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We have listed the Coming Hot Holidays for 2007. Now is a great time to plan your trip and book a room, especially if you want to come when things are really happening! You know the drill: the longer you wait, the more you'll generally pay. Plus, it is always good to know that a Vegas trip is on the horizon! Just when I thought we were done with the smoking issue, it lights up again (pun intended). Because the ambiguous wording of the ballot anti-smoking ballot measure passed by voters, McCarran (Las Vegas) Airport is going totally smoke free to error on the side caution and and a couple of hospitality companies have sued to get a temporary restraining order against enforcement of the new laws, citing the lack of fairness. )Here's a link to the story Legal challenge targets smoking ban). In a nutshell, here is the situation: Most bars in Nevada are not simply bars, but bar and grill type operations with a full-fledged restaurant serving a complete menu (bigger menu than most sit-down chain restaurants) 24/7. This law now prohibits smoking in these bar and grill operations. However, the law permits smoking in casino gaming floors, which often have restaurants sitting right next to (and in many cases open air to) a smoking permitted gaming floor. Laws can't unfairly target one business but not another, and that is the basis of the lawsuit. I was ready to let this issue drop, but have been pelted with email on both sides of the issue, and it has started to lean more to a smoking debate than a "smoking in Las Vegas" debate. I'm doing this: Down in the Members Mania section, I answer a representative letter, and I give a couple of suggested resources for follow up to those strongly pro or con on this issue and a suggestion about how either side can take further action, as we will not continue to cover this issue outside of the specifics of the specifics on the smoking ban effect on Las Vegas visitors. If you don't care, don't worry: This issue is jammed with other great information to keep you up on what is hot and happening in Las Vegas! Special Note: Last week, we had a coding problem which kept some of our readers from being able to click through to the following offer. The link is working now working and we have extended the offer one more week:Special American Express Offer To Our Readers: Earn 15,000 Delta Skymiles
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Important Note: During peak times, some of our news and event story links may take extra time to load. We are working on significant upgrades to handle this increased demand. In the meantime, we appreciate your patience during the extra few seconds a story may take to appear when you click on it. Show Review:Mamma Mia!Reviewed November 2006
Mandalay Bay is the proud home of the longest running and most successful full-scale Broadway musical ever to play on the Las Vegas Strip...Mamma Mia! With a total of 11 global productions, the show has managed to attract over 27 million people worldwide. And with good reason- the content of the show holds something special. It's adventures into real-world family issues and life's less than perfect idiosyncrasies, for audience members just, well, hits home. Click to Read Complete Review
Sky Villas In Las Vegas - Leyna Nguyen, anchor/reporter for KCBS/KCAL-TV, came up to Las Vegas to report on the Las Vegas Hiltons Sky Villa Suites. The story was featured during sweeps week on November 28. Some interesting facts: The Verona Suite opened Dec. 1, 1994. Conrad and Tuscany opened in January 1995. The Elvis suite was where the Tuscany suite is now (and a little of the Verona). Click to watch Hilton Sky Villa's Streaming Video
Cher, Bette Ready For Vegas Run - All the pieces of the post-Celine Dion era at Caesars Palace are falling into place: Cher's deal is done, and Bette is set. Cher will move into the 4,000-seat Colosseum in the spring of 2008, and Bette Midler will follow in the fall. Click to Read The Full Story... Get Jolly With Mayor Goodman And The Staff of Hogs & Heifers December 14th During Martinis With The Mayor - It's time to get jolly as Hogs & Heifers Saloon, with partners Joel Jarvis and The Link, host this year's holiday networking mixer Martinis with the Mayor alongside special guest Mayor Oscar Goodman Thursday, December 14th from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Join the Mayor and his merry elves from City Hall for a drink as he proposes the first official toast of the holiday season. Santa Claus will be on hand to collect new, unwrapped toys for Hogs and Heifer's Second Annual Toys for Tots motorcycle run benefiting Sunrise Children's Hospital and the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation. Donate a toy and your first drink is on the house! Click to Read The Full Story ... Married With Teppan - Everyone is familiar with Benihana, and the largest Benihana is at the Las Vegas Hilton. How many people actually get married there? One couple did last Saturday: Judy Campaigne married Douglas Malmstrom, right by the bridge in the center of Benihana Village. The nuptials were held among the realistic sounds of gentle rains, thunder and lightning storms surrounded by lush Japanese gardens, flowing ponds, and exotic statuary. Also located within Benihana Village is the Garden of the Dragon, featuring authentic Chinese cuisine, Teru Sushi offering an extensive fresh sushi menu, and the 888 Noodle Bar, featuring fresh Pan Asian noodle dishes prepared with entertaining flair.
MGM Grand Spa Caters to Guest Health with Cutting-Edge Treatment - Providing a new level of personal service, MGM Grand Spa recently added a new high-tech treatment to their expansive menu. SpaGen evaluates the physical well-being of guests through customized DNA analysis. The cutting-edge service begins with an in-depth health, diet and lifestyle questionnaire before a simple cotton swab captures DNA from the inside of the cheek. Then a careful, two-week lab examination of the guests DNA reveals nutritional deficiencies. An extensive summary sent to the guest provides the information needed to achieve wellness and beauty from the inside out. To help balance the body, a personalized package of nutritional supplements can be arranged for an additional fee. A 15-minute service, SpaGen is offered at $299, while supplements range from an additional $30 to $100 a month. Grand Spa is the first and only spa in Las Vegas to offer the new service.
