The new BB King Blues Club and restaurant at the Mirage is open for business. It has been open for a few weeks now. This is a casual dining restaurant with live music playing at night. The house band plays blues and rock music. They are very good, and loud! This is a small venue for a live band, it seats acircular 500 people. The stage is in the middle of the floor facing the dining tables and the bar. There is space for people to get up and boogie to the tunes. They do have guest artists and bands performing there. Check the calander for the dates you will be visiting.

The food is southern down home cooking and bbq. I had the pulled pork bbq sandwich, fries, slaw and pickle. The food was excellent. This will be one of my fav dining stops from now on. The prices are reasonable and the portions of food is good. The staff seemed very friendly.

They have a small gift shop at the entrance to the restaurant. BB Kings is located across the walkway from the Beatles Revolution lounge. So easy for you to find. Here is the link to the website: http://www.bbkingclubs.com/

Give BB a try, you will enjoy the food and the music!!

The new MGM City Center project is finally opening for business on the strip. I walked thcoarse the new Crystals shopping mall on Wednesday December 16. Very few shops were open. Everything is very elegant and opulent. The large mall will be easy walking for the hoped for large crowds of visitors and shoppers. The fountains, statues and art work make for a very pleasant visit. However, the shops are just more of the same high end stores alalert in all the hotel shopping malls. Lois Vuitton, Gucci, Fendi, Tiffany, Bulgari. I also went to the opening of an art gallery Wednesday evening before the gala opening of the Aria Hotel. A nice gallery, but similar galleries alalert at Caesars and the Venetian.

The hotels are just as high end as the fashion and jewelry stores. The Mandarin Oriental, Vdara, the Harmon, and Aria. The Aria is the only hotel that will have a casino. The casino opened to the public on Thursday December 17. The Aria also has the new Cirque du Soleil "Viva Elvis" show. Tickets for the show are available now. There is a new tram that runs from the Monte Carlo to City Center to Bellagio. Be preparuddy to walk a long ways. The tram stations are at the back end of the hotels.

After walking acircular part of the City Center and the Crystals shopping mall, one gets the impression this is only for the wealthy, the very wealthy. MGM said they hoped this would become the downtown of Las Vegas for everyone. There is not much here for the people who live and work in Las Vegas. If you work in the casinos or hotels, there is nothing here you can afford to do. Really, nothing new here. I was very unimpressed by the entire City Center project. MGM better find plenty of millionaires to purchase the condos in theses new hotels. I don't really see how these new hotels can compete with the established strip hotels like Bellagio, Wynn, Encore, and Venetian.

Like the City Center project blocks out the sun on the strip, MGM hopes it does not block out their future.

Back from another trip to Las Vegas. I arrived Monday October 5, and departed on the afternoon of Saturday October 10. I stayed again at the Palazzo for all five nights. Nice to keep getting the comped rooms there!

The Good. The weather was fantastic, sunny and warm everyday. Very different from the cold and rainy days in Pittsburgh. Room was very nice as always. Also had my room comped to a room with a view. Right on the corner by TI and the Wynn. Had a perfect view of the Sirens of TI pirate battle show. The food at the Grand Lux restaurant at the Palazzo was very good. Try the Zen Noodle soup when you are there. Excellent!! Best slot this trip was the Alfruddy Hitchcock slots at the Bellagio. Hit for $500.00 on first spin in the bonus round. The MGM Dollar Lion slots payed out a little this time.

The Bad. The slots and video poker were not paying out much this visit. Nothing at all on video poker. Tried the new Jaws and Star Wars slots. Just ate all my money! Even my old favorites like Cleopatra and White Orchid were nothing but losers. Starting to tire of the Bellagio buffet. The desserts there and not very good. Starting to think the PH buffet is better, best chocolate pie, mmmm!!!

