Las Vegas is Home

In 1956 the Fremont Hotel was the first high rise in downtown Las Vegas. Wayne Newton got his start in this Vegas classic’s original showroom.
The rooms in the Fremont are larger and nicer than you would probably expect, given the discount pricing.
The Fremont Hotel And Casino demonstrates their attitude and environmental awareness by only changing [...]

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The Luxor Hotel And Casino shows off with a 30 story high pyramid, 2 – 22 story high hotel towers that are trimmed in bronze and a replica of the Egyptian Sphinx.
From the top of the pyramid shines the world’s most powerful light xenon beam, which is visible night from 250 miles away and from [...]

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A CEO of a company who is an acquaintance of mine used the above phrase to describe the weather in Washington, DC, in the summertime, and many would apply it to Vegas.
I disagree: I like the weather here quite a bit.
(If you want to know all about the climate in Vegas, here’s a book about [...]

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I don’t mean to pick on Nevada, since I believe the driver’s license is useless in all 50 states given that it does not prove someone can drive well. It’s really just an ID card.
Newcomers to Vegas will immediately notice that drivers here are very aggresive, seemingly for no apparent reason – maybe competitive spirit. [...]

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I’m rooting for the Las Vegas Monorail to succeed because it’s clear that the central strip area of town is getting more and more congested. I’m hoping for its expansion as well. Anyone who has seen the phlanx of cabs jumping from the red light at the corner of Swenson and Tropicana looking like the start of a Nascar [...]

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Everyone’s familiar with the saying “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” I have a proposal for another: “let’s keep Vegas Vegas.” I don’t intend for this blog to become political in nature, but what politics I will discuss have to do with Vegas’s growth, and the influx of people from many places and cultures.
When [...]

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Hello all!
Welcome to Home Turf Media’s latest city-based blog, Las Vegas is Home.
I’m Paul Geary and I’ll be blogging about anything and everything Las Vegas. While the blog will come from a resident’s perspective, tourism is obviously a main staple of Vegas’s economy and happenings that will interest visitors will be part of the landscape [...]

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The Las Vegas Motor Speedway is going to be hustle and bustle this weekend with the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 slated for this Sunday, March 11th. It seems some people are questioning if it’s going to be a weekend like it was for the NBA Finals with 160,000 thousand race fans in town.
Several [...]

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Movie tickets are not cheap these days. After you add in popcorn and soda, the cost soars through the roof. There are several places online to get free movie passes to special screenings. All the ones that we have gone to seem to be at Brenden Theater at The Palms. This [...]

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Here I am again with the celebrity gatherings as seen through the eyes of Norm Clarke. It was a busy weekend here in Las Vegas.
Joe Simpson, father of Ashlee and Jessica Simpson, celebrating his 49th birthday Sunday at Social House (Treasure Island). Also there: former United States Olympic gold-medal sprinter Maurice Greene.
Charles Barkley and [...]

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