Caesars Palace & Nobu Restaurant and Lounge in Las Vegas. This unique boutique-style hotel is set to open summer of 2012. This innovative concept will combine the world’s first Nobu Hotel with the first Nobu restaurant and lounge on the Las Vegas Strip. David Rockwell of the Rockwell Group will lead the overall interior design of the 180-room Nobu Hotel. The 11,200 square foot Nobu restaurant and lounge, located in the heart of the Nobu Hotel, will be the ideal destination to be seen, socialize, and enjoy the unique cuisine of celebrated Chef Nobu Matsuhisa.
Rice & Company, a 10,000-square-foot Asian bistro, has opened at Luxor Hotel and Casino. The restaurant, sushi bar and lounge offers contemporary Chinese and Japanese cuisine, an array of sushi and sashimi selections, and an expansive sake menu. Rice & Company is the newest dining concept by food and beverage industry veteran and restaurateur David Wu. The restaurant will be located on the Luxor’s second level at the entryway to The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay.
Central (sen-TRAL) Michel Richard at Caesars Palace will make its grand entrance on the global culinary stage this September. The James Beard award-winning Chef Michel Richard is integral in the creation of this new restaurant concept that will showcase his signature American cuisine with a French accent-and will do so around the clock. Central will be the first restaurant ever helmed by a James Beard award-winning chef to keep its doors open 24 hours a day, seven days per week. Crafted to be not only delicious, but also-in Richard’s own words “unpretentious and fun,”-breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night menus will feature all the dishes he is known for at Central in Washington, D.C., plus a substantial number of new dishes created especially for the Caesars Palace location.
Flamingo Las Vegas has announced plans to open the first West Coast location of the high-energy Mexican eatery, Carlos ‘n Charlie’s. The restaurant and bar will make its debut later this winter. Located adjacent to the Race & Sports Book, Carlos ‘n Charlie’s will span more than 8,000 square feet serving lunch and dinner nightly. The menu will offer a wide variety of authentic Mexican favorites. Guests can also create their own tableside guacamole with Carlos ‘n Charlie’s interactive guacamole cart, for the perfect unique blend. Partygoers will enjoy the extensive bar menu featuring margaritas, sangria and a lengthy selection of signature cocktails.
An Evening at La Cage, the world-famous Las Vegas extravaganza, brings its glitz and glamour to the Four Queens Hotel & Casino. The show had been on hiatus since it closed at the Riviera two years ago. An Evening at La Cage features the most amazing female impersonators, celebrity look-alikes and tribute artists alive today in a top-notch performance of nonstop music, dance and comedy. Produced by Starr Pro Productions, with a special licensing agreement with longtime producer Norbert Aleman, La Cage will star Jimmy Emerson, the internationally known comedian and impressionist.
MGM Resorts International has introduced the company’s first Electric Vehicle Charging Station and the first such facility on the Las Vegas Strip for environmentally conscious consumers. This new Charging Station is located at the valet entrance to The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, between Mandalay Bay and Luxor resorts. Charging service is available free of charge to retail and resort customers driving personal electric vehicles, like the Nissan LEAF and the Chevy Volt. To take advantage of this new amenity, drivers simply pull into one of the two specially designated parking spaces reserved exclusively for personal electric vehicles and plug into the easy-to-use PEP Station to charge their vehicle. Each station has a touch-screen interface that guides users through steps to safely charge their electric vehicle.
Three male Zebra Shark pups are the newest addition to the Shark Reef Aquarium Touch Pool at Mandalay Bay, following in the paths of their parents who were among the attraction’s original residents when the facility opened in 2000. The parents currently reside in the Shipwreck exhibit where the eggs were laid last fall. Staff divers removed the eggs which were taken to the facility’s on-site Husbandry Center for care and observation until they hatched in January. The pups will remain on exhibit in the Touch Pool until they are ready for transfer this fall to another Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited facility.
A male dolphin calf was born July 3 to Duchess, matriarch of the bottlenose dolphin family at Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage. Duchess, an experienced mother, and her calf are in the Birthing and Research pool which is open to public viewing during regular operational hours of the facility. Plans for naming the calf will be announced at a later date.
Grand Canyon Coaches will launch its brand-new fleet of premium mini-coaches this August. Consisting of nearly 30 new vehicles, each seating up to 13 passengers, the new vehicles will provide an exclusive ground tour experience for the discerning traveler. For Southern Nevada travelers, all tours will originate from Papillon Aerocenter in Boulder City. All tours include complimentary round-trip shuttle transportation from most Las Vegas hotels and casinos. Tours include West Rim Eldorado Canyon, Hoover Dam, and Grand Canyon.
The MGM Resorts Foundation has announced its fifth annual Women of Color Conference to be held Aug. 1-3 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Providing a forum for career and professional women to network with peers as well as internationally known authors, career coaches, image consultants, business development experts and motivational speakers, the conference is open to the public.
The Mrs. Unites States Pageant will celebrate 25 years at the Las Vegas Hilton on Aug. 4, 2011. The pageant, which honors the contributions and achievements of America’s married women, will feature 54 representatives from every state and U.S. territories.
Lauded as one of the best culinary cities in America, fine dining perennially tempts travelers to the “Entertainment Capital of the World.” On August 29, gourmands will have yet another reason to visit when the Fifth Annual Las Vegas Restaurant Week begins. This year, Las Vegas Restaurant Week is a two-week celebration ending Sept. 11. More than 40 participating restaurants will offer three-course menus for $20.11, $30.11 or $50.11. Portions of the proceeds will benefit local food bank, Three Square, which provides meals for more than 300,000 men, women and children struggling with hunger in Southern Nevada. Source:Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
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