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.

If your heart (or other part of your anatomy) is set on staying at Hooters Casino Hotel, now is the time. New owners plan to dump the Hooters theme.

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.

Las Vegas podcast #154 includes:

• Build it Bigger opener
• Our first visit to Palazzo
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 2/24/08 (26:15 min, 24.2 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #153 includes:

• The O.C. opener
• Listener calls about that pre-trip feeling; poker rules; Las Vegas Hilton; Stratosphere; Jillians; bacon; the $20 trick; tipping the valet; no clocks in Las Vegas casinos myth; Palazzo; Grand Lux Cafe; poker rooms; haters; Zumanity; strippers and cell phone numbers; and much more
• Fun with white tigers at Mirage
• Vegas Roundtable
• Call us at (702) 866-9494

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 2/14/08 (53:43 min, 49.3 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #152 includes:

• Austin Powers opener
• Monte Carlo reopens
• Mirage volcano closes
• Gold Spike gets sold
• Harrah’s buyout is complete
• Cirque plans and rumors
• Cher moves in
• Rozanne Barr plays Sahara
• Amazing Jonathan and The Rat Pack is Back move
• The cast of Love performs tonight on TV

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 2/10/08 (22:48 min, 21 MB) or subscribe.

Rumored for more than a year, Cher is headed for Las Vegas. Tomorrow, Caesars Palace is expected to announce Cher will be performing more than 200 shows over the next three years at the Colosseum beginning on May 6. Get ready for an onslaught of media coverage, beginning with appearances on Good Morning America tomorrow morning and Nightline tomorrow night.

We’re so busy trying to figure out which Super Bowl commercial will have a higher rating on USA Today’s annual Ad meter that we aren’t going to get around to recording a podcast today. We’ll be back next weekend.

Las Vegas podcast #151 includes:

• Really Big Things opener
• Monte Carlo burns
• Mandalay Bay tattoo shop coming soon
• Celine Dion souvenirs
• The $20 trick
• Listener calls about baseball poker rules, bachelor party fun, drugs in the Treasure Island restrooms, Imperial Palace, Las Vegas games, Kevin Bacon and more

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 1/27/08 (41:40 min, 38.3 MB) or subscribe.

Las Vegas podcast #150 includes:

• Girls Behaving Badly opener
• Cosmopolitan problems
• Greek Isles redevelopment plans
• Visitor growth slows
• Harrah’s Las Vegas opens The Toby Pit
• Listener calls about Palazzo, Luxor, Purple Reign, Encore at Wynn, Blue Man Group, degrees of Bacon, Western’s chips and more

Direct download of the podcast: Five Hundy By Midnight 1/20/08 (42:51 min, 39.4 MB) or subscribe.