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Caesars Palace in Vegas to Open Famed New York Steakhouse

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Vegas Old Homestead Caesars

One of the longest-running restaurants in America will have a new home on the Strip in Vegas, as by the end of 2011, Caesars will house Old Homestead steakhouse. The restaurant has been around since 1968. This version will seat 250 people and is 16,000 square feet. It will be designed to feature items reflecting the East Coast history of Old Homestead. It will replace Nero’s, which was located near the Colosseum theater. They are famous for being too much to eat in one sitting and promoting the four food groups–beef, beef, beef, and beef–while challenging patrons with items such as a 32-ounce ribeye. Old Homestead does have some prior experience feeding gamblers, as the Atlantic City location proves. For a place to stay while you pig out, check out our great deal on hotels. While you’re waiting for December and the grand opening, be sure to look at Caesars’ page on our site too.

Riviera in Vegas Brings Back Bingo

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Las Vegas Bingo at the Riviera

After a four-year absence from the Vegas gaming scene, the Riviera is bringing bingo back to the fold. After exiting Chapter 11 on April 1, the new Riviera is under new management and launching a complete revamp of many areas, including the bingo room. This isn’t your traditional chips and white cards setup, however, as the Riviera is targeting all audiences, particularly the males age 20-40 demographic. Now, the bingo machines are electronic, with players having the choice of using fixed monitors or hand-held devices. Gone are the days of only the older crowd playing–the Riviera says bingo is for everyone. Better yet, the big games will move to a bigger area and the bingo room is projected to break even at the least.

Other hotels are following suit.The Plaza will also reopen on August 24 with a $150,000 bingo tournament as well, and a waiting list that has grown to 160. If you’re looking for Vegas gaming at its finest, look into information on the Riviera, as well as checking out Plaza info.

Skyjump in Vegas Stratosphere- The Ultimate Free Fall

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“It’s the only sky jump in North America and the highest in the world. SkyJump is a controlled free fall, similar to a vertical zip line. The launching pad is located on the 108th floor of Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas, 855 feet above the Las Vegas Strip. Jumpers are harnessed in and attached to a cable that is connected to a descender machine. Guide wires keep the skyjumper on course and on target. Just before reaching the rapidly approaching ground, the skyjumper is slowed down for a controlled and safe landing.” (courtesy Skyjumper Web Site)

If this description doesn’t get you excited for a thrill-seeking adventure, nothing will. For $109, you can tempt fate and drop from the Vegas Stratosphere, with higher packages including DVDs and wristcam DVDs of the event, with plenty of merchandise all around. If you want to go again, the price drops to $49. If you chicken out, you can even get a Chicken Out Voucher that is transferrable to someone else, to save them the trouble of mocking you. If you plan on staying at the Stratosphere, take the plunge! Be sure to check out our Attractions Page for more information on all the Vegas attractions!

The Playboy Club in Las Vegas Opens at The Palms

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Vegas is all about the new and exciting experience, and nothing quite defines that Las Vegas experience like The Playboy Club. Vegas gaming and nightlife come together in one wild atmosphere, hosted by The Palms. Nine blackjack tables and one roulette table are there for your enjoyment, and we even heard there may be some bunnies there…doors open at 9pm daily. Check out our page on The Playboy Club and The Palms’ Site for more!

Get Down and Dirty with the New Vegas Theme Park

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(Courtesy ) Las Vegas has always enabled folks to live their dreams (if only for a short time). If operating heavy equipment happens to be one of those dreams, Vegas’ newest attraction has you covered. Dig This provides the opportunity drive one of five heavy duty earth-movers, including a pair of Caterpillar D5 track-type bulldozers and three Caterpillar 315CL hydraulic excavators. For $400, anyone over the age of 14 can rent these beasts for a three-hour session around the Dig This lot after a thorough 30 minute safety briefing. All machines are equipped with safety devices, and there is plenty of room for you to play around! If interested, check out the Dig This Web Site.

Fuse InTune Earbuds Review

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InTune Earphones

Intune Earphones

While we were at CES 2011 we came across Fuse Intune Earphones.  Since we lost a set of earbuds on the flight out were were inclined to stop at every earbud dealer.  After our stop at the Nvidia booth, we found a very nice display from Fuse.

