GRAND Marshall For Pennzoil 400 Announced! LV Raider A.J. Cole

 Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube will kick off in style as Las Vegas Raiders’ two-time All-Pro punter A.J. Cole has been named grand marshal for the 27th annual event. The three-time Pro Bowler will deliver the command to start engines before a massive crowd at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

 “This is going to be a thrill of a lifetime to get to do this,” Cole said. “I know it’s pretty special to be the person chosen to do this, so I promise I will make it memorable. On top of that, I’m looking forward to spending the day taking in all of the excitement of a NASCAR event.”

 

Since joining the Raiders organization in 2019, Cole has been named to the All-Pro First-Team twice and selected for the Pro Bowl three times. For the 2023-2024 season, Cole led the NFL in net punting average and had the most punts stopped inside the 20. Cole was the Raiders nominee for the 2022 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, recognizing outstanding excellence on and off the field through exceptional community service.

 

The Raider has achieved several records, notably setting the NFL record with an average of 63.6 yards per punt in a game against the New York Giants, totaling 318 yards. Additionally, he holds the franchise record for the longest punt at 83 yards.

 

Cole will join a list of distinguished guests who have also delivered the command at LVMS including Vegas Golden Knights Adin Hill and William Carrier, Legendary car builder Carroll Shelby, actor Mark Wahlberg, comedian Tim Allen, former Raiders Marcus Allen and Derek Carr, actor Cole Hauser, socialite Kim Kardashian, country and Rascal Flatts, noted broadcaster Brent Musburger and UFC President Dana White.

 

LVMS’s spring 2024 NASCAR Weekend begins on Thursday with the famous hauler parade on the Las Vegas Strip and racing action starts Friday with the Victoria’s Voice 200 Presented by Westgate Resorts NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. The LiUNA NASCAR Xfinity Series race is scheduled for Saturday and the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday.

 

For more information on the Pennzoil 400 race weekend, visit www.lvms.com or call 1-800-644-4444. Military discounts are available for single-day tickets, and the college student and educator $19 ticket offer is available for Sunday races. Stage-front passes for the Maddie & Tae pre-race concert and driver introductions can be found HERE

Have A Cocktail and Create Some Art!

Canvas and Cocktails DTLV specializes in using different mediums to bring art to life with a personal touch.

We provide the supplies and guidance to create a personal masterpiece while allowing the venue to showcase their food and Cocktails to keep the party going.

Our Goal is to make sure that each individual feels like their own personal artist. We want all of our new artists to walk away with a sense of confidence and we found that good food and Liquid courage always helps with these scenarios.

$25 includes all supplies and a complimentary cocktail

Get Lucky!!! Pinkbox To Offer Specialty-Themed St. Patrick's Doughnuts

Beginning March 1 through March 17, Pinkbox Doughnuts®, will offer specially designed St. Patrick’s Day themed doughnuts to celebrate the lucky holiday.

 “From unicorns to Lucky Charms, the holiday line-up at Pinkbox Doughnuts creatively celebrates the iconic emblems and colors of St. Patrick’s Day,” said Judith Perez Siegel, executive vice president at Pinkbox Doughnuts. “A Pinkbox Doughnut is sure to make your day a lot more fun and maybe a bit luckier too.”

 

This year, Pinkbox Doughnuts will offer sixteen St. Patrick’s Day inspired doughnuts, including:

• St. Patrick’s Pee Weez® – a glazed vanilla cake with St. Patrick’s sprinkles

• Lucky Charms Bar – a green frosted raised bar topped with Lucky Charms cereal

• Pot O’ Gold – a blue frosted raised ring topped with gold sugar and a sour rope candy rainbow

• Clover – a green frosted raised clover topped with clover design

• Irish Unicorn – a white frosted pink velvet cake topped with unicorn and St. Patrick’s décor

• It’s Ya Birthday – a white frosted raised shell filled with birthday cake whip and topped with blonde Oreo and St. Patrick’s Day sprinkles

• Lucky Ube – a green frosted “ube” cake topped with St. Patrick’s sprinkles

• Lucky Diva – a mint frosted glazed chocolate cake topped with St. Patrick’s sprinkles and chocolate chips

