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Old Posted Jan 1, 2008, 6:02 PM
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Great shots of Palazzo Mark D!
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Old Posted Jan 1, 2008, 7:13 PM
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Has anyone heard anything new about the Las Vegas Wet Project planned for the south strip? Last I heard, they had signed a deal with the creators of "The Bachelor" to do a reality show about its construction.
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Great shots of Palazzo Mark D!
I got a few more over at RateVegas.com
http://www.ratevegas.com/photo/gallery/palazzo
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Soft opening 12/31
Grand Opening 1/17

Soft openings are weird IMO. Many of the restaurants and other things are not yet open, yet people can visit, gamble, and wander around. The Mall (above the casino) will not open until the Grand Opening.
Went to Mario Batali's new restaurant in the Venetian (don't remember the name) back in April. Was a soft opening and supposed to be for friends/family, but they let us in (we've been to most of his other restaurants). Had a full course dinner, and my parents were about to pay when the waiter came up and told us it was free (it probably would've been somewhere around $700-800, too, although there were no prices on the menu...).
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So, The mall at palazzo should be open in January?
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Went to Mario Batali's new restaurant in the Venetian (don't remember the name) back in April. Was a soft opening and supposed to be for friends/family, but they let us in (we've been to most of his other restaurants). Had a full course dinner, and my parents were about to pay when the waiter came up and told us it was free (it probably would've been somewhere around $700-800, too, although there were no prices on the menu...).
Wow, talk about being in the right place at the right time! Was Batali himself there, or just his exec chef for the restaurant?
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Old Posted Jan 2, 2008, 11:45 AM
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Great pics of the Palazzo. It will make a great addition to the Venition and the Wynn and Encore. This should be a hot spot on the strip when the Encore is done in a year or so.

I just want to make a prediction, the Planet Hollywood Hotel/Casino will fail miserably. I was there two weeks ago and I was less than impressed. The property is a prime location for whoever the next casino owner will be in another two years.

Vegas will be spectacular in 2 years with the City Center and other new projects completed.
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Wow, talk about being in the right place at the right time! Was Batali himself there, or just his exec chef for the restaurant?
Just the exec chef.. Batali was coming in in a few days for the real opening.
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Old Posted Jan 3, 2008, 8:36 AM
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Just a random shot
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Old Posted Jan 3, 2008, 3:15 PM
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Just a random shot
Randomness is good. Feel free to be more random if you like.
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Wow. Amazing Mark. Nice sky. Thought the increase in contrails were just a California phenomenon.
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Love the random shots. They are the best at times...

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Random Trump photo

I like the effect the gold reflection of Trump has. Too bad I couldn't take this shot from higher up.

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Wow, the tower is white, but check out the glow on the street. Amazing.
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It's too bad that the Crown will have to be split in two.
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Old Posted Jan 5, 2008, 7:03 AM
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That is a weird effect. You'll notice that the glare from the gold windows is casting a shadow on the palm trees and people in that area, but the cars at the lower left side of the photo are casting their regular sun shadows in the opposite direction. Makes it look artificial, but it's not. Weird.
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Frontier

The last of the Frontier being demolished.

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That effect from Trump reflection looks neat in January - but how will it feel in August? With all the closely built skyscrapers, especially at CityCenter, I have to wonder how this will affect the heat during the summer. Am I wrong or will this not increase the heat?
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Las Vegas to Build World’s First 30 Story Vertical Farm
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/...farm-1.2b.html


Las Vegas the tourist mecca of the World is set to begin development of the World’s first vertical farm. The $200 million dollar project is designed to be a functional and profitable working farm growing enough food to feed 72,000 people for a year and provide another tourist attraction to the city that does everything in a larger than life way.

The World currently uses about 80% of the available farm land and 60% of the earth’s population lives near or in an urban environment so the logical choice for farming is to go up for land where the environment can be controlled and where distribution is local. Las Vegas is seen as the perfect location for this project by Nevada State officials who would like to demonstrate their sustainability and environmental awareness instead of projecting an image of waste and excess.

Although the project initial cost is high at $200 million, with annual revenue of $25 million from produce and another $15 million from tourists the 30 story vertical farm would be about as profitable as a casino with operating expenses only being about $6 million a year.

There would be about 100 different crops grown ranging from strawberries to lettuce even miniature banana trees could be grown from each floors specially controlled environment. The products would go straight to the casinos and hotel properties and be a very visible and desirable addition to the overall Las Vegas experience. Design details should be worked out in 2008 and the project could open its doors by the middle of 2010.
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Wow, the tower is white, but check out the glow on the street. Amazing.
yeah, thats pretty sweet. not to fond of the gold but its trump...i guess its to be expected.
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