The Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies are pick ’em in Game 4 of the MLB World Series. The total is 7.
Over the weekend, a Face Up Pai Gow poker player at the Venetian looked down to see a seven-card straight flush, the 2 through 8 of diamonds (with a joker for the 7) to score the $1,009,601 progressive. Luckily, he or she had made the $5 side bet that qualified the hand for the jackpot.
In support of her blockbuster album Midnights, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 best-selling albums, pop idol Taylor Swift will make a one-night stop at Allegiant Stadium, the second appearance on her "Eras" tour that runs from March into August. She'll play Allegiant on March 25 and tickets will go on sale to the public Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. Prices haven't been disclosed yet. Midnights, which was released on Oct. 21, is already the year’s top-selling album by overall sales and Swift is now the only artist to have five albums debut with more than a million units sold in their first week. She's also won 11 Grammy Awards, including three Albums of the Year; 34 American Music Awards, the most ever; 29 Billboard Music Awards, the most for a woman; and an Emmy for Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media. It's a good night to avoid the Strip; on that Saturday, March 25, Swift plays to a certain sold-out stadium, Adele appears at the Colosseum at Caesars, and March Madness Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games will be played at T-Mobile Arena.
Las Vegas has rolled out a new pair of advertisements that "encourage" parents to leave their kids at home, so they can take advantage of the adult wonderland without the underagers cramping their style. The spots are 30 and 45 seconds. To us, the first clip, "Grounded," misses the mark by a million miles, demonstrating exactly how not to raise your kids; the longer one, "Storytime," is cuter, making it the child's "choice" not to go to Vegas, albeit by poisoning the poor kid's mind. The ad creators will gauge the response and, if positive, will develop similar spots after the holidays. If you haven't caught the ads on TV (they're playing only in key Vegas cities in California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and New York), see for yourself here.
The Houston Astros are -120 favorites over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of the MLB World Series. The total is 7.5.
The XFL, the pro-football league that meets in the spring, will resume play, after it was suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic, on February 18, one week after the Super Bowl. The official names for the league's eight teams were announced yesterday and the Vegas team will be known as the Vipers. Ron Woodson, an NFL Hall of Famer, Las Vegas resident, and former Oakland Raider, will be the head coach. Woodson won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens in 2000 and spent three seasons as an assistant coach with the Raiders from 2015 to 2017. The team's home venue has yet to be announced.
Price4Limo.com gathered data from Air Travel Consumer Reports and other sources to determine how often luggage is lost and which airlines and airports are the worst offenders. Among airports, the website found that Chicago O'Hare had the most lost luggage, followed by our very own Reid International, then San Diego International, Austin-Bergstrom (TX), and Hatfield-Jackson (Atlanta). The survey didn't post comparative numbers for the airports, but it did for the airlines. Republic (which operates service as American Eagle, Delta Connection, and United Express) was the worst, losing 930 bags per 100,000, followed by American (850), Envoy (730), JetBlue (670), PSA (660), Alaska (640), United (620), and Delta (540). Reid's largest carrier, Southwest, placed 14th out of the 17 worst airlines listed, while Allegiant Air ranked 17th. You can read a discussion about delayed bags in our recent Question of the Day on the subject.
Traditionally, the month of November puts high temperatures in the 90s in the rear-view mirror; the record high for the month is 87 (November 1, 1988). But it can definitely get down to the chilly side; the record low is 16 (Nov. 13, 1938). The normal high/low temperatures start out at 73/52 in the beginning of the month and drop steadily to 60/41 at the end. It's typically a dry month, with average rainfall of just under a half-inch over three or four days.