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Cosmopolitan Lives!

It's alive... ALIIIIIVE! Seemingly out of nowhere, the financially challenged Cosmopolitan has launched a brand new website! Aside from the "It's NOT for Everyone" tagline - which sounds more like an blanket excuse than a declaration of exclusivity - there isn't a helluva lot to sink your teeth in. The grainy, gritty, gothic vibes in the photography are interesting in a 'bastard child of Opeth and The Smiths' album covers' kinda way. What would be infinitely more interesting would be if this gritty indie goth haunted house vibe is an actual indication of what the interiors of...

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Hunting Fox & Hound

I've made no secret of my love for the Las Vegas Hilton, even though it may brand me as a middle-aged businessman traveling for a conference instead of a middle-aged Boozehouse traveling for a love of the drink and to exercise his swift, if blurry, eye at Jacks or Better. Judge me if you'd like; I've been there enough that it just feels like home. Good memories abound of Star Trek: The Experience, of mocking The Scintas (and then later, feeling nostalgic about...

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Cosmopolitan Lives!

Encore Beach Club: The First Renderings (updated)

Got a Smart Phone? Heading to Vegas? Get Foursquare!

Boardwalk Empire

Just when we were getting ready to give HBO the old heave ho, they went and released the trailer for Boardwalk Empire. "Was ist das?" asks my inner German nanny. Das, as it turns out, is the moonchild of Soprano's producer/writer Terrence Winter, Martin Scorsese and "Marky" Mark Walberg. To ensure added success, Scorsese directed the pilot, with rumors of him taking the helm on a couple more. Toss in some Steve Buscemi, gorgeous photography and art direction and you got this old girl wishing...

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The Dr. Is In

P-Ho AC?

Atlantic City Bans Smoking In Casinos

The New m.VegasTripping.com

I'm very proud to announce that we've completely redesigned and rebuilt m.VegasTripping.com, our miniature version of VegasTripping built specifically for new generation mobile devices like iPhones, Droids, Palm and Blackberrys. The first version of m.VT, launched in June of 2009 was little more than us dipping our toes into the mobile programming sea. Version 2.0 of m.VegasTripping.com is our wading in waste deep. We've got thousands of features we'd like to add to the site and have ideas for thousands more. Before we...

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Encore Beach Club: The First Renderings (updated)

A few weeks ago, we alerted you to one of the greatest treasure troves of Wynn Resorts interior renderings imaginable. Much to our surprise, those renderings are still online over three weeks later. Even more to our surprise, we at VT today discovered that that treasure trove just keeps on giving us more treasure. VT readers, here are the first actual, factual according to Hoyle renderings of the Encore Beach club. Rendering #1 - View From North Rendering #2 - View from South The funny thing about...

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Cosmopolitan Lives!

Hunting Fox & Hound

Got a Smart Phone? Heading to Vegas? Get Foursquare!

Got a Smart Phone? Heading to Vegas? Get Foursquare!

Foursquare and Gowalla are essentially the same thing: websites with mobile apps allowing users to "check in" to physical places they're currently at. The places are announced to your network of friends and can further be published to your Twitter and/or Facebook accounts. Dinner at Robuchon? Check on in. Drinks afterwards at Planet Hollywood? Let the world know. Heading to a ranch in Pahrump instead of going to bed? Double check to make sure your wife/girlfriend/boss/students haven't befriended you and check on in. It's partly...

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Cosmopolitan Lives!

Hunting Fox & Hound

Encore Beach Club: The First Renderings (updated)

Luxor Is For Cheapskates and Group Sex

Calling all cheapskates and group seXors! Luxor wants YOU! Dudebros! Time to pack up the Escalade (rented) with your best brohams and head to the Luxor for a cheaptastic weekend of group sex - no charges on 3-5 guests! At $40/night that pencils out to a Super Sized double Whopper combo each! Spending less on room means you can buy more $15 RedBulls at XS! Like whoa!...

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Cosmopolitan Lives!

Hunting Fox & Hound

Encore Beach Club: The First Renderings (updated)

When Was The Last Time You Said 'Amazing' and Meant It?

I admit it. I'm obsessed with ARIA's marketing campaign. From the first smoldering sniffs of 'city within a city' to the scandalous scent of "remember to breathe" to the steaming stench of "words will fail you" I've attempted to make sense of how property is being explained/sold to us. My best efforts have yet to yield little more than anguish. And hair loss inducing head scratching. Two weeks ago, the bafflement shape shifted itself yet again, from fanciful video montage injected between...

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Cosmopolitan Lives!

Hunting Fox & Hound

Encore Beach Club: The First Renderings (updated)

Asian Rain

Imagine you've just walked into Wynn Las Vegas. Doesn't matter from which entrance. You could be coming in through the main valet, the Villa Atrium, or the Esplanade; just imagine you've walked into Wynn Las Vegas. What do you see? Smell? Taste? Feel? When I've asked that question in the past, most casual VegasTrippers give me the standard list of memorable Wynn moments. They see those voluptuous, Trippie-winning red carpets. They remember the parasols dancing in front of...

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Cosmopolitan Lives!

Hunting Fox & Hound

Encore Beach Club: The First Renderings (updated)

The Kings Throne

Apparently the roof of the Cirque du Soleil / Viva Elvis theatre is saving a chair for Mr. Presley. Big huge thanks to VT reader/contributor Mac78130 for sharing this photo from his recent stay at ARIA. ...

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Cosmopolitan Lives!

Hunting Fox & Hound

Encore Beach Club: The First Renderings (updated)

In Case You Forgot Who Owns Caesars

Oh Caesars... where does one begin? You're one of the few casinos in the world that houses a craps table in a private salon. Your Forum Shops draw in more tourists, make more revenue, and command more rent per square foot than any other mall of its kind. Guy Savoy, with his three Michelin stars, has a restaurant under your roof. Your suites are the most decadent, outrageous, and largest in Las Vegas. Qua Baths? First class. And despite being doggy-eared at every corner, your name...

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Cosmopolitan Lives!

Hunting Fox & Hound

Encore Beach Club: The First Renderings (updated)

Star Wars Live At Orleans!

Orleans has announced that presale tickets for Star Wars : In Concert at the Orleans Arena performances on May 29th will go on sale this Friday March 12th at 10am. The concert will feature a live symphony orchestra playing John Williams' original scores along with bits and pieces of the movies projected live on "gigantic hi-definition screens." No doubt the conductor will probably trade in his baton for a light saber as part of the big finale. Awesome! Lobby entertainment provided by this guy, these guys,...

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The Roger Thomas Jackpot

Shooting ARIA (Video)

Nevada Public Radio MegaAuction Offers Tons Of Vegas Deals

The Roger Thomas Jackpot

For those disappointed in how The Steve Wynn Show seems to have jumped a Glenn Beck shaped shark lately, solace can be found in its midseason replacement "Beauty Defined with Roger Thomas". This month, Roger Thomas - the maestro of interior design responsible for the entire Wynn collection of resorts, past present and future - sat down with our pal Steve Friess to chat about the green room Rog designed for the Oscars. Fortunately for all of us, Steve engaged Roger on a...

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