In light of the pending implosion of The Harmon , Vegas Inc. decided to list the Top 10 Vegas Strip Hotel implosions. I love implosions and figured this was a good excuse to visit the youtube archives. For the next couple of weeks I'll grab video of these 10 Las Vegas Strip Hotel implosions. We'll start with #10 on the list - New Frontier . Opened: Oct. 30, 1942 Closed: July 16, 2007 Imploded... Read more

Caesars Entertainment big dog, Gary Loveman , was interviewed on CNBC today and said that their Atlantic City properties lost about $6-$8 billion dollars being closed because of Hurricane Irene . However, he did say that the government couldn’t have done a much better job closing the market and taking precautions. The only other interesting bit of information here is that there is ZERO stock footage of Caesars Entertainment... Read more

Wet Republic at MGM Grand continued it’s celebrity pool party fun this weekend with Kendra Wilkinson from The Girls Next Door . She was with Holly Madison and some other girl, but does anyone matter besides Kendra? Even through Kendra is wearing a bikini, which is cool, something looks different. It’s pretty interesting how Las Vegas, as a market, continues to find “celebrities” for their clubs from a crew of about... Read more

Two things that are near and dear to my heart are Vegas and craft beer. They don’t cross paths often as finding a microbrew in a casino is as difficult as walking away a winner on the big six wheel. I’ve talked before how a microbrew oasis exists at M Resort, and now a new beer event is coming to town. Vegas Seven is hosting its First Annual Desert Hops Festival on September 10th at Green Valley Ranch . I... Read more

Just a warning to my east coast peeps: Hurricane Irene is heading up the eastern coast and the New Jersey government is asking people to evacuate and the Atlantic City casinos are closing - at least for today. Atlantic City’s 11 casino hotels are expected to close today for only the third time in history as Hurricane Irene barrels up the coast and a mandatory evacuation begins in the seaside resort. Of course... Read more

It's not very surprising that the other applicants for a mini casino in Atlantic City have dropped out and the only remaining mini casino project planned is the Hard Rock Casino . A new program allows the state Casino Control Commission to issue licenses for two smaller-scale Boardwalk casinos that may have as few as 200 hotel rooms. Since only one application was received by Friday’s deadline, the commission... Read more

I’ve been to Burger Bar at Mandalay Bay almost ten times in my life and this goes back to before gourmet burgers being a trend, which is only a few years now. Although many fancy new burger places have popped up over the past few year years, Burger Bar still reigns at the top of the burger class. That’s not to say there are no other good burgers in Las Vegas, but Burger Bar has not been surpassed…yet. ... Read more

Pool season in Vegas never stops, it just takes breaks. This weekend there was an awesome combo appearance at Wet Republic at MGM Grand . Not only was Snooki from Jersey Shore in the house, but Holly Madison popped in to say hi. I have to wonder what they were discussing in the pic below. Snooki and Holly Madison Here's to hoping there are no more pool party breaks! Photos: Vegas News

The Linq may be a good thing for Ceasars and a good thing for Vegas with added jobs it's not something that remotely interests me. In fact, The Linq will probably push me away from Caesars properties.