Last week, the massive CityCenter meta resort on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip topped off the first of what will eventually be six towers. The 57-story Vdara condo-hotel — which houses nearly 1,500 studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units reportedly finished three months ahead of schedule. The 76-acre site is abuzz with 13 tower cranes and more than 6,000 construction workers, heading for a scheduled completion date of November 2009.

TREK TREKKING: After 10 years of going where no casino has gone before, it looks like "Star Trek: The Attraction" at the Las Vegas Hilton will close at the end of this year. The owner of the Trek franchise, CBS/Paramount, says it won't renew its contract with the Hilton, apparently due to declining attendance. There's been no word yet regarding the fate of the resort's space-themed casino.

ANGEL AT LUXOR: The Criss Angel /Cirque du Soleil collaboration at Luxor will be called Criss Angel Believe, and will open for preview performances on Sept. 1. The show will play in a revamped 1,533-seat theater; ticket prices will range from $59 to $150.

FATOR AT MIRAGE: Terry Fator, the "America's Got Talent" winner who's been taking Las Vegas by storm, has been announced as the replacement for Danny Gans at the Mirage. Fator's singing/impersonations act is very Gans-like and should fit well in the opening created by Gans' defection to Encore.

Q. The World Series of Poker says it's delaying the broadcast of the World Championship event to boost ratings, but isn't there also a related concern about cheating?

A. It's not cheating as much as the possibility of getting what might be considered an unfair advantage. Since the public can see all the hole cards during the broadcast, there's the possibility that an outside agent could get a strong read on the style and strategy of one or more players and convey it to another player in the middle of the event. The delay prevents that.

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