Fuse has different brands of earbuds, from the “Skullcandy” kid friendly to the colorful.  It is not uncommon for people to buy the best looking earphone with out even listening to them.

After perusing their wares, we found the InTune brand, which tunes their earphones to the type of music you listen to.  They have Pop/Easy Listening, Jazz/Classical, Rock/Blues/Country, and Rap/Hip Hop.  Each set has a different driver that is designed for that type of music.  The packaging helps you define which earphones best suit your genre by a graph of the sound curve on the box.

We listened to them all many times over.  They all produced different sound curves.

What we realized during our listening experience is that we do not listen to one type of music.  The Pop/Easy Listening had too much mid range, the Jazz Classical didn’t have an tonality, the hip hop had too much bass and not enough highs.  Our end result was to get our hands on the Rock/Blues/Country Version because they best fit all of our listening needs.

The rock/Blues/Country had the best overall sound and the EQ setup was just a little bit of a smiley face, the way we like it.

The cable doesn’t keep any shape, which is good.  I wrap my earphones around three fingers and push the jack through and that is how I leave them until next time.  The cable is a bit sticky, not like glue or tacky, but you cannot pull them out of your pocket very easy.

The downside to all the earphones, is that they have a hard time getting set in your ear.  I noticed, I reset the earbud in my ear at least once if not twice during a listening session.  They also feel heavier so that may be the problem with having to re-seat them.  The longer you wear them, you get used to them, but I felt like I needed a break from them after a long session.

Currently I use them for writing and listening to music and they are now my go to earphones, or the ones I do not wish to lose, so I keep them in a safe place.

Overall we found these earphones to sound better than the Logitech earphones we looked at earlier in the day, and we even went back to the Logitech booth to compare.

One thing we did mention to the Fuse company was their packaging did not set them apart and it would be hard to compete against the flashier type of advertising.  But with a $24.99 price tag, they are worth the purchase.

Nevada Leads Nation for Teen Pregnancies

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Not only does Nevada have the marked cornered on Home Foclosures, they have the worst Teen Pregnancy Rate from across the nation. The stats: for every 1,000 girls, 113 of them are pregnant.

Here is an snipet from “Channel 8, Las Vegas Now”
The non-profit agencies that counsel teenagers say the lack of education and the economy are to blame for the increase.

“Pam Caylor runs the privately funded non-profit and partly blames the economy for the teenage pregnancy problem in Nevada. “With hard times, people are not going out as much. They are choosing other ways of entertainment, to be honest,” she said.

Both Caylor and Magnus agree that parents also must become involved to talk to their children before they are placed in a situation where they could end up pregnant.”

Forclosures, Gangs, and now Pregnancy… I hope LV can get a grip on their city.

OJ Simspon Appeal, Denied Bail

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OJ Simpson was denied bail during his appeal, as you know he is still serving time for armed robbery.

The Nevada Supreme Court Press Release:
“The Nevada Supreme Court has denied the motions for bail from OJ Simpson and CJ Stewart, concluding that the appellants did not meet the “heavy burden” of showing that bail was justified.”

The 3-page Court Order, roughly states, the defendants were convicted of “Violent Offenses” with a firearm and that OJ Simpson was a flight risk

Trouble in Jay Z’s 40/40 Club Las Vegas

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Jay Z’s new 40/40 club opening has been less than smooth. The reports from the employees are that the owner is less than professional and wasn’t prepared for the December 30th opening.

From what we have read, over 100 or staff members have been either fired or have walked off the job and out of the 10 original managers only 2 remain. The managers were let go for questioning operational procedures. It was also reported that 55 of the 90 security staff were also let go. From our understanding the staffers that were fired were done so without valid reason or over petty issues. One report covered areas that the staff was never trained on the new cash register system and any breakages or spills had to be paid for out of their employees pocket.

I do not know what this says about the owner or operating partner Desiree Perez. I don’t know if it was a scare tactic to get the other employees to understand who is boss or the fact that they ramped up the staff for the big New Years bash. Only time will tell the true story, since everyone has their own version. I have read many posts on Forums, Blogs and other websites, for and against the Jay Z 40/40 club, but there is an overwhelming posts bashing the club.

If I were the club owner, I would keep quit, fix the employee issues and let this pass.