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5 Misty Peaks, Estate of the Day

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Imagine for a moment that you are a chef in one of the hottest restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip. You would want a home that is beautiful, perhaps removed from the hubbub of downtown but not too far. You might also be in search of a kitchen where you could create gastronomic indulgences for your lucky guests. Welcome then to 5 Misty Peaks, a five-bedroom contemporary home designed for the entertainer. It has a contemporary look with big glass windows facing the Strip in the distance. The home also has multiple wine refrigerators, a private screening room, electronic drapes. surround sound and a game room with a large wet bar with custom cabinets.. The star of the house however is the culinary kitchen which includes a Wolf range, Fisher Paykel dual stacked dishwashers, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and U-line refrigerated drawers. The long breakfast bar features blown glass lighting features. After a hearty meal you can step outside to the infinity pool flanked by fire woks. It also has a outdoor kitchen, gas fire pit, plasma televisions, fireplace and a misting system. This home is listed at $9.45 million and was part of the 2006 Las Vegas Parade of Homes. After the jump, install cameras and film your own cooking show.

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Love at Las Vegas $100,000 Package

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Here we go again, another luxury Valentine hotel package. This one doesn't jet you around the world. The Love At Las Vegas romance package at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas includes a two night stay in The Ritz-Carlton's 2,400 square-foot Presidential Suite, a limo ride from the airport, helicopter ride to Lake Las Vegas with champagne, gondola ride, Cristal Champagne and gourmet picnic basket upon arrival and two private dinners one in your room and one about a Lake Las Vegas yacht. Other treats include a private butler, Prada Beauty spa treatments, personalized bath robes and monogrammed pillow cases. The package costs $100,000 but most of that is spent on the $50,000 shopping spree at Neiman Marcus and a $5,000 line of credit at the MonteLago Casino. The package is available starting February 1.

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The Ultimate Las Vegas Mancation

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Mancation, baby! How much do you love your guy friends? Enough to spend nearly $50,000 with them in Vegas? The JW Marriot Las Vegas Resort in Summerlin, Nevada has come up with what they call the ultimate mancation. The four-day trip includes $1,000 per person in gaming chips, two oversized two-bedroom suites, the chance to drive a Ferrari 360 Spider, a day at a race track, a day at the golf course with lessons from the pros and spa treatments for all your metrosexual manscaping needds and to top it all off, a seven-course meal on the last night of your stay. Each man also gets to take home a new set of golf clubs worth $2,000 per person. The entire package costs $49,000. Sounds like the the sort of thing Kid Rock needs to help him get over his divorce.

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Spanish Hills Las Vegas, Estate of the Day

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The community of Spanish Hills is one of the most luxurious communities in Las Vegas. The southwest Las Vegas enclave is home to some of the most famous celebrities who reside in Las Vegas.. This home in this guard-gated Las Vegas community is exceedingly lavish. The five-bedroom home is 16832 square feet which includes a home theater and game room. Other details include a racquet ball court with an electronic basket ball hoop, a 12+ car garage, two saunas, commercial elevator and a pool. There are views of the Vegas Strip glittering in the distance from several rooms. This home is listed at $9.95 million. After the jump, cook dinner with the Strip in the distance.

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Zephyr Cove, Estate of the Day

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This home is located in the growing town of Zephyr Cove in Nevada and sits on the scenic shores of Lake Tahoe. The home was built in 1993 but has been remodeled with an eye toward creating wide open spaces for entertaining. The home has five bedrooms, a large open family room, a media room and a private office. With 8,000 square feet there is plenty of room inside but outside is even more beautiful with a deep water pier, green lawns, waterfalls and ponds. The home is listed at $12.5 million. After the jump, the lure of the perfect sunset.

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Grand Sierra Resort

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Reno, once the divorce destination of America and then mostly perceived as a scrubby version of Vegas seems poised for a revitalization. The former Reno Hilton will now be home to the Grand Sierra Resort and Convention Center, a four-star development that includes two condo/hotel towers, a casino, and waterparks. The resort is on 148 acres with a 38-acre lake and includes a spa, restaurants, shopping areas and family friendly amenities such as a bowling alley, aquatic golf driving range, and a children's adventure center. The resort also has a dinner theater and a wedding chapel. The Grand Sierra Resort is selling condo hotel rooms on the top floors of the existing 27-story Sierra Tower at prices ranging from $260,000 to $1,250,000.

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MGM Begins CityCenter Construction

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This 4th of July is, according to AAA, the busiest ever, with 40.7 million people hitting the roads. A lot of those people are headed to Las Vegas, which is the summer's number one travel destination, where they can relax in luxury and hope to strike it rich. In Vegas, they are sure that this holiday weekend is setting a trend that will prompt more and more travelers to hit the strip. Preparing for all those additional guests, MGM has finally begun construction on a $7-billion dollar resort, called Project CityCenter. While we covered the plan last year, the company poured the foundation over the weekend.

