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No one could deny that the Grand Canyon is an educational experience. There are a lot of Las Vegas tours available to take you and your family to the Grand Canyon where you can see for yourself the amazing work that the Colorado River has done with carving out the canyon.

The fact is that kids aren´t going to be terribly interested in spending the day on the rim of the Grand Canyon. While it may be interesting enough . . . even the amazing views usually aren´t enough to hold the attention of a child for very long. That´s why it´s a good idea to look for Las Vegas tours that actually show you a bit more of the canyon and make the whole learning experience a fun one.

A good Las Vegas tour will include interesting activities and let you and your kids get up close and personal with the Grand Canyon. You´ll be able to fly down to land beside the river or even raft on it, depending on which Las Vegas tour you choose. Some tours even offer a picnic or an authentic cowboy cookout.

With the right Las Vegas tour, you can enjoy a vacation that is both educational and exciting!

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Earlier this week, The Mirage welcomed some new residents to the resort — six-week-old white, white-striped and golden tiger cubs. The cubs will be part of Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat attraction and the public will get its first chance to see them starting today, June 13th, 2008, which is also Siegfried’s 69th birthday.

“I am honored that our tigers will go on exhibit for my birthday and just in time for Father’s Day weekend,” said Siegfried in a video press release.

Added Roy, “While we no longer perform nightly, our conservation efforts to save and care for these magnificent creatures are part of our daily life. These new cubs are a gift from the universe and it brings us great joy to share them with the world.”

The duo opened the attraction in 1997, when their show headlined The Mirage, as a way to help preserve the rare exotic animals they loved. Inside the habitat area you’ll be able to observe royal white tigers, white lions, gold heterozygous tigers, African and Asian leopards, a black panther and a snow leopard.

The aquatic side of the exhibit features a family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins housed in a 2.5-million gallon set of pools outfitted with an artificial coral reef and a sandy bottom to replicate their natural habitat.

This family-friendly Vegas attraction is open from 10am until 7pm from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and from 11am until 5:30am the rest of the year. Admission is currently $15 for adults, $10 for children age 4 to 12 and free for age 3 and under. More intimate encounters with the animals, such as acting as a dolphin trainer-for-a-day or taking a VIP guided tour, are available for an additional cost.

But seriously…how cute are these critters? They haven’t been given names yet, but I’m told a contest involving Las Vegas-area students is in the works to give them their monikers.

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During the 1990s the big news was that Las Vegas was reinventing itself as a family destination. That plan only lasted a few years, but there are still quite a few attractions in Las Vegas that are suitable for families or at least suitable for the kids alone, depending on age, of course.

Circus Circus continues to be an excellent destination for adults with kids in tow. In addition to a few major attractions listed they have circus acts performing overhead, a large arcade, and carnival games as well. And don’t forget about the many visual attractions along the Las Vegas Strip itself. The volcano at the Mirage and the pirate show at the Treasure Island next door are ideal for family viewing and they are free as well.

Most of the large hotels have big arcades in them with plenty to keep older kids busy for a while. Several of them also have other activities for children during the way, and of course they nearly all have large pools.

Here are some of the more notable activities for kids in Las Vegas:

Gameworks

This huge and futuristic arcade is in the Showcase Mall next to the MGM Grand on the Strip. It’s a joint venture of Sega and Universal Studios and this place has every manner of arcade game, old and new, as well as a restaurant and even an upstairs bar for those over 21.

Adventuredome

Inside the Circus Circus Hotel (see the photo on at the top of this page) you’ll find a 5.5-acre, glass-enclosed theme park with roller coasters and other large rides mixed in with bumper cars and smaller attractions. There’s also an IMAX ride/film, a mini-golf course, laser tag, and an arcade. Individual rides are kind of expensive, but all-day passes are fairly reasonable.

Big Shot

This is one of three rides/attractions at the top of the Stratosphere Hotel that marks the northern edge of the Las Vegas Strip. These aren’t suitable for small children since you have to be 4-feet tall to ride, but these things can be a major thrill for older kids.

M&M’s World

This giant candy story is located in the Showcase Mall next to the MGM Grand, where Gameworks is also found. There is a 3-D movie theater as well as many other fun and surprising features that make this more than just a place to buy candy.

Roller Coast at New York, New York

This indoor-outdoor roller coaster is as expensive as it is thrilling, but group discounts and a strange all-day pass are available as well.

Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix

This high-quality go-kart track has kiddie cars for ages 4+ in addition to the Gran Prix cars that can be thrilling for older kids and adults. There is also plenty of other attractions including a large arcade, a big slide, a roller coaster, and cheap kid-friendly food.

Las Vegas Natural History Museum

This fun and hands-on museum is located about 6 miles from the Strip so it’s best for a half-day trip to try to tire the kids out before night falls.

Road trips

The whole family can enjoy a day-trip to Red Rock Canyon, Hoover Dam, or the Grand Canyon, although the Canyon is far away so it works best as an overnight trip.

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Every little girl in the Western world dreams of getting married in Las Vegas. Okay, that might not be true, but around half the folks who get married every year in Las Vegas are women, so something very interesting is going on here. About 120,000 marriages are held in Las Vegas each year, making it America’s busiest wedding city.

Las Vegas earned its reputation as the wedding capital of the world by making things fast, cheap, and easy to get hitched. There are wedding chapels located in most big hotels, and many more stand-alone chapels throughout the Las Vegas Strip area as well, with about 50 in total. You can have something of a traditional wedding at most of these places, but the city has become far more famous for the bizarre and themed weddings featured on most travel shows.

The basics

The Las Vegas Marriage Bureau is located Downtown and is open from 8 a.m. until midnight every day of the year. It used to be open 24 hours a day, but no longer.

License fee: $55

Requirements:

• The couple must be a man and a woman
• 18 years old or older and no closer than second cousins
• Both must be single and have identification
• Social Security numbers are required for US citizens

There is no blood test or waiting period, and these things have made the instant weddings in Las Vegas so famous.

You can even fill out the Wedding License Application online to save time, but you have to print it out and bring it in with both people present at the office in order to get the license.

Marriage License Bureau
1st Floor, 200 S. Third Street
Las Vegas. NV 89155-1603
Phone: 702-455-4415

Theme weddings

As mentioned, Las Vegas has lately become known for its bizarre theme weddings. The vast majority of weddings in the city are traditional type weddings, but these theme weddings are gaining in popularity and can be a lot of fun if everyone involved agrees in advance that they will be.

Elvis weddings

The King himself famously got married to Priscilla in Las Vegas at the Aladdin Hotel in 1967, and Elvis-themed weddings are the most popular of all the weird ones. Quite a few chapels, including the Aladdin Hotel Chapel and the Graceland Wedding Chapel, can have you married by one of the city’s many Elvis impersonators, but they all vary from there. You can be walked down the aisle by Elvis or have a Blue Hawaii themed wedding with an Elvis minister. The sky’s the limit.

Star Trek weddings

Strangely enough, the formal Las Vegas Hilton offers four different Star Trek themed weddings featuring elaborate sets and costumed extras. All but the cheapest package includes tickets to the hotel’s Klingon Encounter attraction, so the honeymoon is taken care of too!

Gondola weddings

The Venetian Hotel uses singing gondoliers as one of their main hooks, and they also have a wedding package where a couple, a witness, and their minister have the ceremony while cruising through one of their “canals.”

Pirate ship weddings

Similar to the above, but substitute canals and gondolas at the Venetian with a pirate ship at Treasure Island.

Gay weddings

Okay, this isn’t a theme, but many of the city’s chapels will perform a commitment ceremony for same-gender couples. The Gay Chapel of Las Vegas is the only one where this is their specialty.

The fastest, cheapest wedding

What could be more romantic than walking one block from the License Bureau to the Office of Civil Marriages? For $50 (plus the license) you can get married in a quick civil ceremony, but you’ll have to bring your own witness or recruit one from another waiting couple.

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Without a doubt, Las Vegas has the best group of strip clubs in the United States, and depending on what your tastes are, probably in the world as well. The movement toward “gentlemen’s clubs” has swept up most of the bigger places in the city, but there are still a number of old fashioned places where the girls have just as many tattoos as the bikers passing them a dollar for each song do.

Two main choices with one exception

Most of the strip clubs in Las Vegas feature only “topless” entertainment and they can and do serve buckets of alcohol, usually at rather high prices. Several of the older strip clubs have “all-nude” entertainment, and these places are forbidden from serving alcohol, except that doesn’t stop them from also having a drink-minimum and outrageously priced drinks as well ($10 for a Coke, or water, or whatever).

However, the Palomino Club near Downtown has been around long enough that they can still legally do both. They have “all-nude” dancers and serve alcohol as well.

In general, the more beautiful girls tend to work at the topless places with alcohol since they tend to be the classiest places as well, and these girls can make the most money there without having to fully reveal themselves. But there are plenty of surprisingly pretty girls working at the all-nude places too, so if this is your thing you should be quite happy with the dancers.

