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Discount Cirque du Soleil Tickets
Every Year Cirque du Soleil unveils coupon codes that give up to a 50% discount on tickets to all their shows in Las Vegas. Here are the current codes for 2011.
Fremont Zipline
Have you ever wanted the thrill of flying, but lack wings or the courage to sky dive?
Las Vegas Webcams
It is no secret that Las Vegas has grown immensely over the last several decades and with this growth
BOA Free Museum
Free Museum Admission with your Bank of America Card
Innout
One of the most popular burger chains in the west also happens to serve up the best quality food with great, fast service.
RTC Busses
While Las Vegas may lack the public transportation of some larger cities where subways are the norm, the Valley is serviced by a comprehensive bus system that makes it relatively easy, and affordable, to get around town. The Las Vegas Regional Transport System oversees up to 53 routes including the specialty Deuce double decker bus that runs up and down the Strip, the Strip and Downtown Express, the Centennial Express and the Westcliff Airport Express.
Shelters
Animal Shelters in Las Vegas
Aria Discount Codes
It may therefor come as quite a surprise that there are numerous lucrative promotions available to locals looking for a staycation or a night away at Aria. The next few pages will detail all the current promotional codes for Aria at City Center. Check them all out for great savings
Bare
Las Vegas is aswim with sun bathed, bare bodied, alcohol drenched pool parties, but few can live up to the greatness that is Bare at the Mirage. Experience the intimate appeal and VIP cabanas of Bare daily throughout the summer.
Vegas Pool Parties
Las Vegas' legendary pool scene now challenges, some say surpasses, Miami's South Beach as the greatest pool party city on the planet. From azure pools populated by gorgeous bronzed bodies and high end DJ's to more relaxed venues where a cocktail can be sipped while enjoying great conversation, Las Vegas' Pool Party scene has much to offer.
Sterling Brunch
In a town where change is the norm, the Sterling Brunch Buffet at Bally's has not only lasted but thrived. For 25 years locals and visitors alike looking for the best Las Vegas buffet have flocked to the Bally's Steakhouse on Sundays to dine on everything from omelets and beef tenderloin to lobster and Sturgeon caviar.
Las Vegas Utilities
Whether you are new to the Las Vegas Valley, setting up utilities in your own name for the first time or moving to a new residence, getting utility service can be a giant pain. This guide will help simplify your life by providing you with one place to find all the info you'll need to start your new life in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Earthcams
These live webcams provides crystal clear and realtime views of numerous Las Vegas ladnmarks, including of one of Las Vegas' most famous (and most photographed) landmarks, the Welcome to Las Vegas sign. Located on the Las Vegas Strip just south of Russell Road The Welcome to Las Vegas sign has been the most famous landmark since it was built back in 1959.
Best Date Restaurants
Las Vegas’s Best Date Restaurants
July Calendar
July 2011 Las Vegas Calendar
Traffic Cams List
This is the big daddy of traffic camera sites. Owned by the same folks who run the buses about town, this extensive network of traffic cameras lists every corner of the valley from CCTV 3600 in the far west of the valley to North Las Vegas' CCTV 2019. While not the most user friendly of experiences the pure amount of information should make this your first stop.
Skiing
Mt Charleston Ski Resort, just outside of Las Vegas
Tao Beach
A sunlight bathed extension of Tao Nightclub, Tao Beach is an oasis dominated by itty-bitty bikinis, endorphin surging music and tasty beverages galore. Nestled in an 18,000 sq foot pool complex Tao Beach most assuredly has been transported en mass from the South Pacific, perhaps by the Balinese Goddess of Plenty.
Thanksgiving
Ideas and locations for restaurants around the Las Vegas valley that offer Thanksgiving dinners on their menu. As always, make sure you call ahead for more information and reservations if needed.
Carino's
Located in the Montecito shopping center in Centennial Hills, this Americanized Italian cuisine is nothing to write home about.
Electricity
Whether you are new to the Las Vegas Valley, setting up electrical power in your own name for the first time or moving to a new residence, getting electricity can be a giant pain. This guide will help simplify your life by providing you with one place to find all the info you'll need to start your new life in Las Vegas.
Mayoral Candidates
Now that iconic Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman approaches the term limit to the office he has defined for the past 12 years the race to run Sin City has never been more interesting. To help Vegas residents with the upcoming April 5th Las Vegas Mayoral primary I'll be profiling the 18 candidates on the April 5th primary ballot.
BWW
A review of Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Sports Bar in Centennial Hills, northwest Las Vegas.
