Amy and Miles held down the fort quite well in my absence, so here goes. S ubscribe (it’s free!) in iTunes or in Zune. C lick on the date below to make it play or …

Here’s my LVW column this week. Enjoy. -sf Free advice for CityCenter A few modest proposals By STEVE FRIESS Now that we have several months of data showing that MGM Mirage’s $8.5 billion…

Eva Longoria Parker will be hosting a birthday bash for her husband, Tony Parker, on Saturday May 29th at her nightclub, EVE Nightclub Las Vegas. Together they’ll start with a romantic dinner at Beso, Longoria’s celebrated steakhouse, prior to bringing the birthday celebration

In economics, what goes down must go up sooner or later, right? According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s monthly data dump : * Total rooms occupied in March is…

Here’s this week’s column, all the more poignant given that MGM Mirage yesterday acknowledged that Aria’s occupancy was a measly 63 percent in its first quarter and that it has lodged itself …

From what I hear, Liquid Pool at Aria was the place to be yesterday at DJ Tiesto rocked the packed house under the sun with beautiful Las Vegas weather. Unfortunately this video doesn’t depict how much fun everyone was having

This is Elaine Wynn’s NCAA bracket, as I flashed to the Web audience on Saturday during our live recording of “The Strip” from a ballroom of Wynn Las Vegas during the NCAA March…

Hip Hop artist “Common” celebrated his 38th birthday last night at Haze Nightclub Las Vegas inside of CityCenter. It’s crazy to think that the man that’s been bringing us such great original hip

The beautiful Eva Longoria-Parker received a business leadership award at the Latin Chamber of Commerce’s 35th installation celebration yesterday evening. The city of Las Vegas officially declared February 20…

The LVCVA just issued the monthly data for December , closing the books on 2009 with the asterisk-al note that they don’t have the gaming totals yet. But the visitation figures are all in for the month and year, and if you’re a data geek you can download the summaries as well as those dating all the way back to 2002 . …

My columns are frequently inspired by readers and listeners. You’ll write, “Hey, check this out,” and I do. This time around, though, my reaction was the exact opposite of the reader who wanted me to take notice. Hopefully that’s OK, too. Keep the thoughts coming, anyhow. Here’s…

Here’s this week’s episode of “The Strip,” a sorta double episode pairing up a Louis Prima Jr chat I did but never aired in September with a completely fascinating conversation with Sandy Hackett. No, really. The folks in the live chat on…

My apologies for the blurriness of that photo, but it required some quick work once I realized what I was, unbelievably, seeing. This image was shot on Wednesday at Aria during the VIP party and, yes, that is five of the guests having CLIMBED UP THE WINDOW for unknown reasons. Here’s a clearer shot after the grinning guys…

Here’s this week’s episode of “The Strip,” a rare 30-minute sit-down with Wolfgang Puck in part of his space in Crystals. In addition, see renderings at bottom of the new Puck Brasserie, which opens at Crystals in January. Click on the date below to make the show play or …