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Front Row Sports Wasted No Time with Saints Super Bowl Champions Gear
This is a picture that we snapped at approximately 9pm last night in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, a mere two hours after the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl. Not that it's a piece of fan gear that we would ever wear but still, hats off to Front Row Sports for a shockingly fast roll-out of Super Bowl championship gear. Also, this jacket is further proof The 90s are Back.
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If You're Not Katie Price, You Should Probably Think About Hotwire
Wonder if they put that message up in honor of Jordan?
We were a bit disturbed this morning when we read that Katie Price and Alex Reid were shacked up in a $10000 a night penthouse down at Planet Hollywood. On a Tuesday night? Were they being fleeced?
Later on we were relieved when the fine Norm Clarke tweeted that their honeymoon suite was a wedding present from PH top dogRobert Earl. We wouldn’t have liked to have think of our Jordan being taken advantage of.
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Katie Price and Alex Reid's Wynn Wedding: Where They Done It
Katie buys the ring. The hat? We blame jet lag
Remember the charming couple we told you to keep an eye out for yesterday morning as they arrived in Vegas? Remember how we said they might be here to get married? Well they’ve only gone and done it, haven’t they?
After sexyman Norm Clarke tweeted this afternoon that the word on the Strip was about the Price’s impending nuptials, we sped our way down to Planet Hollywood, where she and lovah Alex Reid were shacking up.
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What The Heck is Jason Alexander Starring In at Planet Hollywood?
George Costanza is a character near and dear to our hearts. But it looks like actor Jason Alexander is doing all that he can to move away from his Seinfeld alter-ego. How else to explain this new show that he's currently starring in at Planet Hollywood?
Called Donny Clay, the act is about "the world's fourth-best motivational speaker." Straight from the PH website:
"Donny Clay's" world famous seminars entail hilarious evenings full of comedy, music, self-help and partial nudity all combined to leave you laughing for a truly unforgettable evening. A mix of comedy, theater and some unintentionally life-enhancing thinking, Donny Clay will have you rolling in the aisles and jumping to your feet.
We're trying not to be Negative Nellies here but we're gonna spend our $55 somewhere else instead. Maybe on margs at Cabo Wabo?
Here's what else is on in Vegas:
· Vegas loses a major Wall Street conference [WSJ]
· Las Vegas is the new Juno? [Las Vegas Now]
· Ben Stiller parties with the NINE group, wears scary glasses [My Vegas Scene]
· Chocolate-covered strawberries in your Luxor hotel room? Gag. [Luxor Facebook]
· Franken-Heidi and Spencer to bring fakeness to PURE on Feb. 13 [@Robin_Leach]
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Massive Sugar Factory Shop Coming to Planet Hollywood
UPDATE: Actually, there IS another Sugar Factory coming to Vegas inside Paris Las Vegas. That 15,000sq.ft. candy shop will open in the Fall.
In this item about feuding candy shop owners from the New York Post, we learned that a massive Sugar Factory is set to hit Paris Las Vegas later this year. Except the store location is a bit off.
It will in fact open in the Miracle Mile shops of Planet Hollywood and soon too. The Sugar Factory website says February 2010.
There's already a Sugar Factory inside The Mirage and it's not even a year old. But apparently, there's just not enough candy to satiate the Strip. And this new outpost is going to be huge--about 15,000-sq. ft. Apparently, it's made Dylan Lauren of Dylan's Candy bar so green with envy that she's considering opening up her own space in CityCenter.
With the popularity of candy shops and cupcakes stores on the Strip these days, are dentist offices going to be the next hot thing?
[Photo: Sugar Factory/Facebook]
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Will Planet Hollywood Drop Its Resort Fee Now That It Belongs To Harrahs?
In not so shocking but yeah, kind of shocking news because we thought Robert Earl still had this on lock, it was announced that Harrah's will take over operations at Planet Hollywood at midnight on Saturday night. The LVRJ writes:
Harrah’s will operate the 2,496-room hotel tower as well and take over some of the property’s food and beverage operations. The management agreement does not include the newly opened 1,201-room PH Tower, which is owned by Westgate.
The Planet Hollywood’s rooms will not be offered in Harrah’s customer reward system, Total Rewards, at this time.
So it looks like the $4.99 per night resort fee is going to stick. But as Harrah's gradually gobbles up PH in whole, they may do away with that seeing how vocal they have been about not having resort fees at their other properties. So other than that, it looks like business as usual at PH.
Here's what else is on in Vegas:
· Wynn to open a new Wine Bar [CNN]
· Uh-oh, the Guest Gage says "very slow" this weekend [LV Sun]
· Could Matt Goss already be Strip-bound? [LV Weekly]
· Jay Leno is performing at The Mirage. Wonder what he's gonna talk about [VisitLasVegas.com]
· Have you seen this Twitter billboard? [@MGMGrand]
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PH Towers Now Open to Guests With Rooms Starting at $149 a Night
As if last week's CityCenter opening wasn't enough opening excitement for Las Vegas, the new towers from Planet Hollywood, called PH Towers, have just opened today.
The all-suite tower was created as a timeshares building but it is open to regular "transient" guests. When we looked at the reservations system, rooms were sold out pretty much until next year. Which is not very far away. Heh.
Most weekends require a two night stay but during the week, you can pretty much stay whenever and however long you want.
Rates for a one bedroom suite with a king bed, a full kitchen, a drop-down projector screen and a view of the pool starts at $179 a night. Not bad! A studio suite is even cheaper at $149 a night and it still has a kitchenette.