• Lucky Ring – a green frosted raised ring topped with St. Patrick’s sprinkles

• Leprechaun Ring – a glazed raised green ring

• Shamrock – a green frosted glazed vanilla cake topped with shamrock décor

• Lucky Blackjack – a chocolate frosted raised shell filled with cookies n cream buttercream and topped with Oreo crumble and green drizzle

• Yo Andee – a chocolate frosted raised shell filled with Andes mint whip and topped with a green swirl

• Mint Chocolate Face – a mint frosted croissant doughnut drizzled with chocolate

• Lucky Vegan Apple – a green frosted vegan raised shell filled with apple filling and topped with vegan white whip

 

Pinkbox’s iconic Pooh® doughnut celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Minty, a version made of chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream covered in mint frosting and topped with candy décor and an Irish flag.

 

In addition, Pinkbox’s Doughnut of the Month, available for the entire month of March, is Don’t Be Salty, a maple frosted raised shell with a hard white chocolate bottom filled with caramel cheesecake, topped with white whip, drizzled with caramel, and sprinkled with sea salt.

 

For more information on Pinkbox Doughnuts, store locations, hours, and doughnut varieties, please visit www.pinkboxdoughnuts.com.

Enjoy Some Art With Your Cigars & Whiskey At Eight Lounge

 Eight Lounge, the lush cigar and cocktail lounge at Resorts World Las Vegas, has more than cigars and whiskey to offer patrons of the arts, as they host the debut solo showcase of local self-taught artist David Leiserowitz and his recent foray into cubism and absurdism. Beginning Thursday, Feb. 29, the showcase will be open every night during regular lounge hours until its closing on Sunday, March 3. The lounge is open from 4 p.m. to close Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. to close Saturday and Sunday. More information on the event can be found here.

The debut solo exhibition of local Las Vegas artist David Leiserowitz, entitled “From Nothing to Something,” highlights and showcases Leiserowitz's development as an artist as he progresses through a broad variety of styles and techniques. Prominently focusing on a contemporary blend between realism and cubism, the collection explores the abstract with the deconstruction of familiar objects, characters and figures to invite the viewer to experience and contemplate the relationship between familiarity and novelty. The exhibition opens with a private showing running from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29, before becoming open to the public until its closing at 3 a.m. on Monday, March 4.

 

Experiencing and contemplating art pairs excellently with other offerings from Eight, like its carefully curated whiskey collection and cigars. Guests can broaden their horizons while sipping on the Rising Sun Sour made with Dewars aged in a Mizanura cask, lemon juice, simple syrup, peach Monin, fresh strawberries and egg white, priced at $18; or while smoking a Padron 50th anniversary cigar, filled with ten-year aged tobacco to deliver a flavor, that much like Leiserowitz’s work is rich, complex, deep and balanced.

 

Eight’s architecturally stunning space offers a 7,000-square-foot lounge, two private rooms and a spacious 2,200-square-foot outdoor terrace with views of the Las Vegas Strip. Located in The District of Resorts World Las Vegas, Eight Lounge is open Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to close and Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to close. The retail humidor is open daily from 11 a.m. to close. For more information and to make a reservation, please visit Eight Lounge or contact (702) 676-7405.

Uncontained Wrestling! This Week-End At Downtown Container Park

Can you smell what Downtown Container Park is cooking? Downtown Las Vegas’ open-air shopping center & entertainment venue is thrilled to present ‘Uncontained’ featuring Versus Pro Wrestling! This free family-friendly event will feature a mix of wrestling, tenant specials, live DJ, giveaways and more.

 On Sunday, March 3rd beginning at 2 p.m., Downtown Container Park presents an action-packed extravaganza, sure to be an unforgettable experience for wrestling enthusiasts of all ages. The afternoon will highlight over 12 Versus Pro Wrestling professionals on the card, including a Versus Pro Championship match between titans of the ring Papa Jacé and Damian Drake Battle Born. Other matches on The Lawn include a Battle Born Championship title fight between Can't Stop Jamaal and Duke Lawrence. Attendees can expect additional appearances from Versus Pro and Party Hard Wrestling Tag Team Champions Affirmative Action and LVLUP Expo Champion Kid Isaac.

