DUE TO UNRULY winds and an unseasonably cold day, the BARE Pool (Mirage) staff postponed their Sunday, April 22nd grand opening party until next weekend on Sunday, April 29th. While staffers scrambled to call invite guests to let them know of the change, they were uber-professional by honoring the hosted bar for sunbathers who didn’t get the message and showed up anyway. The funny thing is it might work out to their benefit; they already had house music maven Donald Glaude booked for next Sunday anyway. 

Rumors were circulating as far back as three years ago regarding popular sushi restaurant Sushi Samba and its goal to land an outpost in Las Vegas. Currently, the brand has four outlets; one each for Miami, New York, Chicago and Tel Aviv, Israel with a 5th outlet expected to touchdown in Dallas, Texas next month. The rumors have become renewed in recent days with a new alleged space inside the Venetian’s upcoming Palazzo Tower.

Speaking of the Palazzo Tower, the residential condo units that are being constructed above the Barney’s retail area may just ring in as the most expensive Strip-side real estate when all is said and done. Condo sales, which are expected to begin in September, are now estimated with starting prices at $1,500 per square foot that are expected to rise. Yikes!

The free Jazz in the Park concert series will welcome national acts for its 13th year at the Clark County Amphitheatre. Saxophonist Paul Taylor will launch the series on May 5th, followed by vocalist Jimmy Scott on June 2nd and Bill Frisell performing on June 9th. All shows begin at 8pm. The Clark County Amphitheatre is located at 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. For more info please call 455-8200 or click here.

We got an email this week from the N9NE Group’s marketing maestro, Michael Fuller, regarding a Friday night promotion at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Body English that invites guests to come celebrate a 21st birthday with a Playboy Bunny. “For the record,” began Fuller, “the girls involved with the promotion are Playmates and not Bunnies. The only place in the world that has Bunnies is the Playboy Club,” Fuller continued speaking of the high-end gaming lounge located at the Palms Casino Resort. “You have to work in the club to be a bunny, just like you have to be in the magazine to be a playmate.”

On Wednesday, May 2nd Polly Esther’s inside the Stratosphere will hold a Beach Party hosted by Spearmint Rhino’s Guy Wilson, and On Saturday, May 5th MIMS will be performing. Stay tuned for more details in next week’s Vegas Eye…

This Thursday, Worship Thursday’s at TAO should get a whole lot more seductive with the TAO Slumber Party hosted by adult film star Sunrise Adams and the beautiful women of SCORES Las Vegas. All girls in slumber party attire receive free entry and open from 10P-12A.

The 7th Annual Las Vegas Juneteenth Festival will be held at the Sammy Davis Jr. Plaza in Lorenzi Park from 4pm – 9pm on Friday, June 15th and Saturday, June 16th. This event will highlight the history of Juneteenth with cultural and educational activities, guest speakers, food and beverages and live entertainment including jazz bands, signing artists and dance groups. For more information on the 7th Annual Las Vegas Juneteenth Festival, please contact Diane Hughes at (702) 255-6659.

Reports out of the N.B.A. head office in New York has the league keeping a very open mind to the possibility of Las Vegas landing the Seattle Supersonics franchise which appears dead-set to leave the Pacific Northwest. The league is putting together an owners committee that will review the Las Vegas situation, “we’re not sitting still,” added deputy commissioner Adam Silver. Maybe that whole All Star thing is working after all … Pieces (of Ass) will be returning to Las Vegas this June for an open-ended engagement at the Steve Wyrick Entertainment Complex inside the Planet Hollywood Casino. This groundbreaking production features a series of original “Pieces” delievered by a cast of the country’s most dynamic actresses, exploring what it is that defines an attractive woman – from perks and privliges, to the problems and pressures.

Congratulations to the Las Vegas Wranglers who tied a professional hockey record this weekend by winning their 18th consecutive game. This ties the Wranglers with the record set by the Peoria Rivermen nearly twenty years ago. In case you are wondering, the National Hockey League record is 15 consecutive wins which was achieved by both the Gordie Howe -led Detroit Red Wings (1955) and the New Jersey Devils (2006).

Speaking of the sleek stuff, ICE: Direct From Russia, Las Vegas’ newest and most exciting production, glides into the Versailles Theatre at the Riviera Hotel and Casino this Wednesday, April 25th. ICE, adapted and directed by renowned choreographer Debra Brown, features 42 of Russia’s most disciplined and athletic ice performers, guiding audiences on a magical journey from the bitter cold of Moscow to warmth and vibrant colors of the Las Vegas desert.

South Beach big shot Roman Jones told the Miami Herald that the first Opium Group outlet to open in Las Vegas will be ‘Living Room’, which is being billed as a sexy lounge and we’re guessing it will fill the same role as the entryway lounge to the former Curve Nightclub. He continued adding that the second venue would be Prive in September (in the Curve space) and a third, boite, which would debut in the fall. In case you’re a little rusty, boite is French for nightclub.

Changes are a brewing atop the Foundation Room. Rumors have musical director and Godspeed mainstay Keith Evans stepping away from the weekly Monday evening promotion.

Are you in the ‘Right’ crowd? We’ll find out Tuesday night at Hugh Hefner’s Sky Villa when W.L. Lyons Brown III introduces his newest product in the Altamar portfolio, Right Gin. You don’t want to miss this one…