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Posted on: Sunday, July 19, 2009

Project Link ahead on Strip


By Anthony Curtis

Harrah's Entertainment has announced Project Link, a collection of low-rise restaurants, bars, and retail shops that will stretch between the Flamingo and O'Sheas casinos at center Strip.

Company officials characterize Project Link as an entertainment district, with a pedestrian corridor that will extend a block from the Strip back to the Las Vegas monorail, where a giant ferris wheel will rise 600 feet.

Neither the cost nor a timetable for Project Link has been announced, though it's contingent on financing, and analysts speculate that given today's credit crunch and Harrah's $20 billion in existing debt, it could be at least a couple of years before ground is broken on this one.

CABO WABO: A branch of Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina will open soon at Planet Hollywood.

The two-level, 15,000-square-foot nightclub and restaurant will fill the location previously occupied by Trader Vic's and boasts one of the Strip's best outside eating and drinking locations.

NEW PEEPS: Also at Planet Hollywood, the next lead in the revolving-door cast of its "Peepshow" production has been announced. Aubrey O'Day will join the cast in September. O'Day replaces Shoshana Bean, who replaced Mel B earlier this year. She'll co-star with Holly Madison, who replaced Kelly Monaco (unless, of course, Madison is replaced before then).

CSI COMING: "CSI: The Experience," a touring exhibit based on the popular CBS television series, will take up residence at the MGM Grand this summer. The attraction lets guests play a crime-scene investigator with the help of two crime labs. Prices to be announced.

Has a woman ever made the World Series of Poker main event's final table?

Yes, once. Barbara Enright made the final nine and finished fifth in 1995. Annie Duke (of "Celebrity Apprentice"), Barbara Samuelson and Susie Isaacs came close, all finishing 10th.This year's best showing by a woman was the 27th-place finish of Spaniard Leo Margets.

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