The 66-acre complex will feature a total of 7 towers, acres of retail space and 12,000 permanent jobs. Two of the towers will be residential, one will be a hotel/condo complex and two will be turned into luxury hotels. There will also, of course, be a casino. One hotel, a "lifestyle hotel," is slated to have a "shimmering facade" and a lot of ambiance. The other is going to be a five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel that will "respond to the desert environment and climate."

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Red Rock Station

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Can a lavish new casino resort in Nevada lure Vegas lovers away from the Strip? Red Rock Station is located fifteen minutes west of Las Vegas in Red Rock Canyon. The billion-dollar resort has views of the Red Rock Canyon and of the Vegas strip. The resort has opened with 414 rooms available and will eventually have another 436 (for a total of 850) by the end of the year. Despite the large amount of rooms, the hotel is aiming for a boutique hotel feel. Guests won't have to cross the casino to get to their rooms. Room details include 42” high-definition plasma televisions, iPod docking stations, automated private bars and 15” LCD televisions. All rooms have views over Red Rock Mountains or the Las Vegas Strip. There is a three-acre pool with swim-up blackjack tables and the hotel will over a large spa with a lap pool, yoga garden and "adventure activities" like rock climbing and white water rafting. There are nine restaurants and a variety of entertainment options including Cherry, a nightclub designed by Rande Gerber. Rates start at $129 per night and a spa weekend that includes two night in a Strip view room and two spa treatments costs $381.

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Hawaii Is the Most Expensive Summer Vacation in the U.S.

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It's no big surprise that Hawaii is the most expensive place to vacation in the U.S. AAA has released their annual vacation costs survey. They found that a summer vacation will cost 5.4 percent more than last year.

The top five most expensive places for food and lodging for a family of four per day are:
1. Hawaii--$559
2. Washington D.C.--$518
3. Nevada--$348
4. Rhode Island--$329
5. New York--$329

For those on a budget, the bottom five are:
1. North Dakota--$191
2. Nebraska--$191
3. Kansas--$193
4. Iowa--$196
5. Oklahoma--$200

The national average is $261 and the average hotel rate is $141 per night.There are no big surprises in the bottom five but I had no idea that Washington D.C. ranked so high. If I had to guess I would have chosen New York second and placed California and Massachusetts in the top five.

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Massive Race Car Hotel Planned For Nevada Town

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More building exuberance from Nevada. This time the news comes from Beatty, a small town 120 miles north of Las Vegas. Developer Mark Fleming is planning a $2 billion hotel/casino/condo complex with a race car theme. The Xtreme Cars and Stars Hotel Casino will have four 27-story towers with around 2,592 condos, timeshares, and hotel rooms. There will also be retail shops, restaurants, and a large casino that includes and exhibition area for cars. The ambitious plan includes a $2.7 million, 2.1-mile NASCAR racetrack which will encircle the property. The project also has some amenities I haven't seen recently including a drive-in theater and a floating restaurant. Other features include a18-hole championship golf course, 50,000-square-foot pool area and an RV park with full hook up facilities. There will also be a floating restaurant suspended at the top of the building. Every detail of the building will have an automotive theme and the development also includes car condos with garage areas and overhead loft space for sale which will sell for $250,000 to $1 million. It's an interesting project but will it come to pass? According to an article in the Las Vegas Business Press, Fleming claims that executives from Arby's, Disney and General Motors have verbally committed to the deal. He hopes to break ground by the end of the year.

[via Born Rich]

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Vegas 888 Condo Development

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I've become a little skeptical when I hear the words Vegas and condo together in light of recent fallout but Vegas 888 seems to be making a go of it. The 50-floor blue glass tour will feature one, two and three bedroom penthouse suites. The layout is designed for luxury with a massive two-acre pool area, poolside cabanas, a 12,000 square-foot resort spa on the 35th floor and the Riviera Hot Spot, a sunbathing area with day beds, plunge pools and outdoor showers. The building will include its own restaurant and and The Whale club, a Strip-view night club. Condo options include lofts, three-story sky villas or a "high-life" suite and range from 800 square feet to over 10,000 square feet. The two-story lofts have 20 foot ceilings and glass staircases. The condos will also offer something they are calling “blue glove’ service. It is meant to be a step above white glove and will include the services of a private concierge, housekeeping, valet parking, room service and butler service. The entry will feature a waterfall and a large lobby. Prices range from $600,000 to well over $10 million and groundbreaking is set to happen this year. After the jump more pictures of what the building will look like.

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Villa Costa, Estate of the Day

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This unique Lake Tahoe home comes with a bit of history. According to the Street, Villa Costa started out as Villah Harrah when it was built for casino William Harrah in 1964. In 2004 this house went through a major renovation and has now hit the market. The 20,000 sq. ft. home is located on the water and has boat piers and two sandy beaches. The exterior was created from clear-heart redwood and imported hand-quarried quartzite block, hand-cut and hand-fitted by stone masons from Italy.The home has eight bedrooms, a kitchen with a Japanese cooking table and a breakfast bar and a master suite with dual marble baths, an exercise room, a private elevator, and custom closets. There is a home theater, an office and a recreation room. and the living room has leaded glass windows above the floor-to-ceiling glass windows with views of the lake and mountains. The home is listed at $29.95 million.

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