do with ourselves all summer without any bulls to ride to the CityCenter skyline?
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Can One Song Be Worth $15? Matt Goss Hopes You Think So
Please don't disappoint us. Please don't disappoint us. Please don't disappoint us.
This is a very disappointing week for the good guys. First O'Sheas lets us down and now we’re afeared that Matt Goss is about to do the same.
Remember way back when in January, when the Caesars gig was first announced? We were told it was going to be a bigger version than the Palms show: a bigger venue, 15 minutes longer, and four extra songs. That was one of the explanations given when the luscious Johnny Kats quizzed Team Goss on why the show tickets were leaping up from $25 to $40.
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Leona Lewis, Mel B and Possibly Sharon Osbourne Are Turning Up For Matt Goss Tomorrow
So as you’ll know if you follow us on Twitter (hint: follow us on Twitter), we went down to Cleo’s Barge this lunchtime to earwig on the Goss rehearsals, along with a load of passers by, before being asked to leave on the orders of Robin Antin (was it something we said?) Apparently, they're "not ready for the public” so we shouldn't be watching (who knew that’s what the word “rehearsal” meant?)
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Mario Barth Opens At Mirage Next Thursday
We’ve been wandering past the frontage for Mario Barth’s new tattoo parlor at the Mirage for some time now, but finally we know when it’s opening. Last night, we noticed some banging going down inside and some men emerging from it, so we asked when it was opening.
The answer? Next Thursday. Which means that, seeing as it’s positioned right opposite Jet, we predict that next weekend will be the first of many ill-advised lion/volcano/Carnegie’s Deli tattoos. In fact, maybe Max Rudolph could come over for a spot of inspiration.
In the meantime, here’s what the Barth display in the lobby looks like. Nothing like a memento mori as you check in for your stay in Vegas, is there?
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This Will Be Your Competition at the PBR Rock Bar
The PBR Rock Bar is not opening until the Summer but signage has gone up over the old Hawaiian Tropic Zone space as the interior renovations begin. And it is for REALZ that this place will be for cowboys, cowgirls and anyone who wants to bed a cowboy or cowgirl.
Check the Flickr photo for proof of Professional Bull Riders Rock Bar signage.
Meanwhile, we did a little further exploring of the other PBR bar in Kansas City. And this is what we found.
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Encore's Beach Club To Begin Hiring Hundreds of Hotties
Encore Beach Club Ken, coming soon?
Looks like the Encore's Beach Club is progressing smoothly as the bound-to-be hottest pool scene is looking to hire about 400 folks on March 11.
The positions that need to be filled are model cocktail servers, model bartenders, hosts, promoters, lifeguards, pool attendants and security. This fine group of hotties (c'mon, let's be honest here, this is Wynncore after all) will work the Beach Club along with the adjacent Surrender nightclub.
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PBR Rockbar Gets a Website, Teases Us With Horns
You may be wondering, what the heck is PBR Rockbar? We're still not 100 percent sure. All we know is that it's taking over the space at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone in Planet Hollywood. But if this new website says anything it says Professional Bull Riders more than it does Pabst Blue Ribbon. Coming Summer 2010. Gilley's, you've been warned. In the meantime, does anyone have a mechanical bull we can practice on?
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Smashburger Brings Its $5 'Better Burger' To Vegas Next Month
C’mon, really? Does Las Vegas really need another burger joint? We already have Burger Bar and BLT Burger, and let’s not forget about Bradley Ogden’s "The Best Burger in Vegas." For less fussy palates, there’s always the tried and true In-N-Out Burger and the stellar beef rendition at Hash House A Go Go.
We’re curious to wrap our cow-loving mouth around the cooked-to-order $5 Smashburger the same named new restaurant will be serving - the price sure is right. The coast to coast franchise will open its first Vegas location at W. Lake Mead Blvd & Buffalo Dr. on Wednesday, March 17th, promising to offer diners "a better burger" experience and will also feature special menu items that highlight the spirit of the city, including:
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Scarpetta Could Open in Las Vegas in May 2011
Part of our job over at HotelChatter.com involves stalking new hotels and trying to guesstimate when they are going to open (and sometimes, if they are ever going to open at all.)
We were doing such a thing the other week in sussing out the opening date for the new Thompson Toronto Hotel which also had us digging deep on the hotel's interior designer's website, Studio Gaia. Long story short, in surfing through the company's upcoming projects we noticed this listing for Scarpetta, April 2011.
If you aren't familiar with Scarpetta it's a well-respected (three stars from the NYT) and popular Italian restaurant in NYC helmed by chef Scott Conant. Thompson Toronto is getting one in May or June or so. And now it looks like we might be getting one in April of next year.
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The Only Reason We'd See Viva Elvis Again Is If We Were Playing Cirque Bingo
Sorry, Elvis
So. Viva Elvis. If you were reading our tweets on Friday night, you’d have seen that we went to the officlal premiere (along with Gene Simmons, Priscilla Presley, Justin Long and oodles of other celebs – apart from Paul ‘The Flake’ McCartney who was a no show (probs for the best - scroll down). You’d also have seen that we really weren’t taken with it.
Before we carry on, it’s only fair to say that we don’t count ourselves as big Cirque fans. In fact, we haven’t seen any of the other Cirque shows in Vegas, though we have elsewhere. While we love the signature acrobatics, we aren’t mad on spurious plotlines (like in Varekai).
We have, though, seen enough of Cirque to know what to expect, we are big Elvis fans, and we know what we like in a show. And, yeah, we just didn’t like this – and from where we were sitting*, we weren’t the only ones. Let’s take it from the top - we’ll tell you what we liked, and then what we didn’t.
