Las Vegas podcast #164 includes:

• Food Heaven opener
• Wynn announces expansion concepts
• Tropicana goes bankrupt
• Fitzgerald’s is on the block
• Jackie Gaughan sells El Cortez stake
• Golden Gate sort of increases shrimp cocktail price
• Harrah’s eliminates cashback
• WSOP introduces a precocious child to the cast
• Paris and TI cut poker room hours
• The casino formerly known as Barbary Coast adds a poker room
• Toni Braxton remains ill
• Terry Fator replaces Danny Gans
• $250,000 Game Show Challenge closes
• Star Trek: The Experience is going away too
• Sinatra events this week
• Contest: Send your list of top five things you wish had stayed in Las Vegas to submit@bestofvegas.com by May 28. Include your name, address, phone number and e-mail address for a chance to win Gordie Brown tickets.
• Listener calls
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 5/11/08 (53:17 min, 48.9 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #163 includes:

• Alice opener
• Donny and Marie at Flamingo
• Scores becomes Rick’s
• 21
• What Happens in Vegas
• Deal
• The Grand
• Listener calls and comments about Bodies, Harrah’s cutbacks, Wet Republic at MGM Grand, Las Vegas karaoke, Hard Rock construction, Wynn rooms, $20 trick at Golden Nugget and more
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 4/27/08 (40:51 min, 37.5 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #162 includes:

• Miss USA opener
• Spamalot closing
• Gans moving
• Braxton ailing
• Criss Angel believing
• Tina Turner returning?
• Liger ligering
• MGM Mirage firing
• Listener calls and comments about Bodies, salt-water pools, Flight, the $20 trick, Double Helix and blue tape at Palazzo, Goldfish slot machines, Las Vegas side trips, hookers at Wynn Las Vegas, airport trams, downtown and more
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 4/20/08 (42:05 min, 38.7 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #161 includes:

• 12 Sexiest Las Vegas Jobs opener
• Harrah’s Entertainment becomes Caesars Entertainment
• Harrah’s diamond lounge update
• Guggenheim and Society of Seven are closing
• Matty-O’s 1973 Las Vegas video
• Listener calls about free concerts at Green Valley Ranch, Fireside Lounge at Peppermill, Cowboy Cabaret show review, fun with a raspy voice, Bodies, getting bumped from a hotel, Planet Hollywood’s pool and Prince-themed slot bonus round ideas
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 4/13/08 (46:51 min, 43 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #160 includes:

• Sure Bet opener
• MGM Grand introduces Wet Republic ultrapool
• Harrah’s downgrades player benefits
• Fremont gets a Dunkin’ Donuts
• E-mails about opera, Vegas drinks and a Las Vegas poetry podcast
• Listener calls about Palazzo, Sylvia Browne, Four Queens, Red Rock, the happiest place on Earth and a new Las Vegas game
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 4/06/08 (35:53 min, 33 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #159 includes:

• Suze Orman opener
• Elvis-themed hotel and casino
• Tons of listener call about all things Las Vegas (including a few drunk dials)
• Palazzo blue tape photo
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 3/30/08 (52:12 min, 47.9 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #158 includes:

• How I Met Your Mother opener
• Where we’ve been
• Las Vegas trip photos on Flickr
• Crown Las Vegas cancellation
• Plaza and Cosmopolitan financing problems
• Titanic and Bodies move to Luxor
• Luxor restaurant updates
• Harrah’s inspections continue
• Calls about the Hard Rock, Top Gun slots, Planet Hollywood, Pong slots, Las Vegas Strip hookers, pool construction, Bette Midler, Sylvia Browne and much more
• Call us at (702) 866-9494
• Mike Doughty: The Gambler

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 3/26/08 (51:28 min, 47.3 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #157 includes:

• Sunset Tan opener
• Our first in-studio guest
• Binions sale complete
• Rio’s Masquerade Show in the Sky isn’t closing
• Is Las Vegas slumping?
• How Dave does Las Vegas and other random chatter
• Vegas Roundtable Podcasts
• Wings for Wheels
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 3/15/08 (54:42 min, 50.2 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #156 includes:

• Colbert Report opener
• Hooters’ days may be numbered
• Our Planet Hollywood room theme: a real cliffhanger
• Thoughts on the P-Ho casino, bars and restaurants
• Slot report: Wizard of Oz, Sopranos, Dukes of Hazard and Press Your Luck
• A reason to visit Monte Carlo
• Listener calls about Love, Sigma Derby, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Pinball Hall of Fame, Palazzo, finding female companionship, Circus Circus Steakhouse and more
• Spotlight on nightclub shakedowns
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 3/10/08 (78:14 min, 71.8 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #155 includes:

• Creative Juice opener
• IRS busts Pure
• NBC shutters Montecito
• Wynn announces Encore opening
• Bally’s closes buffet
• Sahara plans renovations
• MGM Grand expands pools
• Trip observations about Starlight Tattoo, Eyecandy, Luxor renovations, Flight, New York New York changes, CityCenter progress, Snackus Maximus, Payard, Bette Midler’s audience, Palazzo, Righteous Urban Barbeque and more
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 3/2/08 (47:44 min, 43.8 MB) or subscribe.