No Limits will feature action sports stars Robbie Maddison (below) and Rhys Millen (above) performing two Red Bull Experiments: Maddison, a freestyle motocross star from Australia, will attempt to jump the length of a football field to set a new motorcycle distance jumping world record and Millen, a champion drifter and movie stunt driver hailing from New Zealand, will attempt the first-ever backflip of an off-road racing truck at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino parking lot-turned-action sports venue. Representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records will be in attendance to validate each jump.

Both Red Bull Experiments will be aired live on ESPN's New Year No Limits broadcast on Monday, December 31, immediately following coverage of the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

Tickets for the public to witness the Red Bull Experiment may be purchased for $12 (includes fees & taxes), starting December 3 at the Rio box office.

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New York City's highly-acclaimed RUB BBQ will add some extra heat to Las Vegas with its new location inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. This will be the restaurant's second and only venue outside of the New York original and will feature championship level barbecue created by Paul Kirk, aka The Kansas City Baron of Barbecue and The Ambassador of Barbecue.

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Tomorrow night, Nov. 30, Company American Bistro, the new restaurant at Luxor, has its grand opening. Celebrity investors to the restaurant are Nicky Hilton, Nick Lachey, and Wilmer Valderrama.

The restaurant is headed by Executive Chef Adam Sobel, formerly of Restaurant Guy Savoy.

Reservations can be made at the 10,000-square-foot restaurant by calling (702) 262-4852.

Then afterwards, head to LAX (the nightclub at Luxor formerly known as RA), to join Lachey as he hosts Company American Bistro's Grand Opening After Party.

For VIP reservations to LAX, call (702) 280-3600.

Luxor is still in the process of removing their Egyptian theme and lowering their demographic. We popped by last week and still saw the Egyptian statues in the lobby, but the demo is definitely much younger.

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If you've seen the giant red Vegas.com arrow floating up and down the Las Vegas Strip, you've just seen Vegas.com's new bus or trolley.

Vehicles from The Las Vegas Trolley company have been reoutfitted as The Arrow, which heads places the monorail doesn't -- namely, right in front of your casino-hotel.

With stops all the way from South Point to the Las Vegas Outlet Center to Hooters to the Fashion Show Mall, and on up to the Las Vegas Premium Outlets to the World Market Center to the downtown casinos, the Arrow's route covers both sides of the Strip at only $2.50 per ride.

By contrast, the monorail is $5 per ride and the double-decker Deuce bus is $2 a ride.

An all-day pass for the monorail and Arrow can be purchased at monorail stops for $10.

Besides being impressive to look at (we just thought it was a traveling ad when we first saw it a couple weeks ago), inside The Arrow you can make dinner reservations, purchase club passes, show tickets, and other nifty things using the onboard touch screens.

The one flaw we think is that service stops at midnight.

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Dennis Rodman has been accused of assaulting a former beverage manager of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Nevada resident Sara Robinson is accusing Rodman of rubbing up against her and hitting her open-handed on the rear.

Robinson's federal lawsuit was filed last week regarding the incident that took place at the Hard Rock bar in March 2006. In the lawsuit she states she continually filed statements about the incident but was told to resign, then was fired.

She lists her former employers as defendants as well as Rodman.

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Treasure Island will be hosting a free $15,000 poker tournament on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m.

To qualify, get in just 20 hours of play in the poker room between now and Dec. 13 at 10 p.m. Only hours in live cash games will be accepted; no tournaments.

Get your time in fast, because only the first 44 players who qualify are guaranteed a seat. Others will be on a waiting list.

If only 44 people play, that would give an equity of about $340 per person, or $17 per hour of the 20 hours you need to play.

For more information, call (702) 894-7291.

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Terrible 400 Desert Race time trials will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Eldorado Valley this Thursday, November 29, with a Meet & Greet, Autograph Party, and Vehicles on Display at Wilbur Square Park at the corner of Colorado/Nevada Way, Boulder City 4:00 to 5:30 and a 5:30pm - 7pm - Welcome Party at the Boulder Dam Brewing Company, 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City.

