Las Vegas Travel News 05/11/2011

A great collection of photos that chronicle The Sahara over the years. The hotel will close permanently on May 16.

A little different and a lot Las Vegas. I admit … I'm intrigued by this book.

Rod Stewart is officially sandwiched in with Celine and Sir Elton!

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitor's Authority is spending a whopping $24 million on summer campaigns to draw tourists to the city – $3 million more than what was spent last year.

Las Vegas' newest attraction: A "heavy equipment playground." How strange.

The Las Vegas arts scene is up in arms about whether to accept funding from a serial killer's piece of artwork. Would you go for it?

A fun piece by a Vegas local about the Vegas Uncork'd experience.

This post is a bit of an overload, but it's got a great round-up of some of the Vegas Uncork'd events, which I wanted to share.

Las Vegas has a bad reputation. Is that our own fault?

An update on the vandalism that took place on the hieroglyphics near Las Vegas earlier this year.

This is one of the newest attractions in Las Vegas, and I think it looks like a lot of fun! What are your thoughts?

An interesting story on why horse betting isn't particularly popular in Las Vegas.

Some more details on the Cirque du Soleil show, Michael Jackson: Immortal.