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#VIMFP: Bingo! Plus Vegas Fanboy to Present!
Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Jul 2016
VegasMate for iOS and VegasTripping.com in conjunction with The D Las Vegas are proud to present #VIMFP - The Vegas Internet Mafia Family Picnic on October 14-16, 2016 at The D Las Vegas and...
Boyd Gaming Sticks A Knife In The Strip
Posted by Chuckmonster on 10 May 2016
This is interesting. Boyd Gaming, owners of Fremont, Orleans, Gold Coast, Sam's Town, The Cal, Main Street Station and Suncoast, have unfurled an advertising campaign that calls out price gouging properties on The Strip, offering...
The New Resort Room Bathrooms At The D
Posted by Chuckmonster on 2 Nov 2015
A few months ago, Jinx73 started a discussion on The Board about The D upgrading bathrooms in their standard rooms. As anyone who has stayed at The D during its transition away from the Fitzgeralds...
Official: Downtown Grand Is Not For Sale
Posted by Chuckmonster on 5 Oct 2015
City manager (and guitar shredder) Betsy Fretwell told the local Las Vegas NPR show "State of Nevada" that Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino is not the father for sale.
I had a long conversation with...
Postscript: Downtown Grand
Posted by RateVegas on 21 May 2014
I stayed at Downtown Grand recently with my wife. We were attending a family event nearby and I wanted to give it a try. This isn't a review of DTG but I have some thoughts...
Blues Traveler, Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Uncle Kracker on Fremont August 8th
Posted by Chuckmonster on 7 May 2014
Four packs go great with two things - wine coolers and rock n roll package tours. 1990's package Under The Sun Tour teams up chart toppers Sugar Ray, Uncle Kracker, Smash Mouth and jam...
VegasEats : Pizza Rock at Downtown Grand(ish)
Posted by Chuckmonster on 6 May 2014
Historians tell us that riches and religion are the root cause of warfare. What historians won't tell you is that pizza runs a close third.
Heresy - in pizza or otherwise - is defined by...
MGM Adding EV Chargers, Tesla Supercharger Opens
Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Feb 2014
Great news for fellow electric vehicle owners, MGM Resorts International announced last week that they will be building 27 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers in their Las Vegas resorts as well as at their corporate...
The Who on Fremont Street
Posted by Chuckmonster on 15 Nov 2013
The folks behind the Fremont Street Experience sent around a video of the latest edition to their line up of VIVA VISION®™© shows, one built on the music of The Who.
Grab your beers, Lime-a-Ritas or...
Video: Our Lady Peace At #VIMFP
Posted by Chuckmonster on 30 Oct 2013
Our Lady Peace has released a short video document of their show the night of VIMFP on Fremont Street.
There is a damn good chance some of you who were there might be able to see...
The D's Expansion Plan
Posted by Chuckmonster on 10 Oct 2013
Last week The D's owner Derek Stevens purchased the now vacant Clark County Courthouse. The seven story building, constructed in the early 1960's and vacated in 2005, sits catty corner across from The D...
Meat Puppets At Beauty Bar November 27
Posted by Chuckmonster on 22 Aug 2013
The Beauty Bar announced yesterday that the mighty and amazing Meat Puppets will be performing the night before thanksgiving -Wednesday, November 27th.
The Meat Puppets are one of the greatest true indie rock bands of all...
Downtown Grand Posts Teaser Trailer
Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Aug 2013
Downtown Grand just posted a minute long teaser trailer to the YouTube. Lots of quick shots of mid-renovation hotel interiors. Check it out.
The Soundtrack is Swing Set by Jurrasic 5...
The Downtown Grand : Queen Room
Posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Aug 2013
Downtown Grand shared another rendering of their room product via their Facebook joint the other day, this one is the Queen Room.
The very green queen room features, you guessed it, dual queen beds, an arm...
The Downtown Grand
Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Aug 2013
Downtown Grand, the forthcoming anchor tenant of dt3 sub-district in downtown Las Vegas, from is slated to open this fall. Owners Fifth Street Gaming has been casually inviting local media members to come check...