 

In addition to all the high-flying action, guests will have the opportunity to browse through a wide range of wrestling merchandise from Container Park tenant Run It Back before quenching their thirst with a variety of Teremana Tequila specials offered at Oak & Ivy, Downtown Terrace and Bin 702.

 

This family-friendly wrestling event is free to attend and open to all ages. To RSVP for this event or for more information about Downtown Container Park, visit www.downtowncontainerpark.com.  

Take A Trip Down The River In Laughlin For A Night Of Rock N' Roll Classic Hits!

The Edge Pavilion, Laughlin’s premier live entertainment and special event venue located at Edgewater Casino Resort, will feature a memorable night of classic hits and arena rockin’ anthems that defined a rock ‘n’ roll generation when Lou Gramm, The Original Voice of Foreigner, with ASIA Featuring John Payne hits the stage on Saturday, May 18. Performing on stage together, former Foreigner lead singer Gramm and 80s supergroup ASIA Featuring John Payne will perform some of the greatest hit songs from both Foreigner and ASIA including “I Want To Know What Love Is,” “Urgent,” “Heat of the Moment,” “Only Time Will Tell” and “Waiting for a Girl Like You.”

As the original voice of the iconic band Foreigner, Lou Gramm is behind some of the most iconic rock songs of the late 1970s and 1980s including the Top 10 hits “Feels Like The First Time,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Double Vision,” “Urgent,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” which spent 10 weeks at #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100, and “I Want to Know What Love Is,” which was a worldwide #1 smash hit. Gramm, who co-wrote many of the band’s biggest hits with Mick Jones, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013. Audiences will also be treated to the hit songs of ASIA Featuring John Payne such as “Heat Of The Moment,” “Don’t Cry,” “Only Time Will Tell,” “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes,” “Go” and “Days Like These.” 

Starting at $55, tickets for the show will go on sale to the public beginning at 10 a.m. PST on Friday, Feb. 23. True Rewards Players Club members will have exclusive access to purchase presale tickets starting at 10 a.m. PST on Thursday, Feb. 22 through 9 a.m. PST on Friday, Feb. 23. Tickets can be purchased at www.Edgewater-Casino.com.

The performance adds to the impressive 2024 lineup at The Edge Pavilion and Laughlin Event Center which includes:

The Frontmen on Saturday, Feb. 24 at The Edge Pavilion
Beatles vs Stones on Saturday, March 2 at The Edge Pavilion
Thomas Rhett on Friday, March 8 at Laughlin Event Center
The Long Run - Experience the Eagles on Saturday, March 16 at The Edge Pavilion
Yachty By Nature on Saturday, March 23 at The Edge Pavilion
The Original Banda El Limón on Saturday, April 20 at The Edge Pavilion
Hunter Hayes on Saturday, May 4 at The Edge Pavilion
Lou Gramm, The Original Voice of Foreigner, with ASIA Featuring John Payne on Saturday, May 18 at The Edge Pavilion
Jeff Foxworthy on Saturday, June 15 at The Edge Pavilion
Tracy Lawrence on Saturday, July 27 at The Edge Pavilion

Little River Band on Saturday, Aug. 24 at The Edge Pavilion
Jason Aldean on Saturday, Sept. 21 at Laughlin Event Center

Golden Entertainment’s Laughlin resort and casino properties will offer concert and room packages for fans. For more information about Aquarius Casino Resort, visit www.AquariusCasinoResort.com/Entertainment, and for information about Edgewater Casino Resort, visit www.Edgewater-Casino.com/Entertainment.

 

The Strat Goes Green For St. Patrick's Day!

 The STRAT Hotel, Casino & Tower will go green on St. Patrick’s Day by lighting its iconic 1,149-foot tower green and by offering a lucky assortment of Irish fare, festive drinks and more, available exclusively from Friday, March 13 through Sunday, March 17.

 The STRAT will offer a variety of spirited drinks at PT’s Wings & Sports, REMIX Lounge, View Lounge and 108 Drinks, including green Bud Light draft beers, priced at $5; complimentary green Jell-O shots; and shots of Jameson Irish Whiskey with a pickle juice back, priced at $8. PT’s Wings and Sports and View Lounge will also offer an Irish Slammer made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Baileys Irish Cream liqueur and Guinness Draught, priced at $10.

