GAMBLING ON CONDOS (San Jose Mercury News)
First, the Icon Las Vegas was derailed, then the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino expansion and now the Curve. What's up with Sin City's luxury high-rise condo market?
Kendra Meinert column: Rock with the Queens or relax with Lovett (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
It turns out that lone open slot on the Pavilion Nights schedule was worth the wait. Anyone who thought Oneida Casino's summer concert series was a little light on the hard stuff will be happy to hear Queens of the Stone Age will step in on Aug. 7 and test the intensity factor in the tent.
Inside Gaming Column: Could MGM be Suitor for Hard Rock? (Rolling Good Times)
Sources say MGM Mirage is taking a serious look at buying the Hard Rock Hotel and the Hard Rock Café at the corner of Harmon Avenue and Paradise Road. The idea is that MGM Mirage would operate the hotel-casino, build the adjacent billion condominium project that owner Peter Morton canceled and relocate the curbside restaurant to the area around Showcase mall on the Strip.
Tube Notes (Honolulu Advertiser)
"School of Rock" (2003), 7 p.m., Fox. Jack Black plays Dewey, a hard-living rocker with no money and few prospects. Mike White is Ned, a responsible roommate who pays the rent by being a substitute teacher. Then Dewey intercepts a call: A private school needs a long-time sub.
Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos Announce Unique Partnership With Allido Records (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos announced today a unique partnership with Allido Records, headed by renowned DJ and producer Mark Ronson and music executive Rich Kleiman, through which Ronson will create a limited-edition series of CDs exclusively for the brand's 12 properties.