Pencil: The Golden Gate and The D Add Resort Fees
Posted by Chuckmonster on 8 Aug 2013
Yesterday morning, Derek Stevens, CEO of the D Las Vegas notified us preemptively that The D and Golden Gate would be instituting a $20 per night resort fee at The D and Golden Gate. ...
The D's Rock and Roll Birthday Weekend
Posted by Chuckmonster on 18 Jul 2013
The D announced today that they will be hosting a weekend of fist pumping rock n roll concerts to celebrate their 1st birthday from Thursday September 26-Saturday September 28.
Billed as "2nd Annual Grand Opening Celebration"...
VegasEats: Lanai Express at Fremont
Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Jun 2013
I don't know what it is about Spam musubi, but when the thought enters into the mind of Miss Monkay, nothing - including a snap on the snout - can curb her obsession with the...
Golden Nugget Adds Fine Print Fremont Experience Fee
Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Jun 2013
Starting July 1, the Golden Nugget will be adding a $5 Fremont Experience fee to all of their room offerings.
Guests arriving on or after July 1, 2013 will incur a daily $5 Fremont Experience Fee...
VIMFP: Our Lady Peace!
Posted by Chuckmonster on 11 Jun 2013
The D CEO Derek Stevens has hand picked multi-platinum, four-time Juno-award winning Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace to blow up the VIMFP's Saturday night, blasting their atmospheric ballsy freak jams under the neon...
Slotzilla!
Posted by Chuckmonster on 16 Nov 2012
At VIMFP, Vegas Gang guest Derek Stevens, when questioned about the long-term view of the Fremont Street Experience canopy, alluded to a "big announcement" that would be coming in the next month or so.
The announcement?...
Outside Lands To Mount Life Is Beautiful Fest Downtown
Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Nov 2012
The folks who put on San Francisco's Outside Lands festival are eyeing fall 2013 to mount a new festival in downtown Las Vegas entitled Life Is Beautiful.
The details, as told to the Review-Journal, are minimal,...
Peekaboo: The New Rooms at The D
Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 May 2012
VT reader Minton toured the new rooms at The D over the weekend as part of the "YelpLV" club. He was smart enough to send us some loverly video of the rooms which...
Stand Up For Dick
Posted by Chuckmonster on 18 Apr 2012
The body is barely cold and the Fremont Street Experience has already sent around PR nonsense announcing a Dick Clark Tribute under the canopy.
ATTENTION: ALL WORKING MEDIA,
CAMERA CREWS AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHERS
***MEDIA ALERT***MEDIA ALERT***MEDIA ALERT***
Dick Clark...
Fremont Street Gets Rocked
Posted by Chuckmonster on 4 Apr 2012
Fremont Street Experience announced their summer concert series lineup yesterday, under the witty banner of "Rock of Vegas." And rock it surely will.... check out this lineup:
Saturday May 26 - Vince Neil
Saturday...
We're On A Mission From God
Posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Sep 2011
The Fremont Street Experience has just announced their entertainment plans for the 11th Annual Las Vegas Bikefest, a celebration of bikeitude and rock and roll scheduled for September 29th to October 2nd.
In addition to a...
The New Plaza : Interiors
Posted by Chuckmonster on 30 Aug 2011
As promised, here are some more photos of the New Plaza as it slowly makes its way towards grand opening date. Warning: this is a soft opening. Lots of stuff isn't finished, is broken...
Loverboy Live On Fremont Sat August 6th
Posted by Chuckmonster on 26 Jul 2011
Canadian rock legends Helix Loverboy unpacks their schtick under the Fremont Street Experience on Saturday April 6th at 9pm as part of the Nina Blackwood's Absolutely Camel Non-Filters 80's concert series.
Loverboy was actually a late...
The Fremont Street Zip Line
Posted by Chuckmonster on 12 Oct 2010
Ladies and gentlemen, the The Fremont Street Experience just got a shitload more fun. Starting this very Friday - the day that the sale on Vegas Mate for iPad ends - you drunk fucks...
B Connected Gets iPhoned
Posted by Chuckmonster on 15 Jul 2010
Apparently, it is harvest time for casino iPhone apps. Earlier today, Boyd Gaming Corporation - the folks who own the Fremont, The California, Main Street Station and The Stardust - unleashed an iPhone application...

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