Anyone who has visited Las Vegas over the past couple of years will tell you the most common sight has been cranes. Not the Whooping kind, but the Construction kind. Across from Planet Hollywood and Paris there has been a big hole-in-the-Earth, which has been the proposed City Center. It's the first futuristic concept to hit The Strip in many a moon, with the thought being to go completely away from "themed" hotels (Paris, Venetian, etc) and into the 21st century with a green, upscale product. Welcome to Aria! This new 4,000-bed luxury resort just opened in the midst of the $8.5 billion-with-a-B dollar City Center complex. Owned by MGM/Mirage, Aria stands 61-stories high and will be flanked by the Mandarin Oriental and Vdara hotels, aiming for an affluent demographic never quite seen in Las Vegas before. At least not under one roof. City Center is a huge gamble, no pun intended, but it is already having an effect on the older, smaller properties. Sahara just closed 2 of their towers in a cost-cutting move, and Binion's Gambling Hall downtown (the original site of the World Series of Poker) virtually shut its 365-guest hotel and eliminated 100 jobs, in an attempt to survive. Aria will also host a brand new Cirque du Soleil show called "Viva Elvis" which should have wide appeal, to both new visitors and classic Vegas repeaters. Here's a link to a photo gallery of 16 pictures, featuring the new Aria Hotel and it's surroundings. Pretty impressive:
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/travel/new-9-billion-casino-opens-on-las-vegas-strip/20091217-kyqt.html
Oh yeah - I forgot to mention.....OF COURSE we have rates for Aria! Or just about any other Las Vegas hotel you could want, so call me to book any time. Email works too, but there's nothing as fast or efficient as the phone. I don't bite.
Exactly WHO is this child's role model again?
Tennessee investigators say a 4-year-old boy was found roaming his neighborhood 2 nights ago. If that weren't bad enough, he was also drinking beer and wearing a little girl's dress taken from under a neighbor's Christmas tree. The un-named child's mother, 21-year-old April Wright, tells WTVC-TV the boy "wants to go to jail because that's where his daddy is." The boy was taken to a local hospital, and treated for alcohol consumption. Initial reports say child protective services will still allow Ms. Wright to keep custody.
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Daniel Adler, 61, from Stony Point, New York has been arrested and charged with assault. Police said Adler had been solicited by a Sears Home Improvement telemarketer, and after numerous calls had finally agreed to an appointment to meet the man in person. When the employee arrived, Adler allegedly punched him in the face. Mr. Adler said he had agreed to schedule the appointment only to "advise" Sears, in person, to quit calling him.
I'm sorry he was arrested, but Daniel Adler, you're my hero.
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