In March, I spent one glorious night in a big, old (and I do mean old) room at Four Queens. Decorated like your grandma’s house, the room needed nothing more than a bowl of ribbon candy or Wurther’s Originals to complete the motif. I give you The Golden Girls Suite…
Five Hundy by Midnight #352: MJH’s Worst Nightmare
Las Vegas podcast #352 includes:
- Vegas Stripped opener
- Wayne Newton’s tourist attraction is unlikely
- Fremont Street bars in a box
- Las Vegas Club has nowhere to eat
- Jeff Timmons is back
- Whoa! Joey Lawrence is shirtless
- Our sponsor, Viator’s Facebook Summer Photo Contest
- Our sponsor, Vegas Mate, is really great
- Listener calls about switching hotels, Golden Nugget, Wynn, Monte Carlo, Sugar Factory and more
- Cool-ass Las Vegas Facebook timeline photos
- Call us at (702) 866-9494
Five Hundy By Midnight 5/20/12 66:39 min, 70.3 MB)
Five Hundy by Midnight #351: A Semi-Michele Show
Las Vegas podcast #351 includes:
- We Love Lucy opener
- MGM employee rips off free play
- Gardunos goes bye-bye
- Rockhouse plans to reopen at Venetian
- CET surveys about the CP buffet
- Boyd requests an Echelon extension
- Summer of Cirque discounts return
- Our sponsor, Viator’s Google Plus discount
- Our sponsor, Vegas Mate’s survey
- Listener calls about Pawn Stars Tour, Spirit Air, Mirage Tower Suites, O’Sheas, Cosmopolitan, Red Rock, Oscar’s, Human Nature, video poker and more
- Call us at (702) 866-9494
Five Hundy By Midnight 5/13/12 59:39 min, 54.8 MB)
Five Hundy by Midnight #350: Good Potato
Las Vegas podcast #350 includes:
- Vegas Strip opener
- SLS plans supposedly proceed
- O’Sheas is no more
- Skyvue has a webcam but not full funding
- Surf, The Musical comes to Planet Hollywood
- Eli Roth will bring his Goretorium to The Strip
- American Storm moves to Plaza
- Shaboo closes for Tetsu
- Heart Attack Grill scores another heart attack
- Drink & Drag finally opens
- Our sponsor, Viator’s Things to do in Las Vegas
- Our sponsor, Vegas Mate is really great
- Listener calls about Monte Carlo, Marquee, Nine Fine Irishmen, Drink & Drag, Celebrity Apprentice, Viva Elvis, Mirage, Striphouse, Diamond in a Day and more
- Call us at (702) 866-9494
Five Hundy By Midnight 5/6/12 75:31 min, 69.3 MB)
Five Hundy by Midnight #349: No Sustainability Lectures Here
Las Vegas podcast #349 includes:
- Castle opener
- Recent trip photos
- Excalibur/Luxor zip line update
- Speed: The Ride moves to the South Strip
- Metro McDonalds = Viva McDonalds 2012
- Rich Little impersonates dead people at LVH
- Is the International name returning?
- Big Elvis moves to Harrah’s
- Taylor Hicks comes to Bally’s
- Former Bally’s buffet becomes Tony and Tina’s Wedding venue
- Jabowockeez moves to a tent
- BConnected gets social
- Restaurant updates
- Drink and Drag has a soft opening
- Jabowockeez moves to a tent
- Las Vegas Country Club and Backstage Billiards plans proceed
- Commonwealth work begins
- Fremont East gets a new pizza place
- Venue of Vegas returns from the dead
- Our sponsor, Viator’s Things to do in Las Vegas
- Lose Your Shirt: Blackjack
- Listener calls about Monte Carlo, taxi long-hauling, Bar 46, Bellagio buffet, MLife perks and more
- Call us at (702) 866-9494
Five Hundy By Midnight 4/22/12 72:41 min, 66.7 MB)
Zip and Learn?
The RJ has an update to the Excalibur/Luxor zip line plans we broke in February. The FAA approved the plan on April 6, and Clark County signed off last night. The FAA approval becomes final on May 16, opening the door for MGM Resorts to start stringing the cables.
According to today’s update, three of the lines will serve as a multi-leg zip line course. The fourth line (starting at the Excalibur entrance) will function separately.
Here’s the weird part… the company that will run the thing, Ziptrek, plans to have guides (zip line sherpas?) lead zippers through the course, delivering educational lectures about “sustainability and four conditions which must exist in a sustainable society” during the two hours it will take to complete the course. People will be clamoring to get on the zip lines just to escape from the hippie buzzkill. How long before they drop the unnecessary lectures?
