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Eating Blindfolded, 51,000 Square Feet of March Madness and a Really Big Ice Bar

51,000 Square Feet of March Madness
THE IDES OF MARCH

51,000 Square Feet of March Madness

Not sure if you know this, but it’s March now. And with March comes March Madness. And with March Madness comes Caesars Palace’s first-ever large-scale March Madness party in their 51,000-square-foot ballroom featuring a buffet, an open beer bar and live betting. And with... actually, we’re done.

Come, Witness the Largest Ice Bar on Earth
MIRACLE ON ICE

Come, Witness the Largest Ice Bar on Earth

Las Vegas wanted the claim to the largest permanent ice bar in the world. So Minus5 went ahead and revamped itself with 120 tons of ice, double the space, museum-quality ice carvings and an adjacent lounge in which to enjoy shareable dry-ice cocktails. And Las Vegas relented. For now, anyway.

A Tiny Restaurant Hiding in Plain Sight
SLO RIDE

A Tiny Restaurant Hiding in Plain Sight

What you’ll think this is: A tiny little kiosk on Las Vegas Boulevard.
What this really is: The Goodwich TBD, a restaurant incubator whose first tenant is SLO-Boy Food. They make things like grass-fed tri-tip beef, porchetta with carrot top pesto and griddle bread pudding.

Well, it’s still a kiosk.

Four Days of Food and Wine and Food and Wine
CORK IN THE ROAD

Four Days of Food and Wine and Food and Wine

Tickets are on sale now for the 10th annual Vegas Uncork’d. Some things you can do:

—Drink sommelier-selected sake at the Tao Loft Space.
—Hit the Grand Tasting featuring dishes from over 50 chefs.
—Eat at the best buffet in the city while completely blindfolded.

Dreams really do come true.

A New Three-Day Festival in the Desert
IN THE FUTURE...

A New Three-Day Festival in the Desert

If we told you a three-day festival called Further Future was happening on a nearby Indian reservation involving Japanese whiskey tastings, molecular gastronomy, 200-square-foot luxury domes and performances from the likes of Four Tet and Caribou, you’d probably think we were crazy. Except we are telling you that, so...

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