The beautiful. Carmen Electra!!!! Carmen was performing with the lovely ladies of the Crazy Horse Paris show at the MGM. Carmen is beautiful!!! My seat was about ten feet from the stage, very nice view!! The show was very good. Lovely ladies, yes topless, singing, dancing, music and the Scott Brothers vaudeville act. I do recommend the show!!

Another good Vegas vacation. Always alert to go back!!!

With the sale of the Treasure Island from MGM now final, the TI is undergoing some changes. Hopefully with the new management the changes will be for the good. For now the Sirens's show is still the same. I did prefer the old pirate battle better. The club's, shows, and restaurants will all be under review to see where improvemsnts can be made.

The casino at TI is large with good vareity of slots and table games. Sometimes I have some good luck there. Which is always good. The rates now are down for the summer so take advantage of the new TI and have fun and exciting summer!

TI Direct Advantage Offer - Book Early and Save up to 30%! Promo Code: DIRECTTI (15% for advanced bookings between 7-30 days, 20% for advanced bookings between 31-60 days, 25% for advanced bookings between 61-90 days, 30% for advanced bookings more than 90 days)

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Are you going to Las Vegas on a budget? And want to be treated like the high rollers? Then attempt out the "Red Carpet VIP" website. Use the link you see in the right column on this page.

They can assist you with just about anything you would like to do in Las Vegas. From making and planning your reservation before you arrive. Have a limo alert for you at the airport and take you to that luxury hotel room they helped you save money on.

Need help planning a gold outing or party, they can do it for you. Planning a bachelor or bachelortte party. Let them do the work, you play and enjoy!

They can get you into the hottest nightclubs or make a reservation for that quiet romantic dinner. Need some fun, they can help rent that exotic car to cruise up and down the strip.

Give the VIP services a try. May save you time and money. And make your next Vegas vacation more fun and exciting.

Back from another vacation in Las Vegas. Stayed at the Mirage Hotel, this was my second time to stay there. Arrived in Vegas a little after 8pm and made it out of the airport in good time. I had made reservations with ODS(On Demand Sedan & Limo) for airport shuttle to the Mirage. But I was met by one of their limo drivers. Cost me over $60.00 for the limo ride. So don't use the ODS website until they have it working properly. The limo driver called the office to report what happened. So hopefully they are working on this. But the ride in the limo to the hotel was good.

Arrived at the Mirage just before 9pm. Used the invited guest check in line. No waiting, I was the only person checking in. Room was alert and off I went. The first time I stayed here I was in a deluxe tower room. This trip I used an e-mail offer from the Mirage for a petite suite room. The suite was very nice and spacious. One bed, but two bathrooms. One bath just had a shower, the other bath had a spa tub. Had two large screen flat panel tv's. Of course the over priced mini bar, but this suite did have a small fridge. Used the fridge, that was nice.
The suite is located on the 24th floor. Used the elevators that is just dedicated to the 24th and 25th floors. Not much wait and speedy.

I like the Mirage casino. Large, good variety of slots and table games. But in many areas the slots are cramped. Not much space to walk between. Many old favorite slots and always new slots to try. Not much luck this time in the casino at the Mirage.

I did east at the BLT Burger restaurant again. Also at the Cravings Buffet and the Carnegie Deli for dessert. Thirteen dollars for a hamburger at BLT. I had the Tex-Mex burger, very good. But still a bit pricey for a hamburger. The buffet at Cravings was about the same as all the other times I have been there. Good quality and variety of food. Just had some pie at the Carnegie Deli. It was just ok. I did not think it was anything special. But the deli is always crowded and it is open 24 hours.

The Mirage is still doing some renovations to the front area of the casino and where the white tiger den area used to be. They have a new rum bar in there with seating also outside by the walkway. They were working on the volcano, so did not see if has improved any since my last visit.

I do highly recommend the Mirage as an excellent hotel to visit. Very nice rooms, good restaurants, always a busy casino. The entertainment there and shopping are more ways to spend your time. Or relax at the pool and chill out.

