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Hello From Las Vegas! We are running late this week, and my how time flies when you don’t know what you are doing. I could blame it on the very unusual bitter cold. Most of the United States was slammed by unusually cold weather, and we were no exception with lows in the 20’s (F) for a week.

Truth be told is that we’ve been hard at work implementing the first stages of a major upgrade to the look, feel, and usability of AccessVegas.com. The first step was to get all of the computer stuff running faster, and you should especially notice the difference. Remember the frustrating, incredibly slow wait for some of our news stories and message board posts to appear? Fixed. Click away on all the links with no more waiting time!

Where Is The Podcast? – Not a week goes by without people writing and asking when we are going to revive our podcast. I’m flattered that the demand is still there (the last podcast was in July of 2006). Here’s the deal: I’m (unfortunately) not just a figure-head CEO. I’m actively involved in all aspects of AccessVegas.com including our soon-to-debut major upgrades, and there are only so many hours in the day. Our projections are to have the upgrades done by April, and that should free up time to get back to stuff like the podcast.

In the meantime, I recently did an intro for the Living In Las Vegas Podcast in celebration of their one-year anniversary! Living In Las Vegas is a really fun, informative podcast by a couple who moved here a little over a year ago, and talk about the entire process from buying a home, to landscaping, to getting around town, what they go do and see, you name it.

If you want to hear my intro, you can check out Living In Las Vegas #38 but I highly suggest starting with Episode #1 and listening to them in order. Then you’ll understand what I am yapping about!

The Calendar Giveaway has ended. We’ll be notifying the winners by email this week. If you want to jump the gun and peek to see if you won, go back to our December 20, 2006 issue and click on the entry links (which now display the winners). That was just a taste. We are already lining up more cool giveaways! (Hint to PR people: Contact us at allvegastv@aol.com so you can get in line to promote your clients with some stuff for our readers).

Enjoy This Issue!

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Shooting Stars Will Collide – Tickets To Witness Stars From Across Entertainment World Compete In McDonald’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game – Top Acting and Musical Talents Including David Arquette, James Denton, Taye Diggs and Michael Clarke Duncan Will Team Up with NBA and WNBA Players for the Game Airing on ESPN Friday, Feb. 16. Tickets for the McDonald’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game presented by 2K Sports, showcasing the athletic skills of some of the most recognized stars in the entertainment world are on sale. The game will take place on Friday, Feb. 16, at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Center Court inside NBA All-Star Jam Session and will feature a star-studded cast of celebrity players. Click to Read The Full Story and Purchases Tickets …

Gear Up For An All-Star Fashion Weekend – Get geared up for NBA All-Star action, live in Las Vegas this February, with a stop at The Mirage. The Mirage Shop now offers official paraphernalia from the Los Angeles Lakers. Fans and team admirers can purchase assorted items such as clothing, decals, plush bears and more for $3 to $240. The store also features a display of championship rings from the Lakers’ long and successful history. The shop is located next to Carnegie Deli and across from the Royal Tiger Habitat at The Mirage.

The Review-Journal Names Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular Number One Show Of 2006 – The Las Vegas Spectacular has been named Las Vegas’ number one show of the year by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada’s largest newspaper. With dazzling special effects, a breathtaking $40 million theatre inspired by the Paris Opera House and a Broadway caliber cast, this all-new production of The Phantom of the Opera is a 95-minute awe-inspiring experience unlike any other. Click to Read The Full Story and Purchase Tickets …

UFC 67: All Or Nothing Saturday, February 3 At The Mandalay Bay Events Center – The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization announced UFC 67: ALL OR NOTHING featuring the UFC Middleweight Championship bout between Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Travis Lutter. The evening also will be highlighted by the debut of two fighters new to the UFC, but definitely not new to the world of mixed martial arts. Mirko “Cro Cop” and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will step into the Octagon for their UFC debuts and will face Eddie Sanchez and Marvin “The “Beastman” Eastman, respectively. Silva (17-4), fighting out of Curitiba, Brazil, defeated Rich Franklin by first round KO at UFC 64 to become the new UFC Middleweight Champion. Click to Read The Full Story and Purchase Tickets …

Marilyn, Blues Brothers Join ‘Legends in Concert’ Popular Impersonators Return to IP Celebrity Tribute Show – “Legends in Concert,” the celebrity tribute show at the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino, kicks off 2007 with the return of two popular acts — Marilyn Monroe and the Blues Brothers. Beginning Monday, Jan. 8, Stacey Whitton performs as the blonde bombshell, and Dan Meisner and Joe Messina once again bring audiences to their feet as Jake and Elwood Blues, respectively, as they fill the showroom with a jumping, toe-tapping, fun-loving frenzy. Click to Read The Full Story and Purchase Tickets …

Nurture Yourself At The Spa At Luxor – Featuring a new name and treatment menu, Nurture, The Spa at Luxor offers a chance to unwind amid the exciting hustle and bustle of Las Vegas. Relax in this intimate facility with treatments designed to soothe tired bodies and calm weary minds. Innovative services include a Peppermint Foot Therapy, a stimulating foot and leg massage complete with warm peppermint towel wrap; Citrus Marine Detox Body Toner, a three-stage treatment that includes a sea salt and seaweed scrub, Mediterranean marine mud body mask and a toning and firming gel; or Escape to Sonoma with a full-body, grapeseed oil massage followed by a sea salt scrub and a wine body wrap to nourish dehydrated skin.

