i♥burgers Opening Soon

Another new premium gourmet burger restaurant will be opening on the Las Vegas Strip. i♥burgers will be located in The Shoppes at the Palazzo. The burgers will hit the grill this winter.

The concept seems fairly similar to the other burger joints in Vegas. Customers can choose from specialty burgers or can create their own. A mixologist will stir up some tasty beverages and shakes, and i♥burgers will even have its own "fry menu".

When KGB was opening a few months ago at Harrah's I had wondered if the Las Vegas gourmet burger market was becoming a little too saturated. It looks like the answer is no, at least not yet. After all, almost everyone ♥'s a good burger.



Source: i♥burgers Press Release.

Cosmopolitan Underground Entrance

Cosmopolitan CEO John Unwin tweeted a picture of the hotel's underground porte-cochere entrance. It looks very sharp with the lighting effects and shiny driving surface.



Credit: John Unwin Twitter.

Will MGM Implode the Harmon?

The Harmon Hotel is the one part of CityCenter that hasn't opened. Construction flaws caused the building to be capped at half the original size. Now the building is locked up in courts to determine if it is safe to complete, and who's to blame.

MGM has been pretty quiet about the Harmon, but in their latest earnings release they concluded that "It is unlikely the Harmon will be completed using the building as it now stands."

While nothing will be done anytime soon because of pending litigation and MGM's financial woes, it looks like the Harmon will eventually be knocked down and the space will be used for something more appealing.

Rita Rudner moving to Venetian

Rita Rudner will be moving from Harrah's to the Venetian starting in January 2011.

Rudner has been working almost exclusively in Las Vegas for almost ten years starting in 2001 at New York New York. She moved to Harrah's in 2006.

Rita Rudner is the biggest headliner at Harrah's so it will be interesting to see what they come up with to replace her. It seems likely they will move a show over from one of their other properties to fill the gap.

Harrah's Entertainment to Change Name

Harrah's Entertainment will change their name to Caesars Entertainment. The name change will be a part of their upcoming IPO. Back when the company was taken private in 2008 this exact same name change was announced but never completed.

I guess it makes sense to change the name of a struggling company, but I'm not sure it will really make that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. They definitely want to take advantage of their flagship brand, and a name change to Caesars will certainly achieve this.

Source: WSJ.