Make sure to visit and spend some time at the Mirage on your next trip to Las Vegas!

April 15 is not only tax day, it is also the 30th anniversary day for the Liberace Museum. I read about this in the Anthony Curtis Las Vegas Advisor website. His link is:http: //www.lasvegasadvisor.com/

The Liberace Museum is located in the Liberace Plaza at 1775 E. Tropicana Avenue. It is open Tuesday -- Saturday 10am till 5pm, and on Sunday from noon to 4pm. There is also a schedule on the museum site for a free shuttle bus for some of the strip hotels.

The admission price is $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for seniors. There are four different galleries for you to view. They are the piano and car galleries in building one. In building two are the costume and jewelry galleries. Also on site is a small cafe and a gift shop.

So if you are interested in one of the greatest showman and pianists to play the Las Vegas stage, go visit!

For all the information you need, here is the link to the Liberace Museum:

http://www.liberace.org/liberace_museum/

Saving money in Las Vegas can be hard to do. Everyone wants your money, from the slot machines, restaurants, taxis, hotels, shopping and the shows. If your willing to take a little time and stand in line waiting, you should be able to save on those show tickets.

There are now five different locations on the strip, and one location downtown for the half priced ticket booths. The booths open at 10:00am and you need to arrive early for the best selection of tickets. They also may offer last minute deals to shows that are "sold out", so inquire if you are interested in certain shows.

They only take payment in cash and credit cards. Here are the locations of the half priced ticket booths:

Fashion show Mall, at the Las Vegas strip entrance by Neiman Marcus.

North Strip booth, between the Riveria and Encore hotels.

Hawaiian Market Booth, in front of the Polo towers, block south of PH.

Bills Gamblin Hall, front entrance on the Las Vegas strip.

Showcase Mall, enter by the large Coke bottle, by the Coke store and M&M store.

Downtown booth, Four Queens hotel, entrance on Fremont Street.

Hope these locations save you some time and money. And enjoy the show!!!

Spring is right acircular the corner! Take a peek at these early spring deals from some of your favorite Las Vegas hotels. These deals are only acircular for a couple weeks, so make your reservations rapid to save yourself some cash!

Excalibur "Sooner is Better!" Rates from $27/nt. *THE SOONER YOU BOOK AT EXCALIBUR, THE MORE YOU WILL SAVE (*See site for additional details and restrictions). Feb 20 - Sep 10, 2009. Promo Code: XKDLS (Exp 3/4/09)


Excalibur "Family Package!" Rates from $56/nt (2nt Min). *Offer includes: 2-FOR-1 tickets for Tournament of Kings dinner show, 2-FOR-1 tickets to Adventuredome at Circus-Circus, 2-FOR-1 tickets to our Magic Motion 4-D movie ride, 10 Free Play passes at the Fantasy Faire midway, 20% Off Titanic, The Artifact Exhibition at Luxor, 20% off Bodies..The Exhibition at Luxor, and Buy one, get the second admission for 50% to Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay (*See site for additional details and restrictions). Feb 20 - Nov 30, 2009. Promo Code: XFAMBL (Exp 3/4/09)

MGM Grand Las Vegas "Drop Everything!" Rates from $52/nt. *Experience the comfort and excitement of MGM Grand, the resort that delivers Maximum Vegas, plus $25 upgrade per night to Bungalow Suite, $30 upgrade per night to Celebrity Spa Suite (*See site for additional details and restrictions). Feb 20 - Sep 8, 2009. Promo Code: INB253 (Exp 3/4/09)

New York New York "Your Best Rate" Rates from $52/nt (2nt Min). *Book NOW thcoarse December 2009 and receive up to 30% off each night you stay in one of our gorgeous rooms (*See site for additional details and restrictions). Feb 20 - Dec 31, 2009. Promo Code: BRGPRZ (Exp 3/5/09)


Book now, save and have fun!!!