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Echelon To Be Hidden From View By February
Once envisioned as a competitor to CityCenter, Echelon is now just a bit of sad Vegas trivia.
Sidelined by the economy back in 2008, the sprawling project was to have seen a 3,300-room hotel-casino, a shopping mall, and three supporting boutique hotels (sound familiar?), a Mondrian, a Shangri-La and a Delano (recently swooped up by Mandalay Bay). Instead, the site has sat dormant all these years.
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Are These The Best Hotels In Vegas?
Ask ten people what the top hotel in Vegas is and you'll likely get ten different answers. With so many choices out there, choosing what's best in Vegas is more of a personal preference. Maybe the room's basic, but the location is fab. Or, maybe what makes your fave hotel the best is that the room is a comp. Today, Conde Nast Traveler released its annual Reader's Choice Awards for the top 15 hotels in Las Vegas and while some are expected, there's a few surprises in there, too.
CNT readers voted Wynn and Encore as the number one hotel in Vegas. (Yes, we know, it's really two, but there it is.) Their second choice? Four Seasons. The rest stack up as so:
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Sh*t Got Gory This Month
A lot of sh*t comes and goes in Las Vegas and some of it actually sticks. Since the flow of updates can come fast and furious, each month we'll point out Sh*t You May Have Missed as an easy way to keep score of what's new, who's coming soon, which doors may have closed and what you better catch now before it's gone forever. If you spent this month waiting for Gordan Ramsay to answer, you probably missed a lot of sh*t! In the event we still manage to miss some sh*t, leave a comment below!
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Wynn Is Hotel Of Choice For Celebrity Bad Boys (And Girls)
Paris Hilton has been banned from there for bad girl behavior. Lil Wayne's bad boy antics have gotten him booted, too. Prince Harry felt so comfy there he just had to let it all hang out. (But, so far, he can come back.)
Now, People reports that music bad boy John Mayer stayed there over the weekend and while nothing scandalous happened (that we know of... yet...) he did raise eyebrows by waking up checking in with pop star Katy Perry and taking her to the Spearmint Rhino on Sunday night. (Sorry, Vince Neil's Girls, Girls, Girls.)
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Las Vegas, Underground
The Las Vegas under Las Vegas is the focus of an new indie production, "Undercity: Las Vegas."
The online documentary(esque) feature follows urban historian Steve Duncan and director Andrew Wonder as they "head below Sin City to see what lurks beneath the surface." In layman's terms, they headed into the drainage tunnels most of us never even notice. Especially, when the only clue to their existence, on the Strip at least, are random manhole covers.
The duo spent four days exploring the tunnels, many of which run under Strip hotels. Duncan spoke about his journey with the Huffington Post:
the fantastic part came from finding out that this new world was actually a friendly, amazing place, full of genuinely interesting people who were almost all friendly (with a couple exceptions). The cool tunnels under the Strip were what made it fantastic. It's why the underground can be so cool: you head into the dark, not knowing what's ahead of you, and then slowly you get comfortable and a great new world opens up in front of you.
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Sh*t You May Have Missed During The Dog Sh*t Days Of August
A lot of sh*t comes and goes in Las Vegas and some of it actually sticks. Since the flow of updates can come fast and furious, each month we'll point out Sh*t You May Have Missed as an easy way to keep score of what's new, who's coming soon, which doors may have closed and what you better catch now before it's gone forever. If you spent this month holding having a royal ball in Vegas, you probably missed a lot of sh*t! In the event we still manage to miss some sh*t, leave a comment below!
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Card Snappers Now Forced to Clean Up Their Own Trashy Trash
We've long bemoaned the annoyance of pushy card snappers and their gross advertisements for dancing girls, erotic escorts and jiggle joints, but while accosting tourists -- regardless of sex or age -- with their horny handouts is still legal, letting the cards fall to the ground is not.
The Las Vegas Sun reports that Clark County is now holding handbillers legally responsible for picking up their cards that have been discarded by tourists and other passerbys within 25 feet of where they are standing. If they don't, they will be cited for littering. And, could face a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail, according to BeyondTheBet.com.
This sounds like a step in the right direction in making a stroll down the Strip a little more pleasant. But, beware, the law also applies to you.
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PokerStars To Put Money Back In The Pockets of Online Gamblers
More than a year after online poker saw its #BlackFriday, PokerStars will now pay Uncle Sam $731 million bucks as part of a settlement.
PokerStars will also absorb Full Tilt as part of the deal and will pay back customers who were frozen out after the sites (along with Absolut Poker) were all charged with bank fraud, illegal gambling offenses and money laundering.
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Sh*t To Catch Up On While You Wait For Bagatelle And Sh*t
A lot of sh*t comes and goes in Las Vegas and some of it actually sticks. Since the flow of updates can come fast and furious, each month we'll point out Sh*t You May Have Missed as an easy way to keep score of what's new, who's coming soon, which doors may have closed and what you better catch now before it's gone forever. If you spent this month watching fireworks with Flavor Flav, you probably missed a lot of sh*t! In the event we still manage to miss some sh*t, leave a comment below!
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Harmon Hotel To Finally Come Down, Possibly Before Year's End
The Harmon Hotel won't be a massive billboard for much longer.
Once a part of CityCenter (on paper), the boutique hotel never opened because of construction defects. MGM Resorts has wanted to demolition the tower since last August, but it wasn't until this afternoon that a Vegas judge gave them the official go ahead.
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Sh*t You May Have Missed Searching For Sh*t Lost At EDC
A lot of sh*t comes and goes in Las Vegas and some of it actually sticks. Since the flow of updates can come fast and furious, each month we'll point out Sh*t You May Have Missed as an easy way to keep score of what's new, who's coming soon, which doors may have closed and what you better catch now before it's gone forever. If spent this month trying find those shoes you left at EDC, you probably missed a lot of sh*t! In the event we still manage to miss some sh*t, leave a comment below!
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Sounds Like We'll Be Able To Insert Coins In Minneapolis Soon
It's far from game over for popular downtown Vegas gamers lounge, Insert Coins. In fact, it's about to reach a whole new level.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that Insert Coins is headed to its downtown, too. It states that owner Chris LaPorte hopes to open his second outpost there later this year. The location being considered is almost twice as big as the one here in Vegas and LaPorte promises that residents there can expect "some new additions" to his winning nightlife concept.
