Skydive Las Vegas is an adrenaline sport center that is allowed to land parachutes in the Boulder City Airport. You will be flown up to 15 000 ft in a Cessna airplane. At $249 per tandem jump, it is not cheap however it is a once in a lifetime experience and well worth it. There are special discounted prices many times during the year and worth trying to catch. The skydive center also offers photos or videos to capture your experience.
Lessons are also available with prices starting at $99 for the ground school and $224 per level of training after that. After you finish all the courses you will be ready to jump solo.
You wouldn’t think so, but there are a lot of discounts available in Las Vegas during the holiday season like Christmas and the Summer vacation period. Because Las Vegas is trying to become a more popular family travel destination hotels offer discounts when families are likely to travel.
Now is an especially good time to visit Las Vegas. Due to tough economic times the hotels are discounting their prices even more than normal. A 3 day holiday for 2 can be found for as little as $400 for both of you. As well as discounts, Las Vegas hotels sometimes include complimentary extras such as free tickets to shows, free meals and complimentary game passes. If you’re looking for a cheap holiday this summer, look no further than Las Vegas.
Hard Rock is one of the most famous restaurant and hotel chains worldwide. They have locations everywhere from Bali to Chicago, from San Diego to Pattaya and of course Las Vegas.
The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas always offers guests great service to its visitors. The hotel is made unique by the memorabilia of almost every rock star imaginable including Britney Spears, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen.
The hotel also offers lots of great restaurants. Nobu Restaurant serves Japanese food and is a favorite among locals and visitors alike. For some of the best Mexican food in Las Vegas don’t skip the Pink Taco.
I was just in Las Vegas this weekend and stayed at TI for the first time. The rooms, which were renovated in August 2008, are terrific. Everything down to the hallways have been modernized. I was in a ”Deluxe Room” on an Expedia deal ($119/night on the weekend) and already felt upgraded — compared with other hotel stays — just because the room was so clean and well designed. And now they’re offering quite the deal. Get a free night’s stay with a spa purchase. Who says budget travelers can’t pamper themselves once in a while?
Deal: Spend at least $169 at WET the Spa & Salon at TI, and the hotel will throw in a room for free. But wait, there’s more. Spend $299 and you can have two nights for free. Call (800) 944-7444 and mention “Wet09? to get the deal. Note: The free room will be credited only after spa and salon services have been taken and paid in full.
How to spend your $169: Get an extended signature 75-minute facial for $175 or mix and match with a teeth-whitening session ($99) and an airbrush tan ($75). There’s lots of spa and salon treatments to choose from on the WET website.
Caveat: Valid Sunday through Thursdays only.
When: Book by March 23 for travel through March 31, 2009
LAS VEGAS: Casino operator Las Vegas Sands said Wednesday that it lost $136.5 million in the fourth quarter, down from a profit of $39.9 million a year earlier, as gambling markets continued to decline in Las Vegas and Macau.
The company reported Wednesday that it lost 27 cents per share on revenue of $1.09 billion that was slightly higher than its fourth-quarter 2007 revenue of $1.04 billion. In the year-ago period, the company earned 11 cents per share.
“I don’t need to remind you of the significant uncertainty the economy and the markets are currently experiencing,” William Weidner, president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands, said in a conference call with investors.
“People in both of those markets are clearly spending less once they arrive,” Weidner said. “While we cannot control consumer confidence or know when the market conditions will improve, what we can and will do is control our cost structure and focus all of our collective efforts on the disciplined execution plan.” Read the rest of this entry »
For the first time since 1979, a developer plans to build a new casino in downtown Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Review Journal is reporting that the company, Forest City hopes to build the property on a 6-acre site within the Union Park Development.
In exchange for the land, Forest City officials say they’ve agreed to first build a new city hall.
However, that deal is being targeted by the culinary union and some city councilmen who say the city hall is unnecessary during a recession.
The Las Vegas Strip will soon be going dark, and the reason is to help Mother Nature. In just two months, Las Vegas will participate in a global movement known as “Earth Hour,” all in an effort to raise awareness regarding climate change and global warming.
Mayor Oscar Goodman’s initial response was full of doubt when the folks from the World Wildlife Fund told him they wanted Las Vegas to go dark during Earth Hour, a global event that calls attention to climate change.
“I said you’re out of your minds. There’s no way in the world that any of these casinos are going to turn their lights out,” says Goodman.
Earth Hour, started several years ago in Australia, has grown into a global event. This year on March 28 at 8:30 pm, when the lights go out for an entire hour, Las Vegas will lead more than 240 cities from 70 different countries.
“We know that you all are at the cutting edge of these issues because you understand the need to conserve our natural resources and the impact if we don’t take the necessary actions to save our planet. We knew saving the planet wasn’t a job for wimps (and) this is a way of telling the whole world that we are something other than just a tourist destination - we are a city that cares about those of us who live here,” continues Mayor Goodman. Read the rest of this entry »
The world knows Las Vegas for gambling and good fun. Investors knew Las Vegas as a great place to flip a house and make tons of cash. But the days of making a quick buck are over according to analyst Jeremy Aguerro.
Still, he says housing may be the key, “I think that it was housing that got us into this mess. I think that it’s housing that will lead us out of this mess.”
Aguerro says for the last seven months the number of resale homes increased. Sure, 65-percent of those sales were bank owned properties. Half of all homeowners in Nevada owe more than the home is worth. The state leads the nation in that category, but Aguerro says those sales indicate growth.
“All the fundamentals that still made this arguably the most prolific economy in the United States during the past 20 years, exist. In some ways they exist more today than they existed three or four years ago,” he said.
Preview Las Vegas 2009 is an economist forecast for the next 12 months. Tourism is the major driving force behind the Las Vegas economy and economists say it is faltering. The headline from Preview Las Vegas is 2009 will bring fewer visitors, more job losses and tough times. Read the rest of this entry »
Las Vegas is famous around the world as being a nirvana for gamers, in fact most of the other attractions offered are often pushed back, not for their lack of quality. Vegas is also referred to as ‘Sin City’ because of the legalized gambling and easy availability of alcohol.
The glamorous strip, from from the Stratosphere down to the Mandalay Bay Resort, is the center of Las Vegas where you will explore the action at the Flamingo Road intersection. It is here where you will find the Paris Hotel, The Bellagio, The Flamingo Hotel and more. Las Vegas Travel
I was just in Las Vegas this weekend and stayed at TI for the first time. The rooms, which were renovated in August 2008, are terrific. Everything down to the hallways have been modernized. I was in a ”Deluxe Room” on an Expedia deal ($119/night on the weekend) and already felt upgraded — compared with other hotel stays — just because the room was so clean and well designed. And now they’re offering quite the deal. Get a free night’s stay with a spa purchase. Who says budget travelers can’t pamper themselves once in a while?