Cirque du Soleil 8th annual “run away with the circus†5k run and 1 mile walk was held Saturday, March 21, 2009. This year nearly 2,000 residents enjoyed the hosting Springs Preserve venue.
The yearly Las Vegas event has transformed from just an idea of Cirque du Soleil employees to a highly anticipated event that many Vegas Valley residents support.
New owner of Treasure island Las Vegas hotel was approved last week. Phil Ruffin, previous owner of New Frontier, was ok’d by the Nevada Gaming Commission to become the new operator from MGM Mirage. They are the same company building the massive Project CityCenter Resort located on the Las Vegas Strip.
Ruffin changed his initial payment to MGM Mirage by adding $100 million to the $500 million initially agreed. This financial move is to decrease his total payment of $775 million by a $20 million discount.
Calendar of Conventions in Las Vegas Nevada Hotels
Las Vegas Convention Schedule For April 7 - 13 2009
Visitors flying to and from Las Vegas via McCarran Airport fell 15.2 percent to 3 million passengers in February 2009. During February 2008 there were approximately 3.6 million. The decline is equal to the amount of passengers during two busy weekends in Las Vegas, NV.