Garbage
Whether you are new to the Las Vegas Valley, setting up garbage and trash removal service in your own name for the first time or moving to a new residence, getting garbage service can be a giant pain. This guide will help simplify your life by providing you with one place to find all the info you'll need to start your new life in Las Vegas.
Town Square
Information about Tommy Bahama's at Town Square in Las Vegas
Rehab
Billed as the sexiest, hottest, tiniest bikini clad pool party in Vegas, Rehab more than lives up to its reputation. Every Sunday throughout the summer Rehab takes over the massive Tahitian style pool nestled behind the Hard Rock Hotel.
Walk the Strip
While most residents of Las Vegas try to avoid mucking it up with the tourists, gawkers and innumerable visitors that come to the city each year there are times when it feels really good to act like newbies and take the city in with a different shade of glasses.
Azure
The Palazzo at the Venetian jumped into the pool party game with Azure. A slightly more upscale oasis than many of the strip’s mega pool extravaganzas, Azure is the place to see celebrity’s bare bronzed bodies to the intense heat and ever voracious eyes of the star hungry public.
Sewer
Whether you are new to the Las Vegas Valley, setting up sewerage service in your own name for the first time or moving to a new residence, getting sewer service can be a giant pain. This guide will help simplify your life by providing you with one place to find all the info you'll need to start your new life in Las Vegas.
How To Find Casino Jobs 3?
Whether you are a new or longtime resident of Las Vegas you need a job. Casino jobs on the Las Vegas Strip are among the most coveted and desirable jobs in the Las Vegas Valley. The combination of high wages, great benefits and a fast paced and exciting work environment make Casino jobs the cream of the crop. This How To will give you all the contact info you need to find online casino job listings.
Are 51 Tour
Ever wanted to be like Mulder and Scully or do you see yourself more like Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in the recent alien comedy Paul? If your inner alien hunter needs to be let out, then the folks at tourguy.com have a great Day Trip opportunity for you.
libraries
Libraries in Las Vegas and Clark County
Las Vegas Mob Experience
Everyone knows the Mob built Vegas. Legendary figures like Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel are synonymous with the era when Las Vegas grew from a backwater dusty town into the monster of entertainment and glitz it has become today. But, apart from Scorsese's fictional movie Casino, few know the real tales behind this sordid and thrilling time in the history of Sin City.
Carolyn Goodman
Carolyn Goodman is the wife of current mayor Oscar Goodman and the president of the Meadows School which she founded in 1984 in Summerlin. As president she oversaw 150 employees with an annual budget of $17 million. She has also served on the board for the Keep Memory Alive Foundation and Las Vegas Springs Preserve, in addition to working with dozens of other community organizations.
Barhop Like a Local
Whether you’re a recent transplant to Sin City or a longtime resident there are few better ways to get the “lay of the land” than to find bars where the locals hang. Finding these gems in the rough can be difficult, a hit and miss prospect that often as not leads to wasted nights and what were we thinking mornings.
Bellagio Fountain Songs
The Fountains of Bellagio have become one of Las Vegas' most watched attractions. Below is a list of the songs that have been featured during this aquatic extravaganza
Recylcing
Whether you are new to the Las Vegas Valley, setting up recycling service in your own name for the first time or moving to a new residence, getting recycling service can be a giant pain. This guide will help simplify your life by providing you with one place to find all the info you'll need to start your new life in Las Vegas.
Ditch Fridays
Ditch Fridays at the Palms has a simple, if universal premise. Harkening back to the high school days of yore when nothing was better than ditching school and spending a day at the beach, Ditch Fridays ups this premise to levels that would make the teenager in your past gape, praise the heavens and very probably faint.
Bellagio Fountain Times
The Fountains of Bellagio have become one of Las Vegas' most watched attractions. Below is a list of the times to see this aquatic extravaganza.
Charleston
Mount Charleston, located within the beautiful Spring Mountains just outside of Las Vegas.
MGM Locals Deal
MGM Resorts, which includes the MGM Grand, the Bellagio, The Mirage and the new CityCenter has set up a locals only deals website for all their properties.
Cable TV
Whether you are new to the Las Vegas Valley, setting up new television service in your own name for the first time or moving to a new residence, getting cable TV service can be a giant pain. This guide will help simplify your life by providing you with one place to find all the info you'll need to start your new life in Las Vegas.
