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Legendary Performer Tony Bennett To Headline Las Vegas Hilton October 20 & 21 - Tony Bennett, who has more than 100 recordings to his credit and has sold more than 50 million albums world-wide, will headline at the Las Vegas Hilton on Friday and Saturday, October 20 & 21 at 9 p.m. "The Las Vegas Hilton welcomes this legendary performer to a legendary theater," said Rudy Prieto, the resort's CEO and general manager. "Tony Bennett is synonymous with great American music, as well as being an integral part of Las Vegas entertainment history." Click to Read The Full Story ...

Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation's Grand Slam For Children Benefit Concert - Phil Collins, Sarah McLachlan, Counting Crows And Others To Perform Saturday, Oct. 7 At MGM Grand - The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation (AACF) has assembled another superstar line-up of entertainers for an unforgettable evening of music and other entertainment to benefit Las Vegas at-risk youth. Counting Crows, Sarah McLachlan and legendary rocker Phil Collins are just a few of the stars who will take the stage Saturday, Oct. 7 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Grammy Award-winning producer, arranger and composer David Foster will return for his 11th year as musical director. Click to Read The Full Story ...

Boxing's "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather To Face World Welterweight Champion Carlos "Tata" Baldomir In "Pretty Risky," Saturday, Nov. 4 At Mandalay Bay - Known as boxing's "Pretty Boy," and universally recognized as the pound-for-pound king of the ring, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is set to face what most believe is a pretty risky fight against the very dangerous WBC and Ring magazine Welterweight Champion Carlos Manuel "Tata" Baldomir Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Click to Read The Full Story ...

'Legends' Adds Country Superstar Garth Brooks - Steve Fairchild, Dean Simmons Split Performance in Tribute Show - Garth Brooks is back on stage once again as two tribute artists perform as only the original country singer-songwriter could in "Legends in Concert" at the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino. Steve Fairchild will re-create the phenomenal music force of the '90s for two months beginning Monday, Sept. 11. Dean Simmons will dazzle audiences as Brooks for the following two months to complete the engagement. Click to Read The Full Story ...

Stardust To Close Sooner Than Expected - The owner of the aging Stardust hotel-casino said the 48-year-old Las Vegas landmark will close its doors on Nov. 1, two months earlier than previously planned. Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming plans to tear down the Stardust to make way for a $ 4 billion megaresort called Echelon Place. Boyd spokesman Rob Stillwell said the closing date was moved up to adjust to employee shortages. Click to Read The Full Story ...

Tony's Family Helps Jerry's Kids - After their Sunday night show the cast of "The Sopranos Last Supper" at the new Harmon Theater in KRAVE at Desert Passage went to the Hilton where the local MDA Telethon fund-raising efforts were underway. They went on the air live with Channel 8 anchors Paula Francis and Gary Waddell at 9:55 p.m. while the tote board was $48,000 after Tony introduced the cast of the popular dinner show the phones began ringing and brought in another $45,000. Click to Read The Full Story ...

Judges give voters say on smoking initiatives - But Question 5's ban won't include motel, hotel rooms - The Nevada Supreme Court on Friday elected to let voters decide in November whether they want to enact tough anti-smoking restrictions in bars, supermarkets and restaurants. In a 6-1 decision made public Friday, the court upheld the smoking restrictions of ballot Question 5, called the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act. In upholding the ballot initiative, however, the court rejected a provision added by Carson City District Judge Bill Maddox to include all motel and hotel rooms in the smoking ban, a restriction supporters of the proposal said they had not sought to include in the measure. Click to Read The Full Story ...

Las Vegas tourism could be bit insecure - New national surveys seem to show Americans' fascination with Las Vegas could be waning. Americans still name the city as a top vacation destination, but they say security at airports will keep them closer to home. The cost of living has them looking for ways to save. Also, gaming may be losing its luster. Click to Read The Full Story ...

Towers at Hoover Dam Bypass Construction Site Collapse - US-93 at Hoover Dam remains shut down in both directions after a pair of steel crane construction towers at the bypass construction site came crashing down Friday afternoon. The Nevada Highway Patrol advises drivers to take US-95 south through to Laughlin for eastbound travel into Arizona. From Arizona, take AZ-68 into Laughlin, then NV-163 to US-95 north into Searchlight and Boulder City into Henderson. Click to Read The Full Story ...

