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Where to Spend Your Wedding Night? The Fremont Street Slots, of Course

Only in Vegas, right? We’re slightly obsessed with Vegas weddings at the moment (why else would we marry a sandwich?) and although nothing will ever top the Excalibur Buffet wedding reception, this photo, which we took at the Golden Gate on Fremont Street, is coming pretty high up on our list of love. So poignant!

Before you shed a little tear for her, worry not – a few minutes earlier we’d seen her laughing merrily with her husband, so we assume he was on a bathroom break or something.

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Brad Garrett Wants You To Laugh At The Tropicana Again

The new face of comedy at the Tropicana. We're scared not to laugh.

If you’ve been following along, and we hope you have, you’re aware that the Tropicana has undergone some big changes over the past year. We love the new rooms, for one. Some of the new entertainment, however? Not so much.

The Trop takes another stab at winning over our entertainment budget when Brad Garrett opens up his very own Comedy Club June 28. The new club takes over the old Comedy Stop last run into the ground by Bobby Slayton. Garrett says he’s looking for an Old Vegas feel by focusing on the customer. We presume that means solid service and not yanking customers out back for a good ol’ talkin’ to.

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The Greyhound Station is as Sketchy as You Thought It Would Be

If you didn't already know, Las Vegas has a 24-hour Greyhound Bus Station in Downtown, near the Plaza Hotel and Casino on Main Street. And it is just as sketchy as you would expect a 24-hour bus station in Vegas to be. Here's this tweet from UrDoing2Much86:

Drunk bitches n tha greyhound station early. I forgot i was n vegas. Lmao.

Actually, that doesn't sound much different from any casino floor next to a hot club at 2am. Except you know, it was 8am and it was the Greyhound station.

Want to learn a little bit more about the Greyhound station in Vegas? Read these highly entertaining Yelp reviews. Now, when is that high-speed drunk train going to be ready?

Ever spent some time at the Greyhound station here? Let us know how you survived!

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What's It Like Inside the Pawn Stars Shop?

We’ve been big fans of the show Pawn Stars since its debut last year. We were excited to get a sneak peak into a world we weren’t very familiar with and happy to learn that pawning is a much funnier version of Antiques Road Show.

Once friends and family caught onto the show they assumed since we live in Vegas that we hung out daily at the real shop behind the show, Gold and Silver Pawn shop. Sad to say, we haven’t yet traded in all our buried treasures for boatloads of cash.

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We Got Our Hands on Holly Madison’s Bobbles

Last night was Holly Madison bobblehead night at the Las Vegas 51s game and we couldn’t wait to score ours. But as you can see from the picture above, it looks like we ended up with more Meryl Streep than Holly.

They got the outfit right as the real Holly threw out the first pitch dressed in a 51s jersey and short shorts. They even got the eye color right (brown – what, you didn’t know that?). And we might even allow some latitude in trying to match the facial features on a bobble. But who signed off on the hair? Instead of taking home a tiny Holly, we got the creepy feeling we were now the proud owner of a leftover souvenir from the movie Cocoon.

Let’s hope that on future bobblehead nights, we get more Carrot Top than Jack LaLanne, more Frank Caliendo than John Madden – no wait, that last one would actually make sense. More Gordie Brown than Bobby Brown?

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Vegas Dusts Off Its (Base) Balls

Baseball season is back! And with a bang, we might add. We’ve already witnessed two classic Red Sox/Yankees battles, a contender for play of the year, and this season’s biggest prospect blast a homer in his first at-bat.

What’s next? Baseball in the desert of course! Seriously, Las Vegas has a professional baseball team. No, really. The Las Vegas 51s open their 2010 season on Thursday. They’re even the AAA affiliate for the Toronto Blue Jays of America’s pastime. Meaning when these players get called up to the bigs they fly from Vegas to…Canada.

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The Mob Museum Wants To Set The Record Straight

The advent of the Mob Museum draws closer. Not only is there a (pretty sexy-looking) website, but last week Mayor Goodman unveiled plans for some of the exhibits, including Mob Mayhem (focusing on violence), The Skim (skimming form casinos) and Bringing Down the Mob (wiretapping techniques used to nab them).

