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Las Vegas Strip

It’s (Always) Showtime!

One great thing about living in the shadow of the Strip is that you can go to a show almost any time you get the urge. The only limiting factor is the price. With tickets running anywhere from $20 to more than $200 apiece, a serious show habit could easily compete with a recreational drug addiction. Fortunately, there are a few ways to reduce the cost of entertainment besides the time-honored method of gambling a lot and getting “comps” …

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Out With the Old, In With the New

I still can’t claim I’m a Vegas native, but early Tuesday morning, I took one small step closer to feeling like one. I headed to the Strip to watch the New Frontier come tumbling down. It was my third implosion since I began living in Las Vegas, and the second one I’ve attended this year…

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Spamalot Hits the Strip

Ever heard a Brit say, “Brilllliant?” I wish I could say it that way, because it’s the perfect word for describing Monty Python’s Spamalot, and I would love to be able to pronounce it in a manner befitting this wonderful new show. A Monty Python fan ever since I first learned about dead parrots and fish slapping, I was ecstatic when Steve Wynn beat out Los Angeles to bring Spamalot from Broadway to the Strip. The second I learned about a special preview show to benefit our local public radio station, I bought a ticket…

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From Star to Dust: The Pulverization of a Legend

The folks at Boyd Gaming didn’t announce the time and date of the Stardust’s exit from the Las Vegas skyline, but that didn’t mean they weren’t planning a spectacle. When I arrived around 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, there was no doubt that all the rumors flying around the Web (and my own discovery of a slightly cryptic sign on Industrial Road) had been accurate.

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Dust to Dust: The Impending Implosion

The Stardust’s annihilation is drawing nigh. The building has been picked as clean as a cow skeleton after a piranha attack. The remaining structure doesn’t even look like the Stardust any more, just a nondescript multi-story framework. I think it’s fair to say that the Stardust is already dead. The implosion will be its funeral.

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