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Monte Carlo Brew Pub features live entertainment and is a great place to enjoy a draft beer while catching a good game! The Brew Pub also serves an array of tasty items from its extensive menu including such favorites as brick-oven pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For those with a hearty appetite, the steak and stein special includes a tasty T-bone served with a 16-ounce draft.

Monday & Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday: 11am-11pm
Friday & Saturday: 11am-2am (Late Night Live DJ)

Plan on visiting the Monte Carlo Pub on your next Las Vegas vacation it will be a good time.

Every night’s a dream at the Sahara Hotel & Casino! This landmark hotel features more than 1,700 of the most spacious, tastefully appointed and comfortable rooms on the Las Vegas Strip. All of Sahara’s rooms and suites feature high speed Internet access and a wealth of amenities to make your stay memorable.

Staying at Sahara gives you prime access to our pool, business center, Destination Spa Salon, the Las Vegas Monorail, Sahara’s tantalizing buffet and restaurants, and unforgettable Las Vegas shows. Everything’s right here!

The Sahara has several different styles of rooms to choose from, including standard rooms, deluxe rooms, and luxuriously appointed suites.
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Boulder Station proudly offers over 2,800 Slot and Video Poker machines with a wide variety of full pay, ticket-in ticket-out, penny and two cent machines, Live Keno, a 385-seat Bingo Parlor, endless Race and Sports Book action, a beautiful live Poker Room and exciting live Gaming Tables are at the center of all the Fun!!

Boulder Station has the look of a traditional western train station, including a hardwood walkway encircling the casino floor and beautiful stained glass features surrounding 42 table games.

• More than 2,900 slot/video poker machines

• 42 table games including blackjack, roulette, mini-baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Mini Pai Gow, and craps

• 24-hour 10-table poker room, offering smoking and non-smoking tables

• 574-seat/8,000 square foot bingo hall open 7 days a week with sessions running on the odd hour from 9AM-11PM

• 300-seat race & sports book

• 30-seat keno lounge

Play at Boulder for better odds and looser slots than on the Strip!

Binion’s Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has daily poker tournements. The schedule is as follows:

No Limit Hold’em Poker Daily Tournament Schedule

10:00am Daily     $50 Buy-In
2,000 starting chips – 15 minute levels. No rebuy
Registration begins at 9:00am

($2 Staff Bonus at Registration for an additional $1000 Starting Chips)

2:00pm Daily     $70 Buy-In
2,500 Starting Chips – 20 minute levels
One rebuy of $40 for an additional 2,500 chips within the first hour
Registration begins at Noon
$10,000 Guaranteed prize pool* every Saturday
$10,000 Guaranteed prize pool* every Sunday
(*Prize pool before 2% TOC withhold)

8:00pm Daily    $120 Buy-In
4,000 starting chips – 30 minute levels
Registration begins at 7:00pm

($5 Staff Bonus at Registration for an additional $2000 Starting Chips)

11:00pm Daily    $70 Buy-In
3,000 starting chips – 20 minute levels
Registration begins at 10:00pm

($5 Staff Bonus at Registration for an additional $2000 Starting Chips)

2:00am Daily     $50 Buy-In
2,000 starting chips – 15 minute levels
Registration begins at Midnight

I think this would be a great activity for your trip to Vegas. Worst case scenerio you lose 50 bux or if your a card shark i’m sure you will delighted at the oppositions play. Get out to Vegas and play in some tournements!

High above the casino floor, the acts of the World’s Largest Permanent Circus delight patrons by performing death-defying stunts every half-hour between 11 a.m. and midnight.

Acts include jugglers, unicyclists, trapeze artists and acrobats, to name a few.. Each lasts about 10 minutes.

The attraction is a popular one, as guests fill the stands a good 15 minutes beforehand; there are only about 60 seats to be had. Don’t worry, however, there’s room to stand on the other side of the stage, as well as near the fishing game that juts out from the midway.

While walking through the main casino, you’ll see signs that point you toward the midway — you can either walk up the ramp or take the escalators and then circle around to the center stage.

The midway features more than 200 games of skill and chance; it’s one of the best in town. In the evening, the rotating “Horse-A-Round” bar featured in the movie “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” is a must.
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Craving a taste of adrenaline on your vacation? If you want a bit of excitement and adventure, Pole Position Raceway will send your heart racing. Novice and experienced racers alike can enjoy this state-of-the-art facility, which features indoor race karts zooming faster than any of their kind in the country.

