http://gloriouslasvegas.com Las Vegas news, hotels, flights and entertainment Sat, 31 May 2008 07:05:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A man has been rescued from the lake at The Bellagio after climbing a tree to get a better look of the fountains and falling in. Unfortunately, rather than just falling directly into the lake, the branch he was on that gave way was above the concrete wall, which he ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2008/05/31/exclusive-video-of-man-being-rescued-from-bellagio-fountains/ The Monte Carlo Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip has been hit by fire, with the roof and top floor of the 32 storey building being engulfed in flames. Fortunately, everyone was evacuated without injury, and the fire was put out an hour after it was started, but it ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2008/01/26/fire-at-the-monte-carlo-hotel/ The Las Vegas Palazzo hotel is just weeks away from opening. Quite when it will open is anyone's guess, though, as there are contradictory reports of its opening day. The Las Vegas Sands Corp, the Palazzo's owners, are claiming that it'll open on December 20th, but the Palazzo ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2007/12/09/las-vegas-palazzo-only-weeks-away-from-opening/ Well here's news that's not exactly welcome. Tangerine, the great club at Vegas's Treasure Island, is due to close - and it's only three years old! I spent a glorious evening there earlier in the year, and thought the place was great. Sure, the music in the ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2007/08/06/treasure-islands-tangerine-club-to-close/ The impossible looking Crown Las Vegas hotel is inching towards becoming an actual real-life project, rather than just an architect's outlandish dream. Now outlandish in Las Vegas terms is pretty normal, of course - in fact, you can't build a hotel on the strip unless it's more outlandish than ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2007/08/06/crown-las-vegas-gets-closer-to-construction/ The Palazzo, one of the new Las Vegas hotels currently reaching skywards, has confirmed its set to open on December 20th 2007. Some people are surprised by this given its current state of construction (see pic above, taken on 7th July 2007 and courtesy of Mark Adams), but the ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2007/08/05/the-palazzo-confirms-opening-date/ There's a new photo gallery of Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino now online. Caesar's Palace is huge, and sprawls over 85 acres, so the photos can only show bits of it a time. If you want a single photo capturing the entire resort, you'd need to take it ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2007/07/31/caesars-palace-photo-gallery-now-live/ Caesar's Palace is one of the most recognized names of any casino in the world, let alone Las Vegas, and with good reason. Situated in the centre of the Strip, Caesar's Palace is simply vast, and has so many jaw dropping sights, you have to visit it even if you ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2007/07/30/caesars-palace-review/ I'm writing this from the comfort of the traditional British summer, with temperatures struggling to reach 20 degrees C, the worst flooding we've had in over 150 years, and the Sun last being seen back in April. Which, as coincidence would have it, was the last time I went ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2007/07/29/sand-storm-hits-las-vegas/ It had to come sooner or later. With all the money pouring into Las Vegas in the biggest building boom the strip has ever seen, some commentators are wondering whether the company is growing too fast, and whether its growth will be sustainable. Fast Company have speculated that the combination ... http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2007/07/26/is-las-vegas-heading-for-ecological-disaster/