By the time you read this I'll be boots on the ground in Las Vegas, with nearly the entire Engadget team filtering in to Sin City through the weekend.
The industry has been on a tear ever since it outstripped Las Vegas as the City of Sin and May proved to be another lucky month, marking a fourth revenue record this year while setting the stage for further gains in June.
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And plus, I really do think there is the overlay here of the attitude toward Nevada that you see - all the old stereotypes, the wild west, sin city of Las Vegas.
Indeed, Hulbert won't find any of that pessimism here in the city of sin and hope--unless he happens to listen in on a Marty Weiss seminar or have a bite at Denny's.
In her first performance since giving birth to her second child in October, Diana Damrau gave a searing, loving portrayal of Gilda, a total melding of her silvery soprano with the persona of a vulnerable, confused young girl, unsure how to deal with her overprotective father and sexual awakening amid the bawdy decadence of Sin City.
Both the Met and City Opera are committing the supreme operatic sin: they are thinking small.
Sin City makes the list for the third straight quarter: "Las Vegas is getting hit in two areas: hospitality and call centers, " said Jeff Joerres, Manpower's chairman and chief executive.
Apple, as usual, won't make an appearance at CES because Macworld is held a few days later, and SteveJobsSteve Jobs likely will be busy rehearsing his own keynote speech, which tends to get more attention than any of the announcements that emanate from Sin City.
Sin City isn't the only place where chefs are flexing their creative muscles.
Lanni, one of the canniest financial minds in Vegas and steward of the number two gambling company in the world, will break ground later this year on the biggest and most ambitiously different property Sin City has ever seen: CityCenter.
The same Vegas court that granted Spears' annulment--we're guessing the judge hears many such requests--annulled heiress Nicky Hilton's Sin City marriage to money manager Todd Meister just three months after they tied the knot in 2004.
He plays Vince Savino, a Chicago mobster who comes to Sin City in 1960 determined to get in on the ground floor.
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Still, Sin City's economy will not take off until the overall U.S. recovery is fully underway, according to the analysis.
When leaving Sin City, high-priority guests are met at the airport curb by a MGM Grand staff member who will usher them through a special employees-and-guests-only security line and all the way to the gate.
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While the spirit of vintage Las Vegas lives on in countless unexpected places all over town, the following places are ideal spots from which to kick off your adventure into Sin City's dramatic past.
Sin City's single-family vacancy rate of 5.5 percent at the end of last year more than 7, 000 empty homes in the city proper, according to Census estimates was among the highest in the country.
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But Sin City is about to get all three and much more as a Malaysian conglomerate prepares to build the first new mega-casino to come to town since the recession wiped out a slew of projects in 2008.
Aside from hosting Grohl and friends, Park City Live will be a prime stop on the after-party circuit from Jan. 17 to 21 as it partners with Wynn Las Vegas to bring Sin City nightlife to Sundance.
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