In fact, three weeks after its opening in December 2007, Pole Position already had approximately 5,000 visitors. In addition to celebrities like Jamie Little, Paul Tracy, Kyle Busch, novice drivers from ages 10 to 70 also come out to the track.

“The response has been unbelievable,” said Bryan Kroten, director of sales and marketing.

NASCAR Champion Kurt Busch and seven-time AMA Supercross Champion Jeremy McGrath are both part of the team that brought Pole Position Raceway to Las Vegas.

Pole Position Raceway’s 60,000-square-foot facility features a unique quarter-mile European-style track. The track can be compared to the real thing because it is actually designed by professional race car drivers.

But the karts are what surprise most guests.

“People are most impressed with our karts,” said Kroten. “A lot of people think they’re going to be kiddie karts or bumper karts.”

These racing karts are approximately 18-horsepower and capable of going up to 45 miles per hour, which is quite impressive for being indoors. In addition, these electric-powered karts are environmentally friendly — they emit no exhaust.

Before heading out on the track, drivers get to choose a racing name — this name shows up on the big screen above the track. Here, racers can see exactly where they stand against the other participants during the race.

Once the adventure begins, drivers find themselves racing through long straightaways, hairpin turns and other unique elements. Your arms will get quite a workout — you’ll need to use your muscles to maneuver the sharp turns. And while you may hear all sorts of screeching, crashing and bumping cars behind you, don’t let those factors psych you out. These should be your motivation to pick up the pace!

At the end of each race, each driver will receive a scorecard, which includes details like lap time and position in race along with overall race stats. Compare your results with other racers to see where you stand.

Even if you’re not into racing, you’ll have fun simply being here. Guests can stroll through the facility and see helmets and racing suits on display worn by professionals, including the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr.

The upstairs game room features two pool tables, a pinball machine, plasma TVs and not to mention, a great aerial view of the track. Catch the excitement below and pay attention to how the experts execute the tricky turns. And who knows? After watching for a while, you may be able muster up the courage to try the track yourself. The helpful staff makes you feel comfortable and will also address any concerns you might have.

Pole Position also offers an arcade, which includes a variety of racing games. If you want to take a piece of your experience with you, Pole Position Raceway also sells memorabilia, including T-shirts and hats.

A variety of private parties, catered events, as well as group racing packages are available. With Pole Position’s custom racing, you can either race head-to-head with friends, against the clock or eliminate drivers through multiple rounds of racing. For more information about hosting your special event, please call (702) 227-7223.

Whether you’re the careful cruiser or the super speedster, Pole Position is fun for all.

“This place is built for the masses,” said Kroten. “It’s an entertainment experience, yet it also provides competitive karting. It’s a good combination of both.”

Complimentary shuttle service is also available from the Las Vegas Strip. Please inquire for details on participating hotels.

Although the “ship of dreams” met its demise nearly a century ago, the spirit of the Titanic and its passengers live on through “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.”

Described as a floating palace, the incomparable Titanic was deemed “practically unsinkable” by the White Star Line and its builders. But on a calm April night in 1912, the massive luxury liner struck an iceberg and slowly sank into the North Atlantic.

Since then, many items from the wreckage have been recovered and added to “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.” The 25,000-square-foot exhibit features numerous items from the Titanic, including luggage, the ship’s whistles, floor tiles from the first-class smoking room, a window frame from the Verandah Café and an unopened bottle of champagne with a 1900 vintage.

In addition, the exhibit features a full-scale re-creation of the Grand Staircase as well as a newly expanded outer Promenade Deck, complete with the frigid temperatures felt on that fateful April night.

The personal artifacts on display offer haunting, emotional connections to the forever-altered lives of those on board the Titanic. Visitors even have a chance to walk through authentically re-created first- and third-class rooms, with furnishings by original manufacturers.

The passenger list for the Titanic’s maiden voyage read like a social register for the time, including names such as John Jacob Astor IV, who built the Astoria Hotel in New York; women’s rights advocate Molly Brown; businessman Benjamin Guggenheim; Isidor Straus, of the L. Straus & Son fame, and his wife; and many others. There also were a number of immigrants on board, pursuing the dream of a better life in America.

