Photos from Las Vegas Historical Museum 20th anniversary

Las Vegas Museum of Natural History may not be as large an elaborate as natural history museums located in other cities around the United States but do not let that fool you. The truth is a lost Vegas natural history Museum offers what is most unique exhibits found in any similar museum anywhere in North America. The marine life Gallery features a 3000 gallon habitat which provides a way home to some of the most fascinating creatures of the ocean. This of course is only one of the many exhibits museum offers which provided insight into some of the most interesting and fascinating developments to occur throughout the course of human history. Admission to the museum is very reasonable as compared to other natural history museums owe similar quality and offerings. Adult ticket prices only seven dollars while children ages 3 to 11 are only three dollars. Children under the age of three or it made it for free and the best part is with every adult admission you get a free admission coupon to be used for any level of ticket at a later date.

hard rock hotel las vegas rehab

Rehab is the place for Vegas party goers to rehabilitate themselves from the night before and experience the best Vegas pool party! Every weekend, the Hard Rock pool becomes home to one the wildest pool parties in Sin City. Think beautiful girls, skimpy bikinis, cocktails, crazy costumes, relaxing cabanas, and a lot of fun! Trying to get access is a challenge and not everyone gains entry, but making reservations for one of the cabanas beside the magnificent pool will guarantee you a piece of the action. Renowned DJs like Paul Oakenfold, Bad Boy Bill and Donald Glaude, give the party its groove by playing music from jungle beats, and hip-hop to rock.

Rehab happens every Sunday from eleven am to eight in the evening and draws in all the beautiful people, including some celebrities who rent out the VIP cabanas. The restaurants and cabanas all around the pool area will cater to your needs, and the scenic beauty of mountains and golden beaches around the hotel will scintillate your senses. In addition to Rehab, the Hard Rock Hotel also features ‘Relax’ which is a more toned down event that happens every Monday.

Best way to get a cabana, daybed or VIP entry?
Cabanas and daybeds at Rehab vary in price every week and are extremely hard to get if you're not staying at the Hard Rock. If you're staying at the Hard Rock hotel you not only have the convenience, you also have the option of discounted VIP entry. Hard Rock books up fast in pool season and rates typically go up the closer you book.

Push for foreign Las Vegas visitation pays dividends

Las Vegas visitors from South Korea and China increased by 60 and 38 percent last year, respectively, while visitors from Canada, Australia, Germany and France increased by more than 20 percent for each country, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said Friday.
Last year’s 6.7 million foreign visitors spent $6.6 billion in Southern Nevada, accounting for 27 percent of tourism revenue. That figure is growing as local officials step up efforts to attract foreign tourists who tend to stay longer and spend more money than their domestic counterparts — a trend that’s helping recession-battered Las Vegas.
The average international visitor spent $1,011 on nongambling activities compared with $627 spent by the average domestic visitor, according to the authority’s annual visitor profile.
Within 10 years, the authority hopes to increase to 30 percent the percentage of visitors from other countries, which rose to 18 percent last year from 14 percent in 2009.
The authority attributes the increase to more aggressive marketing efforts, favorable exchange rates, improvements in foreign economies and an overall increase in foreign tourism in the United States.
“When the U.S. gains in international travel, Las Vegas typically mirrors, if not exceeds that increase,” said Kevin Bagger, the authority’s senior director of marketing.
The authority and McCarran International Airport officials are working to secure more international nonstop flights to Las Vegas.
Since April, Las Vegas has hosted new nonstop flights from Guadalajara, Mexico and Manchester, England. British Airways has expanded capacity on its nonstop flights from London by 18 percent, and France’s XL Airways reinstituted a seasonal nonstop flight from Paris.
Tourism officials are pressing the federal government to ease visa restrictions in China, a booming economy where visitors to the U.S. are expected to increase 219 percent by 2015, according to federal estimates. South Koreans have flocked to Las Vegas and other U.S. tourism destinations after visa requirements were lifted by the United States in 2008.
The authority has contracts with 15 marketing offices used to promote Las Vegas in more than 70 countries, including growth areas such as South Korea, China and India. Up to 80 percent of Las Vegas’ foreign visitors come from Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

he fatal fight early Saturday morning on the Las Vegas

Police arrested Victor Quijano 25-year-old  in connection with Elena's death. Quijano, also of Las Vegas, has been charged with murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon and possession of a dangerous weapon.

The incident allegedly began when Quijano and his friends had a run-in with another group of people at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood.

A man, later identified as Steven Velasquez, allegedly said something about a female in Quijano's group, prompting a fight in the mall area, according to the arrest report. Security diffused the fight by ordering Velasquez's group to leave.

Warning issued for Las Vegas

Sunny, hot and gusty conditions expected today have led the National Weather Service to issue a Red Flag Warning and a fire weather watch for the Las Vegas area.

An unseasonably strong Pacific storm will approach the northern California Coast today, the weather service said.

Ahead of the low, strong south to southwest winds with low relative humidity values will occur within southern Nevada and northwest Arizona this afternoon and evening, forecasters said.

Electric Daisy Carnival 101 in las vegas

The biggest dance music festival in the U.S. the Electric Daisy Carnival arrives this weekend, and it’s expected to bring many of the world’s best DJs, 250,000 spectators and more glow sticks than we’ll try to count.

But it’s also bringing a good deal of controversy. At last year’s festival in Los Angeles, a 15-year-old girl died of a drug overdose and more than 100 others were hospitalized, many for drug complications. For this year’s festival, the minimum age has been raised to 18, and promoters say they will take additional security measures, but just last weekend a smaller carnival event in Dallas left a 19-year-old dead of a drug overdose.

Like it or not, Ecstasy is part of dance-festival culture, and although it’s hard to hold organizers responsible for the safety of guests who sneak in illegal drugs, the eyes of the outside world will be on promoter Insomniac beginning at 8 Friday night.



