Five Hundy by Midnight 97: A Short, Germy, Festive Las Vegas Podcast

I’ve been doing some work on the Web site, including an update of the blog software, which resulted in subscribers to the RSS feed receiving a bunch of past shows. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.

This week’s Las Vegas podcast includes:

  • “What Not to Wear” opening clip
  • Riviera purchase is off
  • No official word on the Harrah’s purchase yet
  • W Hotel project appears stalled
  • New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas with the “six greatest bands of all time”
  • Tim appoints Oscar Goodman as the mayor of New York
  • McCarran airport correction
  • Listener Mark’s Las Vegas Hanukkah song
  • Blog upgrade
  • “Christmas in Las Vegas” by Richard Cheese


Five Hundy By Midnight 12/17/06 (25:39 min, 23.6 MB)

Five Hundy by Midnight 96: Yet Another Las Vegas Hotel That Will Never Be Built

This week’s Las Vegas podcast includes:

  • “We Live Here” opening clip
  • Proposal for a really tall Las Vegas Strip hotel that will never by built
  • Eschelon Place plans move ahead
  • Hard Rock buyout—Las Vegas hotel and casino not included
  • Hard Rock Hotel and Casino expansion plans
  • Station Casinos buyout
  • Durango Station approval
  • Monorail extension plans
  • No more McCarran airport smoking lounges
  • Smoking ban delay
  • Drive somewhere else
  • Las Vegas Sands online casino
  • Cavalia commercials
  • More Luxor rumors
  • Gas outage hits the Strip
  • Keno is not bad
  • “Christmas in Las Vegas” by Clint Holmes and Leslie Gore


Five Hundy By Midnight 12/10/06 (44:06 min, 40.5 MB)

Five Hundy by Midnight 95: Caesars “Era of No Construction” Ending Soon

Trippies 2006 - The Best and Worst of Las Vegas
This week’s Las Vegas podcast includes:

  • Drew Carey opening clip
  • Caesars construction plans
  • Harrah’s second bid rumors
  • Riviera bid
  • Loews buys Lake Las Vegas Hyatt
  • Tropicana/Aztar purchase delay
  • Horse lovers have an additional two weeks to see Cavalia
  • Toni Braxton extension
  • Harrods rumor
  • Vegas Today and Tomorrow
  • Luxor changes
  • Commander’s Palace relocation speculation
  • Monorail ambassadors
  • Pornslapper update
  • Listener calls
  • We’ve been nominated for The Trippies! Vote today!


Five Hundy By Midnight 12/3/06 (53:09 min, 48.8 MB)

Five Hundy by Midnight 94: Las Vegas Trip Report and Observations

This week’s Las Vegas podcast includes:

  • Gambling notes
  • Caesars, Flamingo and Hard Rock rooms (photos)
  • Death Tub
  • Old favorites and new dining experiences
  • The Cosby Store
  • What happened to Shoe In?
  • Hanging out with new and old Las Vegas friends
  • Bugsy’s Bar name origins not what you think
  • Celebrity sightings galore
  • Aladdin/Planet Hollywood is a mess
  • Cavalia marketing choice is odd
  • Construction is everywhere


Five Hundy By Midnight 11/26/06 (52:31 min, 48.2 MB)

Five Hundy by Midnight 92: Las Vegas Changes Aplenty

Trippies 2006 - The Best and Worst of Las Vegas
This week’s Las Vegas podcast includes:

  • Smoking ban coming soon
  • Marijuana still illegal
  • Lap dances still legal
  • Golden Nugget renovations
  • Steve Wynn’s interest in New Frontier
  • Caesars video poker gets downgraded
  • Britney Spears comeback in Las Vegas
  • Prince’s first 3121 show
  • The Comedy Festival comes to Caesars
  • Listener calls from the Playboy Club, 3121 and more
  • We’ve been nominated for The Trippies! Vote today!


Five Hundy By Midnight 11/12/06 (42:23 min, 39 MB)