Races begin Friday at 7:00 a.m. with a Pre-Fun Run - Car/Truck Loop.

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For those who can't get enough of O.J., catch O.J. Simpson's arraignment live tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.

An earlier hearing declared enough evidence for Simpson to go to trial, and that trial date will be announced - along with Simpson's plea -- live on Channel 19 and streamed live on LasVegasNOW.com.

Simpson, who flew in to Las Vegas tonight for the court appearance, will be joined with two co-defendants to face a trial date for their alleged kidnapping and robbery of sports memorabilia at Palace Station.

Simpson is expected to plead not guilty.

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Passengers who book a vacation of three nights or more at Wynn Las Vegas through US Airways Vacations will receive a $200 MasterCard gift card.

The offer must be booked between now and Dec. 31 at this link with code MCWYNN. Travel must be completed by Feb. 15, 2008 and cannot be between Dec. 24-31.

The card will be mailed after travel is completed.

We like US Airways because when we fly out of McCarran International Airport, we don't have to take the tram, letting us sleep in a little more.

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We know you've been waiting, and wait no more. Imperial Palace is the last Las Vegas holdout to switch to Harrah's Total Rewards card (unless you count O'Sheas and Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon), but as of Dec. 5, all your points will be transferred.

Existing comp balances will be converted on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and any cashback accrued will be mailed in the form of a check.

With the casino converting to Total Rewards, it looks less likely that it will be imploded in the near future.

Points will automatically adjust Dec. 4, and beginning Dec. 5, you'll be able to use your regular Total Rewards card that you know and love to boost your 2007 tier score.

Any chance of an Imperial Palace Diamond Lounge? A boothling we spoke to at IP hadn't received word about one, but we suspect we'll be seeing one soon, perhaps upstairs. And if not, the short bridge that connects to Harrah's Diamond Lounge isn't that far a walk.

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Kevin DuBrow, lead singer of the band Quiet Riot, was found dead yesterday at his home in Las Vegas.

Causes were unknown, and an autopsy and toxicology tests will be performed, though results won't be known for weeks. According to Metro, there were no signs of forced entry and foul play is not suspected.

The death of DuBrow, 52, was confirmed by drummer Frankie Banali on Banali's website.

Also online, bassist Kelly Garni mentions that all facts will be revealed within 48 hours and for fans to please be patient until then without speculating.

Quiet Riot was one of the seminal metal bands in the 1980s, known for the top 5 Billboard hit "Cum on Feel the Noize," off the album Metal Health.

A messy breakup led DuBrow to be fired from the band in 1987, though he later rejoined in the early 1990s and continually released albums and toured since.

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Sapphire
Address: 3025 Industrial Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89109
Phone: (702) 796-6000
Hours: Open 24 Hours
Admission: $30 (Free for locals!!)
Lap Dances: $20
Food: Yes
Parking: Valet service and a free parking lot
ATM: Yes
Website: http://www.sapphirelasvegas.com/

Sapphire is one of the largest strip clubs in Las Vegas. It supposedly cost over $32 million to construct this amazing oasis making it one of the premiere strip clubs, not just in Las Vegas, but in the world. The space is over 70,000 square feet and the main area is 10,000 square feet with a special glass-floored raised stage, too. Oh and there's also a slew of female dancers at all hours.

The biggest problem with Las Vegas Strip Clubs is that some of them are small, crowded, cramped, and it's nearly impossible to get a lot of attention during the weekends. However, due to the spacious size of Sapphire, that's not a problem. You rarely feel crowded and there's a wide selection of women to choose from.

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Sapphire has three different bars; Martini Bar, Pete's Bar, and the New York Bar. Martini Bar is their signature bar with a giant glass decor.

