Dive into a movie at the Cosmopolitan pool on the Strip
The Cosmopolitan on the Strip is bringing back dive-in movies for the summer.
Every Monday night through Sept. 4, a classic movie will be shown outdoors at the pool. Admission is free for hotel guests and children under 5. It’s open to everyone else for $5.
Movies include “Pulp Fiction,” “The Departed,” “Top Gun,” “The Big Lebowski” and “Bull Durham.”
Resorts World update: New information has been released about the timetable for building Resorts World Las Vegas, the 3,000-room hotel and casino planned for the north end of the Strip. After several years of delays, tower cranes will be installed over the next 90 days, with construction beginning in the third quarter of this year. The budget is still $4 billion (there were reports of a downsizing) to build the resort that will have two towers. The theme has been changed from ancient to modern-day China, pushing back the scheduled completion date from late 2019 to some time in 2020.
Strip jackpot: Wheel of Fortune paid off again last weekend. A jackpot of $304,000 was hit at the small center-Strip Casino Royale on a 25-cent Wheel of Fortune Pink Diamonds machine.
Menacing mannequin: Planet Hollywood is being sued by a man who claims he suffered injuries when he mistook a mannequin in his room for a human and tried to flee. The mannequin, which was encased in a glass cabinet, was part of the room’s décor. The suit claims he “suffered undefined injuries to his body, limbs, organs, mind and nervous systems” causing a “loss of life enjoyment.”
Question: Luxor is closing its poker room. That’s happening a lot lately?
Answer: The number of poker rooms on the Strip continues to decline. Luxor will close its nine-table room on June 18. It follows the closing of rooms at Hard Rock and Monte Carlo this year, leaving the Strip area with 18 poker rooms, down from a high of 26 in 2007.
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