Everybody, suit up! Vegas pools rock (Los Angeles Times)
There's no good reason to roast in Sin City. Pool pandemonium means river rides, waterfalls, 12-foot waves and sharks. Remember Las Vegas' family era? Now families savvy enough to pick the pool along with the room can still make a vacation the stuff of memories. Here are our top picks for kids -- and their folks. ...more...What happens in Vegas won't in Branson (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By STEVE PERSALL BRANSON, Mo. -- What happens in Las Vegas means nothing in Branson. Vegas is the city that never sleeps. Branson is a town where folks bed down early and wake the same way. Vegas is Sin City; Branson is a city apparently without sin. Few tourists imagine pairing both places in one trip. That's what several people said when we left one and set out for the other. Heads in Branson ......more... BASKETBALL: New Albany?s Hobbs takes the long road to find the perfect offer (The Evening News and the Tribune)
Braydon Hobbs? summer vacation has read like a road atlas.South Bend, Arkansas, North Carolina ? been there. Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston ? he?s spent a few days in all those locales as well....more... A Question Recurs: How Safe Is Las Vegas? (New York Times)
A recent shooting in a casino has made some people wonder how well-prepared the city is to prevent a terrorist attack....more... Bryant doesn't drive like a rookie (Everett Herald)
SEATTLE - Winning is nothing foreign to David Bryant. He'd just like to get reacquainted with it. Bryant, 42, of Mesa, Ariz., is a rookie driver for the Miss Hoss Mortgage Investors U-10 unlimited hydroplane, owned by Kim and Debbie Gregory of Las Vegas....more... Exclusive Resorts(R) Enters Las Vegas Market with Acquisition of 30 Residences at MGM MIRAGE's Visionary CityCenter ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DENVER & LAS VEGAS----Culminating a three-year search for the best Las Vegas has to offer, leading destination club Exclusive Resorts today announced that it will develop and own 30 luxury condominiums at MGM MIRAGE's highly anticipated Vdara at CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip....more... Boyd profit up despite drop in isle vacation unit (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Casino operator Boyd Gaming Corp. , whose Vacations Hawaii subsidiary operates charter flights to Las Vegas from Honolulu, said yesterday that second-quarter earnings more than doubled, partly due to the strength of its local market....more... Summer can be quite scary (Orlando Sentinel)
It's the offseason, everyone is on vacation, and the only games to be worried about are the ones between teams and free agents as NBA franchises try to put together rosters for next season. So team owners and executives don't have any concerns, right? Uh. . . . no. ...more... At least a few beasts in East (Boston Globe)
So, can we now block out May 2008 from any potential vacation? Based on what the Celtics' roster looks like now, you can't. Not enough depth. But here's another possible roadblock to the Celtics' apparently presumptive ride to the NBA Finals: the conference in which they play....more... |