Getting to these clubs

With only a couple of exceptions, most of the Las Vegas strip clubs are in weird parts of town and not too close to hotels you might be staying in. So the most common way people get to these clubs is in the back of a taxi or limo. Unfortunately, there is a big scam at play here and you should know how it works to decrease the chances you’ll be hustled.

How the scam works

A group of guys will exit their hotel and ask the doorman for a taxi. They find out the group wants to go to a strip club, and suddenly everyone has a suggestion far better than the places you’ve heard of. The doorman can get a cut of the huge commission the taxi driver can get for hauling unsuspecting visitors to a specific strip club. The cover charge at these clubs is usually $20-30, but a taxi driver can actually get more than that for each person they drop off because the cover charge is just the beginning for the club.

So even if you ask to be taken to a specific place, the taxi driver will suggest a “better” one and might even tell you your suggestion is closed down or totally dead. This is a huge deal for the taxi drivers and many of them will lie right to your face to get you to the place that offers them the biggest commission.

How to avoid the scam

If you’ve got a rental car you can drive yourself to the clubs. Many of them charge nothing or substantially less for locals or anyone arriving in their own wheels. This way you can also choose your own place and leave right away if you don’t like it inside.

If you are using a taxi or limo, be clear up front that you know exactly where you want to go and don’t listen to their better suggestions. You can even tell them you know they can get huge commissions for dropping you off at places and they will generally acknowledge this, although they won’t tell you how much they can make. You can then ask the taxi driver if he can get you into the club for free or at a discount. They can sometimes pull this off on a slow night, and they’ll still get money for dropping you off.

The most important thing is to stick to your guns as to where you’ll be taken. You can have a short list of places you prefer and make sure you go to one of those places. There are a few fairly skanky places in Las Vegas still, and some of them will use high-pressure techniques to separate you from a good chunk of money before you are even fully in the door seeing if you like the girls or not. By the time you realize you aren’t happy there, it’s too late.

Prices once inside

Alcohol tends to be expensive inside these clubs, especially the nicer ones. Expect to pay $7 for a beer and closer to $10 for anything else, and even more at some places. Lap dances or table dances are $20 at pretty much all of these places, although if you make the mistake of going into the VIP room or Champagne Room or whatever they call it, the price shoots up quite a bit. Whether the service in that slightly-more-private room is worth the extra money is for you to decide.

Some of the better places

Topless

Olympic Gardens

This was the first of the super and classy gentleman’s clubs in the 90s, and not much has changed. This place is open 24-hours a day and it’s free up until 6 p.m. and $20 after that. It’s in a weird part of the city, but at least it’s near the North Strip hotels and Downtown.

Club Paradise

This place is right across the street from the Hard Rock Hotel, which makes them both very appealing. The girls wear sexy gowns instead of just bikinis so this place feels classier than most. It’s $20 to get in on your own, or $30 if you arrive in a taxi or limo.

Treasures

This new and super fancy club is one of the nicest in Las Vegas. It’s not far off the Strip, but the cover is $30 and even more if you come in a taxi.

Sapphire

This is another new club not far from the Las Vegas Strip. It’s open 24 hours a day and it’s free to enter if you come between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. and don’t come in a taxi. At night it’s $30.

Scores Las Vegas

This famous New York City club now has a Las Vegas branch, although it’s not too close to the Strip. Cover is $30, but it’s free if you arrive on your own and can convince them you are a local.

Girls of Glitter Gulch

This smaller club was recently renovated and the reviews are positive. This is the only strip club right in the middle of the Downtown Fremont Street area. Since no taxi drivers are involved the cover is the cost of two drinks, which average $8 or so.

Nude

Palomino Club

As mentioned, this is the only nude club that serves alcohol. The cover is $30, but they have a free shuttle that will come pick you up if you call them, so at least you can save taxi fare.

Déjà Vu Showgirls

This nude and alcohol-free place is one of many in the city that usually has less-beautiful girls. Cover charge is $25, but that includes unlimited (alcohol-free) drinks for some reason.

Sheri’s Cabaret

Similar to above and a favorite for taxi drivers. It’s only $5 to get in during the day if you come on your own, or $30 if you arrive in a taxi. After 3 p.m. it’s $20/$35 depending on how you get there.

