UPCOMING LAS VEGAS EVENTS
by billhere, Publisher
and
Emilie Fish, Director of Product Development

As your date of departure for Las Vegas comes
closer, more events are announced. That is why
this list is updated monthly and only three
months ahead.

When are you coming to Las Vegas???

JANUARY, 2003
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Thru Jan. 5, 2003= Wayne Newton - Stardust.
Thru Jan. 5, 2003= ''Cheval" - Bellagio.
Thru Jan.26, 2003= Kremlin Museum Faberge Collection -
Bellagio Art Museum.
Thru Feb.28,2003= Hand painted Fiberglass cows
exhibited all over Las Vegas.
Thru Mar. 2, 2003= Art Through the Ages - Guggenheim
Hermitage Museum - Venetian.
Thru Mar.23,2003= Rock X-Posed Tour of The Kodak Rock
Photography Collection - Rio.
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2-8= Carrot Top - MGM Grand Hollywood Theatre.
2-13= Sheena Easton - Las Vegas Hilton.
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3= Grand Opening of Cannery: $100 million new
hotel/casino at Craig & Losee Roads. Will evoke the
feeling of 1940s industrialism with its 120-foot tall
smoke stack with 201 guest rooms in a three-story building,
a 50,000-square-foot casino, over 1,277 slot machines, a
sports book called Victorys' Booze & Bets, a
30,000-square-foot entertainment and exhibit area called
The Club, and at least nine bars and restaurants like
Victory's Cafe, Cannery Row Buffet, Waverly's Steakhouse,
Casa Cocina Mexican Restaurant . Will hire more than 1,000.
Job Hotline: (702)507-5722. About 12 miles from The Strip.
Tel.:507-5700 or 1-866-999-4899. No internet site.
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3= B.B. King - Mandalay Bay.
3-4= Smokey Robinson - Paris Las Vegas.
3-5= Elvis Convention - Westward Ho.
4= Football - NFL Playoffs begin - All Sportsbooks.
5= Guggenheim Las Vegas closes - Venetian.
The Guggenheim Hermitage Art Museum stays open.
8= Elvis' Birthday. He would have been 68 today!
He's not gone - just left the building!
8= Non-stop flights start from Honolulu - Hawaiian Air.
8-12= Debbie Reynolds - Orleans.
9= Elvis Birthday Tribute/Tom Stevens - Suncoast.
9-22= Tom Jones - MGM Grand Hollywood Theatre.
9-12= Julio Iglesias - Paris Las Vegas.
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9-12= International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)-Las
Vegas Convention Center. 100,000 attend.
Use Priority Code EDD200 when you register for free.
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11= Comedy Superstars - Aladdin.
11= AVN (Adult Video News) Awards - Venetian:
12= Grand Opening of the gay $3.1 million Blue Moon Resort
near Sahara and I-15. With 47-suites, 10-man Jacuzzi Grotto,
waterfall and coffee house.
12-15= Las Vegas World Magic Convention - Riviera:
13-14= In The Spirit of the King - Stardust.
14= Job Fair - Orleans.
14-Feb.2= Reunion of the Temptations - Lady Luck.
14-Feb.2= Engelbert Humperdinck-Las Vegas Hilton.
15= Charo is opening in the new Sevilla Restaurant, an
585-seat Spanish restaurant/nightclub with her own dinner
show called "Spain-now conveniently located in Las Vegas".
Located in the Dessert Passage in the Aladdin where the old
food court was.Tel.:938-7777
15= Tuscany Suites on Flamingo between Paradise and Koval
Lane to open casino, coffee shop and buffet. Tel.:893-8933
or 1-877-887-2261.
15-18= Chicago - Stardust.
15-19= Disney On Ice - Thomas & Mack Center.
17= "SHOCK" show opens - Bourbon Street.
17= David Strussman, Ventriloquist opens - Golden Nugget.
17-19= Ray Romano - Mirage.
17-18= Paul Rodriguez - Las Vegas Hilton.
17-18= David Sanborn - Paris Las Vegas.
17-19= Tony Danza - Orleans
17-19= Rich Little - Suncoast.
17-19= Free How to Beat the House Seminar - Sunset Station.
18= Amazing Jonathan show grand opening-Flamingo
18= Erykah Badu - Mandalay Bay.
19= The Doors-Rain in the Palms.
20= Martin Luther King Day.
20-22= Sporting Goods Convention(81,000) Venetian:
20-March 11= Wayne Newton - Stardust.
21= Maynard Ferguson Orchestra - Riviera.
21= Career Fair - Texas Station.
22= Grand Opening "Our Way" show - Westward Ho.
23= Papa Roach/Blindside/Memento - Mandalay Bay.
23-25= Jay Mohr - Paris Las Vegas.
23-26= Drew Carey - MGM Grand.
24= George Strait - Mandalay Bay.
24= The Wallflowers - Mandalay Bay.
24=Boxing -Orleans.
25= Shakira - Mandalay Bay.
25=Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - UNLV.
25-26= Damon Wayans - Las Vegas Hilton.
26= Super Bowl XXXVII - San Diego, CA.
27= Hungarian National Orchestra - UNLV.
27-Feb.2= Brunswick
27-Feb.5= Paul Anka - MGM Grand.
28= Free Air Force Musical Variety Show - Cannery.
28-Feb. 2= "Grease" - Aladdin.
28-Feb.2= Neil Sedaka - Orleans.
30-Feb.1= Vince Gill - Boulder Station.
30-Feb. 2= Sinbad - Paris Las Vegas.
31-Feb.1= Kenny Rogers - Las Vegas Hilton.
31-Feb.2= Sha-Na-Na - Suncoast.
????= Hamada Japanese Restaurant (where Mask restaurant
was previously located) - Rio.
????= Eight "El Portal" luggage stores to close.
????= Hilton Grand Vacations Timeshare opens
their 33-storey, 295 studio, one and two bedroom units.
Located across the street from Wet 'n' Wild
on The Strip.
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FEBRUARY, 2003
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1= Chinese New Year - Year of the Sheep.
1= Boxing - Mandalay Bay.[PPV-TV]
1= The Oak Ridge Boys - Texas Station.
4-7= Concrete Convention (80,000)
4-23= Sheena Easton - Las Vegas Hilton.
6-9= Steven Wright -Orleans.
6-12= Tom Jones - MGM Grand Hollywood Theatre.
7-9= Dana Carvey - Paris Las Vegas.
7-9= The Lettermen - Suncoast.
7-Sep.7= Andy Warhol:Celebrity Portraits Exhibit-
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art.
8= Boxing. Shane Mosley vs.Marquez - Mandalay Bay
Events Center [HBO-TV]
8 = Rolling Stones - MGM Grand.
11-23= The Righteous Brothers - Orleans.
13-19= Howie Mandel - MGM Grand Hollywood Theatre.
14= Valentine's Day.
14= Opening-MAMMA MIA show-Mandalay Bay:
14= Gary Puckett - Sunset Station.
14-16= Charlie Prose - Suncoast.
15= Blue Oyster Cult - Boulder Station.
15= Boxing - Caesars Palace. [HBO-TV]
15-16= Phish - Thomas & Mack Center. SOLD OUT.
16= NASCAR - Daytona 500 - All Sportsbooks.
18-21= MAGIC Clothing Convention. (110,000)
20-23= Olivia Newton-John - Paris Las Vegas.
20-Mar.5= David Copperfield - MGM Grand.
21-22= The Doobie Brothers - Las Vegas Hilton.
21-23= Bobby Rydell, Steve Rossi - Suncoast.
22= The Pretenders - House of Blues.
23-March 2= Open Shuffleboard Tournament - Plaza.
25-April 6= The Fab Four - Las Vegas Hilton.
27-March 2= Bobby Vinton - Orleans.
28= NASCAR Qualifying - LV Motor Speedway.
28= Neville Brothers - New Cannery Hotel/Casino.
28= Boxing - Orleans.
28-Mar.1= The Commodores - Las Vegas Hilton.
??= Ritz-Carlton at Lake Las Vegas Grand Opening
of 350-room hotel and 40,000-square-foot casino.
Tel.: (702)567-4700.
????= TABU Lounge and Bar opens. Located between main
door and slot club - MGM Grand.
????= Gaylord India Restaurant opens near high-limit
gambling area - Rio.

