Five Hundy by Midnight #341: Show Me on the Doll

Las Vegas podcast #341 includes:

  • Cupcake Wars opener
  • O’Sheas is closing on April 30
  • Skyvue pours concrete, still isn’t funded
  • Du-Par’s gets shut down
  • Mike Tyson and CeeLo shows become official
  • Drink & Drag is finally opening
  • ROK Vegas is closing
  • Our sponsor, Viator’s cool-ass Win Your Dream Travel Job contest
  • Listener calls about Name That Tune Live closing, Encore, Riviera, Elara, Trump, Mob Museum, Human Nature, Absinthe, Rio drink service, Mondrian and Delano, Skyvue and more
  • Call us at (702) 866-9494


Five Hundy By Midnight 3/4/12 64:04 min, 58.8 MB)

The Last Days of O’Sheas

With Linq construction underway, we’ve been wondering when O’Sheas will close. We may have our answer. According to this Twitter post, employees received a 60-day termination notice on March 1. If this is accurate (as all things on the Internet are), plan to pour out a 40 in honor of O’Sheas on April 30.

Adding to the likelihood that the end-of-April closing is legitimate, tickets for Dirk Arthur’s show in the O’Sheas showroom are available only through April 28.

Five Hundy by Midnight #340: Exercises in Gaudiness

Las Vegas podcast #340 includes:

  • Larry King Live opener
  • New Five Hundy shirts!
  • Caesars Entertainment explores horse race betting website
  • Skyvue: The other Las Vegas Strip ferris wheel
  • Gameworks is closing
  • Mob Attraction is reopening
  • Javier’s is replacing Union
  • Goodbye, PH Towers Westgate; hello, Elara, a Hilton Grand Vacations Hotel – Center Strip
  • Riviera offers 1000x craps odds
  • Santana is back
  • Cee Lo residency speculation continues
  • Mike Tyson prepares one-man show
  • Royal Resort announces The Pastel Project music festival
  • Commonwealth is coming to Fremont East
  • Our sponsor, Viator’s Things to do in Las Vegas
  • Listener calls about Gardunos, Go Rooms, George Wallace, Mirage, La Cave, Vegas Stripped, South Point spa, Trump, Encore spa, Okada, Name That Tune Live, Riviera, Main Street Station, Public House, the Mob Museum, Golden Gate, The Fitz, Scarpettas, Ferraros, Aria’s smell, Presidential Limo, Murrening and more
  • Call us at (702) 866-9494


Five Hundy By Midnight 2/26/12 85:39 min, 78.6 MB)

Five Hundy by Midnight #339: Teasers and Tangents

Las Vegas podcast #339 includes:


Five Hundy By Midnight 2/19/12 70:40 min, 64.8 MB)

The Las Vegas Strip Zip Line Race Begins

Thanks to the popularity of Flightlinez on Fremont Street, at least three Strip hotels may be getting zip lines of their own soon. According to a permit request from MGM Resorts International uncovered by @detroit1051, Luxor and Excalibur are planning up to four separate runs of four lines each. They would include:

  1. Excalibur entrance to roof of the pedestrian covered walkway at the southwest corner of Tropicana Ave. and the Strip. (500 feet)
  2. Top of the north side of the Luxor pyramid to the southwest corner of Excalibur. (950 feet)
  3. Roof of the southwest corner of Excalibur to a new platform at the northwest corner of Luxor’s east tower. (340 feet)
  4. New platform at the southeast corner of Luxor’s east tower to the roof of the Excalibur tram station. (1,440 feet)

Using my third-grade-level Photoshop skills, I put together a rough approximation of each zip line course’s route:

 

Meanwhile, across the street, Tropicana may be getting a zip line of its own. According to a recent Trop customer survey sent our way by @airportlimbo, “The zip line would run from the roof of our Club Tower down to the grassy area on the corner of Las Vegas Blvd. and Tropicana Blvd. Riders would ‘fly’ over a portion of our pool and beach club area and land in a new structure that includes a new restaurant and bar with exceptional views of the flyers from take-off to landing as well as of the Las Vegas Strip.”

Based on that description, I’m thinking the route would look something like this:

 

So, the race to build the first Las Vegas Strip zip line is on. So many questions:

  • Who will build one first?
  • Will it happen before a Las Vegas Strip ferris wheel opens?
  • Will the zip line cables interfere with Parabounce?

Finally! New Five Hundy Shirts

I’ve been meaning to put together a new Five Hundy t-shirt for a while (more than a year). Well, I finally got off my ass, found a graphic designer (Hi, Christine!) and worked with her to come up with a sweet-ass t-shirt I’m proud to wear. It’s now available in multiple styles and colors on our Cafe Press store. Cafe Press coupon codes that may save you a few bucks can sometimes be found here. Show your podcast pride with a new Five Hundy by Midnight t-shirt.