‘Sopranos Last Supper’ Moves To Empire Ballroom – “The Sopranos Last Supper” is moving to The Empire Ballroom on Thursday, Jan. 11th with their show along with a free Sopranos bus and being featured guests on Chopper’s “King of Cars” hit infomercial. The Empire Ballroom is across from the Monte Carlo; behind Fatburger. Click to Read The Full Story …

Gambling Talk: Poker Is Not Gambling — Part Two – with Victor H. Royer. A successful and steadily profitable poker player should never allow himself or herself to experience such highs and expose themselves to such lows. Making steady profits in poker, regardless of whether you are playing professionally, semi professionally, or only casually, requires you to have discipline of mind, body, and soul, and in particular the ability to avoid becoming angry over bad beats, or becoming overly exuberant in times of great good luck and good fortune. Click to Read Complete Article

Vegas Photo Set Of The Week: MGM Mirage Project CityCenter Preview – CityCenter is an unprecedented architectural paradigm for the ideal modern city that has the potential to redefine contemporary urban design throughout the world. The mixed-use development, built on 76 acres along the Las Vegas Strip between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo resorts, confirms a cultural and lifestyle revival of city living. The groundbreaking design introduces a dazzling vertical city in the heart of Las Vegas’ sprawling horizontal grid.

• MGM Mirage Project CityCenter Preview Las Vegas Photos

Vegas Streaming Video Of The Week – American Storm Male Revue – The temperature in Las Vegas is going from hot to downright steamy as American Storm plays at the Riviera Hotel and Casino. From the same producers of the Internationally acclaimed Australia’s Thunder From Down Under comes the newest male revue with a definitively All-American flair.

• Click To View American Storm Male Revue: Broadband (only)

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Members Mania – We Love Our Readers!

Readers Write:

Have a great New Year, and keep, keeping us informed. I enjoy your letter,

Thanks,

Chet

Ted Responds:

Chet,

Thanks for sharing such a great picture! One of the very rare and special sites in Las Vegas is when we have low clouds (and even more rare fog), setting this scene that so few get to see.

Attention Readers: Don’t be shy about sharing some of your great Las Vegas photos with us. Simply drop them our way at allvegastv@aol.com so we can share them with everyone.

Note: Sending them our way does imply permission to use them in the newsletter or in other association with AccessVegas.com so we can share them with readers and site viewers. However, you retain all other original ownership rights. IE, we can’t pass them along commercially.

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Ted,I was in Las Vegas from Dec. 14. thru Dec. 18. I had a great time and will definitely return in the future.

I found the people friendly, the hotel and service workers very friendly, and the quality of the Paris Hotel to be excellent. It was a great time.

Rob Hammons

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More Las Vegas News – Concerts – Events

• Children’s Heart Foundation’s 4th Annual Walk with the Heart of a Child Scheduled for February 10

• AOB Media Presents Concert Spectacular FuÀsion 2007 At The Aladdin /Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino – Grammy Award-Winning Producer/Rapper Kanye West and Legendary Actor/Singer Jackie Chan Headline Two-Day Music Event

• The Amazing Johnathan Show Extends Run at the Sahara Hotel & Casino for One More Year

• The “Mel Brooks Musical Comedy The Producers” At Paris Las Vegas casts Broadway icon, Brad Oscar As “Max Bialystock” In The Production’s Vegas Premiere

• Kathy Griffin Returns To Mandalay BayKathy Griffin Tickets

• Steve Wyrick Set to Thrill Audiences with New Multi-Million Dollar Show – New “Steve Wyrick: Real Magic” Show to Headline at the New Steve Wyrick Entertainment ComplexSteve Wyrick: Real Magic Tickets and Info

• George Wallace Offers Locals $10.00 Tickets Through Valentine’s Day

• Las Vegas mayor speaks with Chargers officials over possible relocation

• Techies flock to Vegas-fest – CES, the year’s biggest gadget show, kicks off this weekend in Las Vegas; Disney, CBS chiefs among key speakers.

