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Robbie Knievel will Fly Over Mirage Casino’s Refurbished Volcano

Filed under: Las Vegas, sin city, sin city events — admin December 19, 2008 @ 4:05 am

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With almost one year of no activity, the Mirage Megaresort’s famed volcano will be brought to life larger and more impressive than in the past. The popular LV casino and hotel is bringing out their best to draw as many visitors as feasible to take a look at their transformation.

This New Year’s Eve, the stuntman and daredevil Robbie Knievel will try a motorcycle jump over the Mirage Hotel’s manmade volcano. This jump will mark the conclusion of a 3-year redecoration of the Sin City casino and hotel. Over this period, the Vegas hotel and casino has spent around $110 million upgrading their accommodations and suites.

This New Year’s Eve act is scheduled to be Knievel’s last act in the United States. The act will carry on for 5 minutes and present fireworks and a high-tech music soundtrack. The music for the presentation has been written by former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. Robbie Knievel is the son of the deceased Evil Knievel-the first and most renowned daredevils.

The LV Mirage was constructed in 1989 by Vegas industrialist Steve Wynn and was deemed as Vegas’ 1st megaresort. This reconstruction is one of a set of hotels on the Sin City Strip in the past year. This hotel and casino hopes that this show will invite a big number of tourists to the Las Vegas casino. The idea behind the upgrade is to surpass other famous Vegas hotel-casinos like the Bellagio hotel and casino.

Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya v. Manny Pacquiao in the MGM Grand

Filed under: Las Vegas, sin city, sin city events — admin December 2, 2008 @ 2:34 am

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The Sin City event tons of boxing fanatics have been waiting forever to see is coming very soon. De La Hoya will fight one of the world’s current top fighters, ”Pac-Man” Pacquiao. This bout is planned for Sat. December 6th in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Undoubtedly there has been many words spoken in Las Vegas, Nevada about this boxing match. Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya has trimmed his weight down to 147 lbs. to compete as a welterweight, and some people think that Oscar De La Hoya could not be as stout since the drop in weight. Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao has in the past boxed one time as a lightweight and is now heading up to the welterweight class. Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao is also the current lightweight category champ , and is thought of by many boxing pros to be the best fighter of these times.

This is De La Hoya’s first tour back to Las Vegas for a fight since he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year. This match is scheduled to be a sell-out for the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Tourists to Las Vegas, Nevada have dwindled recent times, but Las Vegas, Nevada events like this match really have a way of bringing fans to Las Vegas.

This match will definitely be one for the books as it brings together the two greatest boxers of this generation in a twelve round welterweight contest. De La Hoya v. Pacquiao tickets are on sale. If you were to attend only one LV event this year, this is certainly the Las Vegas, Nevada event to attend.