Shelter support earns free BSB tickets
THE Backstreet Boys are also the pet-shop boys in Las Vegas. As the band continues its swift-selling run at Axis at Planet Hollywood, BSB is partnering on a ticket giveaway with The Animal Foundation. On Friday and Saturday, any fan purchasing gift cards of $100 or more from Petco or Petsmart will receive two tickets to the “Larger
Than Life” shows. (Tickets for BSB’S extended engagement through February also are on sale now).
Donated gift cards help care for animals housed by The Animal Foundation. Cards (with receipts) can be donated between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Lied Animal Shelter,
644 North Mojave Rd. in Las Vegas.
“We typically see a rise in intakes at the shelter during the summer months and are currently at capacity,” Animal Foundation director Jeff Stilson said in a statement. “Donations are always a huge help and very appreciated. We thank the Backstreet Boys for their support in tackling this issue in our community.”
“We try to take advantage of every opportunity we can to give back,” Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys said, also in a statement. “We hope our support draws awareness to help shelter animals and increase adoptions during the summer months when animals in Las Vegas most need our help.”
BSB opened their extended engagement March 1 in Las Vegas. The Backstreet Boys are currently recording their new album and this year collaborated with Florida Georgia Line on the single “God, Your Mama, And Me.”
Lewis rehabbing
Entertainment legend Jerry Lewis, hospitalized since June 3 for a UTI, has entered the rehabilitation phase of his treatment. Lewis’ wife, Sam, said, “The tedious part is there is nothing new to report. He is off antibiotics, but we don’t want him home until he is strong enough to be at the house. I don’t want him to leave as long as they are still working with him.”
Lewis is also undergoing therapy to strengthen his swallowing reflex and is not up for talking on the phone or with visitors. He turned 91 in March and had been scheduled to take part in a filming this month in Toronto. That project is currently on hold.
Robert’s cookout
Tropicana Las Vegas launched the 11th annual
Las Vegas Restaurant Week with its Summer Cookout Featuring Robert Irvine and friends. The chef also announced that his new restaurant, Robert Irvine’s Public House, will open at July 27 at the Trop. The menu at the 14,000-square-foot, 275-seat restaurant will feature “a range of comfort foods.”
Friday’s event raised $40,000 for Three Square
Food Bank of Las Vegas, enough to pay for more than 120,000 meals for Southern Nevada residents and families in need.
Circus revival
I keep hearing, persistently, of a production to open on the Strip that proves traditional circus is still alive, even as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed in May after a 146-year run. This show seems to have promise, and no (real) animals are used.
Transmissions from the Bay
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler offered this after the Golden State Warriors’ victory parade Thursday in Oakland: “Watching Thursday’s festivities, the fantastic weather, the hundreds of thousands of passionate and adoring fans, in a fantastic city that is blooming, I had this thought : Hope (Raiders owner) Mark Davis enjoys his Vegas Refrigerator Dome packed with pit bosses and high rollers in that city where Hooters is a 20-story building.” Hooters does employ many pit bosses, and also cocktail waitresses who might be future Raiderettes.
The Warriors, of course, wound up celebrating their NBA championship all weekend on the Strip, where it got hot but the AC never faltered.
John Katsilometes’ column runs daily in the A section. Contact him at jkatsilometes @reviewjournal.com. Follow @johnnykats on Twitter, @ Johnnykats1 on Instagram. As of 9 p.m. Sunday:
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