THE LION KING ROARS into VEGAS

Disney’s award-winning Broadway phenomenon, THE LION KING, leaps onto the Mandalay Bay Theatre stage. Preview performances begin tonight (May 5) and the show will celebrate its official opening May 15. THE LION KING at Mandalay Bay will join the seven other highly successful companies of THE LION KING currently running all over the world, including New York, London, Hamburg, Paris, Tokyo and Fukuoka, as well as the North American National Tour.

Opening night is Friday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. The show is performed Monday through Thursday evenings at 8 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 4 p.m. During previews, there is no matinee Sunday, May 10 and no performance Tuesday, May 12. A limited number of seats may be available for same-day purchase; line starts forming one hour prior to curtain at the Mandalay Bay Theatre Box Office. Full performance schedule is below.

Preview performance schedule:
May 5, 6, 7, 8: 8 p.m.
May 9: 4 p.m. & 8 p.m.
May 10, 11: 8 p.m.
May 12: Dark
May 13, 14: 8 p.m.

Official opening: May 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Post-opening schedule:
Monday through Thursday: 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
No performances on Fridays

Friday Night Equals Endless Seafood and Beer at Seasons

Seafood and Suds is what guests can expect Friday nights at Seasons Buffet inside Silverton Casino Lodge. Friday, May 1, Seasons will launch its new Seafood Buffet, which will feature delectable seafood dishes from American, Asian and Mediterranean cultures, as well as an endless supply of domestic beer.

The buffet will consist of a soup station with clam chowder, shrimp bisque and bouillaise; a chilled seafood station with snow crab legs with whole grain mustard sauce and shrimp cocktails; a hot seafood station with Oysters Rockefeller, shark oscar, steamed crab legs, mahi mahi with tropical salsa, mussels in dark ale, paella, fish and chips, steamed clams, fried shrimp and fried oysters; and Asian seafood station with shrimp with snap, peas, black bean mussels and clams and pad thai; an Italian seafood station with linguini with clam sauce, pasta crab newburg, cioppino and calamari con fagioli; a salad station with shrimp Caesar, ahi tartar, shrimp ceviche, Thai seafood salad and a smoked salmon platter; and mouth-watering dessert station.

DC TO HOST GRAND OPENING EVENT at the MIRACLE MILE SHOPS 

Join DC Motocross team athletes for an autograph signing to celebrate the grand opening of DC’s newest flagship store, located in Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas on May 1. Guests will be able to meet and get autographs from DC’s top motocross athletes who are in town for the Supercross finals. There will be in-store discounts and people can shop the new Summer 2009 collections. The DC Las Vegas store features men’s and women’s apparel, footwear and accessories, as well as DC’s Skateboarding and LIFE Collections, which includes DC athlete signature models and DC Special Projects™. This is the first event being held at the DC Las Vegas store, which opened last month.