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Thanks to some clever promotions and marketing, the nightclub scene in Las Vegas has gone from almost non-existent 20 years ago to one of the hottest in the world today. Every large Strip hotel has at least one “exclusive” nightclub competing for visitors with deep pockets. The trendy places where the Hollywood stars are often paid to appear when they are in Las Vegas charge a lot to get in because somebody’s got to pay for those appearance fees.

Price of entry

Most of the notable nightclubs in Las Vegas charge around $30 to get in, with some only charging around $20 on weeknights. For this price you’ll usually stand in a long line, even if the club itself is nearly empty inside. A long line outside brings prestige to a club even though it’s maddening for that evening’s hopefuls.

Want to skip the line? Many of these clubs have devised a system where instead of tipping the bouncer you just pay a higher entry fee. For around $50 you can get right in, although some places cut this system off around midnight because by then the places can actually be crowded so they can’t just let everyone keep streaming in.

Additional packages

Many of the better Las Vegas nightclubs also offer packages where guests can buy their way into VIP status by paying a high fee. For $500 or so you and three of your friends can get in, get a reserved table, and usually get a bottle of pricey booze as well. Each place has a different deal and usually the more expensive the hotel the nightclub is located in, the more expensive their VIP packages are.

Dress codes

If you are going to any of the trendy places below you will run into one form of dress code or another. Generally speaking, if you look like a slob you’ve got no hope at all. Some places will allow “urban wear” and others only allow more glamorous styles. Check for specifics at the place you choose or wear the best clothes you brought and cross your fingers.

Ten of the more stylish nightclubs

Blush Boutique – This club in the ultra-pricey Wynn Las Vegas Resort mixes hip-hop, rock, and house in this 400-capacity place with a nightly basic cover charge of $30.

Tao – This club in the Venetian holds 2,500 people so getting in isn’t as challenging as in some of the smaller places. The music mixes hip-hop, house, and R&B and the cover charge is $20 to $30.

Rain – This 1,800-capacity club in the Palms Hotel is one of the places the cast of the Real World Las Vegas embarrassed themselves night after night. The music is a mix of everything and the cover charge is $30.

VooDoo Lounge – This 750-capacity club is on top of the Rio so the view is spectacular. The music is a mix of Top-40 and dance, and the cover charge is $30 to $40.

Risqué – This club in the Paris Las Vegas Hotel holds 800 people. The music varies from night to night and the cover charge is $30.

Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce – This small and trendy club in the Mandalay Bay charges from between $20 and $40 to get in and plays a mix of styles.

Tabú – This 350-capacity club in the MGM Grand mixes house music with classic lounge stuff. Entrance is $20-25 for this place billing itself as an “ultra lounge.”

Tangerine – Inside the Treasure Island you’ll find this 500-capacity club that plays hip-hop and house. The cover is $20 in this retro-themed night spot.

Poetry – This small club inside Caesar’s Palace specializes in hip-hop with a cover of between $20 and $30.

Jet – This 1,500-capacity club inside the Mirage mixes a bit of everything in three separate rooms. Cover charge is $30, but it’s only open Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

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Even though the number of huge Las Vegas shows has increased dramatically over the last decade or so, they haven’t gotten any cheaper or easier to get into. This is something you should begin researching when you first lock in the dates you’ll be visiting. Some of the more notable shows sell out well in advance, even with ticket prices starting well over $100.

If you just want to see a show while you are in Las Vegas, you’ll have no problem finding one to attend while you are in the city, but if you want to see a specific show you’ve got to be on the ball. Broadway-style hits like Spamalot and Mamma Mia! can be sold out way in advance.

Check the shows page on Lasvegas.com for the specific shows that will be playing while you’ll be in town.

Production shows

Most of the largest theaters in Las Vegas feature large Broadway-style shows with huge casts, lavish costumes, and sometimes even stars in the main roles. Several actual Broadway shows are always in town including Phantom, Mamma Mia!, and Spamalot, but again, the lineup changes periodically so it’s important to check the listings for when you’ll be in town. Prices for the top shows can range from $80 to about $200, and many sell out nearly every show so it’s a good idea to buy tickets in advance over the phone or Internet if you have your heart set on one in particular.

Magic shows

There has never been a shortage of magic acts in Las Vegas, but now the town is filled with them. Lance Burton and Penn & Teller are the big names, but many other talented magicians perform regularly in major hotels as well.

Tribute shows

Ever since Beatlemania hit in the 70s, Vegas has been putting on high-quality tribute shows of all kinds. Legends In Concert has been running for a couple decades now, but other tribute shows featuring Neil Diamond, the Rat Pack, and the Beatles are also popular in the medium-sized rooms in Las Vegas.

