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Las Vegas

Las Vegas - What happens in Vegas...

There is never a dull moment in Las Vegas - the most dynamic city on earth! Be entertained by world-class performers, party the night away at elaborate night clubs and ultra-chic lounges, go wild with unique animals habitats and get an adrenaline fix on the many thrilling roller coasters. Everything happens in Vegas!

Entertainment

There's a good reason why Las Vegas is called the 'Entertainment Capital of the World'.

Since its Rat Pack days, Las Vegas has been inextricably associated with legendary shows and entertainers. Say "Las Vegas" and it's likely that showgirls in elaborate headdresses and Elvis impersonators will come to mind.

Today, the Las Vegas entertainment scene still has plenty of its classic glamour, but it has evolved to include so much more. In addition to the iconic Las Vegas entertainment staples, the destination offers a lineup of award-winning magicians, Broadway caliber productions, world-renowned concert headliners and unique-to-Las Vegas production shows.

What's New?

Cirque du Soleil's newest show, Michael Jackson - The Immortal World Tour will be at Mandalay Bay during the month of December 2011. This rock concert arena type show will be the largest-ever music show touring North America and around the world for four nonstop years with a permanent home opening in Las Vegas in 2013.

Celine Dion has returned to Las Vegas to begin a three-year residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace with a brand new show, centred on classic Hollywood movies and stunning visuals and features 31 musicians, including a full orchestra and band.

Due to the overwhelming success of the critically acclaimed MUS.I.C., the worldfamous dance crew, Jabbawockeez, has been extended at Monte Carlo Resort & Casino through November 2011. Described as an audio-visual story of inspiration brought to life through the harmonization of sound and movement, Jabbawockeez has developed a one-of-a-kind style that has been incredibly influential in the dance community, effectively changing the way people view dance around the globe.

Nightlife

From elaborately themed nightclubs that stay open until dawn to the new wave of trendy, ultra-chic lounges sweeping the Strip - visitors know when they step out in Las Vegas for the night, it will be an experience they won't forget. Here are some of the hottest places to be for extraordinary nightlife:

Chateau Nightclub & Gardens, Las Vegas' newest nightlife venue, opened at Paris Las Vegas in March. Spanning more than 45,000 square feet and two-stories, the high-energy nightclub and Parisian gardens brings a new dimension to Vegas nightlife with its premium centre-Strip location, breathtaking terraces and lavish decor.

Surrender Nightclub, located at Encore, is a 5,000-square-foot nightclub, which opens to the outdoors. The 60,000-square-foot Encore Beach Club is connected and features 26 cabanas, eight, two-story bungalows, a restaurant and poolside blackjack and craps.

Pete's Dueling Piano Bar brings nightly celebrations and unparalleled entertainment to Town Square. Each night, four piano entertainers take the stage in two-person rotations to perform hits from every era imaginable on two baby grand pianos. All four players join together on stage multiple times throughout the evening for even more excitement as the venue erupts into singing, laughing and dancing.

At XS, the nightclub at Encore, after-dark impressario Victor Drai combines an outdoor pool environment with the sizzling club atmosphere. Destined to be the gold standard in Vegas nightlife, the club's design is inspired by the sexy curves of the human body and embraces the European pool and island bar it envelopes. The dance floor at XS is highlighted by a ten-foot rotating chandelier.

Owned in part by Celine Dion, Shaquille O'Neal, Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf and Pure Management Group, PURE Nightclub is Caesars Palace's newest nightclub. The 2-storey nightclub is 36,000 square feet, boasting three separate experiences. The main room features oversized beds, three bars and a VIP area that overlooks the dance floor, not to mention a fantastic balcony with an incredible view of the Las Vegas Strip.

Rain is the Palms' nightclub, which features lavish special effects throughout the 3-storey venue. In addition to fog, water and lightning, streams of fire intermittently shoot out above the dance floor. Venture upstairs to the 55th floor where guests will find ghostbar, the popular hotspot that has been featured in numerous reality shows including E! Entertainment's 'Party at the Palms' and MTV's 'Real World: Las Vegas'. Guests at ghostbar enjoy its cozy atmosphere, which is complemented by a spacious balcony with a panoramic view of Las Vegas. With the opening of the Palms' Fantasy Tower, the hotel added yet another nightclub, Moon. Located at the top of the tower and featuring a retractable roof, the nightclub boasts panoramic views of the city below as well as an outdoor patio, private VIP room and exclusive table service.