Electric Daisy Carnival, the biggest dance-music festival in the country. It’s taking place in Las Vegas for the first time this weekend.

Some are here a lot, sure. But a lot of the choice names will be setting foot in Southern Nevada for the first time. Plus, seeing Tiësto at the Joint is not the same thing as seeing him in a crowd of 80,000 under the stars.

As of Thursday, three-day passes ($215 plus fees, or $500 plus fees for VIP) were still available. Single-day Fridays and Saturdays are sold out, but Sunday tickets ($100 plus fees, $200 plus fees for VIP) were still up for grabs.

Take Intestate 15 north and exit to the right on Speedway Boulevard. Or, take Nellis Boulevard north, then make a left on Checkered Flag Lane.

Nope, that’s happening. Who wants to dance when it’s 100-plus degrees during the day? Just make sure to get some shut-eye before you get to the speedway, so you don’t sleep through your favorite act.

All 40,000 spots worth. Get your vehicle out by 10 a.m. to avoid a towing charge. Or, if you don’t feel like driving, hop on the carnival’s shuttle at Circus Circus, Golden Nugget, Hard Rock Hotel, Mandalay Bay, Mirage, Monte Carlo or Palms. Three-day passes are $60, single days are $30 to $40 (more information is at shuttlelasvegas.com/edc). Or you could round up five friends and $6,000 and splurge on a round-trip helicopter ride to the speedway and back (flymaverick.com). Or not.

Yep. Electric Daisy Carnival is 18-plus, although VIP areas are restricted to those 21 and older.

Do bring: Your ID, cellphone, earplugs, small backpacks (10x10 max) and sealed cigarettes and gum packs. Don’t bring: Chairs, coolers, umbrellas, pens, pacifiers, eyedrops, stuffed animals, food, drinks . actually,

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Lamborghini showroom in Las Vegas

An international showcase like no other, and moreover, in Las Vegas ... This is what comes to afford Lamborghini. Besides access to its prestigious line of sports cars Gallardo, Murciélago LP640 acclaimed worldwide, the brand the bull, owned by Audi for 10 years, goes further and assumes the Lamborghini spirit of a collection of clothing and accessories, on no less than 1800 m2.

And it's not just the games that are about their opening ceremony ... Lamborghini on Saturday, Stephan Winkelmann, CEO of the brand hosted many celebrities and leaders for the inauguration of its new concession (one of 34 North American) and his first fashion boutique "Collezione Automobili Lamborghini "in a luxurious and glamorous in the image of Las Vegas! A product line Man, Woman, Child for all seasons (jackets, embroidered polo shirts, swimwear, hats, shoes, briefcases) unveiled during a fashion show (photo cons) ... And to awaken the senses even more visitors, Lamborghini has also partnered with Dal Toro, an Italian restaurant of high class.

A place and a unique experience for Lamborghini owners but also to high-end customers, who seek quality, style and elegance "made in Italy", since here, ultra sports cars and elegance to the Italian go hand in hand.

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City Las Vegas Wants People to Capture Downtown

The City of Las Vegas wants professional and amateur photographers alike to capture the city in a new photo contest.
The contest is being sponsored by the city, the Downtown Las Vegas Alliance, Symphony Park and the Las Vegas Review Journal. There will be three categories.

•Lifestyle: photographs that feature the way people live and work in downtown.
•Stars: pictures of the interesting people that populate the area.
•Icons: photographs of the buildings and landmarks that make up the city scape.
The contest will be judged by professional photographers. The winners will be announced in October during a lecture at the Historic Fifth Street School. The winning photographs will be on display at various bars, restaurants and businesses in the downtown area. Besides just the honor of being on display for all to see, the winners will receive a variety of prizes including complementary drinks and meals plus gift certificates for downtown businesses.

All photographs will need to be submitted digitally by August 15 and you must be 21 or older to participate. To submit go to Downtown Las Vegas Alliance Website. 

Catastrophic Fire Possible on Mount Charleston

The scars from last summer's Cathedral fire can still be seen at Mount Charleston. UNLV scientists believe each year brings higher chances for a catastrophic fire in that community.

UNLV graduate students measure the diameter of trees at a research plot. Overseeing them is ecologist Scott Abella.

Stumps show where two large trees grew 100 years ago. The woods are now filled with trees which may be too much of a good thing.
"Major increase in the density of the forest, so a lot more trees today than a hundred years ago, so a lot more fuel. When we do have a fire today, it can pretty much take everything out," said Dr. Scott Abella, UNLV ecologist.
Abella's team hikes to the starting point of last year's Cathedral fire. Only the underbrush should have burned, instead, tall, dead trees remain.
"Because we've been so good at actually stopping these fires, we've had this tremendous fuel buildup," he said.
UNLV's scientific data shows wildfire fuel once burned off every two years. Without that, Abella says it's time to cut down some of these smaller trees.
"It actually costs about several hundred dollars per acre. These trees are fairly small. They need to be cut. There's very little market for them. It's not like we can get lumber from these trees. Again, in the long run. That's much cheaper than continuing to fight these fires," he said.
Abella's students keep studying Mount Charleston's forests, hoping to pinpoint the right areas to create fire breaks trying to prevent future catastrophic blazes.
"I still see myself collecting as much data as I can, researching, trying to get the forest to mimic the past forests, what it used to be like, and trying to restore it," said Ken Chittick, UNLV graduate student.
"I want to protect the forest and really all wilderness for future generations," said Sylvia Tran, UNLV graduate student.
The Mount Charleston Lodge tells 8 News NOW this past weekend was their first big tourist weekend of the summer. Last July's Cathedral fire started with a campfire. That gives an additional urgency to fire safety on the mountain.