Sh*t You May have Missed While Searching For Pokemon

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It’s Sh*t you may have missed for the week ending July 22nd, 2016.

Hey all….busy news week everywhere else (GOP, upcoming Olympics in Rio) but kinda slow for Las Vegas.

1. Speaking of Rio…the Las Vegas one this time: The WSOP final table has been set for Oct 30th in the Penn and Teller Theater. All players will receive a minimum of $1M to sit at the table, but they are all eyeing the big $8M grand prize. Read who…and more details…here.

2. Tropicana is closing up Raiding the Rock Vault. In similar news (i.e. same article) Steve Wynn is closing up ShowStoppers, which he worked so hard on. Read the LVRJ article here.

3. In a big surprise, especially after a huge record-setting week, Absinthe is abandoning the Spiegeltent at Caesars Palace. With the other hotels’ main showrooms now coming open, could any of them support Absinthe‘s particular design for “tent” work? Read LV Sun article here.

4. Cirque’s Beatles LOVE at Mirage is finished getting tweaked for the 10th Anniversary celebration that was held last Thursday (our Sammasseur attended the Red Carpet festivities video clip here). This is still one of the best-rated shows for Cirque, but I’m partial to the original Mystere at T.I. Granted I’ve not personally seen LOVE, but you know what you know. Read here from LV Sun.

5. Lebron James and some Cav teammates came back to LV to do a proper NBA Championship celebration at Cosmo…read about it here. Still, though…having the UNLV marching band lead you into the room while playing “We are the Champions” by Queen? Pretty sweet.

6. One of the oldest and longest-running casinos is expanding to catch the travelers soon to be coming up from Mexico, Tucson, and Phoenix areas. Railroad Pass Casino has received approval to add truck and auto-filling stations as well as a truck stop and assorted quick restaurants. Read LVRJ article here for details. Also hidden in the article is the fact that the old US-95 will have that corner removed in favor of the new I-11 roadway. If you’ve ever been out this way, it’s the intersection for people coming out of Vegas/Henderson to turn left into the casino.

7. Locals only $50 deal at Caesars Palace main showroom, the Coliseum. Read details here. Pictures have been airbrushed, as that can’t be Mariah.

8. Giada does yoga on the High Roller…details here. Doesn’t look like hot yoga…so no cleaning crew needed or air freshener. Some of those yoga pictures had me wondering…what happens if you fall backward into the doors of the pod?

9. VitalVegas shares some new Riviera carnage on their Twitter (below) plus great drone footage and recent pics in this article.

Fresh Riviera carnage. pic.twitter.com/NWXkjFkhci

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) July 20, 2016

10. NFL in Las Vegas proper..as in the actual City of Las Vegas? Mayor Goodman is suggesting NFL stadium to go where Cashman Field is now. Read details here. All the other possible stadium locations are not in the city limits of Las Vegas proper.

11. Eater Vegas has an article on rare Pokemon to be found at various restaurants and bars.

12. Caesar’s subsidiary CEOC bankruptcy news…they have settled another smaller issue (still not the main Jr. bondholders, which could drag Caesars down as well), CET to take on $17 million of benefits that CEOC were no longer paying to ex-Hilton employees from previous mergers that were put into CEOC to “reduce debt”.

13. You wouldn’t believe it, but Hard Rock Hotel Casino isn’t old enough to drink until this weekend. Celebrations and deals here.

14. Somehow I came across this little tidbit on the webs….review here…funny thing is I don’t know any of the names of the casinos listed in the agree/disagree portions…so this could be totally false. Wouldn’t it be nice to see the rest of Las Vegas CEO’s follow Derek Stevens‘ example and be on the floor for customers? If the C-Suite is not on the floor or even checking rooms for some part of the month, then they are too out of touch to really run the business and gauge what the customer really wants. Even the loosest slot machine will turn a house profit over time. Forcing them to do an Undercover Boss as housekeepers would be fun to see. Especially if it’s one of those special teams assigned to the trashed and bio-hazard rooms.

15. Finally, Strip buskers that are illegally selling goods are no longer going to be arrested. They instead will get tickets that could fine them out of existence ($1,000 per ticket). Details here.

That’s it for around the web’s news…and now to our esteemed editor-in-chief Michael Movestro!

Thanks, BigAZMarty! Esteemed? Me? Hmmm.

Now the stories we brought you this week on VegasBright!

16. Blonde4ever reviewed the pancakes at Du-par’s.

17. Sammasseur Reviews “BAZ: Star Crossed Love” at Palazzo

18. Matty Ice “Tied One On” At Hennessey’s Las Vegas.

19. Michael Movestro reviews Vegas The Show – “It’s Vegas History, come to life.”

20. New writer Chad Rodick shares a brief history of The Riviera Las Vegas.

21. Kelly Lamrock Lights Up, Kicks Back and reviews Casa Fuente Cigar Lounge at Caesars Palace.

22. BigAzMArty shared his trip from July 4th Weekend…

23. Michael Pags shared his Memories of the Riviera.

24. And… BigAzMarty shares his sneaky way to keep cool while walking the strip.

That’s it for this week; we’ll see you next week starting with the Vegas Bright Podcast Episode 15 on Sunday!

[Images: Sammasseur, Baz, Casa Fuente Cigar Bar, Vegas The Show, Caesars Entertainment,]