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...granting outposts to chefs such as Emeril Lagasse, Thomas Keller, Alain Ducasse, Charlie Palmer, Wolfgang Puck and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Vegas dining has become so high-end it employs more master sommeliers than any other U.S. city. The hotels only get more and more extravagant and opulent. One of the must-have features is a posh spa: every Strip hotel has one, such as the 69,000-sq.-ft. Canyon Ranch SpaClub at the Venetian, which has a two-story rock-climbing wall. Luxury designer shops, from Louis Vuitton and Gucci to Armani and Dior, are so common that they...
...there are so many strip clubs in Vegas that many of the dancers commute from other cities. They are such a part of the Vegas mainstream that high-end strip joints often have tables not only of couples but also groups of women. Japanese tour buses stop midday at the Palomino Club so the riders can check off a requisite Vegas experience. The Spearmint Rhino Gentleman's Club, which has a clothing boutique where men can buy outfits for their favorite performers, employs a host, Rico Connor, who liaisons with casino hosts to help them entertain their high rollers. Strip...
Lagerfeld, who previously designed products for the French mass-market chain La Redoute, follows the relatively new trend of high-end designers' dipping down into popular-priced retail. In the 1970s Halston shocked the fashion world when he sold his name to J.C. Penney and launched a less expensive collection. Next month Oscar de la Renta will introduce a new moderate line, O Oscar, that will retail for less than $100. "We're certainly going to see more of this," says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst for NPD Group, a trend-tracking firm. "I wouldn't be surprised...
...strip clubs are such a part of the Vegas mainstream that high-end ones often have tables not only of couples but also groups of women. Japanese tour buses stop at the Palomino Club so the riders can check off a requisite Vegas experience. Strip clubs are so institutionalized that an fbi sting to find Mafia connections instead discovered that two clubs were funding the campaigns of local politicians in exchange for their pushing laws to make it difficult for new clubs to open. Sapphire, billed as the world's largest strip club at a cavernous...
...Europe, the U.K. already sends the most foreign visitors to Vegas. According to the Innovation Group, a New Orleans-based consulting firm, 71% of Brits have gambled in the past year, but preferred horse races, slot machines and lotteries to their country's casinos, which are either snobbishly high-end or seriously seedy. At both ends of the spectrum, the casinos "are very small," says James Hipwell, editor of the gambling magazine Inside Edge. "The Mirage [in Vegas] has 150 blackjack tables; I go to a casino in London that has only three." With that kind of room for growth...