Revealing Headlines from LV Sun

From the main web page of the Las Vegas Sun today, some revealing headlines to stories. I'm an eternal optimist....so I will say only that I sure hope the future looks better than the present.

"Station Casinos reports widening losses in fourth quarter"
"Riviera misses interest payment, warns of possible bankruptcy"
"Hooters to skip interest payment, says bankruptcy possible"
"Stratosphere owner swings to loss in 2008"


http://www.lasvegassun.com/

Friday, Free Military Admission to NHRA

The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is offering free admission to all active military personnel with ID on Friday, April 3, during the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals
Friday, April 3, is the first day of pro-class qualifying for the NHRA national event, featuring Top Fuel Dragsters, Funny Cars and Pro Stocks.
Any active military member with valid ID is welcome to enjoy the races free of charge on April 3 as The Strip at LVMS salutes the men and women of the United States’ armed forces.
Twice each year, the NHRA delivers the biggest names in professional drag racing to The Strip at LVMS for side-by-side, nitro-burning, 300-mph action. The cavalcade of straight-line stars includes six-time NHRA Top Fuel Dragster champion Tony Schumacher and 14-time NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car titleholder John Force.
To purchase tickets or obtain additional information, please call the LVMS ticket office at (702) 644-4444 or visit www.LVMS.com.

400,000 Hits for LocalsLoveVegas.com!

Less than three months and the hits just keep on comin'. Love getting the hits from Ireland, China, Africa and Brazil and many other nations throughout the world. Sort of interesting to see that happen. Love the hits from Vegas the most, but for some crazy reason people really like seeing what's going on in Vegas. More to come soon. We have had great response to the new video player.

Check out the Nov. 22, 1963 video from CBS news of the Kennedy Assassination. 2 hours of sobering video as it was covered that day. I know it doesn't have a whole lot to do with Las Vegas, but this is historic video that we have on the site, so we chose to make an exception. My favorite sports video is the 1985 Rebel Basketball game at Utah St. Triple Overtime! It ended up being the highest scoring game in NCAA history. Check it out. We have the 2nd half up on the site. Go to the SPORTS section, you will find it.

UNLV Football Schedule Announced

7 home games for the Rebel football team in 2009. The Rebels play their first 3 games at home and also play BYU and Utah at home on back to back weekends in October.

Sept. 5 Sacramento State 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 Oregon State 8 p.m.
Sept. 19 Hawaii 6 p.m.
Sept. 26 at Wyoming* Noon
Oct. 3 at UNR TBA
Oct. 10 Brigham Young* 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 Utah* 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 at New Mexico* 5 p.m.
Oct. 31 at Texas Christian* 1 p.m.
Nov. 7 Colorado State* 7 p.m.
Nov. 14 at Air Force* 3 p.m.
Nov. 21 Bye
Nov. 28 San Diego State* 6 p.m.

* Mountain West Conference game

Celebrate Family Week. April 19-25th

Olive Crest will be promoting Celebrate Family Week, April 19-25, kicking off the week with a BIG family day at Cashman to cheer on the 51's and finishing the week with an Ice Cream Social at Town Square April 25, 1-5pm.

The week will be part of our bigger program, Our Town 2009. The entire event is geared around encouraging families to come together to do something together, take pictures, post them, along with stories, on our website - www.OurTown2009.org.

Wayner Wacked With Ward Wages

Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton is in some hot water with his former pilot, Monty Ward. Ward says the Wayner owes him almost half a million bucks in back wages, meanwhile Newtwon is wondering if some of the cash he made recently off performances at the MGM will go to him, or go to Ward. This is all assuming the MGM Mirage has the cash (it's safe to assume they do, but right now, who knows?).

Read the entire entertainment (and entertaining) story from John Katsilometes from the LV Sun.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2009/mar/24/newton-mgm-grand-pilot-suit-vegas-its-best/

Questions about Bullring Races

Lots of questions about the races that we shot Saturday March 21st at the Bullring at LVMS.