Of the 2,228 passengers on board; more than 1,500 of them died. The exhibit concludes with a memorial wall honoring all those who lost their lives that fateful night.

The subject matter is somber, but “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” details an important chapter in maritime history that will leave a lasting impression.

Rhodes Ranch Golf Club grabs players’ attention at its gate and never lets go. Through the club’s imperial archway (a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired design that matches the clubhouse), a glance right gives a good taste of things to come. Gaps in the rows of palm trees reveal lavish variations of desert landscaping, while a waterfall and pond shimmer to accent sand bunkers punctuating gently rolling green grass.

Rhodes Ranch looks great from every angle. It features traditional, all-grass golf holes that are always in immaculate condition. The staff members are as friendly as they come, and the overall golf value is second to none; VegasGolfer readers voted the course a 2002 Fairway Award for “Best Value.”

More than 3,000 palm trees line the fairways of this Ted Robinson design that winds through the lush, tropical-paradise setting; and besides the waterfalls, ponds, creeks and finely contoured landscaping, other details really make the course special. The ninth and 18th holes, for example, can be seen from the clubhouse, a work of art all its own with its booth seating, leather-padded chairs, generous floor-to-ceiling windows and broad wrap-around deck. All render wonderful course and/or mountain views.

The par 72 plays 6,909 yards with a rating/slope of 73.0/122, while subsequent tees drop the distance to 6,405, 6,009 and 5,238 yards.

No matter the choice of tees, all players are sure to be fairly challenged by Rhodes Ranch par-3 holes, which course designer Ted Robinson — whose Sahalee Country Club hosted the 1998 PGA Championship — called the best set of 3’s he has ever designed.

No. 3 plays 230 yards across water to a green bunkered front and back. There’s bailout front left of the green, and like the whole course, the hole is set up to accommodate everyone: On subsequent forward tees, the water is reduced to a lateral hazard.

The 202-yard seventh hole is the only par 3 not over water, but the green is set diagonally between back bunkers, while trees encroach from the left. The 441-yard, par-4 18th is an excellent closer. The downhill tee shot sets up a mid- or long-iron approach to a green guarded by a stream that cascades down along its right side, and there’s also a bunker left just above a pond.

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It would be a shame to visit Vegas and spend all your gaming time and money sitting helplessly behind a video poker or slot machine. It’s time to get involved in those table games everyone keeps talking about. It may be intimidating to step up to the table, but with our helpful hints and basic rules (not to mention gambling lessons at some casinos), you will have a much more exciting time in Vegas and have more stories to tell the folks back home.

A Bit of Advice

• Most casinos offer free lessons on a variety of games — craps, pokers, roulette and more. Check out this schedule  for free lessons at your casino.

• Watch the game you’re interested in prior to playing. This will help you gain important insights such as where and when to place bets and which hand to use when picking up your cards (or if you even touch your cards at all). You also will determine whether conferring with other players is frowned upon. For example, in games such as Craps it’s not, but in Caribbean Stud Poker, it is.

• Ask the dealers questions. They have certain rules they must abide by and they’re not playing with their own money, so they have nothing to hide.

• Watch for table limits. It seems obvious to check for the minimum bet, but don’t forget to check for the table maximum. If the table maximum is $3,000, don’t expect to be paid $10,000 if you bet $100 playing Caribbean Stud poker and were dealt a Royal Flush with 100:1 odds. You will receive only the maximum $3,000.

• Don’t be intimidated by the pit bosses. They are paid to look at everyone as a cheater. Since you’re not cheating, you have nothing to worry about. This doesn’t mean you should get cocky, either. Pit bosses also have the right to throw out anyone they choose.

• Payout odds vary from casino to casino. Check with the dealer or tabletop to confirm your odds prior to playing.

The Harrah’s Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, is a 3 star budget resort. Guests can enjoy gambling and other local activities. Sleep connoisseurs described the bed as “comfortable” and “great”. What travelers said they loved: “the place”, “the service”, “the location”, “the pool”, and “the room”.

The hotel is near award winning restaurants, including Commander’s Palace , Le Cirque , and a.j.’S Steakhouse . Also nearby: Flamingo Las Vegas , Candlelight Wedding Chapel , and Excalibur . Other local places to consider are Monte Carlo Resort and Casino and Stardust Resort and Casino.