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Hundreds of Flash Mobbers Think They Can Dance at Planet Hollywood
On Saturday night, shortly after 7 p.m. the casino floor at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino served as the dance floor for more than 70 sunglass-clad dancers, plus hundreds more, who performed a choreographed dance stunt of epic, impromptu proportions.
For those of you not in the lingo know, a flash mob is when a large group of people get together in a public place, perform some kind of whackadoodle stunt and then quickly disperse. We guess Las Vegas shouldn’t have been all that surprised as there was an online head’s up here.
The pseudo “So You Think You Can Dance” sequence was directed by photographer/music video director, Justin Purser. The song picked for the Las Vegas Las Vegas’ first ever flash mob is called PHamous (with the “PH” paying homage to the hotel in which the event happened on the Las Vegas Strip, get it?).
It was produced solely for this event, and if the stars align, may be released for general public listening consumption.
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Harrah's Makes a Play for Planet Hollywood
While the rest of us were sleeping off our turkey coma this weekend, Harrah’s was coming one step nearer to Strip domination with an application to get its hands on Planet Hollywood, which is currently managed by Starwood Hotels and which is struggling under a hefty $860m debt (well, if they will keep rolling out ridiculous upgrades to people who’ve only paid $72 a night…).
According to the Review Journal, CEO Gary Loveman emailed employees to tell them that it was putting in a bid.
What will this mean? For a start, Harrah’s would have total control over the area between Flamingo Road and Harmon Avenue – all 126 acres of it. For another, it’d add another 2500 rooms – about 10% of its current haul – to its books. Also, those of you who earn and use Starwood Preferred Guest points here won't be able to do that anymore.
Judging by the comments, Las Vegas Sun readers are none too happy, and we have to admit that we’re a little wary. We liked our upgrades and fistfuls of vouchers at Planet Hollywood. And we like how roomrates all over the Strip are going in favour of the tourists at the moment. Let’s hope a monopoly wouldn’t spoil that.
[Photo: BrettMM]
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The New Fusion Bar is Open at The Palazzo
One thing we can never get enough here in Vegas? New places to drink and The Palazzo has opened yet another watering hole in their vast Palazzo/Venetian resort casino.
The Fusion Bar specializes in Latin-inspired drinks from Brazil, Peru and Mexico, with a heavy emphasis on muddling--a technique of mixing fresh fruit with a stainless steel rod to create an all-natural concotion. Some of the specialty cocktails include the Peruvian-fused Pisco Tango with mango puree; the Brazilian-infused Pineapple Batida with Agua Luca Cachaca and the Mexican-fused Paloma with pink grapefruit, tequila and 7 Up.
The bar, which is located on the casino floor, also has gaming machines of blackjack, keno, poker and slots. Because God forbid you just came to Vegas to drink. Happy Hour is daily from 5 to 7pm and again from 10pm to midnight but Fusion is open 24 hours a day.
Here's what else is on in Vegas:
· Planet Hollywood close to crapping out? [LV Sun]
· For some reason, Norm's celeb sightings bore us. [LVRJ]
· Frank Caliendo will be in Vegas for TEN YEARS. Just think about that. [Daily Fiasco]
· El Cortez has a reasonably-priced New Year's Eve party going on [@ElCortezLV]
· The M Resort is getting a big-ass Xmas tree. They will need it so we can see it from the Strip. [@VegasBill]
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Go All-In with Planet Hollywood's Poker Room on Twitter
Hey poker fans, listen up: the poker room manager at Planet Hollywood has launched a Twitter account, and is giving away some pretty sweet deals to people who follow him there.
The manager, Joe Viator, launched his account, @phPokerMgr, late last month. Already, he’s given away VIP tickets to Peepshow (with Holly Madison), VIP tickets to America’s Got Talent, T-shirts and a PH-branded poker chip set.
Viator also has tweeted about celebrity sightings in the poker room. Last week, for instance, he tweeted that Ja Rule was playing $1/$2 No-Limit (why such low stakes, Rule?). He also dished that poker pro Vanessa Rousso would be swinging by during filming of a Vegas special for celebrity gossip channel E!, and announced that "Hollywood" Dave Stann, a professional blackjack player, would be playing this coming weekend.
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Chew on This: 50 Meatballs in 10 Minutes
In case you missed it yesterday, Joey Chestnut shoved 50 meatballs into his mouth in 10 minutes at the first-ever Martorano’s Masters Meatball Eating Championship The Rio Las Vegas. The contest was actually sanctioned by something called the Major League Eating. In total, Chestnut consumed 6.25 pounds of meatballs and for his troubles, won a $1,500 cash prize.
The second place winner, Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti, managed to finish 49 meatballs but being one ball short, he only received $750 for his cash prize. A 105-pound woman named Sonya Thomas wasn't too far behind with 42 meatballs ($500 prize) and a rookie named Ben Monson consumed 38 meatballs to finish in fourth place ($250 prize.)
Here's what else is on in Vegas:
· Cher adds more dates in Spring 2010 [Newswire]
· PHanatic Pass at Planet Hollywood; $599 for any 10 nights you want [PH Vegas]
· A Twitter Deal for The Rio is not valid on any weekend whatsoever [Rio LV Social]
· The only acceptable Snuggies to wear clubbin' in Las Vegas [LV Weekly]
[Photo: ABC Local]
