Las Vegas Motor Speedway needs someone to kick off the NASCAR Nationwide Series event on Feb. 27 with a rousing rendition of this nation’s national anthem…and it could be you.
Prepare your best a capella version (brave judges!) and get down to Sam’s Town on Boulder Hightway on Saturday, Jan. 30 for the Speedway Superstar auditions. Registration begins at 9 am and the singin’ starts at 10 am. (The first 150 people through the door are guaranteed an audition.)
If you’re at least 14 years old and have a photo ID, you’re in.
Twenty-five crooners will be invited back for a final round of competition on Feb. 13.
Click here for registration form.
Wanted: Good home for T. rex. Low maintenance. No feeding required.
What’s a dino to do when her reserve price isn’t quite met during auction?
In the case of Sampson the Tyrannosaurus rex, she’ll hang out at the Venetian until a potential owner can get his or her financial ducks in a row.
The dinosaur fossils were recently previewed at the Venetian and the auction held on Oct. 3 was declared a success by Bonhams & Butterfields’ natural history directory Tom Lindgren despite the so far non-sale of auction’s centerpiece.
The highest bid was $3.7 million dollars for what is described as the third most complete T. rex skeleton with the “finest skull” ever discovered. But even that lofty priced failed to meet the undisclosed reserve.
Still, approximately 50 other lots were snatched up for a grand total of $1.76 million and Lindgren told the Associated Press that he was confident that Samson, too, would have a new home soon.
This 17-foot-too-long-to-fit-in-the-photo fossilized fish sold for $422,000.
A pair of Einosaurus skeletons (mother and baby, we were told) sold for $440,000.
This duckbilled dinosaur fetched a record $458,000 at auction.
If you’re not one of the 11,000 or so people who were lucky enough to get a ticket to Michael Jackson’s memorial this morning in Los Angeles, there are several venues in Las Vegas inviting the public to gather for the live broadcast. The service is scheduled to start at 10 am (PDT).
Rave Motion Pictures at Town Square will show the memorial in two theaters. Free tickets will be handed out on a first come, first served basis.
Galaxy Theatre at The Cannery
Harry O’s Restaurant at the corner of Spring Mountain Rd and Polaris Ave
Planet Hollywood will broadcast the service on the giant Strip-side video screen. Coverage begin at 9 am.