Our editor is doing a project in Germany and will not be back until the end of this month. The races have to be edited, then posted on the site. Sorry for the delay, but we are working to get the races up on the site ASAP.

thanks...Ron

Lawsuit To Try To Make Sports Betting National

New Jersey lawmakers are trying to change a federal law that restricts sports betting in every state, except Nevada. The idea here is to raise more tax dollars to help their state. If this happens, other states will certainly follow.

Will this hurt Nevada Sports Books? It certainly can't help. California is key in this issue. If this federal law is changed and California choses to make sports betting legal, that could take a bite out of the business in Nevada.

$2.6 billion dollars were bet legally in Nevada in 2008. The casino "take" was about $136 million. Billions more are bet illegally in America.




Check out this story from The Street:

http://www.thestreet.com/story/10476162/1/lawsuit-seeks-to-allow-sports-betting-nationwide.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN

NHL Awards Tickets On Sale Tuesday!

TICKETS TO THE 2009 NHL AWARDS GO ON SALE TOMORROW TO PUBLIC
NEW YORK (March 23, 2009) –

Tickets to the 2009 NHL Awards will go on sale tomorrow, March 24 at ticketmaster.com/nhlawards at 3 p.m. ET and at the Pearl Concert Theater Box Office inside the Palms Hotel Las Vegas at 12 p.m. PT.

Tickets to the 2009 NHL Awards will grant fans unprecedented access, including a seat along side the NHL's best players, celebrities and other NHL VIPs in the amazing Pearl Concert Theater in fabulous Las Vegas plus admittance to the NHL's official after-party held at Rain night club. Also, to be announced at a later date, the NHL will identify the musical entertainment and hosts for this year's event.

The 2009 NHL Awards, held on June 18, will feature the announcement of the League’s top regular-season performers in a host of categories including most valuable player (Hart Trophy), outstanding goaltender (Vezina Trophy), outstanding defenseman (Norris Trophy) and outstanding rookie (Calder Trophy).

Salute Local Soldiers!

Rock for Freedom
Pays Tribute to Deploying Soldiers


Rock for Freedom, a tribute concert for 600 Nevada soldiers being deployed on April 5 will be held on Friday, March 27 from 5:30 - 10 p.m. in the parking lot of Red Rock Harley Davidson, located at 2260 S. Rainbow Boulevard. Three local bands, Theory of Flight, Otherwise and Left Standing will perform throughout the evening. The public is encouraged to join in the celebration and thank soldiers for their service. Food and drink will be available for purchase. For more information, contact Beau Hodges at 498-6665 or log on to myspace.com/rockforfreedom702.

Is Completion of City Center in Doubt?

Trouble on the home front with the 9 billion dollar City Center project on the Strip, just south of Bellagio.

Reports are that Dubai World is filing legal action against MGM Mirage for breech of contract. Dubai World put nearly $6 billion into the project in 2007, and in return they got a 50% interest in the project and nearly 10% of MGM Mirage stock. Now, officials from the Persian Gulf country say they do not believe in the viability of the project and are taking MGM Mirage officials to court.

MGM Mirage officials feel that a deal can be worked out here, but certainly, trouble is brewing.

First night of racing at the Bullring

Had a great night of racing at the Bullring on Saturday night. Got the races all recorded and we will have them up on the site shortly. Stay tuned!

Congrats to Fabulous Freddy's gas card winners

Jo Ann Bunch and Amy Ignatius are the first two winners of the Fabulous Freddy's gas cards. $50.00 for those who register on localslovevegas.com and have their names chosen at random. Stay tuned, and register for your chance to win!

March Madness Hits Vegas

Check out the new video player on LocalsLoveVegas.com. John Daly and I were at the Wynn Sports Book today talking with the fans and checking out the games. Vegas is a fun place to be to watch March Madness. No major upsets so far, but tons of fun at the Wynn. Billy Packer and Bobby Knight are also at the Wynn. More from them tomorrow on LocalsLoveVegas.com