Ten VIP skyboxes are suspended 25 feet above the main floor. Those ten unique private lounges feature amazing views of the entire showroom below. Each room comes with private butlers, concierge services, and individually themed boxes where you can control the lighting and volume of music. There's also a flat screen TV. The skyboxes are for parties of 4 to 12 people and have several comfortable couches.

Sapphire also has two large VIP suites on the main floor and private VIP party rooms. There's also a special VIP entrance.

There's also the Playgirl Lounge, which caters to female patrons on the weekends called The Men of Sapphire at Sapphire.

You must be at least 21 years old to visit the Sapphire in Las Vegas.

The DJ plays plenty of top 40, dance, and hip hop.

Discounts: Sapphire is free to Nevada state residents. If you are a local, show your Nevada's driver's license at the door to obtain free admission. Some Las Vegas strip clubs offer free or reduced admission at the door for local residents. This varies depending on the establishment. And for all you early birds, Sapphire does not charge a cover before 6pm.

Interesting Trivia: Sapphire was opened in December of 2002.

Want to read more Strip Club reviews from Dr. Pauly? Click from the list below:

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• Spearmint Rhino

• Las Vegas Strip Club Tips

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Read Flipchip's Thanksgiving in Las Vegas...Part #1 on the Prof's Poker Blog. Plan your Las Vegas shopping experience with the search friendly Las Vegas Shopping Directory

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Black Friday, the most important shopping day of the season usually begins in Las Vegas shortly after the turkey is a bare skeleton and the annual Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving day game is history. It's time to hit the malls on the strip and do some serious damage to our financial well being. Thursday evening the trek began at the Bellagio Resort with a leisurely stroll through the exclusive shops along the corridor to the elevated walkway over Flamingo to Caesars and the Forum Shops.

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Hiking through the Forum Shops admiring the incredible stuff dreams are made of until finally you are back to the Strip, then another jaunt outside to cross the famous boulevard, this time using a cross walk at street level. A good time to check out the crowds, traffic, Deuce buses, card snappers and other freaks under the colorful lights of the Vegas night.

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Heading south on the Las Vegas Strip past the Flamingo Resort, another elevated walkway and Bally's Starfleet Academy Student Union style entrance is dead ahead. Through the casino past the poker room and we're in the Paris Resort under the great Eiffel Tower.

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Back out into the cold and a short walk to the entrance of the Planet Hollywood Miracle Mile Shops. More hiking through the hundreds of shops filling the upscale mall encircling the all new Planet Ho and again we're at the Las Vegas Strip.

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Another crosswalk trip across the Las Vegas Strip and it's the elevated moving walkways taking us back into the Bellagio. A final look at the Bellagio Conservatory 2007 Autumn Display since it will be replaced with the 2007 Christmas Holiday show as you are reading this. Exit to the parking garage and into the chariot for the final stop of the night.

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The Las Vegas Outlet Mall officially opened for business at the stroke of Midnight on this Black Friday. Arriving a few minutes past 12 am revealed few unused parking places. Inside the mall were shoulder to shoulder people...at 1:00 in the morning! A long line had formed outside the Coach store with shoppers having to wait until someone left before they could enter.

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Shopping is the #1 reason, according to current surveys, people come to Las Vegas. Gambling is the number two reason. Question, why are you not here in Las Vegas doing your Holiday buying? There are some great bargains to be had here in Sin Shopping City.

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While hiking through the Shops in the malls on the Las Vegas strip we came across some great shop window art. The Forum shops are consistently good at providing great shop window displays. If you like to window shop and enjoy seeing the creative displays from talented window dressers come to Vegas. A few Flipchip photos from the Thursday night hike for those shoppers that can't make it to Vegas today.

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All Station Casinos (not including the Fiestas) have a special bounceback cash offer beginning today and running through the end of the month.

If you earn a certain number of points in one day, you'll receive free slotplay in cash that you can use over the next three days. Freeplay only needs to be played 1x before being able to cash out.

Earn 300 points for $5, 1000 for $10, 2000 for $20, 3000 for $30, 4000 for $40, and 5000 for $50.

