Five Hundy by Midnight 213: Tassels and Merkins

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Las Vegas podcast #213 includes:

  • FBI Files opener
  • It’s official: Menopause is back, Smokey Robinson presents Human Nature at Imperial Palace and Holly Madison joins Peepshow
  • The Comedy Festival gets canned
  • Excalibur offers strip poker tournaments, sort of
  • MGM Grand and Stratosphere offer all-day buffet passes
  • Cirque du Soleil $25 second ticket promotion
  • Listener calls about Casino Royale parking, Blue Man Group, M Resort, O, Las Vegas douchebaggery and more
  • Call us at (702) 866-9494


Five Hundy By Midnight 5/17/09 (28:50 min, 26.6 MB)

Five Hundy by Midnight 212: Drink Up

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Las Vegas podcast #212 includes:

  • Awesome Adventures opener
  • Monte Carlo teases Hotel 32
  • Future of Barney’s at Palazzo in question
  • Encore adds more shows
  • Menopause may return to Las Vegas
  • Casino Royale expands
  • Planet Hollywood, Hooters, O’Shea’s and Mandalay Bay want you to drink
  • Listener calls about Las Vegas in music videos, skanks at Wynn, Sin City Brewing Co., Bally’s, Bellagio, Penn and Teller, free shuttles, Vegas cabbies, Sterling Brunch and more
  • Call us at (702) 866-9494


Five Hundy By Midnight 5/10/09 (68:29 min, 62.8 MB)

Five Hundy by Midnight 211: Goodbye Danny Gans

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Las Vegas podcast #211 includes:

  • The Soup opener
  • Danny Gans dies
  • Las Vegas headliner deals may change
  • MGM Mirage and Dubai World rekindle their romance
  • Casino Royale updates its Web site
  • Hart and Huntington Tattoo moves to Hard Rock; John Huntington Ink opens at Palms
  • Imperial Palace gets Human Nature
  • Blue Man Group ticket upgrades from Best of Vegas
  • Listener calls about Encore and Wynn; Suncoast’s latest promotion; things to love about Las Vegas; booking multiple hotels; guitar drinks at Imperial Palace; Ghostbar; swearing on the podcast; Botero; Golden Nugget upgrades; Michigan and Pennsylvania casinos; Primm and Reno casinos; and more
  • Call us at (702) 866-9494


Five Hundy By Midnight 5/3/09 (76:19 min, 70 MB)

Danny Gans Dies

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Some sad and surprising news came out of Las Vegas today. Impressionist Danny Gans died at home early this morning. Find details here, here and here.

We’ll be discussing Gans’ Las Vegas career on the next podcast.

State of the Las Vegas Headliner

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I stumbled across this analysis of Las Vegas headliners in the wake of Celine and Elton. It includes some interesting information about the capacity required for showrooms to break even and discusses declining ticket prices.

With Las Vegas visitors less willing or able to throw around wads of cash for umm… “veteran” acts, entertainment strategies may very well change over the next couple years. If the Hard Rock fails to fill The Joint for Santana’s residency and Caesars’ deals with Bette Midler and Cher don’t live up to expectations, we could see a shift away from these long-term showroom stints.

How will The Strip adapt? Wynncore’s four-show booking of Beyonce could be the beginning of a new trend—current touring arena acts playing a short stretch of shows in a small, intimate setting. Time will tell.