MARCH, 2003
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1= Sam's Town 300 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
1= Yanni - Mandalay Bay.
1= Boxing. Roy Jones, Jr. vs. John Ruiz. Thomas &
Mack. [PPV-TV]
2= UAW Daimler Chrysler NASCAR Winston Cup -
Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
2-6= Las Vegas Gift & Merchandise Expo - Sands
Convention Center & Las Vegas Convention Ctr.
6= Non-stop service from St.Petersburg,FL commences -
American Trans Air.
6-19= George Carlin - MGM Grand.
6-9= Air Supply - Orleans.
8= Belinda Carlisle - Boulder Station.
12-15= Chicago - Stardust.
14-15= Ray Romano - Mirage.
15= Dr. Phil - Aladdin.
17= St.Patrick's Day.
17-April 1= Wayne Newton - Stardust.
18-23= Neil Sedaka - Orleans.
21= Glen Campbell - Texas Station.
21-23= Frankie Avalon - Suncoast.
22= Monster Truck Finals- Sam Boyd Stadium.
25= Celine Dion show grand opening to be called "A New Day".
Colosseum Theater seating 4,000 - Caesars Palace.
27-30= The Moody Blues - Paris Las Vegas.
28= Boxing - Orleans.
28-29= The B-52's - Las Vegas Hilton.
????= La Piazza Food Court re-opening after renovations -
Caesars Palace.
????= Bradley Ogden Restaurant opening next to the
La Piazza Food Court - Caesars Palace.
????= Castaways becomes a Holiday Inn.
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