• Viva flowery Las Vegas

• Las Vegas Skydiving – Tandem Jumps In The Desert

• Tech world returns to Las Vegas for annual crazy convention

• Hot in ’07: Google, Vegas. Not: Paris, Britney – Annual Newsmakers Brands survey predicts the search-engine powerhouse, Sin City and NFL will be the hottest brands this year

• Vegas convention shows off the latest in television and other

• Hawaii’s Bounty Hunter Helps Stranded Family in Las Vegas

• At electronics show in Las Vegas, covergence grabs the spotlight

• Glitz, glamour, gadgets showcased in Vegas – From all over the globe, they come for gadgets — and a week of parties

• How Safe Is Nevada For Drivers?

• Happy Friday Vegas, Hello Snow

• Tax verdict? Nevada bad but California worse

• November gaming win close to state record

• Montandon bullish on NLV – Cites big master-planned communities as transforming the city

• Convention gains nudge November visitation into the plus column

• Cold Hits The Valley

• Freezing Temperatures Chill Las Vegas Valley

• Fireworks go on for Britney Spears

• Jackson dines with choreographer

• LV again deemed high risk – Area eligible for millions more in aid

• The Magic of Rick Thomas – Magician on the Move: Rick Thomas takes his likable afternoon show off the Strip

• Elvis: The Comeback – A new Sahara tribute brought impersonator Trent Carlini out of retirement

• Jackpots to cook pots: Slot-floor boss-turned video producer sizzles with Cheflive

• But it’s a dry cold – Arctic air swamps Southern Nevada, bringing freezing temperatures

• Las Vegas Home Prices Drop

• What’s the real state of the Vegas housing market?

• Fired Beauty Queen Finds New Job in Las Vegas

• Las Vegas condo project whips up interest

• Nevada has highest percentage of homeless in U.S. – False dreams of cheap living, plentiful jobs

• All-Star Weekend looking lucrativeNBA All-Star Weekend Tickets

• First ‘Producers’ rehearsal draws old friends and a few new faces

• Golden Gaming gets ready to Rock – Company clears hurdle to run Hard Rock casino

• Hitzville — The Show – Bringing Back the Lounge Act: ‘Hitzville — The Show’ recalls the vibe, if not the drink prices, of pre-ultralounge Vegas

• Writing Her Own Ticket – Rita Rudner has her novels to fall back on as she reopens at Harrah’sRita Rudner Tickets and Info

• Las Vegas home prices drop – Median dips 2 percent in December; inventory falls for second straight month

• CES by bus, limo and foot – Conventioneers take many modes of transport to reach giant gadgetpalooza

• Celebrities flock to CES functions

• Wolfgang Puck’s Spago gets new look and menu

• Mayor calls gains ‘amazing’ – Goodman touts downtown advances, wants pro sports team

• O’Hurley Will Be King Arthur in Vegas Spamalot

• Tickets now on sale for ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’Spamalot Tickets and Info

• Vegas’ other tables – If elegant dining is in the cards, Sin City’s eateries will treat you like a king.

• A $3,000 taste of Vegas – Four days of dining with the stars on a (very big) budget

• Las Vegas also Endures Record Chill

• Freezing temps, busy plumbers

• Valley Temps Freeze Pipes

• Freezing Las Vegas Temperatures Not Over Yet

• Best-ever November sends occupancy rates soaring – Some 3.1 million visit LV in month

• Hotels, eateries honored by AAA – Fourteen restaurants, two hotels added to Four Diamond list

• Downtown condominium Sandhurst shutting down

• Despite housing slump, sales of seven-figure homes grow

• Retail adds 7.4 million square feet – Report shows 1.6 million square feet being built on the Strip

• References to Beatles in room so subtle, patrons — fans or not — will come together

• New crown awaits dethroned Rees

• Five Suggestions a Las Vegas Cabby Probably Won’t Ever Make

• Smoking ban order official – Health district still studying judge’s ruling

• Second Challenge to Nevada’s Smoking Ban Law

• Adjustments Begin as Smoking Ban Takes Effect

Coming Hot Holidays – The following dates are huge times to be in Las Vegas, and rooms are in high demand. Booking in advance is the best way to save. Visit our friends at Las Vegas Hotel Deals and spend one of the following hot dates having fun in Las Vegas:

• 2007

• Valentines Day February 14
• Presidents Day February 17-19 (3 day weekend)
• Christmas December 22-25 (3 day weekend)
• St. Patrick’s Day March 17 (Falls on a Saturday)
• March Madness (NCAA Basketball Playoffs) March 15-18, March 22-25, Final Four March 31-April 2
• Victoria Day (Canada) May 19-21 (3 day weekend)
• Memorial Day May 26-28 (3 day weekend)
• Mothers Day May 13
• Fathers Day June 17
• Independence Day July 4
• Civic Holiday (Canada) August 6 (3 day weekend)
• Labor Day September 1-3 (3 day weekend)
• Columbus Day (USA), Thanksgiving Day (Canada) September 6-8 (3 day weekend)
• Christmas December 25 (4 day weekend – Christmas on Tuesday)
• New Year’s Eve-Day December 29 – January 1 (4 day weekend – New Years on Tuesday)

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