You can earn the maximum $50 once per day for a total of $500.

You also get to keep the points, which comps out at $1 per 1000 points (or better for Station restaurants such as the buffet).

This is in addition to their currently running offer of instant cash bonuses randomly awarded for play on penny slots. Every minute, $5 is awarded. Every 3 minutes, $10, $15, or $20 is awarded. Up to $120,000 per day will be awarded through Dec. 2.

Sounds like a deal a certain slot player should be using.

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This Saturday, FOX will in town recruiting contestants for a new game show called "The Moment of Truth."

The show will premiere Jan. 23, 2008 at 9 p.m. with host Mark L. Walberg and possibly you competing to win $500,000 just by being honest with their truthiness.

Got nothing to hide? Contestants will vie for the prize by being quizzed on events in their own lives, as verified by a lie detector.

Casting producers will be at the Tuscany Suites and Casino on Nov. 24 from noon to 4 p.m.

For more information, email truth@theconlincompany.com.

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Wayne Newton is all over the front covers of Harrah's in-hotel magazines, but alas, Newton had to bow out at the last minute for his six-week holiday engagement at Harrah's because of a viral infection of the heart called cardiomyopathy.

Most recently seen on the reality dance competition "Dancing with the Stars," Newton was eliminated but set to participate in a 38-city road tour with the show beginning Dec. 18.

Though he was unable to perform nightly at Harrah's, doctors have given him the go ahead for the tour.

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Stripper VIP, a new game show with strippers, is in the works at gentlemen's club Sapphire Las Vegas.

Described as Monty Python meets "The Price Is Right," you can get in on the action at two open casting calls.

Stripper VIP is seeing sexy female dancers, entertainers, models, contestants, and audience members.

$100,000 in cash and prizes is up for grabs.

Open casting calls (just show up, no need for an appointment) are Nov. 20 and Nov. 27 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. and the live filming will be Dec. 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. Both take place at Sapphire.

For more information, call Amanda at (702) 869-0003.

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The Review-Journal has an offer at Hooters Casino Hotel.

Between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., bring a copy of this email to the casino, and you'll receive $100 in free slot play on selected machines.

You'll also receive two free show tickets.

Offer is good for new members to the Owl Rewards Club. You'll also receive a scratch card with a chance to win $50,000.

Offer expires Dec. 15.

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More than a year in the making the new Las Vegas Card Room Directory is simply the best on the Internet. Loaded with user friendly features the Directory automatically lists all information for each card room and includes the tools you need to easily find the Vegas card rooms and poker tournaments that coincide with your schedule while in Las Vegas. It's also a great planning tool for your next trip to the gambling city. A comprehensive Las Vegas Tournament Directory with an easy to read Tournament Calendar has been included for your convenience.

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Versatile search functions provide easy access to the information you want for the dozens of poker tournaments available every day in Las Vegas. Instantly find what is available by dates, times, types, casinos and buy-in amounts. We've even provided Google maps with each entry so you can find your way to the poker rooms that's right for you.

We know that any Directory is no better than the accuracy of the information so we added dedicated tech support to continuously input new data and verify the accuracy of existing entries. A "Last Update Indicator" is included with each Tournament Directory entry so you'll know you're getting the latest info. There's even Wiki-style submission forms for directory users to easily input up-to-the-minute information.

Combining the user friendly functions, in-depth details, dedicated tournament directories, dedicated support and Wiki-easy user submissions make the LasVegasVegas Poker Room Directory the #1 poker search tool on the Internet. Its also the most used Poker Room Information Directory on the Internet. Try our new Las Vegas Poker Room Directory now, click here for a test drive.

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Ooh La La, the latest and by far the sexiest topless female revue to hit the Strip, is now open at Paris Las Vegas. This sultry new show celebrates all things female nightly in the Anthony Cools Experience.

Taking the form of a topless variety show, Ooh La La features comedy, magic, acrobatics, singing, artwork, photography and much more, epitomizing the intelligence and beauty of the woman.

