Luxury hotel tower construction stops as necessary redesign begins. Workers stopped interior work this week on the west tower Cosmopolitan high rise condo tower located on the Las Vegas Strip.
Exterior construction on the east and west towers, amenities and Las Vegas casino are continuing as planned. At completion, the 8.5 acres, will house 2,998 hotel condo units within Cosmoplitan.
Calendar of Conventions in Las Vegas Nevada Hotels
Las Vegas Convention Schedule For March 24 - 30 2009
Purchase of Treasure Island Las Vegas hotel for $775 million approved by the Gaming Control Board. The Board didn’t take long to ok the real estate transaction by Phil Ruffin. Final ruling will commence on March 19, 2009 and 11 days later it will close with approval.
Terms for the commercial real estate deal will start with $500 million due to MGM Mirage at closing. Another $100 million will be payable in six months. Finally, $175 million balance due in two years with a 10 percent interest rate.
The Legends of Bartending competition is March 1 – 3, 2009 at LAX nightclub inside the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2009 Legends XI World Bartending Championship awards $30,000 in cash and prizes with a $10,000 grand prize awarded along with title of World’s Greatest Bartender†event.
The event is has two days: qualifying and finals day. Qualifying day will contain three rounds to whittle down from 75 to 9 competitors. The rounds will include accuracy, speed and exhibition/working round.