There are dozens of big-name entertainers who travel the casino circuit doing one or two shows in each city they visit. I'm thinking of shows like The Four Tops, Johnny Mathis, Tony Orlando, Harry Connick Jr., Frankie Valli, Willie Nelson, and so many more. These shows often include backup singers and large bands traveling with them. My question is, what do the casinos pay for these shows? It must be a lot.

A few years ago you gave us a list of the best Prime Rib places in Vegas. I was wondering if you could update the list, because restaurants and chefs come and go in this town. Please give us the price range from low to high and also the best quality as far as taste and tenderness goes.

It appears there is still no movement at the Boulder Bay and Cal-Neva projects in North Lake Tahoe. Can you provide us with an update whether these projects will ever see the light of day?

Whenever we go to Vegas we shop at the store at Sahara and Los Vegas Blvd. to buy gifts. We heard it has been sold. Do you know when it will close?

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Given the number of storms that have hit the west coast this winter, what has been the impact on Lake Mead? Has the possibility of water rationing in Las Vegas been reduced?

My question concerns the toiletries you find in the bathroom of your hotel in Las Vegas when you check in and first enter your room. Is there a health regulation that requires furnishing fresh unopened products for a new customer? If so, when a customer departs his room and the hotel, what happens to partially used bars of soap and opened containers of lotion and/or shampoo as well as possibly half a box of tissues. Does the hotel expect the customer to take left-over soap and possibly tissues as "freebies?" Perhaps the hotel builds into the room rate an unseen amount to cover disappearing disposables? Do hotels lose a lot of money annually by having to maintain fresh unopened toiletries?

I am coming to Vegas in May and was wondering what Strip casinos offer craps lessons.

Perhaps you have answered the following question before, but if so I missed the answer. Years ago in the back of the Imperial Palace, there was a classic car collection, with many of the cars having sticker prices in the event you wanted to purchase one. What happened to that collection or can it still be viewed somewhere?

I hear Golden Gate is expanding their casino. When are they starting and how long will it take to expand? And [a different but related question], what can you tell us about the closing of Du Par's at the Golden Gate?