In the same respect, Ooh La La features not only an all-female cast, but also an all-female crew as a turn from the standard Las Vegas production show.

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Can you have your pie and eat it too?

Station Casinos may be giving away Thanksgiving apple and pumpkin pies for Boarding Pass members, but if you don't have a history of playing there, head on over to Rampart Casino in Summerlin tomorrow and Wednesday.

Earn 50 points on Tuesday for a free apple pie, or earn 50 points on Wednesday for a free pumpkin pie.

Pies may be picked up between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Instead of slots, one hour of a table game (not poker) may also be played at a $5 average.

'Course, if you don't want to risk losing money in slots and blackjack, head on down to your local Smith's and pick up a frozen pie for $3.99.

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Give blood this month and you'll receive two free tickets to The Producers at Paris Las Vegas.

Starring Tony Danza, the musical The Producers has won 12 Tony Awards, more than any other show in history.

To reserve a place to donate blood, call (702) 233-9620.

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Beneath a red Eiffel Tower at the Paris Resort in Las Vegas Jennie Garth and her Dancing with the Stars partner Derek Hough hosted the Beaujolais Nouveau Celebration that started last night at midnight with the arrival of the first cask of Beaujolais from the new season. A horse and carriage delivered the cask and was soon open and flowing. Flipchip stopped by and sent these pics.

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We've all been there. You fly in or drive out to Las Vegas with a bankroll and it vanishes into thin air. Slot machines. Blackjack. Poker. You name it. The big score is tough to come by and nothing is worse than being broke under the bright lights. It's happened to me plenty of times before. But what do you do when you're completely busto and still have a day or two to kill in Sin City before your scheduled departure?

Here are some things that I have done or recommend for anyone who has gone broke in Las Vegas and you're stuck without anything to do. Some of these things might cost you around $10.

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1. Visit Red Rock Canyon National Park (Cost = $5)

If you have access to a car, Red Rock Canyon is about thirty minutes away from the strip. For a small entrance fee, you can drive around the 13 mile scenic loop. It's a great place to take pictures of the red rock formations or if you want to go on a hike there are plenty of trails. This is directly from one of their websites: "When you enter the Conservation Area, the Toll Booth Troll on duty will give you... a map of the Loop area and the hiking trails. A brief description of each trail is given which includes the distance, hiking time, elevation change, and level of difficulty."

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2. Walk down the Las Vegas Strip (Cost = Free)

There's the Bellagio Fountains, the Treasure Island battle, and the Mirage Volcano. Those are just some of the many attractions that you'll encounter if you wander down the Strip. In addition, there's also the numerous porn slappers that you can hang out with. Wander inside the Imperial Palace and catch a glimpse of the Dealertainers.

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3. Fremont Street Experience (Cost = Free)

Head downtown and check out the Fremont Street Experience. It's an outdoor pedestrian mall with an expensive light display. There are a couple of stages which host free concerts from time to time. Just beware of pick pockets. Then again, if you are totally broke, you have nothing to worry about. Also, try the fried Twinkies at Mermaids.

4. Go see a movie (Cost = $10)

Did you know there's a movie theatre on the Las Vegas Strip? It's near MGM Grand. There are also movie theatres in the Orleans and at local Station casinos such as Sunset Station, Green Valley Ranch, and Red Rock. Great way to kill two hours of your time.

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5. Midnight Bowling at Gold Coast (Cost = $10)

The bowling alley at the Gold Coast has late night specials where you get two games, shoe rental, and a free drink. There's also a bowling alley at The Orleans with cheap bowling late night. Avoid the bowling alley at the Rio. It's kinda pricey. Just walk across the street to the Gold Coast.

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6. Bellagio Conservatory (Cost = Free)

Stop and smell the flowers. Head over to the Bellagio Conservatory and walk around their latest seasonal display. Its a great thing to do because it's free. You'll often find a wedding party shooting their photos there. If you have a camera, that's a great spot to snap a few photos.