It was a glorious tribute to the onetime King of Pop when executors of The Estate of Michael Jackson joined with Cirque du Soleil’s MICHAEL JACKSON ONE for an extravaganza to celebrate what would have been Michael’s 58th birthday Monday.
Robin Leach
I’ve been in Las Vegas for about three months, and one thing is certain: There is no other city like it. After being the general manager for House of Blues Houston, moving over as the general manager for House of Blues Las Vegas was a big change.
People talk about if hospitality is something innate or that can be taught. Having worked in a city that runs on hospitality most of my career, I believe that true hospitality is innate. But that doesn’t mean education isn’t important.
Home from the 2016 Olympic Games, 23-year-old Las Vegas native Connor Fields started his evening at chef Brian Malarkey’s Herringbone where his group enjoyed signature dishes by chef Geno Bernardo and cocktails.
There’s incredible fascination with the complex makeup of our human bodies, so much so that a second exhibition of them has its grand opening Wednesday. It’s a totally different kind of entertainment attraction for the Strip.
The Texas Tenors make their headlining debut in their own show for the first time on the Strip with two nights of shows at Windows Showroom in Bally’s. They promise new songs, plus their patriotic winners of “God Bless the USA” and “Unchained Melody.”
When most of us think of heart disease, we envision people who are older, out of shape or have made poor dietary and lifestyle choices. The truth, however, is congenital heart defects are the most common types of birth defects.
The Irish tradition of afternoon tea is very much alive on The Emerald Isle, which is why we wanted to bring Irish history to Las Vegas by offering a traditional afternoon tea. Did you know that Ireland has the largest tea consumption per capita?
Las Vegas is front and center again as Season 23 of ABC’s DANCING WITH THE STARS premieres Sept. 12, and it’s not just the reunion of Las Vegas dancing professionals and brother-and-sister Derek Hough and Julianne Hough.
Cackling and quacky comedian Gilbert Gottfried was praised for his voiceover talent as the wise-cracking parrot Iago in the Disney classic ALADDIN (I also lent my voice). His recognition grew with the well-known frustrated duck in the Aflac commercials.
ONE EPIC NIGHT starring Las Vegas magicians Jarrett & Raja premieres at the Downtown Plaza with performers from NBC’s THE VOICE and the just-ended AMERICAN IDOL formerly on Fox and a live band.
We can serve more than 700 steaks a night, so it’s definitely high volume and fast paced, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Cooking in Las Vegas is like no other city: The competition, crowd and ingredients available are unparalleled.
I’m one of those rare Las Vegas natives, so I’ve seen how Las Vegas has emerged, changed, grown, felt the effects of the recession and rebounded. There’s so much more to do here now. When I was a kid, all we had was Wet ’n’ Wild and the movies.
The first level of The Chandelier bar in The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas began a renovation in June to make smarter use of the space and give the luxurious but accessible one-of-a-kind watering hole a more unified design.
“Las Vegas is in an epidemic of show closures, and I count my blessings every day that SEXXY THE SHOW, the little engine that could, is on its way this September to celebrate 400 shows,” Jennifer Romas told me.