Caesar's Pool
While other pool hot spots around Vegas may be more famous, or infamous, The newly revamped Garden of the God's pool complex certainly rises to the top of the
History Books
Las Vegas may have a short history, but it is full of interesting tidbits and happenings. From the building of Hoover Dam to photos of Clark Townships (later to become Las Vegas), the history of Las Vegas is a story of hardship, adventure and glamor.
Weather Cameras
As any longtime resident of Las Vegas can attest to, the weather in the Valley can be erratic. While sun and heat are the norm, flash floods and torrential rains can, and do, come out of nowhere. Check these live cameras to keep up to date on the weather anywhere in the Valley.
Frankies Tiki Room
A short jaunt west on Charleston from the strip brings you to a Las Vegas original that just may be the result of a mad genius with a super powered blender. Sip on a rum slogged Thurston Howl or an energy charged Bombora Blast in the tiki bar awash with South Pacific charm and a dash of old school Vegas.
First Fridays
First Fridays have become the in the know event for those in the know. If you're not in the know have no fear, for this guide will provide you access to information on all the events, happenings and goings ons that have made First Friday's not just Nevada's premier art festival, but also on of the best parties in a town known for partying.
March 2011
March 2011 Las Vegas Calendar
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is one of Las Vegas' largest providers of cable television, internet service and home phone. This guide will provide you all the information needed to get new service, transfer exiting service and pay your bill.
June 2011
June 2011 Las Vegas Calendar
March Madness
Every spring Las Vegas is bombarded by visitors caught in the throes of the greatness that is March Madness. This annual event brings much needed tourist dollars into the Valley and boosts everyones wallets. That doesn't mean we Las Vegas locals need to sit on the sidelines and let the out of towners have all the fun. Read on to find a brief history of the tournament, my favorite places to lay down a wager and watch the games.
4th of July History
Any third grader knows the basic history behind the 4th of July. The Thirteen Colonies, that would eventually make up the original United States of America, rebelled against the tyranny of England and in The Declaration of Independence they, well declared their independence. Strangely independence was actually declared two days earlier on July 2nd, 1776 and genuine freedom was won over six years after that.
Summerlin Parade
It should be of no surprise that master planned community Summerlin has one of the best 4th of July parades in the Las Vegas Valley. This year marks the 17th year this master planned community has celebrated America's birthday with the Summerlin Council Patriotic Parade, which continues to be the largest 4th of July parade in Southern Nevada.
gas
Whether you are new to the Las Vegas Valley, setting up natural gas service in your own name for the first time or moving to a new residence, getting gas can be a giant pain. This guide will help simplify your life by providing you with one place to find all the info you'll need to start your new life in Las Vegas.
August 2008
Calendar of August 2008 Events for Las Vegas, NV.
How To Find Casino Jobs?
Whether you are a new or longtime resident of Las Vegas you need a job. Casino jobs on the Las Vegas Strip are among the most coveted and desirable jobs in the Las Vegas Valley. The combination of high wages, great benefits and a fast paced and exciting work environment make Casino jobs the cream of the crop. This How To will give you all the contact info you need to find online casino job listings.
Henderson
While technically a city in its own right, and the second largest one in Nevada, Henderson is often considered a Las Vegas neighborhood. Henderson occupies the majority of the southeast section of the Las Vegas Valley and an estimated 257,729 call Henderson home. While not as steeped in fame as its northern cousin Summerlin, Henderson has become one of Las Vegas' most desirable neighborhoods.
Double Down
One of Las Vegas's best kept secrets.
Apartments
Las Vegas apartment hunting
water
Whether you are new to the Las Vegas Valley, setting up water in your own name for the first time or moving to a new residence, getting water can be a giant pain. This guide will help simplify your life by providing you with one place to find all the info you'll need to start your new life in Las Vegas.
Nevada Day
Nevada Day History
Chris Giunchigliani
Chris Giunchigliani is the current Clark County Commissioner serving District E which includes Las Vegas, and has held the post since she was elected in 2006. She was also a member of the Nevada Assembly from 1991 to 2006. Las Vegas Life Magazine named her "Best Role Model" due largely to her educational work with children,
Larry Brown
Larry Brown has served as a Las Vegas City Councilman for 14 years and worked alongside Mayor Oscar Goodman during one of Las Vegas' greatest boom and greatest bust periods. A self proclaimed "budget hawk" Larry Brown was responsible for creating the public budget workshop, bringing the budget review process "out and in-the-open."
Victor Chaltiel
Victor Chaltiel has one thing going for him in his run for Mayor that many of his opponents lack; real business experience. Victor Chaltiel is the Founder and Chairman of Redhills Venture llc, a venture capital fund that invests primarily in technology based startups.