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• UFC 64: Unstoppable - Rich "Ace" Franklin Returns To The Octagon To Face Anderson "The Spider" Silva; Special Lightweight Championship Bout Featuring Kenny Florian vs. Sean Sherk Saturday, Oct. 14 At Mandalay Bay Events Center

• Diane Ford Headlines Riviera Comedy Club, September 25-October 1

• Riviera Opens Outdoor Country Western Dinner And Show

• World's Fare Dinner Buffet Returns To The Riviera

• Cannery Casino & Hotel Announces The Ventures Inside The Club on October 21

• Football Widows Brunch To Benefit Breast Cancer Survivors - George Bugatti To Serenade Sunday Brunch!

• Hot Stone Massage Special at The Spa - Body Scrub Complimentary in September at Imperial Palace

• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Presents Snow Patrol September 30th

• The Silverton Casino Hotel Lodge Offers Free Video Poker Classes From Gaming Professional Bob Dancer

• New Rhythmic AC – Vegas' 93.1 FM Is Now On The Air!

• 17th Annual Logandale Bluegrass Festival Approaching

• RA Sushi Bar Restaurant Hosts Events Sunday Through Thursday Nights Featuring Locals' Favorite DJs

• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Presents Godsmack With Rob Zombie And Shinedown September 24th

• Rock Icon Edgar Winter Returns to the Cannery Casino & Hotel on November 11

• Bodies…The Exhibition Partners With University Medical Center

• Mandalay Bay Launches New Industry Night Mandalay Mondays

• Galaxy Cannery Theatres Presents Televised Football on Monday Nights in High Definition on 60-Foot Screens - Season Begins September 11 and Doors Open at 4 p.m.

• All-New 'Crazy Girls' Revue Ready For 20 More Years, Movie

• The Spotlight Series At Luxor Announces Nick Lachey

• Monorail: Better spin than service

• I-15 road work causing long delays for commuters

• Plan needed for I-15 travel

• Las Vegas: most dynamic city

• Billboard heist on the Las Vegas Strip

• Public will be safer with cameras overlooking the Strip

• Dealers fuming at Wynn Resorts over tip sharing

• Tyson becomes just another freak show on Las Vegas Strip

• Some observers see rental market changing as luxury condos arrive

• For notorious and infamous, all roads seem to lead to Las Vegas

• Tennis Channel setting bar high for Vegas event - Network aims to build on first-year success of tournament; purse, amenities to improve

• Picking Strip winners risky bet

• Las Vegas bets on gay visitors

• Police probing report of theft of cash from Las Vegas billboard

• Crazy Horse Too closes its doors

• Water Pipeline Hearings to Start Monday

• Casino companies heed road work ahead

• Second Cannery to come - Boulder Highway casino will be replaced in corporate restructuring

• Las Vegas Trainer strengthens Tiger Woods' game

• Society of Seven with Lani Misalucha - High Society: Hawaiian show band, Misalucha bring another fresh show to Strip

• Colorado River's flow falls far short again

• Pipeline project's proponents ready to state their case - Hearings set to begin on water authority plan

• Home sales dip again - Housing inventory rises slightly to 20,384 in August

• Goodman pushes for limits on entitlements to counter 'flipping' of land

• Designs for McCarran Terminal 3 near - Project to add more 'elbow room'

• Weighing the risks - Increased vigilance arises from knowing Las Vegas has inviting terrorism targets

• Expert says Las Vegas inviting target for terrorists - Large number of visitors, economic dependence on tourism cited

• Counting the costs - With a tourism-dependent economy, Las Vegas would be hurt more severely by a terrorist attack than most other U.S. cities

• Don't Bring Your Kids To Las Vegas?

• Will Curbing Growth Hurt Las Vegas?

• Las Vegas Monorail Sinking Even Faster

• Northwest Arizona To Be The New Las Vegas Suburbs?

• Wyrick to court fame again

• A big sip of Vegas reality - It may look like heaven to sommeliers, but when they get there it's the Wild West

• Las Vegas could be due for an earthquake

• No liquor license for Crazy Horse Too

• Hotel room occupancy, conventions jump in July

• Forbidden Broadway: Echelon to shun big-ticket musicals - Producer still unsure about shows for megaresort

• Construction labor crunch sidelines projects and companies

• Las Vegas Police Need 911 Dispatchers

• White Pine County Fights Water Pipeline

• After disaster, rebirth - Casino industry proves resilience in rebound from postattack slump

• Appliances, upgrades, landscaping -- it's all 'free' - Builders turn to cornucopia of incentives to help keep valley's home inventory moving

• Apartment living gets pricier - Second-quarter rents in Las Vegas rise 5.3 percent from year earlier, data show

• Liquor license loss upheld - Crazy Horse Too owner loses bid to halt revocation by City Council

• Casinos back to winning ways - Strip resorts catalyst for 8.4 percent jump in July after down month

• Night Owl Noshing - Las Vegas has many restaurants that can satisfy a craving at any hour

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