21 posts tagged “resorts”

This summer, Lindsay Lohan's mother Dina will star in an E! reality show called "Living Lohan."

From the creator of "Real World," the show will revolve around Mrs. Lohan and her children-who-aren't-Lindsay: 14-year-old Ali, 11-year-old Cody, and 20-year-old Michael.

Starting with them living at home in Merrick, New York, they will then be uprooted and moved to Las Vegas, and hopefully the cameras will capture all of the dysfunction that sets in.

Even if Lindsay isn't in the picture.

The luxurious Westin Casuarina Hotel (which has our vote for best beds and best dual-headed showers in Las Vegas) has a special buy 2 nights, get 1 night free offer.

Rates begin at $119 per night and are good any day through Dec. 31.

For Westin, book online at this link.

The offer is also good for Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino, as long as booking is between Friday and Tuesday through Sept. 2. Rates begin at $99 per night.

For PH, book online at this link.

Book before March 31.

Incidentally, both hotels are Starwood properties and both are available for 12,000 to 16,000 Starpoints.

Whatever is ailing Eddie Van Halen has caused additional show cancellations for a total of 17 dates in the Midwest and East Coast that will need to be rescheduled.

Van Halen is currently suffering through a series of medical tests, though the band's promoter isn't revealing what types of tests they are.

The guitarist has recently gone through a hip replacement and tongue cancer, the latter of which was cleared in 2002.

With a stint in rehab last year for alcohol addiction, a relapse may have been the cause.

The tour, with David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, and Wolfgang Van Halen, is expected to resume with the planned Las Vegas date of April 19 at Mandalay Bay, part of the annual Tiger Jam charity event.

The recent economic slowdown has caused the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to ramp up their promotion of our fine neon city in an effort to draw more tourists and remind businesses there's still plenty of convention space to be rented.

The $11 million planned for a new marketing campaign was moved up two months and will contain commercials featuring a new slogan.

"What happens in Vegas..." no, not that one, but it's still being kept.

"Your Vegas is showing..." not that one either, but it also will still be used.

Hey, if you spent millions on a slogan, you would keep 'em too.

The new slogan is "Vegas, Right Now."

As in, get your butt over here today to help out our poor casinos.

By our rough estimate, that boils down to $3.67 million per word.

Commercials will soon be touting the new multimillion-dollar slogan in major cities across the U.S.

The name has gone on the side of the latest Wynn creation, Encore Las Vegas. Promising to be the benchmark of luxury, the Encore will join the Wynn Las Vegas in an unparalleled Vegas fantasy world experience. Steve Wynn is the premier creator of ultimate Vegas sights, sounds, smells and tastes all neatly wrapped in brilliant bursts of color. Needless to say, I like his joints

George Maloof, owner of the Palms Las Vegas Casino Resort, received a certificate of occupancy from Clark County for the latest addition to the Flamingo Road property, the third tower, Palms Place. Joining the original Palms Tower and the newer Fantasy Tower, Palms Place Tower is a 599 unit condominium complex offering 600 ft² studios and 1,200 ft² One-bedroom suites. Twenty-one penthouse suites located on the top four floors range in size from 2,000 ft² to 7,000 ft².

Maloof indicated that approximately 80% of the studios and one-bedroom units will be available for short term rental through the Palms hotel. Renowned chef, Kerry Simon, will open a Simon Restaurant and Lounge in the tower in April. Celebrity buyers include Eminem and Jessica Simpson.

The Parents Television Council (PTC) filed an indecency complaint with the FCC on the NBC television series "Las Vegas."

Anyone is able to file a complaint on anything that goes over the public airwaves; PTC even has a handy form to let you do so on their behalf.

Naturally, when we hear indecency, we wanted to see what the hubbub was, so we watched the Feb. 15 show in question.

PTC, whose slogan is "because our children are watching," cited a scene on the fictional Montecito Casino's security monitors showing three women disrobing and running around the casino.

"We got streakers," says a giddy security guy in the show.

For something to be obscene, the FCC has three standards that must pass:

• a person must find the material prurient (yep)
  
• the material must depict sexual conduct (yep)
  
• the material lacks literary value

"Literary value" is pretty broad. Is "Girls Gone Wild" of literary value? Are the naked buttocks on "NYPD Blue" literary? Er, strike that -- the FCC recently came down on 45 affiliates of ABC for $1.24 million ($27,500 per station) because of Charlotte Ross' state of undress.

But back to Vegas. The scene wasn't simply the girls running around naked the whole episode; it was part of the plot designed as distraction for the characters watching. Sure, it was prurient and sexual and gratuitous (so is your standard commercial), but it was for a reason.

From looking at the scene over and over (and over), not only did we think it contained literary and artistic merit, but we couldn't see any nudity. The producers took great effort in editing the women to show them in shadow or blurring out their naughty bits.

PTC might do better to file a complaint on their overactive imagination.

You can watch the show yourself online, streaming for free off NBC's site.

Not satisfied with just the complaint, PTC hits their targets where it hurts: the show's sponsors.

Though for the "Las Vegas" series, it may be too little too late. TVGuide.com mentions NBC has ended production on the show after a 5-year run, and that last Friday's season finale was its series finale.

Syndication could be around the corner -- "Las Vegas" aired their 100th episode last month.

Gambling on an airplane? It was (out)bound to happen.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. is experimenting with outfitting private jets bringing their players from Hong Kong to The Venetian, and along the way, enabling them to start gambling right in the friendly skies.

Just so long as the plane is over international waters.

That's the tactic allowed by cruise ships, and Las Vegas Sands had no trouble pushing the idea through regulators. Players may even be happy, as they won't be subject to Nevada's state tax and there's something else to do over the long 15-some hours.

Two L-1011 Lockheed corporate jets were purchased for almost $100 million and are being equipped with a mini-casino with typical surveillance found in a grounded casino.

Tables games offered will cater to the Asian high-roller, beginning with baccarat.

McFadden's Restaurant and Saloon, the "Wildest Irish Pub on Earth," has crossed the great Mississippi River to land in the wildest city on Earth, Las Vegas.

Opening last week, McFadden's 7,000-square-foot-plus tavern at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino is Sin City's newest pub-hub for crowds seeking out an unpretentious party bar where both men and women can roll up their sleeves and have a great time.

McFadden's Fun Facts:

Over 20 million gallons of beer served;

Over 15 million gallons of beer spilled;

Over 6 million bachelorettes late/hung-over for their weddings;

Enough Almost Famous Boneless Buffalo Wings served to cover Ireland 3 feet deep;

Enough girls have danced on the bars to cover Ireland 3 feet deep (after Ireland cleans up from the Buffalo Wings)