Museums, Shows & Attractions
Fountains of Bellagio Songs
The Fountains of Bellagio have become one of Las Vegas' most watched attractions. Below is a list of the songs that have been featured during this aquatic extravaganza
The Fountains of Bellagio
The most magnificent expression of man’s power over water may just be the Fountains of Bellagio. Long a favorite of visitors, locals and lovers, the fountains get most of their water not from Lake Mead from the same artesian wells that drew the Spaniards to this valley so long ago.
Times to see the Fountains of Bellagio
The Fountains of Bellagio have become one of Las Vegas' most watched attractions. Below is a list of the times to see this aquatic extravaganza.
Zip Lining in Las Vegas
Have you ever wanted the thrill of flying, but lack wings or the courage to sky dive?
Las Vegas Mob Experience
Everyone knows the Mob built Vegas. Legendary figures like Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel are synonymous with the era when Las Vegas grew from a backwater dusty town into the monster of entertainment and glitz it has become today. But, apart from Scorsese's fictional movie Casino, few know the real tales behind this sordid and thrilling time in...
Las Vegas 51s Fireworks Extravaganza
What is more American than baseball, hot-dogs and fireworks? If you shrugged and said not much then the annual Las Vegas 51s Fireworks Extravaganza is for you and the family. For nearly 30 years baseball has been played in North Vegas at Cashman Field and for many of those years they've celebrated America's Birthday. This year the Las Vegas 51s...
Carlos Mencia at Treasure Island
Americans love to laugh. We laugh at our neighbors, our leaders and ourselves. It is one of the reasons we’re the best country on the planet. We get to mock our President, poke fun at our elders and turn the scalpel of sarcasm on the reflection staring at us from our mirrors.
Free Museum Admission for Bank of America Card
Free Museum Admission with your Bank of America Card
Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving
So a friend came up to me recently and asked me if I wanted to go skydiving. While always curious my initial reaction may be the same as yours. I have no desire to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Plus its expensive, you need a bunch of training and it takes all day.
Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving
So a friend came up to me recently and asked me if I wanted to go skydiving. While always curious my initial reaction may be the same as yours. I have no desire to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Plus its expensive, you need a bunch of training and it takes all day.
David Spade at the Venetian
So, you’re a little guy with a baby face; the smart kid who defends himself with humor; the dude voted most likely to be forgotten by your high school classmates. Don’t fret, as you just might be the next David Spade.
The Best Vegas Shows
Much has changed in the 100 years since the city's incorporation. the shows have become grander, more outlandish and more beautiful. Here is my list of the best shows currently running in Las Vegas. for this list I've excluded comedians, musicians, hypnotists and magicians (they'll have their own lists soon)and kept straight up theatrical and...
What is the Best Show in Las Vegas?
I've recently provided you with my favorite Las Vegas shows. Now you may agree,disagree or think me crazy, so I'm giving you a voice. Tell me what I got right, what I got wrong and what I missed all together.
The Best Las Vegas Magic Shows
Magic has become as synonymous with Las Vegas as gambling, eating, drinking and entertainment. While sex sells, magic enthralls. Be it sleight of hand card tricks, embarrassing hijinks while under hypnosis or extravagant shows to rival Vegas' Best Shows, the following magic shows have earned a place on any Best of Las Vegas list.
Dig This - The Adult Sandbox
When I was a kid I had a sandbox. In this sandbox the most wonderful adventures took place. Han Solo, mounted on a bulldozer, would face off in a deadly chicken race against the dreaded Boba Fett, riding high and mighty in a front end loader. I doubt my imagination was alone in mixing Star Wars and Tonka into a mishmash of childhood fun and I...
Haunted Vegas Tours
Las Vegas is home to some of the best entertainment and dining on Earth, but did you know that it also has one of the best Haunted Tours in the country? Led by Guides that could double as Professor Moriarty stand ins, the Haunted Vegas Tours take you on a guided tour of a Las Vegas you never knew existed.
Consumer Electronics Show
Each year in early January the Who's Who of technology companies, inventors and gadget-teers descend upon the Las Vegas Convention Center for the industries largest and most important convention. The Consumer Electronics Show takes place over a week and remains one of the most important conventions of the year.
Anthony Cools at Paris
Anthony Cools is the dirtiest, raunchiest and just plain funniest hypnotist on the strip. And you just might strip while you “audition” with the sexiest chair on the planet for a starring role in the next big porn movie. So bring your cameras, snap away and regale friends with the greatest pictures you’ll ever take. He can make you stop smoking...
Zipline at Fremont Street
The people behind Fremont Street Flightlinez have the perfect thrill ride to get the adrenaline flowing and the throat screaming. Starting from the parking garage roof of the seriously underused Neonopolis, the zip line soars over Fremont St, under the luminous and world famous canopy and ends near the front door of the Four Queens.
