The Food & Beverage Directors Association of Las Vegas is hosting a fun-filled day of golf and industry camaraderie at the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort on Tuesday, December 5. The event will be available to those who want to test their skills on the 18-hole championship golf course or just relax and have fun with fellow golf and culinary enthusiasts. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Food and Beverage Directors Association of Las Vegas’ sponsored charities including Opportunity Village, D.A.R.E., Share our Strength, Life Line, scholarships for the culinary arts divisions of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, VoTech and the Community College and other worthy charities.  This event is open to the public with a participant fee of $175 per person.  The Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort is located at 10325 Nu-Wav Kaiv Blvd. For more information please call 702.794.9602.  The Food & Beverage Directors Association of Las Vegas is a non-profit association formed and dedicated to the enrichment, involvement and education of those individuals committed to pursuing a career in the food and beverage industry.

The talented vocal phenomenon Josh Groban will perform at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday, April 7, 2007. The show is scheduled to begin at 8p with a special guest to be announced in the near future.  Tickets are priced at $125, $85 and $65, not including applicable service charges or taxes, and they go on sale Saturday, Nov. 18 at 10a at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office. Wristband distribution will begin Saturday, Nov. 18 at 6a and end at 9a.  A random number will be drawn and a line-up will be in sequential order beginning with the random number selected. Wristband distribution requires a form of personal identification and does not guarantee that a ticket can be purchased.

 

The Cannery Casino presents country star Hal Ketchum on Saturday, January 20 at 8p inside The Club.  Tickets are $17.95 plus tax and fees on sale.  Tickets are available at the Cannery Casino’s ticket sales counter.

 

One of the most amazing attractions located close to Las Vegas receives a prominent award.  The Skywalk at Grand Canyon West has been chosen to receive a 2006 “Best of What’s New” award from Popular Science magazine in the Engineering category.  “The Hualapai Tribe, owner of Grand Canyon West, is honored to be a recipient of such a competitive and prestigious award from Popular Science,” said Sheri Yellowhawk, CEO of Grand Canyon Resort Corporation. “Recognition of The Skywalk as being 'Best of What's New' in engineering fills our hearts with pride and gives us new hope for our future.   Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year; breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant leap in their categories. The winners the “Best of What's New” are awarded inclusion in the much-anticipated December issue of Popular Science, the most widely read issue of the year since the debut of the award in 1987. The “Best of What’s New” awards are presented to 100 new products and technologies in 10 categories: Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing, Engineering, Gadgets, General Innovation, Home Entertainment, Home Tech, Personal Health and Recreation.  Founded in 1872, Popular Science is the world’s largest science and technology magazine; with a circulation of 1.45 million and 6.5 million monthly readers.  Grand Canyon West is located approximately 120 miles east of Las Vegas and 72 miles northwest of Kingman, Arizona.  The Hualapai Tribe, consisting of approximately 2,000 Hualapai members, owns nearly one million acres of land throughout the Grand Canyon’s western rim. The capitol of the Hualapai Reservation is Peach Springs, Ariz.

Farrington Productions has been retained to create a spectacular opening production number for the three hour live telecast of "Comic Relief 2006" in the Coliseum at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, on Saturday, November 18, 2006. Blair Farrington will direct and choreograph the opening and closing numbers as well as a special production featuring Billy Crystal and the members of the Jazz Preservation Band.  Farrington Productions' sister company, Imagination Las Vegas, is costuming the production and designing floats to further identify the New Orleans style of Mardi Gras, while Farrington Productions will head production of the opening and closing numbers. "We will be utilizing unique and eclectic talents from across the country, and are bringing in the New Orleans band, Bonerama, for this special occasion," says Farrington. "Our goal is to remain true to the tradition of Mardi Gras in the production, while raising awareness through comedy of the current conditions resulting from Hurricane Katrina."  Reviving one of comedy's most revered shows, Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams will come together to host Comic Relief 2006, a live three-hour all-star comedy event to benefit the city of New Orleans. Comic Relief 2006 will be presented live from the Coliseum, simulcast on HBO and TBS.

The Venom, the new professional basketball team in Las Vegas, will be back in Las Vegas on November 18th to take on the 4-0 Gallup Outlaws. The game will be played at Del Sol High School starting at 7p. Tickets start at $7 and for each full price adult ticket purchased you get a children ticket free.

The daily double for the Wynn Las Vegas casino as it becomes the first casino in the world to win both the Mobil Five-Star and the AAA Five-Star award.  Our hats are off to the Wynn, a job well done.