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Big Elvis Has Returned!
This being las Vegas, can you guess who was one of the first shows to return to the Strip? Elvis of course. Ok, maybe not The “Elvis”, but the best thing next to the original! [more…]
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Review: Santana at the House of Blues
[adinserter block=”8″] In 2009 we at The Vegas Tourist, as well as the rest of Las Vegas media, were invited to tour the new music venue at the Hard Rock Casino. The reimagined Joint was [more…]
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Sunset Rail Explorers Boulder City
Earlier this week, my wonderful wife and I went out to Boulder City. To the Southern Nevada Railroad Museum. Home to Rail Explorers Las Vegas office. We were there to do the Sunset Railbike Ride! [more…]
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My Guide to Tipping in Las Vegas
After all these years, I finally get around to making a general guide to tipping in Las Vegas! [arve url=”https://youtu.be/RmfvRub29oY” title=”My Guide to the are of tipping in Las Vegas” description=” Tipping in las Vegas. [more…]
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Las Vegas Roller Coaster For Sale!
Do you want your very own piece of Las Vegas history? How about owning your very own Las Vegas roller coaster? You can now own it! Remember Speed the Ride? The roller coaster at the [more…]
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EDC 2019 in Pictures
For those not so initiated to the letters, EDC stands for the Electric Daisy Carnival. This is an annual three-night electronic dance music festival, with its flagship event held right here in Las Vegas, Nevada. [more…]
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Hoover Dam Tours Updates
Hoover Dam is one of the engineering marvels of the modern era and was built literally in the middle of nowhere during the Great Depression. Everyone at the time said it was not going to [more…]
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Las Vegas Day Trip: Valley of Fire Loop
So you have had enough of the Las Vegas Strip and want to spend a day away from all the tourist madness? Maybe you want to see what’s outside the city? Well, I have just [more…]
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What is The Dam Short Film Festival?
Who would have ever thought that a little town built in 1931, in the middle of the Mohave desert, far from anything resembling existence, a town built to house the dam workers for what would [more…]
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Barrett-Jackson Returns to Las Vegas!
It’s almost September and that means one of my favorite events of the year will soon be here. What is it?? The 11th Annual Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas Collector Car Auction (also plenty of collector automobile-related [more…]
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The Aces Are Coming!
It wasn’t supposed to be this way! Really. It’s the middle of May and according to all the sports prognosticators, the Vegas Golden Knights were supposed to be sitting in the field house, licking their wounds after [more…]
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Finding My Concrete Arrow in Las Vegas
[arve url=”https://youtu.be/d7dTLKoZYtU” title=”Finding Those Concrete Aviation Arrows in Las Vegas” description=”Historic Aviation Concrete Arrows Near las Vegas” upload_date=”2018-04-06″ thumbnail=”9218″ loop=”no” muted=”no” /] For those of you who know me or have been on a tour [more…]