The premise of the place? According to the website:

There are two sides to the story of Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement seeks to set the record straight.

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MLB to Square Off Against Matt Goss This Weekend

I left my “Chick Magnet” shirt at home.

Major League Baseball returns to Las Vegas this weekend as the Chicago White Sox square off against the Chicago Cubs for the second year in a row. Fans will pack into Cashman Field for two sure sellout games of spring training baseball.

Here’s what we expect to see:

1. Mayor Goodman sipping an oversized martini escorted by Vegas showgirls

2. Friendly baseball banter amongst knowledgeable Chicago fans until the 8th inning when a North Side/South side brawl breaks out in the left field stands

3. A chance to dust of the phrases tilt, can ‘o corn, ducks on the pond, and sit your *ss down so my kid can see the game excuse me sir but would you mind sitting

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Mermaids and Happy Hour at Mickkie Finz Fish House & Bar

Ever since Sharkeez in Santa Barbara decided to empty its behind-the-bar mermaid tanks for dubious health code reasons (don’t even go there), we’ve been kinda jonesing for a new mermaid bar fix. Maybe we’re letting our true colors of being a product of the 80’s show, after all we did think Daryl Hannah was something special back in 1984.

The good news is that we found mermaids – in the desert, no less – at Mickie Finz Fish House & Bar. The even better news is that Mickkie Finz has a great daily happy hour and some unbeatable dining deals.

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You Can't Beat the $2 Beers at Triple 7's Happy Hour

We snicker at the Triple 7 Brewpubs’ gambling-inspired names for its microbrews – royal this, chip that, high roller this, jackpot that – but can’t scoff at its dirt cheap happy hour prices for its made-with-love microbrews and tasty pub grub. Here’s how far you can stretch your post-work buzz bucks at Main Street Casino Brewery Hotel's most redeeming venue:

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Only In Vegas Does the Airport Have a Mirrored Ceiling

Nice Vegas fashion in the foreground, btw

We arrived in Vegas yesterday to start our residency here at VegasChatter. We’d never flown into town before, so this was our first peek at McCarran (so forgive us if we’re preaching to the converted). But wow, we liked what we saw (apart from some dodgy carpeting choices around the gates).

We already knew the airport had slot machines, but we were expecting them in the departure lounges and before security. But in the car rental building? And the baggage hall? How very sensible. Heathrow – or LAX, where we flew from – could definitely learn a thing or two.

But our favourite thing of all was the mirrored ceiling in the baggage hall. Totally unnecessary, totally amazing, and totally putting us in the mood for Vegas naughtiness. McCarran, we salute you.

Tags: New Year's Eve 2009 Guide / Fremont Street / Cheap Vegas / Tribute Shows / Oscar Goodman / → All Tags

Go Downtown Tomorrow to Count Down With the Mayor

You know you’ve been spending too much time perusing the Strip’s offerings when $150 starts sounding like good value for New Year’s. Luckily, we just found ourselves looking at the Fremont Street website and we remembered that there are events that don’t require us to lay down all our earnings from the last month.

At Fremont Street, New Year’s tickets cost $20 out of state and $10 with Nevada ID. Which, compared to the celeb stuff, is nothing pig, as our granddad was fond of saying.

For your money, you’ll get 8 bands. And although they’re not quite of Black Eyed Peas caliber, they’ll be playing a good kind of music – they’re apparently “the world’s best tribue bands” and cover everything from Led Zep, Guns N’ Roses and Aerosmith to No Doubt, Depeche Mode, INXS and U2 (don’t let that put you off, it’s not actually Bono).

And the celeb host? None other than Oscar Goodman, who’ll be leading the countdown to midnight. Which means there may very possibly be showgirls. And poker chip business cards. That's us sold then.

Stalk the mayor and book your tickets by calling 702 687 5600 or 877 VEGAS 4 U.

[Photo: Vegasbuzz]