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  Las Vegas Slam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Las Vegas Slam was an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The team began playing in Las Vegas during the 2001-2002 season.
Originally the team had been based in Chicago as the Chicago Skyliners in 2000-2001 and the start of 2001-2002.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Las_Vegas_Slam   (105 words)

  
 Las Vegas Rattlers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Las Vegas Rattlers were an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The franchise was revived as the Rattlers in 2004.
This team is being replaced in 2006-2007 by the similarly named Las Vegas Venom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Las_Vegas_Rattlers   (149 words)

  
 Andy Hall
He was on the Flagstaff, AZ poetry slam team in 2002 and also the Las Vegas Slam team in 2003, and continues to pursue more academic accolades as every minute passes.
Slam poetry is a return to the oral tradition, but a good slam poem must be well written or composed.
I think slam poetry is closer to theatre than poetry in the academic sense, but all the genres of writing intersect and mesh at some point.
www.poetix.net /hall.htm   (1258 words)

  
 Las Vegas Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Las Vegas' dark-horse bid could be strengthened by contractual complications that recently halted efforts to bring All-Star weekend to the home of one of the NBA's most-storied franchises.
Las Vegas has more than 131,000 hotel and motel rooms and three of the nation's 10 largest convention halls, as well as a few smaller hotel-casino convention facilities that could likely host such an event.
Las Vegas in 1996 hosted the first six regular season games by Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics while the team's home stadium was renovated.
www.lasvegastribune.com /20050422/sports2.html   (1276 words)

  
 In Business Las Vegas
Las Vegas has grabbed a made-for-television golf event away from the Hawaiian Islands and will stage "Golf Week" in Las Vegas in conjunction with the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority unanimously approved spending $4.5 million over three years to host the event, which usually pits the winners of golf's four major PGA tournaments.
Las Vegas Events, which works with the LVCVA to attract special events to the city, is working to extend the contract for the National Finals Rodeo, the sport's championship event in December.
www.inbusinesslasvegas.com /2005/11/11/feature1.html   (817 words)

  
 Las Vegas Holidays: Cheap Holidays in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas may have little more than one million inhabitants but its airport is the ninth busiest in the world, daily spewing out hordes of tourists hoping to win big bucks at the thousands of gambling tables or one-armed bandits (slot machines).
According to the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas is now the fastest growing city in North America with an estimated two acres of land being developed every 24-hours and seeing approximately 50,000 people annually choosing to make the city and suburbs their home.
All of it is on display in Las Vegas at the spectacular Elvis-A-Rama Museum, a full-scale salute to Mr Presley.
www.lastminute.com /site/find/World/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Las-Vegas/Las-Vegas--Holiday.html   (1120 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: ABA's Las Vegas Slam set for home debut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Delayed but not derailed, the Las Vegas Slam basketball team of the ABA 2000 league will make its home debut at 7 tonight at the Cox Pavilion.
The 0-2 Slam, which formed when the league's Chicago franchise folded, originally was scheduled to play its first home game Feb. 18.
"The Las Vegas team is going to be competitive," Slam vice president and general manager Ruby Richman said.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2002/feb/26/513093865.html   (426 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: ABA's Las Vegas Slam set for home debut
Las Vegas SUN: ABA's Las Vegas Slam set for home debut
ABA's Las Vegas Slam set for home debut
Other Slam members are: former UNLV players Patrick Savoy and Gerald Paddio, Damion Dantzler (Louisville), Roy Hammonds (San Jose State), Jaha Wilson (USC), Kevin Holland (DePaul), Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall), Robbie Jones (California), Saif Abdur-Rahman (Oregon Tech) and Thomas Gillespie (Jefferson University).
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/archives/2002/feb/26/513093865.html?aba   (442 words)

  
 Las Vegas Events
LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas Events (LVE) announced today that, for the first time, two of the nation’s most prestigious high school basketball tournaments will determine their champions on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on July 26th.
The adidas Super 64 (www.adidassuper64.com) and The Main Event presented by Vision Sports (www.visionsports.com) are expected to attract 500 all-star teams to Las Vegas, setting the stage for each to determine their champions at the Cox Pavilion.
In its 21-year history, Las Vegas Events has produced, presented or supported more than 200 events, which have driven more than 2.5 million visitors to the area, resulting in an economic impact of more than $700 million.
www.lasvegasevents.com /news.php?id=33   (727 words)

  
 Las Vegas Events
With approximately 130,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas alone and 9 million square feet of meeting and exhibit space citywide, the LVCVA's mission centers on attracting ever-increasing numbers of leisure and business visitors to the area.
Las Vegas Events E-LERTS direct to you from the producer, presenter and supporter of premier events in Las Vegas.
This will mark the fourth time that Las Vegas hosts the FEI World Cup Finals and the second time ever, following the initial time in Las Vegas in 2005, that the world’s premier annual championships in the two Olympic equestrian disciplines are held concurrently.
www.lasvegasevents.com /news.php?id=42   (662 words)