Adult shows

A growing number of lavish shows for “adults only” are popular in Las Vegas. The traditional drag shows like Follies Bergere are still around, but now they are joined by Chippendales shows and stripper-based shows so there is something for everyone but the kids in this category.

Lounge shows

These aren’t as popular as they once were, but if you walk through a casino or two you are bound to come across a band or singer performing their heart out in front of people who just happened to wander by. These can be campy and cheesy, but the performers are almost all quite talented so this is a good, free, and authentic way to get a bit of Vegas in an old-school way.

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As America’s most-visited city and having a desert climate with nearly year-round sunshine, it’s no surprise that Las Vegas is one of the major golf capitals of the country. With several dozen courses in the area, finding a place to play in Las Vegas isn’t too tough, although finding an affordable place with open tee times might be.

Las Vegas has a mix of traditional and championship courses that take quite a bit of watering in order to keep them looking good, along with many desert courses that use much of the original landscape in play, or at least through most of the out-of-bounds areas.

Prices

Las Vegas has courses in all price ranges, but obviously the nicer courses can be extraordinarily expensive. The one at the Wynn Las Vegas is the only one on the Strip itself, and 18 holes goes for $500 and is restricted to hotel guests. The city’s only par-3 course is just south of McCarran Airport and a round there can be as low as $25, but most courses are a bit north of $100 for 18 holes, including cart rental.

When to play

Spring and fall are definitely the most popular golfing seasons for Las Vegas. Summers can get unbelievably hot so spending 5 hours in the sun doesn’t sound as great when you get here as it might have when you were planning it at home. People definitely do play during summer and all the courses are open, but early morning tee-times are hard to come by, and late afternoon is another good compromise. Winters in Las Vegas are colder than most people expect, but starting in February the perfect weather is upon us so the spring is quite long.

Getting a tee time

The concierge at most hotels should be able to arrange tee times with a bit of notice, but you can also book in advance at most courses as well. The course guide on Vegas.com has a good list of all the golf courses in Las Vegas and many of them can be booked online, and most of the rest can be booked through the phone numbers on each course’s information page there.

The courses closest to the Las Vegas Strip

Wynn Las Vegas – As mentioned, this is the only one actually on the strip, and it’s first class all the way. Green fees are $500 and it’s only available for guests of the hotel, which is one of the most expensive in the city to begin with. Most of us can only dream of playing this course.

Las Vegas National Golf Club – This used to be the Sahara Golf Course, but it’s not too near that hotel. They’ve hosted many PGA and LPGA events, including one won by Tiger Woods. Reservations are taken up to two months in advance and green fees range from $75 to $185.

Las Vegas Golf Course – The first course in the city dates back to 1945, but a massive recent renovation has kept it up to date with newer places. It’s not far from the Strip and fees range from between $75 to $105, with reservations taken up to 60 days in advance.

Callaway Golf Center – The city’s only par-3 course is just south of the airport on Las Vegas Boulevard. It’s more of a practice facility than anything else, and it’s even lit at night. Reservations are taken up to a month in advance and fees range from $25 to $45.

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It used to be the only reason to go to Las Vegas was it was the only place you could legally gamble in the United States, and there wasn’t much else to do in Las Vegas anyway. Now, everything has changed, yet gambling is still the most popular activity in Las Vegas by far. Over 34 million people visited Las Vegas in 2007, and almost 90% of them gambled during their stay.

Types of gambling in Las Vegas

Slot machines

Decades ago these were there as much to decorate the Las Vegas casinos as they were there to make money, but they’ve long-ago passed table games as by far the biggest source of gaming revenue in the city, and now actually make up two-thirds of the total money won by casinos. They come in every imaginable shape and theme, and most no longer even have the handle on the side to activate the wheels spinning. The act of inserting and collecting coins is now mostly history too, as casinos realized this process takes up too much time, so they’ve now put most machines on credit and voucher systems.

Video poker

These games look like slot machines, but they involve some skill so they attract a different kind of player. They aren’t nearly as popular as their wheel-spinning brothers, but they are in every casino and are easy to find in large numbers.

Table games

Blackjack/Twenty-one – This is the largest in the table-games category by far. This is an easy game to learn and even master. Card-counting isn’t nearly as difficult as movies make it out to be, but winning consistently by doing so is nearly impossible anyway.

