WELCOME to Kimo’s Vegas ... the Player’s Edge!

KIMO’s VEGAS TV premieres Monday, May 29 at 9 p.m. on OC16. Join us as we check out the MGM Grand’s Maximum Vegas Experience including Signature, Craftsteak, L’Atelier and a special backstage tour of KA! with Punahou grad Sarah Harding Traverso.

WHAT DO the experts say is the best club in Las Vegas? The fourth annual World Club Awards has selected Tabu in the MGM Grand as the best lounge, and Tao in the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian as the best New Club.

PEARL CITY High School grad Tommy Urso has left his gig as a casino host at the Venetian Hotel for a similar position at the ultra-hip Palms Resort. If you’ve always wanted to check out the place, we now have the local boy connection. E-mail Tommy at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call him at (702) 942-7777, ext. 6985.

HAWAIIAN Airlines is offering $50 off Las Vegas round trips booked online now through June 9.

PETER MORTON has sold the Hard Rock Hotel to Morgans Hotel Group for $770 million. He will receive about 95 percent of the net proceeds of the sale. They are also in partnership with the Boyd Group to develop a part of Echelon Place.

THE ARTIST again known as Prince has scheduled a pair of intimate shows at the Empire Ballroom May 27 and 28.

AUGUST 1-4 is a good time to go shoe shopping in Vegas. The WSA (World Shoe Association) is having its biannual convention at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Sands Expo and The Venetian. Even if you can’t get into the WSA show, every store in town will be displaying the latest designs at sale prices for the 34,000 industry participants.

DREAMSCAPE Development Group of Dallas is looking to build two stadiums as part of a $2.1 billion, 5-Star casino/condo/hotel project called Stone Castle Resorts on 65 acres near the Silverton. The 80,000-seat domed stadium and a 25,000-seat arena will be inspired by the design of the ancient Roman coliseums.

Seating would be cantilevered, putting the audience closer to the stage. They’re hoping to host “NCAA Division 1-A football, basketball and baseball, NFL football, Arena Football, NBA basketball, Major League Baseball, tennis, soccer, boxing, wrestling, speed auto and motorcycle racing, hockey, indoor track and field, mega music concerts, touring Broadway shows, and special rodeo events” (whew)!

GET MORE Kimo’s Vegas at www.KimosVegas.com, in the Wednesday MidWeek, in Oceanic Cable’s Around Hawaii and with Brickwood Galuteria Friday morning at 7:20 on Hawaiian105 KINE.

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