  
 Las Vegas Golf Concierge - Tournaments
Las Vegas is America's most popular location for corporate meetings, trade shows and events.
Together there is no other location and sporting activity that allows members of a corporate organization to spend eight to ten hours with actual or potential clients in a fun, relaxed, comfortable, and uninterrupted environment.
Grand Slam Golf, is a leader in the management and planning of golf tournaments for the corporate, non-profit, and charitable sectors.
www.gsglv.com /Tournaments.asp   (274 words)

  
 Las Vegas Hotels - Venetian Casino Resort
My daughter loves Las Vegas, and loves shows and good restaurants, and previously we stayed with her at the MGM, and just wanted her to have as good an experience.
While Las Vegas is trying hard to make the enviroment more family friendly, you do need to keep in mind it is an adult playground.
Las Vegas is still one of the cheapest places in the United States to get a hotel room.
www.las-vegas.cruzino.com /cr/las-vegas/venetian?page=4   (1867 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Agassi to retire after U.S. Open
After years of dealing with injuries, after months of contemplation, he finally spoke the words he knew he had to, at the place he knew he had to.
His rivalry with Pete Sampras helped boost tennis' popularity in the 1990s; Agassi is the last active player from their tremendous generation of American men, a group that also included major champions Jim Courier and Michael Chang.
The Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy is a charter school for at-risk youth in his hometown of Las Vegas.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/jun/24/062410562.html   (1123 words)

  
 NBA.com: Las Vegas to Host All-Star 2007
NBA All-Star is a week-long celebration that enables fans from around the globe to experience the thrill of the world’s greatest athletes playing the game they love while also leaving a lasting impact in the host city’s community.
Not all of the action will take place on the hardwood as the NBA will partner with schools and community-based organizations in Las Vegas and the surrounding areas to showcase the League’s on-going commitment to the community.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is charged with marketing Southern Nevada as a tourism and convention destination worldwide, and also with operating the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Center.
www.nba.com /news/las_vegas_allstar_2007.html   (552 words)

  
 Vagabond Inn Las Vegas - Las Vegas, Nevada
2601 Westwood Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89102 US Convenient to all the action, yet slightly removed from the hustle and bustle is the Las Vegas Inn Travelodge.
Just three blocks from "The Strip", the Las Vegas Inn's newly renovated spacious and distinctively appointed guestrooms offer a comfortable retreat and one of the city's best lodging values.
Easily accessible to I-15 at the Sahara Exit, the Las Vegas Inn is only minutes from many of Las Vegas' most famous and newest attractions.
www.lasvegasnevadahotels.us /brochure/10030382   (155 words)

  
 Las Vegas Mercury: A/E: Happy anniversary, First Friday
Either way, you'll find that the 12th installment of the monthly downtown arts festival is a lot bigger and more elaborate than the first.
First Friday is not a unique event--Las Vegas is a borrowing kind of place, and this is no exception.
The Las Vegas Rape Crisis Center will be selling stuff for the benefit of the center.
www.lasvegasmercury.com /2003/MERC-Sep-04-Thu-2003/22018552.html   (676 words)

  
 Coasters of Las Vegas.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Las Vegas is a wonderful place to go and get away from everything.
Oh yes, even Las Vegas has a bit of New York in it, at New York New York you can go for a coaster ride on the Manhatten Express.
Also a few miles west of Las Vegas on the state line of CA, you can find Desperado, one of the worlds tallest roller coasters.
members.aol.com /CoAsTeRVA/lasvegas.html   (355 words)

  
 USBasket - ABA
In a victory over the Las Vegas Slam on March 16, he shattered the Knights single-game scoring record with 42 points; the old record was 37.
LAS VEGAS, NV, - The Kansas City Knights won the 2002 ABA Championship, defeating the Southern California Surf 118 – 113.
In fact, the # 7 ranked Las Vegas Slam had an easy win over the # 6 ranked Indiana Legends in their first round of the ABA Championship Tournament, 115-94.
www.usbasket.com /aba/aba02.asp   (1312 words)

  
 Editorial Page @ Shop Las Vegas Information Center - (702) 363-3290
When it comes to selling web space for advertising to the general public, to business owners, there are so many things that they do not understand about how the internet, the web; works and I can not wait until the day when it is very prevalent whether that takes solid competition or just an enlightenment.
Vegas dot-com does a similar "slam-bang" job for their advertisers and that was an earlier lesson, see
Yes, Shop Las Vegas is the advocate for the local business owner and not the casino forums nor the major shopping malls around town.
shop-las-vegas.com /Editorial-Page.htm   (1520 words)

  
 Las Vegas Basketball Teams
Las Vegas Bandits: Defunct (Formerly Las Vegas Silver Bandits)
This franchise has attracted considerable buzz with the announcement of former NBA player Joe "Jellybean" Bryant (father of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant), to coach the team, and 6'4" Percy Miller (better known as Rapper "Master P", CEO of No Limit Records) as a Guard and Forward.
The Jazz owners were allegedly experimenting with moving the team to Vegas.
www.angelfire.com /nv2/lvsports/basketball.html   (348 words)