Roulette – This simple and historic game is easy to play because it’s impossible to be good or bad at it. Every spot on the table carries the same risk/return ratio. Casinos have installed boards that show all the recent numbers hit as a way to sucker naïve players who believe in streaks to bet even more.

Craps – Just behind roulette in popularity, this dice game is intimidating because it’s not easy to learn and the lingo can sound purposely confusing. This can be one of the most exciting of all table games since generally all the players win or lose together, unlike twenty-one or roulette.

Baccarat – This game isn’t found all over, and it’s almost always a high-minimum game in a special room when you do find it. Las Vegas casinos actually make more profit off baccarat than off craps and roulette combined, due to the high stakes.

Other table games

Most casinos offer a few additional table games for people who like something new and different. The most popular ones are:

• Mini-bacarrat
• 3-Card Poker
• Caribbean Stud poker
• Let It Ride
• Pai Gow
• Pai Gow Poker

Several of these games are similar to other games you know, but with slightly different rules. Asians in particular seem drawn to Pai Gow and Pai Gow Poker, but in general these games tend to have high profit margins for casinos because most players don’t know proper strategy.

Other games

Sports books

In Nevada you can bet on nearly any event that is contested on a field of play that is outside of Nevada. Football and basketball are the big two, but betting on baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, and other sports is also available in season. In spite of many people’s misconception, you can’t bet on Academy Award winners or American Idol winners or anything else that isn’t contested on a “field of play.” A few casinos put up odds for entertainment purposes, but don’t try actually betting on these things.

Race books

This declining sport of thoroughbred horse racing still has legions of fans among Las Vegas visitors. Most large casinos have a big race book facility inside them, where players can bet on every race at large tracks in the country, and even some smaller tracks when the big ones aren’t running. You can also bet on quarter horses, harness horses, and greyhounds in Las Vegas, though those tend to be popular in evenings and during off hours.

Poker

This is the only of the table games where players aren’t playing against the house, but are rather playing against each other. You are probably aware of the huge resurgence in poker due to Texas Hold ‘Em being on every other cable TV channel for a few years. The enormous World Series of Poker still packs them in to the Rio off the strip, and most casinos have poker rooms now here sharp locals can earn a living by fleecing hopeful tourists who’ve never played in a live game. The poker explosion might be declining, but for now you’ll have no problem finding a poker table.

Keno

This bingo-type game is a terrible bet for players, but it’s found all over and they make it easy to play while eating in a casino restaurant so it remains reasonably popular.

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Glamorous showgirls have been synonymous with Las Vegas – and shows the Folies Bergere - have been popular in Vegas since nearly the beginning. And now with the recent explosion of new hotels and multiple showrooms at each, Las Vegas hosts a wide variety of shows that are suitable for adults only.

The new breed of shows still includes the Folies Bergere itself, but now there are plenty of different shows in different categories so it should be easy to find one (or one for each half of your group) that interests you. Some of them stress the classy side of slightly-erotic entertainment, and others feature strippers stripping with little in the way of a storyline to distract audiences from the skin.

You won’t come across anything X-rated in any of these shows, but there’s plenty of nudity and erotic imagery to go around so be sure to get a good seat. Most of these shows charge around $50 for each ticket, but a couple of them are also high-end production shows so they can be closer to $80 per person.

Getting tickets

Some of these shows don’t sell out well in advance like the headliner and Broadway-style shows do, but some of them do sell out in advance so if you have one in particular that you are interested in it would be best to buy tickets in advance. You can usually buy tickets through the hotel where the show takes place, but you can also book most shows online or over the phone. Vegas.com handles tickets to most of these shows.

5 of the better adult shows

Zumanity, The Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil

This adult revue is set in an opera house where attractive male and female performers show off their stuff and tease the audience. Production values are high and there is some of the usual Cirque trickery, but the main focus is on the erotic side of stage performing.

MGM Grand’s Crazy Horse Paris

This Paris-inspired show features a dozen nearly identical women who dance and serve as backdrops for artistic images cast over their nude bodies. Both the show and theater are replicas of an original started in Paris in 1951.

Thunder from Down Under

This all-male revue at the Excalibur features a cast of men from Australia who slowly but surely reveal all while having fun with the ladies in the audience.

Folies Bergere

This show debuted in Las Vegas in 1959 and here it remains at the Tropicana. The show is a tribute to beautiful French women of the 1940s, but modern elements creep in when the time is right.

Fantasy

This show at the Luxor features 8 of the most beautiful topless women you are likely to see in Las Vegas. Various male fantasies are played out in a setting meant to resemble a strip club.