ESPN is reporting that the Atlantic 10 basketball tournament is leaving Atlantic City for Brooklyn in 2013. Given the current make up of the league I’m not sure how this makes any sense, given that there are no New York teams in the league. The Atlantic 10 Conference will move its men’s basketball tournament to the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn beginning with the 2013 tournament, a source with direct knowledge... Read more

In case you thought pool parties stopped in Las Vegas when the official end of summer (AKA Labor Day ) passed, then you’re sadly wrong. The summer never ends in Las Vegas and Encore Beach Club brought out the “stars” this week with Stacy Keibler , Warren Moon and Chuck Liddell. These may be the most famous people I’ve seen at a pool party since I started paying attention this summer. This is a perfect group of semi-famous... Read more

“You’d have to be stupid” to visit Las Vegas in the summer. This is what New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Wednesday while making a speech to help “save Atlantic City. ” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says “you’d have to be stupid” to visit Las Vegas in the summer. Atlantic City, Christie says, is a much cooler summer destination. The governor made his comments Wednesday while introducing a redevelopment... Read more

A few years ago I realized that the only fun for me in fantasy football was the draft. I was egged into a couple fantasy leagues the past couple of years, but hardly paid attention. This year I finally cut fantasy football out of my life and I feel much better for it. I was stoked just to bet on a couple of NFL and NCAA games a week and be done. However, over the past couple years I’ve been hearing about these... Read more

As usual I went to sleep listening to ESPN radio. Last night the host, Jason Smith , mentioned something about a Guns n Roses reunion happening at the Super Bow l next year. I was almost motivated enough to get out of bed and research the rumor, but I figured that if it was important enough for me to remember then I would. Well, evidently this rumor was floated earlier this year and I am stoked! According to the... Read more

With news that there will be basketball in Las Vegas this summer (albeit not the traditional summer league) it got me once again thinking about the often proposed but never completed strip arena. Arenas have been proposed in a few different places including behind Bally’s and next to Fontainebleau and Sahara , but none have taken hold. Would a strip arena make sense? The wisdom is that the arena would attract... Read more

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 go to #5 on the list – The original Aladdin . Opened: April 1, 1966 Closed: Nov. 25, 1997 Imploded... Read more

I said that I wouldn’t expound about The Linq until Caesars Entertainment broke ground on the project in Las Vegas . Although I’m technically writing about The Linq, this isn’t so much about The Linq as it’s about the Ferris wheel pod that’s planned to be anchoring the project. A ride on the Ferris wheel should take around 3o minutes and that will cost you about $20 from what I’ve read. The Linq is seemingly... Read more

This weekend grandmother of all pool parties, Rehab , had their dose of Jersey Shore celebrity. While Sammi Sweetheart was partying and judging a bikini contest at the Planet Hollywood Pleasure Pool , Snooki was hanging out with Tiesto at the Hard Rock . I guess this is part of Tiesto’s residency at the Hard Rock that’s been going on for the past few months. As I mentioned earlier this week , I find it interesting... Read more

New York City is getting closer to casino gambling. Aqueduct Raceway and Resorts World Casino , in Jamaica, NY have already received their first order of slot machines which will be installed by next month . The first of the new Aqueduct casino’s 5,000 gaming machines were delivered to the track this week and will be installed soon in anticipation of the facility’s late October opening. This kind of snuck up... Read more