 

Traditional Irish flavors will also be available with featured fare, available at The STRAT’s restaurants. Festive dishes offered at PT’s Wings & Sports and View Lounge will include corned beef and cabbage sliders, house-baked slider rolls topped with sliced corned beef brisket and cabbage slaw, priced at $19; and braised short rib with green mashed potatoes and broccolini, priced at $29. STRAT Café will serve a Reuben sandwich filled with corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and Russian dressing with a side of french fries, priced at $19.

 

More information is available on the website at www.TheSTRAT.com.

Photos courtesy of Golden Entertainment

World Famous Athlete To Drive Pace Car for NASCAR This Upcoming Week-end!

Former Major League Baseball superstar and current owner of United Soccer League (USL) Championship team Las Vegas Lights FC, José Bautista, is shifting gears from the baseball diamond and soccer pitch to the racetrack as he takes on the role of honorary pace car driver for the Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube on March 3.

 Nicknamed "Joey Bats" during his baseball days, Bautista is best known for his impressive 15-season career in the MLB, primarily with the Toronto Blue Jays. He still is considered one of the most feared sluggers of his era, with 344 career home runs, three Silver Slugger Awards, two Hank Aaron Awards and a six-time MLB All-Star. Not only is he decorated with honorary awards, but he is also known for remarkable achievements and iconic moments, such as the memorable Bat Flip™ from Game 5 of the 2015 American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers.

 

“I’m really looking forward to Sunday,” Bautista said. “I’ve been able to watch a few NASCAR races from afar, but to be the guy leading them to the green flag on Sunday is going to be something else. I can’t wait.”

 

In January, Bautista added principal owner of Las Vegas Lights FC to his growing list of remarkable roles and is positioned to see his team to play a key role in the rapidly growing Las Vegas sports landscape. The club has made a series of impressive offseason acquisitions including the signings of Ghanian forward Solomon Asante (a 2-time USL Championship Player of the Year), veteran English midfielder Charlie Adams (196 career USL Championship appearances), and the promising 20-year old Dominican midfielder Edison Azcona (on loan from Inter Miami CF of MLS). The club’s new era kicks-off on Saturday, March 9 when it visits Memphis 901 FC before its home opener against FC Tulsa on Saturday, March 16 at Cashman Field. Both season tickets and single-match tickets are on sale now at lasvegaslightsfc.com. 

 

Bautista joins Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams, actor and comedian Nick Cannon, current Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch as honorary pace car drivers at LVMS.

 

This year's race weekend festivities begin on Thursday, February 29, with the famous hauler parade on the Las Vegas Strip, and racing action will start on Friday, March 1, with the Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 presented by Westgate Resorts NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. The LiUNA NASCAR Xfinity Series is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, and the Pennzoil 400 will conclude the racing weekend on Sunday, March 3.

 

For more information on the Pennzoil 400 race weekend, visit www.lvms.com or call 1-800-644-4444. Military discounts are available for single-day tickets, and the college student and educator $19 ticket offer is available for Sunday's race.

FREE Products! Enter to Win The Big Game Sweepstakes!

On February 8 - 10, legacy skincare brand Thayers will join the two big teams in painting the town red by popping up on the Las Vegas strip for a consumer sampling and on-site sweepstakes event*!

For those enjoying Vegas nightlife, Thayers can be your morning-after ally. Stop by the Thayers pop-up for free skincare samples and a chance to score tickets to the big game, packaged at a $35,000 value!

To enter to win, consumers can stop by the Thayers storefront and capture content and post after visiting this immersive brand experience. Product samples will include their newest acne-fighting line, designed to clear breakouts and prevent future ones without stripping the skin barrier.

Come by the Grand Bazaar Shops next weekend to capture content, claim your free samples, and potentially win tickets to the big game!

• ·      Thayers S(k)in City Sampling and Sweepstakes Pop Up

• ·      February 8 – 10, 2024

• ·      Grand Bazaar Shops, 3636 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109

• ·      Free skincare samples, skin sin confessionals and a chance to win tickets to the big game!

*Only those who attend the Thayers Las Vegas S(k)in City activation pop up are eligible for sweepstakes