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$8.5 Billion Vegas Resort

One of the largest construction sites on the planet is taking shape in Las Vegas. The $8.5 billion City Center complex is big - really big. Even on a Vegas scale, the project is mind blowing. Three new towers, a brand new casino with over four thousand rooms, and a half-a-million square foot retail development, all on a 67 acre site.

From the ground up, the development is one of the most sustainable ever built on the strip. Everything from construction waste to worker education has been incorporated in the plans. The development even includes new technology like slot machines that house AC units and the first all natural gas powered limo fleet. In its construction, the developers were even able to recycle over 80% of the waste generated by the implosion of the Boardwalk hotel.

The first part of the development will be opening later this year.


Via: Gadling

Travel Deals: Save Up To $100 On All Las Vegas Vacations

United Vacations is offering a fresh new deal on all vacation packages to Las Vegas. Now through October 31, 2008 vacationers can save up to $100 per reservation when they enter promotion code DEAL at the time of booking. This limited-time offer is available for travel through December 31, 2009! So whether it's a quick getaway this fall or a vacation to get on the books for next year, this offer provides the flexibility and savings that today's Vegas traveler is looking for.

• $100 off on 5 night air/hotel vacations or longer
• $80 off 4 night air/hotel vacations or longer
• $60 off 3 night air/hotel vacations or longer

Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas From $199 per Night

The Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas one of the newest hotels has announced $199.00 per night special for a limited time only. Guests can select from a luxury studio or one-bedroom suite with floor to ceiling windows, custom designed furniture, European kitchens, marble bathrooms with spa tubs, and 500 thread count linens.

Las Vegas: Monte Carlo Hotel Reopens

After a fire in January, the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas reopened as scheduled on Friday just in time for the Presidents Day holiday weekend.

Monte Carlo Hotel opened with more than 1,200 guest rooms, included in the opening were the Monte Carlo Casino, meeting facilities, the wedding chapel, and the Spa and Salon Monte Carlo. More rooms will open by February 22 while some more rooms will reopen later this year after a more extensive redesign is complete.

The Palazzo Las Vegas Opening

The Palazzo Las Vegas -- the new $1.9 billion luxury resort from Las Vegas Sands Corp. celebrated its grand opening this past weekend with a star-studded series of special events.Celebrities, VIP guests and media from around the country joined Las Vegas Sands executives for the historic occasion as the first new resort on the Las Vegas strip in nearly three years officially opened. 

With over 3,000 expansive suites, luxury shopping and world-class dining and entertainment, the $1.9 billion, 50-story Palazzo Las Vegas literally takes luxury to new heights. Highlighted by a flagship,
85,000-square-foot Barneys New York, The Shoppes at The Palazzo features more than 60 luxury boutiques. In addition, 20 remarkable stores and luxury  brands made their Las Vegas debuts at The Palazzo. The Palazzo also offers a variety of cuisines from a collection of  award-winning chefs chefs such as CarneVino by Mario Batali, , CUT by Wolfgang Puck, Table 10 by Emeril Lagasse and Restaurant Charlie by Charlie Trotter. Other one-of-kind offerings include, Tony Award winning Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, the world's largest Canyon Ranch SpaClub, Jay-Z's signature 40/40 Club and the Strip's first Lamborghini dealership.

Source: PR newswire

Las Vegas: Save $30 on MAMMA MIA at Mandalay Bay Theatre

If you are headed to Vegas don't forget to add  MAMMA MIA into your activities, its a great show to see and  they say the musical has audiences dancing in the isles. Buy now and save $30.00 on MAMMA MIA tickets at the Mandalay Bay Theater.

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New Years 2008 Celebration in Las Vegas

If you are planing to celebrate the New Year 2008 in Las Vegas this year you better plan in advance. With rates that are as much as three times regular prices, rooms and suites will be hard to find.

This New Years Eve the city is expecting more than 300,000  party people at the upcoming celebration, and the Strip will be blocked off to traffic from Sahara Avenue to Russell Road (below Tropicana) starting at dusk. Its party time for four miles of partying and celebrating the new year. Better have a plan before you get there, with an itinerary and reservations and a lot of extra cash.

As you sketch out your evening, here are 10 great activities to consider, conventional and otherwise

Las Vegas: Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay

If you are heading towards Las Vegas don't forget to visit the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay a predator-based aquarium and exhibit. At the Shark Reef you can view all kinds of sharks, sawfish, giant rays, endangered green sea turtles, piranha, moon jellies and rare golden crocodiles all in a 1.6 million gallons of seawater with 2,000 different animals.

Take the behind the scenes 30 minute guest tours where you can learn water filtration, saltwater making, food preparation, diving, and animal care. See, firsthand, what it takes to operate a 1.6 million gallon aquarium. Behind the scenes tours are open to Adult Admission only 13 & older $8.00 each.

Year-round snow in Las Vegas?

Here two women playing in fake snow descending from the ceiling in Qua's Arctic Ice Room at the Caesars Palace hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Read more on msnbc.

"Some people come to Las Vegas to enjoy the clear skies and warm days, but at a new spa that opened at Caesars Palace there is a treatment room where it snows all year long.

Welcome to Qua's Arctic Ice Room, where "snow" gently descends from a domed ceiling through mint-infused air chilled to 55 degrees Fahrenheit."

Read more on msnbc.

Expedia’s Las Vegas Deals

Right now Las Vegas sounds good! Expedia has some interesting deals to Las Vegas good for travel through June 30, 2007. The packages that include roundtrip airfare and two nights at Strip hotels start at $177 for lodging at the Sahara Hotel and Casino. For more of an upscale accommodation, try two nights at the Signature at MGM Grand with airfare for $319. This must be booked by March 19.

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