Attractions

When you're not winning in the casino, lounging by the pool or savouring delicious cuisine, you'll find that Las Vegas has a variety of must-see attractions and entertainment options to keep you and the whole family occupied. From thrilling roller coasters to virtual-reality simulator rides and erupting volcanoes to wax museums, Las Vegas' attractions appeal to people of all ages, interests and budgets.

Discover the wild side of Las Vegas (as if you haven't already) at a variety of attractions for animal lovers. Visit the Flamingo Wildlife Habitat at The Flamingo Hotel and see Chilean flamingos, swans, ducks, Koi, goldfish and turtles. Venture over to The Mirage for Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. The Secret Garden is home to royal white tigers, white lions, black panthers, a snow leopard and golden tigers. The Dolphin Habitat, adjacent to the Secret Garden, houses an extended family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. At MGM Grand, see The Lion Habitat, a showcase for public education and appreciation of this majestic creature. The lions live in custom Accommodations on an 8.5-acre ranch 12 miles from MGM Grand and visit the habitat daily. Get up close and personal with endangered and unusual aquatic animals at Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef. Visitors journey through a replica of an ancient temple ruin and a sunken galleon ship surrounded by several varieties of sharks.

If you're looking for thrills of a different nature, Las Vegas offers all of the excitement you're looking for. Visitors to Fremont Street Experience can now soar along an 800-footlong zip-line attraction with speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. Stratosphere has four of the world's highest rides located 100 stories above the ground: Skyjump, the newest thrill ride, is a 'controlled freefall' in which the rider plummets 855 feet at a speed of up to 40 miles per hour, XScream (which teeters riders over the edge of the tower 900 feet above the ground), the Big Shot - a thrill ride that shoots fun-lovers 50 metres into the air at a force of 4G's before letting them free-fall back to the launching pad - and Insanity, an appropriately named, dizzying spinning ride that dangles passengers over the edge of the tower before whirling them around at speeds approaching 40 miles per hour. Speed - The Ride at the Sahara takes passengers around a roller coaster loop and up a 224-foot climb at speeds topping 70 mph and then retraces the same path... in reverse. The Roller Coaster at New York - New York Hotel & Casino is an exciting roller coaster with twists, loops and dives around the resort. It features the first ever heart line roll, which provides a sensation similar to that felt by a pilot during a barrel roll in an airplane. The Desperado, one of the world's tallest and fastest roller coasters, is located near the California/Nevada border just 30 minutes from Las Vegas at Buffalo Bill's in Primm, Nevada. The ride begins with an initial lift height of 209 feet and a breathtaking 225-foot drop. One Giant Leap, LLC , the innovator of the Parabounce® ballooning technology, has announced the development of the world's first indoor ballooning attraction in Las Vegas - Parabounce® Vegas - an air-inflated, 100,000 square foot 'bubble style' dome where up to 20 flyers can simultaneously float, soar and bounce in individual, 22-foot, Parabounce helium balloons. Construction of the facility, on a location site adjacent to the Strip, is expected to commence in May 2011, and be completed by the end of the year.

If you simply want to be entertained, you've come to the right place. Las Vegas offers a variety of themed mini-productions, which occur regularly throughout the day. The Mirage has created an all-new audio/visual spectacle for its famous volcano attraction. WET forges a primal volcanic environment of sound, light, music and heat with choreographed FireShooters, which send massive fireballs more than 12 feet into the air. Downtown's famous, casino-lined Fremont Street has been converted into a 175,700-square-foot pedestrian area covered by a continuous canopy studded with more than 14 million lights. Called the Fremont Street Experience, this canopy showcases spectacular light-and-sound shows every hour on the hour during the evenings. The popular CSI: The Experience at MGM Grand gives guests the opportunity to play the role of a crime scene investigator, learning scientific principles and real investigative techniques as they try to solve one of three crime scene mysteries. Two state-of-the-art crime labs help guests piece together the evidence to crack the case.

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