Yucca Mountain
Located about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Yucca Mountain is the proposed, any only legal location in the United States, for the storage of nuclear waste products. Composed of the aptly named tuff, a very strong stone created during volcanic eruptions, Yucca Mountain has been deemed by geologists to be geologically stable. But what do locals say?
Bellagio Fountains
The most magnificent expression of man’s power over water may just be the Fountains of Bellagio. Long a favorite of visitors, locals and lovers, the fountains get most of their water not from Lake Mead from the same artesian wells that drew the Spaniards to this valley so long ago.
Comcast
Comcast is one of Las Vegas' largest providers of cable television, internet service and home phone. This guide will provide you all the information needed to get new service, transfer exiting service and pay your bill.
Hepatitis C Crisis
Learn about the Las Vegas Hepatitis-C/HIV Crisis
Summerlin
Located a short 10 mile jaunt west of The Strip, Summerlin boasts some of Southern Nevada’s best recreational activities, schools and shopping. Over 100,000 residents call Summerlin home making it one of Las Vegas’ most popular and newest neighborhoods.
Henderson Fireworks
Once again Las Vegas' biggest suburb will celebrate America's birthday with one of the Valley's best fireworks shows. Known throughout Las Vegas as one of the best family events of the year, Henderson's 4th of July Celebration is the best place to grab a blanket, a picnic basket and the kiddies and watch the sun set and the sky light up
OVillage
Opportunity Village - Las Vegas' Favorite Charity
51s Fireworks
What is more American than baseball, hot-dogs and fireworks? If you shrugged and said not much then the annual Las Vegas 51s Fireworks Extravaganza is for you and the family. For nearly 30 years baseball has been played in North Vegas at Cashman Field and for many of those years they've celebrated America's Birthday. This year the Las Vegas 51s welcome the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in on Sunday July 3rd
December 2008
December 2008 Las Vegas Calendar of Events
DirecTV
DirecTV is one of Las Vegas' largest providers of satellite television and internet service and home phone through their partner companies. This guide will provide you all the information needed to get new service, transfer exiting service and pay your bill.
Favorite Sportsbooks
In preparation for March Madness and the craziness that is bracketology I'm looking for your favorite Las Vegas sportsbooks. Big or small, on the strip or off the beaten path, I'm interested in them all. Please feel free to include any hints, interesting prop bets, great parlay cards and any quirks or tips you may have.
schools
Information on schools, colleges, universities and vocational training in Las Vegas, NV.
Flu Shots
Where to find flu shot locations in Las Vegas.
Ed Uehling
Ed Uehling has one thing going for him. He's been involved with various aspects of Clark County government for years. He ran unsuccessfully for 1994 and was charged and found not guilty of running a business without a license.
February Calendar
December 2010 Calendar of Events for Las Vegas
Steve Ross
Steve Ross, a lifelong Nevada resident, is a member of the Las Vegas City Council for the 6th district. He has also served as the Executive Secretary Treasurer of the Southern Nevada Building Trades Council after spending years as a certified electrician.
Station Casinos July 4th Blast
A long standing Las Vegas tradition, the Station Casino's Fourth of July Blast will once again shine down on Southern Nevada. This nine minute show will feature fireworks exploding simultaneously over five of the Stations properties including Aliante Station, Green Valley Ranch, Fiesta Rancho, Texas Station and Red Rock Resort.
Betting on March Madness
Aside from the inevitable office pool, Las Vegas has literally hundreds of ways to bet on the Big Dance. Here are some of the best places to do so.
Dish Network
Dish Network is one of Las Vegas' largest providers of satellite television and internet service and home phone through their partner companies. This guide will provide you all the information needed to get new service, transfer exiting service and pay your bill.
October 2008
Calendar of October 2008 Events for Las Vegas, NV.
Carlos Mencia
Americans love to laugh. We laugh at our neighbors, our leaders and ourselves. It is one of the reasons we’re the best country on the planet. We get to mock our President, poke fun at our elders and turn the scalpel of sarcasm on the reflection staring at us from our mirrors.
How To Find Casino Jobs 2?
Whether you are a new or longtime resident of Las Vegas you need a job. Casino jobs on the Las Vegas Strip are among the most coveted and desirable jobs in the Las Vegas Valley. The combination of high wages, great benefits and a fast paced and exciting work environment make Casino jobs the cream of the crop. This How To will give you all the contact info you need to find online casino job listings.
Early Voting
Early voting for Clark County and Las Vegas
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