Clark County Fair and Rodeo
That's where the Clark County Fair and Rodeo comes to save the day like some old timey superhero. About an hours ride northeast up the 15 near the top end of Lake Mead in Logandale, NV the Clark County Fair entertains Nevada resident every year in mid April.
Crazy Horse Paris
Crazy Horse is not a strip show. It is art in motion. 12 of the most perfectly jaw dropping beauties, stroked and painted by multicolored lights against a filmic backdrop sure to amaze, arouse and entertain.
Brad Garrett Comedy Club
A truly great comedy club is hard to find. Lame comedians, overpriced drinks and bad atmosphere can conspire to kill the dream of the comedic entrepreneur. Luckily for us, Brad Garrett has the business savvy and star power to insure that none of these problems befall his newly minted Brad Garrett Comedy Club at the Tropicana.
Tim Allen at The Venetian Showroom
Tim Allen, actor, comedian and voice over artist proves that despite a hefty wrong turn on the highway of life, The American Dream exists for those willing to work for it.
The Improv
Those of us who walk through the doors of the Improv at Harrahs may not know just how many laughs have been heard in the hallowed halls, but our Improv is a younger sibling of the greatest comedy club of all time. Read up, and the next time you walk these hallowed halls you'll feel part of history.
Las Vegas Movie Theaters
I've compiled an easy to use guide to all the movie theaters in Las Vegas. Use it to check tickets times, purchase tickets and help plan your movie going experience. Fade In.
Las Vegas 51s
The Las Vegas 51s have brought minor league baseball to Southern Nevada since 1983 (though they were originally known as the Las Vegas Stars). Since their arrival in Las Vegas this Triple A team has been an affiliate of the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, and as of 2012, the New York Mets.
Concert Venues in Las Vegas
Las Vegas has long been legendary for its entertainment. Its shows have become legends and people flock to the city in droves. Yet amidst the early mornings at the blackjack table, the nights watching wide eyed as Cirque du Soleil performers amaze and the titillating ladies of the burlesque shows, Vegas also hides some amazing concert venues.
Things To Do in Las Vegas
Whether you are a long time resident or a newly minted Las Vegas local this largest city in Nevada has so many things to do that one can easily feel overwhelmed. From shows to gambling to amazing natural wonders the ways you can spend a day or evening are virtually limitless.
Spring Valley Motorsports Ranch
Located a short 45 minutes from Las Vegas in the unassuming town of Pahrump lies one of the true hidden gems of Southern Nevada. Nestled amidst the peace of the desert and mountains is a place that is decidedly raucous. Welcome to the Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club, an completely different take on the traditional country club....
The Fright Dome
With it’s background in great shows and extravagant sets it is little wonder that the annual Halloween extravaganza Fright Dome continues to rank among the top scariest Halloween attraction in the nation.
Soaring Center Glider Flights
The folks at Soaring Center Glider Flights are here to fulfill that need. A short 30 minute jaunt, via shuttle, to Jean, Nevada and you’ll feel a world away. Maybe you don't feel courageous enough for parachuting and ziplining gives the rush, but not the transcendent beauty you are looking for. So what's a fun loving Las Vegan to do. Take a glider flight, that's what.
David Alan Grier
For those of us lucky to have been fans of the brilliantly irreverent skit comedy show In Living Color, it may come as some surprise that David Alan Grier was already a well established presence on Broadway.
Lewis Black at The Mirage
Good news everyone, Lewis Black is still livid. The bespectacled comedian, best known for his Back in Black segments on Comedy Central’s the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, wasn’t always the edge of sanity comedian we know today.
Recycled Percussion
Credited in some circles with “starting that whole bucket drumming thing,” Recycled Percussion's shows are a energetic maelstrom of lights, guitar and drumming of all kinds.No item that has the potential to make noise is safe from their frenetic onslaught.
Tix 4 Tonight Ticket Booths
Put it simply Tix4 Tonight are ticket booths scattered throughout Las Vegas that offer same day tickets to dozens of Las Vegas Shows at at half price. Not every show sells out every night, so the people at Tix4 Tonight buy these unsold tickets in bulk and then pass on the savings to you. Tickets go on sale at 10:00 AM each morning and are sold at a first come first serve basis. To get look at the shows on sale on any given day check out Tix4 Tonight's Sneak Peak and then get to your nearest Tix4 Tonight booth, stand in line and hope. They advise picking your top three shows so that you don't leave empty handed.
Vinnie Favorito at The Flamingo
Vinnie is an improv superstar who skewers current events while involving and usually insulting the audience. What a job Favorito has. People pay him to get insulted. Put him on stage and we all laugh, but meet him on the street and his antics will likely result in fisticuffs and broken noses.
Blue Man Group Interview
Not too long after I first saw The Blue Man Group I was asked by a friend to describe the experience. I'll tell you what I told him, you really do need to see it to understand it, and then you still probably won't . But one thing is sure, you'll leave pretty damn happy and with the odd sensation that despite the just plain oddness of the show...