Sh*t You May Have Missed While Scrubbing Off Glitter Gulch

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It’s Sh*t You May Have Missed for the week ending July 1st, 2016

Hey, all! BigAZMarty here…with the latest news for our favorite playground, Las Vegas!

First, their sh*t…

1. Say whaaaaat? Diamond Resorts International is being sold for $2.2 Billion to Apollo Global Management. Wait, don’t they own Caesars with TPG?  The interesting thing here is that parcel of land for sale between Showcase Mall and Planet Hollywood has the Polo Towers right behind it….take that as the Hotel Tower and build out a Casino / Resort complex up front with a Parking Garage somewhere and you have about the size of NYNY. The other strip property is The Cancun Resort (Mayan pool complex) to the south way past Mandalay Bay. It could be a play to switch out the Wyndham Time Share sharks that lurk in the Caesars properties to be replaced by Diamond Resorts International Time Share Sharks. All conjecture, of course, we will see once they finish up the transaction and run it for a bit.

2. Robin Leach has jumped between local newspapers; he’s now working for Adelson’s Las Vegas Review-Journal. Hopefully, he’s found his “Niche.” Some of the Sun Staff went with him as well….details here.

3. With all the “anniversaries” coming up, one of the Red Rock Resorts is having its 40th Anniversary. The one that started it all for the Fertitta’s in Las Vegas… “The Casino” or “Bingo Palace” or as we know it today, The Palace Station. LVRJ has a pretty good write-up and where you can still see parts of the Bingo Palace (see the gallery) still standing in The Palace Station.  Some fun history here. They are supposed to have fireworks there at 9 PM on this Friday (usually reserved for Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock Resort).

4. Caesars will be having a BBQ for their July 3rd (50th) Anniversary/4th of July fireworks show…supposedly an all day event. “Soul Patrol” Taylor Hicks will be there as well per Caesars Total Rewards emails. Supposedly all out front near the fountains…weather permitting of course.

5. See The Plaza pool preview via YouTube here. It should be open July 2nd for everyone. Another good party deck downtown?

6. Steve Wynn mentions King Kong on his island in the lagoon? Really, read about it here. That’s a little wild and not sure how he’s going to get rights for that.

7. Mermaids, La Bayou, and Girls of Glitter Gulch have closed for good. LVRJ has a nice gallery here. Vital Vegas was there as well…and, well, read for yourself and thank him for taking the last fried Oreos!

These Mermaids signs are already down! pic.twitter.com/rA0Jl121dF

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) June 30, 2016

8. Lucky Dragon is starting to put jobs out there for their end-of-year opening. Does anyone need a job by the end of the year? Look here.

9. Well, that was short…very short. It was only a five week run for Frankie Moreno’s “Under the Influence” show at Planet Hollywood. They just couldn’t fill the theater I guess….read here. I don’t know if anything has worked in that theater for a long time since “Peepshow.” Just an idea…as it’s Planet Hollywood….play Rocky Horror Picture show up there and do not stop “rice, water, toast” from being in the theater. Maybe have cosplay contests as well that tie to the movie.

10. Big 4th of July Weekend shows to see: 311 at the Mandalay Bay pools with fireworks on July 3rd, Garth Brooks, and Trisha Yearwood at T-Mobile Arena with Toshiba Plaza party out through the Park to Brooklyn Bridge at NYNY July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Jay Leno at The Mirage on Sat. Night July 2nd. Cherry Poppin Daddy’s at the Fremont Street Experience on July 2 at 9 PM. I am sure I have missed a lot here…but these seemed to be the bigger ones for the weekend.

11. Vital Vegas has some really good update photos of the new “The Park Theater” (the old Monte Carlo theater that Blue Man Group was using prior) and why they flipped it around 180 degrees here. Original renderings here. Is it me or does the finished product seem much smaller? Maybe when it’s lit at night, and everything is windowed up properly, it will it seem bigger. Not that size matters, it’s more about how they use the theater.

That’s it for their sh*t; now it’s time for our sh*t from this week with Chief Editor Michael Movestro…

Thanks, Marty! I would like to say that all of us here at Vegas Bright are TAKING MONDAY, July 4th, OFF! There will be no new stories for Monday, but we’ll back Tuesday with all sorts of sh*t. And now a look at the stories we brought you this week.

12. The week started with episode 12 of the Vegas Bright podcast where I discussed my June Vegas Trip and did a review of Vegas, The Show.

13. Blonde4ever Reviewed Mike Hammer Comedy Magic at Four Queens.

14. Greg C Surveys the post-implosion and continuous demolition views of the Riviera site.

 

15. Reader Mona in MN shared her memories of The Riviera.

16. I brought the story about Wynn’s cute little fountain show. It’s totes adorbs.

17. Kelly Lamrock Discussed a Few Simple Rules for enjoying Piano Bars.

18. I discovered that Finding Dory is Easier than expected at Bellagio Conservatory.

19. Reader/Listener Chad Rodick shared his Luckiest Vegas Trip from 2002.

20. New contributor Michele Di Palma talks about why she’s Vegas Proud.

21. Sammasseur Reviewed 53X Burlesque Revue At Paris

22. Sammasseur profiles Alex O’Connor, the hardest working bartender in Las Vegas.

23. And last but not least, this very Sh*t You May Have Missed article you’re reading right now.

That’s it for this week; we’ll see ya next week, but not on Monday, July 4th. Seriously, we need a day off! It’s a holiday!

[Photos: Michael Movestro, Lucky Dragon Resort, Alex O’Connor, Vital Vegas Twitter]