June, 2003
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1= Venetian opening their new $250 million,
14-storey, 1,013 suite tower which is being built on top of their
11-storey existing garage. Will then have a total of 4,049 rooms. Only
MGM Grand (5,034) and the Luxor (4,467) will be larger.
3-8= Righteous Brothers - The Orleans.
3-July 13= Sheena Easton - Las Vegas Hilton.
5-7= Huey Lewis & the News - Las Vegas Hilton.
5-8= Sinbad - Paris Las Vegas.
6= Pearl Jam - MGM Grand.
7= Horse Racing. Belmont Stakes - All Sportsbooks.
7= Classical Mystery Tour - Aladdin.
10-15= Righteous Brothers - The Orleans.
12-14= Pro Rodeo Tour Final - MGM Grand.
12-25= David Copperfield - MGM Grand.
13= Matchbox Twenty, Sugar Ray - Mandalay Bay.
13-15= Car Show - Sam's Town.
13-15= The Lettermen - Suncoast.
14= Kenny Chesney - Mandalay Bay.
15= Father's Day.
15-29= Clint Holmes Show on vacation - Harrah's.
18= New non-stop service from Spokane, Wash.-America West Airlines.
18-26= "O" Show on vacation - Bellagio.
19-22= Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus- Orleans Arena.
20= Jay Black and The Americans - Sunset Station.
20-21= Al Green - Paris Las Vegas.
20-21= The Beach Boys - Stratosphere.
20-22= David Brenner - Suncoast.
21= Victor Awards 2003 - Las Vegas Hilton.
21= Justin Timberlake & Christina Aguilera - MGM Grand Garden Arena.
23-July 3= Poker Tournament - Bellagio.
26-28= Clint Black - Paris Las Vegas.
27= Boxing - Orleans.
27= Grand Funk Railroad - Sunset Station.
28= Ty Herndon - Sunset Station.
29= Nelly - Palms.
29-July 3= World Pastry Champtionship - Rio.
????= Castaways becomes a Holiday Inn.
????= "The Cloud" a huge 480-foot long canopy, 180 feet in the air
opens in front of Fashion Show Mall.
????= SKIN, new nightclub opens - Palms.
????= Coast Casinos integrate all their casinos into one slot club -
Orleans, Gold Coast, Barbary Coast and Suncoast.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, May 18, 2003--In this
Newsletter the report is on:
OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS,
IN LAS VEGAS, LAST MONTH
by billhere, Publisher
CLOSED LAST MONTH:
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ARIZONA CHARLIE'S DECATUR: Buffet closed for major renovations.
Will re-open in October, 2003.
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GIOCOMO'S CLASSIC DINNER PLAYHOUSE:
Abruptly closed without any notice to patrons who had bought tickets.
Was located on Decatur and Cheyenne.
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GOLD COAST, ORLEANS AND SUNCOAST:
Drastically cut their good video poker machines. As reported by the
Video Poker Times at:
www.conjelco.com/cgi-bin/store/2002order.pl?N6.x=0
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RIVIERA: The Platters and the Tony Sacca shows have closed.
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ROSEWOOD GRILLE & LOBSTER HOUSE: Closed its
restaurant next to the Venetian and has moved across the street from
the Monte Carlo. The old location will house a Walgreen's 24-hour
Pharmacy.
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SEVILLA: In the Desert Passage in the Aladdin. Restaurant filed for
bankruptcy but is open nights. The Bravo show with Charo is closed.
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THE HOP NIGHT CLUB: On Tropicana and Eastern is now closed
and will be bulldozed. Ah, the memories!
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TROPICANA: Not accepting any convention bookings past April, 2004.
Speculation is that major redevelopment is going to take place. Maybe
even demolition of one or two of the existing towers.
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VENETIAN: Confirms that the Guggenheim Museum which housed the
Art of the Motorcycle Exhibit is closed permanently and will be
converted into a theater featuring Broadway shows. The conversion will
cost $25 million. The opening date has not yet been decided. The other
museum, the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, located at the entrance
to the Venetian, remains open.
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CLOSINGS COMING UP
====================
Jun.1= Honky Tonk Angels show closing - Gold Coast.
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Jul.8= Last showing of Pirate Battle - Treasure Island.
