{"id":4446,"date":"2010-08-26T09:18:36","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T17:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2010-08-26T09:27:48","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T17:27:48","slug":"old-cats-new-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/old-cats-new-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Old cats, new tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4447\" title=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/81.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/81-132x150.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/81-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/>After one near-eviction, followed by a lengthy reprieve, magician <strong>Dirk Arthur<\/strong> and his big cats got the heave-ho from the <strong>Tropicana Las Vegas<\/strong>. Where&#8217;s tiger-loving illusionist to go? In Arthur&#8217;s case, it&#8217;s to the Strip&#8217;s biggest litter box, <strong>O&#8217;Shea&#8217;s Casino<\/strong>, armpit of the giant that is <strong>Harrah&#8217;s Entertainment<\/strong>. Arthur opens there on Sept. 13, under the auspices of the late <strong>Danny Gans<\/strong>&#8216; production partner, <strong>Chip Lightman<\/strong>. Performing twice nightly, Arthur promises a constantly changing rotation of at least a half-dozen different species of feline, including leopards and a liger. &#8220;<em>I&#8217;m thrilled to introduce &#8230; some new tricks, including a gun with an audience member and another illusion with the seductive black panther. And I promise the cats will be at their best performance level; that&#8217;s why feeding time is after the show<\/em>,&#8221; Arthur announced.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you know I love cats. Still, the thought of being within 10 feet of these hungry big boys disturbs my <em>sangfroid<\/em> just a bit. Note to self: Don&#8217;t wear catnip-scented cologne that night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun fact<\/strong> (courtesy of the <strong>American Gaming Association<\/strong>): 48% of gamblers surveyed spend $100 or less per casino visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After one near-eviction, followed by a lengthy reprieve, magician Dirk Arthur and his big cats got the heave-ho from the Tropicana Las Vegas. Where&#8217;s tiger-loving illusionist to go? In Arthur&#8217;s case, it&#8217;s to the Strip&#8217;s biggest litter box, O&#8217;Shea&#8217;s Casino, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/old-cats-new-tricks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,98,28,4,7,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4446"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4449,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4446\/revisions\/4449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}