  
 Las Vegas City Life
Fuller, a significant figure in the Las Vegas nightlife scene for at least the last five years, is believed to have been the first person hired by the super-sophisticated, soon-to-open club more than six months ago.
So come on down and be a part of the Las Vegas arts district's "First Friday" event, a showcase of local art and Las Vegas' vital downtown cultural scene.
In case anyone's interested, a local band called Reqquiem recently won the Las Vegas Cabo Wabo Battle of the Bands and is now in the semifinals.
www.lasvegascitylife.com /articles/2003/07/30/music/fear_and_lounging/fearlounge.txt   (986 words)

  
 Poker Prof's Poker Blog - <$MTEntryTitle$>
Vegoose is coming to Las Vegas at the end of the month.
Usually Las Vegas is just a stop over between gigs in California and Colorado or Arizona.
All material © LasVegasVegas.com under the creative commons license unless materials are under existing copyright and said materials are the property of of their respective copyright holders.
www.lasvegasvegas.com /pokerblog/archives/000691.php   (1022 words)

  
 Vegas Valley Book Festival Participating Writers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
His one-man show, Dayvid Figler is Jim Morrison in Hello, I Love You (Where You Folks From?), sponsored by the City of Las Vegas, was selected as a feature on the literary stage at the 1999 Bumbershoot in Seattle, Washington.
Jarret Keene is author of the poetry collection Monster Fashion and editor of The Undergound Guide to Las Vegas, both from Manic D Press.
Russell was recently re-elected Chair for the Clark County Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission, and she became a member of the Nevada Public Radio Community Advisory Board this year and the Las Vegas Arts Commission.
www.vegasvalleybookfest.org /writers/poets.html   (460 words)

  
 WWF gives up on Las Vegas casino
So much for a permanent home for the WWF in Las Vegas.
The ever-growing WWF, based out of Stamford, Connecticut, has thrown in the towel (ala Arnold Skaaland giving up for Bob Backlund in his famous WWF title loss to the Iron Sheik) in its plans for a WWF Entertainment complex-casino in the gambling capital of the United States.
Earlier this year, World Championship Wrestling closed their Nitro Grill in Las Vegas.
www.canoe.ca /SlamWrestlingArchive2000/dec27_casino-can.html   (285 words)

  
 Vegas Tennis
Las Vegas Skin and Cancer Clinics Summer Series is comprised of 3 major tournaments, The Mobile Medical Services Bally's Cup, Las Vegas Skin and Cancer Clinics Indian Open and the Mercedes Benz Cup in July.
All matches at the Las Vegas Hilton, on the 3rd floor, the tennis courts next to the pool.
The Las Vegas Hilton has a special rate called the "TENNIS RATE" for $99.00 special just for tennis players.
www.vegastennis.com /getarticlescreen.event?id=100001052   (165 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: A look at Andre Agassi, retiring from tennis after the U.S. Open
Las Vegas SUN: A look at Andre Agassi, retiring from tennis after the U.S. Open
GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES: 8 (Wimbledon in 1992, U.S. Open in 1994 and 1999, French Open in 1999, Australian Open in 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003).
One of only five men in tennis history to win all five Grand Slam tournaments.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/jun/24/062410542.html   (205 words)

  
 Circus Circus Las Vegas Hotel Resort and Casino
Dining options abound including: THE Steakhouse, voted best in Las Vegas a record 17 years in a row, The Garden Grill, Mexitalia X-Press, The Pink Pony, Barista Café, The Pizzeria, and the Circus Buffet.
The Adventuredome is a 5-acre indoor theme park, and is the only theme park on the Las Vegas Strip.
Your Las Vegas wedding will be a stress-free event with our professionals handling all the details.
www.circuscircus.com   (287 words)

  
 IOL: Las Vegas groups slam naked 'Bambi' hunts
Las Vegas - Outraged by a Las Vegas company that claims to offer men a chance to stalk and shoot naked women in the Nevada desert with paintball guns, women's groups and government agencies were scrambling to find a way to shut down such "Bambi" hunts.
"Las Vegas is a place where anything goes, but this crosses the line if this is real."
The company has a Las Vegas business licence to sell a $20 (about R150) video of hunters chasing nude women through the woods as a spoof on hunting videos that feature men hunting deer.
www.iol.co.za /index.php?click_id=79&art_id=qw1058500080298B242&set_id=1   (617 words)

  
 ICE | Las Vegas featured on Spike TV's The Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In the dance music community, where careers are often measured in months, Mark Lewis has been a leading figure in the industry for 16 years.
He is the featured DJ this year at T In The Park, and continues to play the UK's biggest clubs including Slam, Cream, Lakota and Minstry Of Sound.
Signing an exclusive deal with Moonshine Music here in the United States, this is the first time any of Carl's work has been available domestically.
www.icelasvegas.com /home/event.asp?eventdate=4/2/2005   (625 words)

  
 Las Vegas Places To Stay - Map
Centrally located on the Las Vegas Strip, across from the Bellagio - opened in Fall 1999.
Located on the Las Vegas Strip and Flamingo road in the heart of the south strip.
La Quinta is generally located near airports, bustling business centers, and major freeways.
search.worldres.com /search/GetHTMLServlet?TI=map_las_vegas_fre2&SI=591&front_end_id=9892   (590 words)

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