New show "Sirens of TI" starts October 26th.
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OPENED LAST MONTH:
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ALADDIN: Bonsais Sushi Restaurant opened on the mezzanine near
Elements and Tre Restaurants.
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ALIANTE: Huge 1900-acre master planned community in North Las
Vegas, as big as Summerlin, has stared selling new homes.
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BOULDER STATION: Free weekly baseball contest.
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CASINO MONTELAGO: Opened at Lake Las Vegas,
$60 million, next to the Ritz Carlton, with 24-hour gambling with 675
slots, 15 table games, sportsbook and 24-hour bistro. Over 600 great
video poker machines. Information at:
www.CasinoMonteLago.com
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CASTAWAYS: Swipe your slot club card every day in May. Every
swipe is a winner.
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FIESTA RANCHO: Club Tequila Nightclub opened.
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FOUR QUEENS: Slot club is now giving a 2 for 1 coupon to their
24-hour Magnolia’s Coffee Shop during your birthday month.
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IMPERIAL PALACE: Hawaiian Luau Show opened for the season.
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LAKE LAS VEGAS: Free trolley from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and two
gondolas can also be rented.
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PRANA RESTAURANT & NIGHTCLUB: Located on the side of the
Aladdin on Harmon, just off The Strip, with its own entrance and
valet. Magnificent 3-storey restaurant, lounge and bar. First floor is
the nightclub, lounge and bar. The restaurant is located on the
second and third floors. Tel.: (702)696-1999.
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RIO: Hamada Japanese Restaurant opened (where Mask
restaurant was previously located). Information:
http://www.hamadaofjapan.com
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RIVIERA: The Exotic Hypnotics and the Hail Hail Rock N' Roll shows
opened..
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SANTA FE STATION: Cabo Cantina Mexican restaurant opened and
expansion of the Sportsbook.
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STRATOSPHERE: Viva Las Vegas show now has, JoJo, a 7-year-old
Brichon Frise dog. The only canine Elvis impersonator!
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VENETIAN: American Pop Icons Art Exhibit opened in the Guggenheim
Hermitage Museum, located at the entrance of the Venetian.
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WORLD FURNITURE MARKET CENTER: Started construction of a
$200 million, 10-story building, near downtown, on the northwest
corner of Bonneville and Grand Central Parkway. Completion is for
January,2005..
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OPENINGS COMING UP
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May 21= MEN hunk review, show opens - Riviera.
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May 22= OPM (Other People's Money) Nightclub opens on the
second floor of Chinois Restaurant in the Forum Shops in Caesars
Palace. Tel.
702)369-4998.
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May 25= Grand Opening of $53 million, 80-foot high Orleans
Arena with 9,000-seat capacity featuring Brooks & Dunn - North
side of Orleans. Info at:
http://www.orleansarena.com
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May ??= Venuto Italian Restaurant and the Pan-Asian
Pink Ginger Restaurant open where the Flamingo Room was
located - Flamingo.
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May ??= All cocktail waitresses will be replaced by "BevErtertainers"
who will sing and dance in 8 to 10 spots on the casino floor, every
10-15 minutes, and then continue the usual beverage service - Rio.
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Jun.1= Venetian opening their new $250 million, 14-storey,
1,013 suite "VENEZIA" tower which is being built on top of their
11-storey existing garage. Will then have a total of 4,049 rooms.
Only MGM Grand (5,034) and the Luxor (4,467) will be larger in
the U.S.
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Jun.4= SERENDIPITY new show opening - Gold Coast.
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Jun.20= Auction begins to sell the Aladdin. New name
to be Planet Hollywood or Asia. Operations will continue to be
normal. Filed for bankruptcy 9/28/01.
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Jun.??= Castaways becomes a Holiday Inn.
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Jun.??= Coast Casinos starts their new slot club card which
will be good at all their casinos; Orleans, Suncoast, Gold Coast
and Barbary Coast.
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Jun.??= "The Cloud" a huge 480-foot long canopy, 180 feet in
the air opens in front of Fashion Show Mall.
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Jun.??= New pool, spa and outdoor Jackpot Deli - Fitzgerald's.
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Jun.??= SKIN, new nightclub opens - Palms.
