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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, August 5, 2007

GOING VEGAS
The Donald puts his mark on Sin City

By Anthony Curtis

The name TRUMP now appears atop the Trump International Hotel & Tower, the first of two golden towers, on the northern end of the Strip on land behind the shuttered New Frontier. Each letter is 20 feet tall and the sign is 140 feet long. Tower 1 is home to 1,282 condominium units (no casino) that are fetching around $1,350 per square foot. However, the tower won't be occupied by its tony tenants until 2008. Tower 2 is under construction.

TWO LA LA: Casino employees at Paris Las Vegas are handing out 2-for-1 coupons for its new topless show Ooh La La. No strings attached; it's a straight twofer on this $58 show. Look for the girls with the hats inside the casino.

PONG: The pioneering video game, Pong, has not only been incorporated into a slot machine, but may actually get a turn on a casino floor soon. Balmy Pong has been approved by Nevada regulators. Next stop, a field trial at a real casino.

CHIPSTERS: The Casino Chip and Gaming Token Collectors Club is holding its 15th annual convention in Las Vegas Wednesday through Friday at the Riviera. One-day memberships, which include admission to the convention, are $5 at the door.

Q. The three top winners on the TV show "The Next Best Thing" perform in Las Vegas. Can you list the places each performs?

The winner, longtime Elvis impersonator Trent Carlini, is the star of "The Musical History of the King," at the Sahara. Runner-up Sebastian Anzaldo plays Frank Sinatra in "Barbra and Frank: The Concert that Never Was," at the Riviera. Third-place finisher Donny Edwards is not now in town.

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