Gambling Talk: Three Card Poker - with Victor H. Royer. Poker made simple. How easy can it get? Well, how about taking five card stud, and seven card stud, and all the hold'em games and reducing the "worry" of what to make out of these cards to just three cards total. Actually, it's quite brilliant. Of course a few rule alterations need to be made. For example, a "straight" is now higher than a "flush". And, there's NO royal flush ... just the "straight flush" for the top award. The rest of the card hierarchy remains (somewhat) the same: pair, then the flush, then the straight, then the three-of-a-kind and then the straight flush. Click to Read Complete Article Vegas Photo Set Of The Week: Grand Canyon - No matter how many times you have come to Las Vegas, you haven't seen it all until you've seen the magnificent natural wonders of the Grand Canyon. For years, we have endorsed and enjoyed Maverick Helicopter Tours and the spectacular views their Grand Canyon Tours provide. Avoid the bus tours, where you spend your entire day (and then some) traveling over bumpy back roads for only a short time at the canyon. Maverick flies you over directly and quickly and your time is spent viewing the Grand Canyon from above and down inside. Some tours even allow breakfast at the bottom of the Canyon!
Vegas Streaming Video Of The Week - Treasure Island Pirate Show 1997 - Broadcast TV footage of the entire Treasure Island Pirate Show shot on December 31, 1996. This was the original show that performed from the time the resort opened until the new Sirens of TI show replaced it in 2004.
Members Mania - We Love Our Readers!Readers Write: We are staying in Vegas for 7 nights commencing 29th Dec and are looking for
parties or balls on New Years. We are hoping that the Stratosphere will do something like
last year, Tower Party, but would be grateful for any help or advice you can give. There
will be four adults in our group Ted Responds: As always, we post info in the newsletter as soon as it come in on everything we hear
about. Every week, we get people asking about coming events, holidays, implosions, and
similar.
Dear Ted, Ted Responds: We have a weather page
with the average temps and weather advice that should be helpful.
Dear Ted, I would never take my children through a casino, but must I make the difficult
decision to take them shopping where they may be exposed to chemicals that could affect
their future health? Parents may choose to do this but they should not be forced to
compromise the health of their children in order to enjoy the freedom of public access.
Smoking is legal and any smoker should have the right to smoke, but I should equally have
the right to a healthy environment in public places. Ted Responds: Because most of the feedback regarding the smoking issue has gravitated away from smoking in Nevada to the general issues regarding second hand smoking, I'll make a few notes and then direct you to where you can make a difference (pro or con). Keep in mind that I am a non-smoker who does not hold tobacco company stock, and we have no tobacco-related advertisers. Much of the anti-smoking arguments either cite the Surgeon General's report, or talk about "saving the kids" from second hand smoke. 1. No one will refute that smokers put themselves at significant risk for early death. But per second hand smoke, the Surgeon General's original report was based on significant false (junk) science. A 1993 EPA meta-analysis of 30 studies has since been discredited, and ignores a World Health Organization large single study that showed a reduced association for children of smokers and no association for spouses and co-workers. The largest single study (British Medical Journal) was a 39-year analysis of over 35,000 Californians published in 2003. It found no connection between passive smoking and mortality. Even in the smokiest of smoke-filled rooms, nonsmokers inhale only a fraction of one cigarette of exposure. Many EPA approved workplaces expose people to more carcinogens on a daily basis than being in a room with a smoker. 2. I'd like to ask those "saving the children" how often their kids eat a fast food? Trans-Fats are devastating, and while I don't want laws to ban them (like smoking, the market should decide), I no longer touch them. Want to have some fun? Go to McDonald's Nutrition web page and look at the amount of fat (let alone trans fat) in their fries and some breakfast sandwiches, things that many parents don't think twice about feeding their children. How many parents are up-in-arms about a few whiffs of cigarette smoke, yet have children whose arteries are are clogging before they even hit their teen years? New York City just voted to ban trans-fats. I don't agree with that. What is next? You may support a ban on smoking, may (or may not) support a ban on trans-fats, but how will you feel when government regulation of your job or legal rights comes under fire? Wait until the shoe is on the other foot. Keeping kids away from smoke is simple: Don't patronize establishments that allow smoking. As a non-smoker, there are times when I choose an establishment without smoke, and other times I choose to enter an environment where smokers will be. None of those environments I choose to enter are places that children absolutely have to be. Whether you agree with me, or you think I am completely out-to-lunch, let me suggest an entertaining and informative recent segment from radio station WFNY 93.7 FM in New York City. Leslie Gold (aka The Radio Chick) did a really interesting segment on this topic, including mention of smoking in casinos: Click To Listen In the meantime, here's the smoking situation for visitors to Las Vegas: Smoking is permitted on casino floors, your hotel room (if a smoking room), and anywhere outdoors. It is not permitted in any restaurant or bar that also serves food. It is permitted in nightclubs and other bars and lounges that do not serve food. Smoking is now prohibited in all parts of Mccarran (Las Vegas) International Airport. (Note: This is in absence of the pending lawsuit which might delay enforcement of this law. As we go to press, we don't yet have word on the outcome). Finally, if you support or disagree with the new Nevada Smoking rules, I strongly suggest writing a letter to the editor of our main paper, Las Vegas Review-Journal. I'm thrilled with our volume of readership and the many people in the gaming and hospitality industry that read us each week. However, the mainstream politicians, judges, and voters that voted to ban smoking are more likely to read the editorial page of our city paper. You can email Letters To The Editor of the Review-Journal at letters@reviewjournal.comYou must put your address (including city, state, zip, and/or country) and a phone number. They reserve the right to edit or shorten letters, so letters under 900 words are suggested. Let us know if they print your letter (pro or con) and we'll note it and link to it here! You know that we've always been happy to echo our reader feedback whether it agrees with our editorial stance or not.
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