For Mother’s Day, perhaps all mom wants is a nice meal where she doesn’t have to help with the cooking or clean up. If that’s the case, consult our guide to find your perfect Las Vegas destination for tasty treats to show your appreciation for the mother figures in your life.
Mexican Independence Day is just around the corner and concert venues and clubs around Las Vegas are bringing in the big guns to celebrate. Famous musicians like Marco Antonio Solis, Ricardo Arjona and Luis Miguel have come to croon and rock out. Comedians like Kiki Melendez, Polo Polo and Paul Rodriguez will have you laughing in the aisles and there is even bloodless bull fighting at the South Point. So don your sombreros and break out the red, white and green flags; it's time for a fiesta.
Memorial Day is a distant memory and it’s not quite time for Halloween. That doesn’t mean it’s not time to party like a rockstar. As usual, Las Vegas is pulling out all the stops for a Labor Day Weekend chock full of concerts, DJs, barbecues and pool parties not soon to be forgotten.
If you can’t afford the plane fare to Philly or aren’t satisfied with your lack of a home theater, Las Vegas bars and casinos are offering a plethora of viewing options for UFC 101 right in your own backyard, or close enough. The UFC is following up the historic UFC 100 fight card with another stacked ticket you won’t want to miss just because you’re not in Philadelphia.
At the celebration of his 70th birthday, the “world’s happiest mayor” proclaimed he was now the “happiest mayor in the universe!” Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman closed the book on another decade and looked forward to the next one with a VIP pre-party at Gold Diggers at the Golden Nugget. Before heading out to the Fremont Street Experience for a blowout bash with his extended Las Vegas family, Goodman partied at the Golden Nugget’s lounge.
One might argue that M&Ms are tastier when gobbled up out of mid air, Pac-Man style. Only a small number of people, besides astronauts, have ever had such an opportunity to try this in zero gravity. A select few boarded the specially modified Boeing 727-200 ZERO-G aircraft Saturday morning at the Signature Air Terminal at McCarran International Airport for the ultimate adult space camp adventure.
Can we get a little mood music here? Who knew a classical song would be the hit of the UFC 100’s walk-in music playlist? The music fighters choose to accompany their walk down the tunnel affects their mindsets and emotions and sets the tone for their battles in the Octagon.
UFC 100 is one fight card you will not want to miss. With championship bouts between heavyweights Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar and welterweights Georges St. Pierre and Thiago Alves, so much is on the line at this landmark event. As if that isn’t enough, you can watch Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping settle their score from their time as coaches on The Ultimate Fighter.
This Fourth of July weekend will offer ample opportunity to catch fireworks on display throughout the Valley. Boulder City will be shooting them off at Veteran’s Memorial Park at 9 p.m. as part of the 60th annual Boulder City Damboree. Festivities at the Henderson Events Plaza will begin at 6 p.m. while Henderson’s Eldorado Casino will wait until 7:30 p.m.