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Jun.??= Major expansion to the Sands Convention Center,
next to the Venetian, with 150,000 additional square feet of
convention space, meeting rooms and ballrooms.
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Jun.??= Steak House to open where their old Fireside Coffee
Shop was located - Silverton.
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Jun. ??= ICE Nightclub opening at 200 E.Harmon Ave. at Koval,
where Drink, and Eat, Too was located. Info.:
http://www.icelasvegas.com
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Jun. ??= Topless bathing areas are being planned for
Caesars Palace, Hard Rock and Mandalay Bay.
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Jul.1= The old Maxim Hotel on 160 E. Flamingo and Paradise
is being completely renovated and re-opens with 825 rooms,
as the Westin Casuarina Hotel & Spa. Small casino and all-new
spa will be included.
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Jul.??= Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Las Vegas opens.
Information at:
http://www.vegasculinary.com
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Jul.??= Nine Fine Irishmen Irish Pub opens - New York-New York.
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Jul.??= VEGAS National glossy magazine debuts.
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Jul.??= Pool expansion & topless area-Mandalay Bay.
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Jul.??= JAQK new gambling magazine to debut.
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Aug.14= New Cirque du Soleil show "Zumanity" opening in the
Theater where Lord of the Dance was performing -
New York-New York. Information at:
http://www.zumanity.com
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Aug.25= New budget airline named SONG, owned by Delta,
will start service between Ft.Lauderdale and Las Vegas.
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Aug.??= Las Vegas Premium Outlets, an $90 million outlet
mall with 115 discount outlets, opens a few blocks from the
Fremont Street Experience, south and east of the intersection
of Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 95 (along Interstate 15, just
north of Charleston) opens.
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Sep.13= Boxing. De La Hoya vs. Mosley-MGM Grand.
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Sep.??= Mandalay Place Shopping Mall to open with
33 shops and restaurants. Located between the Luxor and
Mandalay Bay. Luxury retailers Louis Vuitton and Fendi are
announced as tenants.
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Oct.21= Hockey. Opening game of the Las Vegas Wranglers
of the East Coast Hockey League - Orleans Arena.
Tel.
702)471-PUCK. Internet:
www.lasvegaswranglers.com
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Oct.26= Treasure Island changes name to TI. New show "Sirens
of TI" starts to replace existing outdoor Pirate Battle show. The
new show will involve female performers who will battle with a
band of pirates.
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Oct.??= Arizona Charlie's Boulder Buffet re-opens after major
renovation.
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Oct.??= Fashion Show Mall east expansion opens.
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Nov.??= Margueritaville Restaurant and Nightclub opening on The
Strip - Flamingo.
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Nov.??= Mandalay Bay adding 41-storey tower of 1,125 suites
in the space between their theater and parking garage. With a
separate theme it will be called "????? at Mandalay Bay". After
opening, Mandalay Bay, including Four Seasons, will have
4,825 rooms, second only after MGM Grand's 5,034 rooms.
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Nov.??= Huge 24-hour Food Court opens in the Showcase Mall,
next to the MGM Grand, where the All Star Cafe was located.
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Dec.??= Caesars Palace and Flamingo convert practically all of
their slot machines to cash in or ticket-in and only ticket-out (no
cash coming out) slot machines.
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Dec.??= Hard Rock Hotel closing Baby's nightclub for major
renovations.
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Dec.??= Hilton Grand Vacations Club Timeshare opens their
Phase One, 33-storey, 295 studio, one and two bedroom units.
Located across the street from Wet 'n' Wild on The Strip.
Tel.(702)699-7900. Internet:
http://www.hgvc.com
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Dec.??= New York-New York Slot Club merging
into whole MGM Mirage Players Club.
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Dec.??= Turnberry Place on Paradise, across the street from
the Las Vegas Hilton, completes their third 40-storey Tower.
Residences sell from $500,000 to $5.25 million.
http://www.turnberryplace.com
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2004
Jan.20= New Las Vegas Monorail grand opening.
Will go from MGM Grand all the way to the Sahara.
This new Monorail is now 70% complete. Will take
15-minutes and cost $3, one way. Information:
http://www.lvmonorail.com
Picture and story at:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-08-Tue-2003/news/21058377.html
NOTE: The old section from MGM Grand to Bally's
is now closed and will NOT re-open until
January 20, 2004 as part of the above.
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Apr.??= New Cirque du Soleil show opening in the old
EFX Theater - MGM Grand.
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Jun.??= Three new pedestrian overpass bridges at
Spring Mountain and The Strip will open:
between Fashion Show Mall and Le Reve;
between Fashion Show Mall and Treasure
Island and between Le Reve and the Venetian.
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Nov..3= McCarran Airport will open a new wing which will add 11-gates
to the existing D-Gates.
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Nov.??= Forum Shops opens a three-story, Phase lll with an expansion
from the existing mall all the way to The Strip and will then have a
three-story entrance direct from The Strip - Caesars Palace. Joe's
Seafood, Prime Steak and retailer Donald Pliner are announced tenants
so far.
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Dec.??= Bellagio opens another Tower of 925 rooms, called the
Spa Tower, south of the main pool area. Includes spa, retail,
convention and restaurant space.
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2005
Jan.??= WORLD FURNITURE MARKET CENTER: opens a $200 million,
10-story building housing 250 furniture companies, near downtown, on
the northwest corner of Bonneville and Grand Central Parkway.
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Apr.??= LE REVE, opening $2 billion mega-resort, 45-story, 514-foot
glass Tower, with 8,000 permanent employees, 2,701 hotel rooms and
suites, a 111,000-square-foot casino, 18 restaurants including six
fine dining, three-acre pool, luxury spa, a 2,080-seat showroom, many
brand-name high-end retail stores, the strip's only 18-hole golf
course, an art gallery, Ferrari and Maserati car dealerships and a
water-based, $24 million, production show much like "O". An
eight-story mountain in the front of the property will enclose a
three-acre lake. A Steve Wynn project, so you know it will be
exquisite! Major site work has started with humungous construction
cranes on site. The huge hole for the lake is done and the canons
which will shoot the water in the air (as at Bellagio) are visible.
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2007
Sometime in 2007, the new Hoover Dam bypass bridge opens.
Construction has started.
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NEW LAS VEGAS RELATED INTERNET SITES:
www.lasvegashelpwanted.com
www.leskincaid.com
www.off2vegas.com
www.ritafunny.com
(Please e-mail to
billman@lvcm.com any Las Vegas related
internet sites you wish to be listed here next month.)
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BUFFET COUPONS IN THE COUPONS-LISTS INDEX:
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Here is the list of Buffet coupons offering 2 for 1 coupons or
discount coupons. The coupon number is noted after the
location of the Buffet.
Bally's - (301)
Laughlin - (443H)
Lady Luck - (324)
Las Vegas Hilton - (327)
Plaza - (337N)
Riviera - (345H)
Sahara - (351) and (353)
Silverton - (360) and (363)
Station Casinos (at Boulder Station, Green Valley Ranch Station
Casino, Palace Station, Santa Fe Station, Sunset Station and
Texas Station) - (364)
Stardust - (356)
Stratosphere - (370)
Terrible's - (367) and (377)
Various in Coupon Books - (443L), (443V), (455),(468),
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me right away, but go on the following internet
site for further information and how to order:
http://www.billhere.com/coupons-lists.htm
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next trip to Las Vegas the best trip you have ever had.
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attractions and rides, gaming guides and informational lists on Las
Vegas are available at:
http://www.billhere.com/coupons-lists.htm
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INSTANT MESSAGING is now available on the bottom of all of our
internet sites. This means that you can leave any message and get
an answer back within an hour.
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HOTEL ROOMS. We have special deals with Circus Circus and the
Las Vegas Club. To see the special rates, just go on the internet for:
Circus Circus at:
www.billhere.com/CircusCircus.html
Las Vegas Club at:
www.billhere.com/LasVegasClub.html
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CAR RENTALS as low as $12.42 per day or $107.42 per week.
Just go on the internet to:
http://www.billhere.com/cars.html
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PRODUCTION SHOWS. Over 80 Las Vegas production shows
like Clint Holmes, Splash, Steve Wyrick and V-The Ultimate
Variety Show with real time assigned seats at the time of purchase.
To purchase show tickets, concerts, tours, or attractions, at great
prices, just go on the internet to:
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