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Las Vegas

2013-05-19T16:04:43Z

updated listing The Adventuredome at Circus Circus

Las Vegas

2013-05-19T06:55:59Z

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Las Vegas

2013-05-18T18:29:51Z

updated listing Sun Buggy & ATV Fun Rentals

Memphis

2013-05-17T05:45:57Z

‎Do: Memphis Tigers about to leave C-USA.

Houston

2013-05-15T15:11:26Z

‎Sports: Updated some details...

Las Vegas

2013-05-15T08:31:04Z

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 * <see name="Aquarium @ The Mirage" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.mirage.com/attractions/aquarium.aspx" hours="" price="Not Free">There is an impressive aquarium behind the check-in counter and a dolphin habitat.</see>
-* <do name="The Adventuredome at Circus Circus" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://adventuredome.com" hours="" price="">America's largest indoor theme park with 25 rides and attractions for all ages. Individual tickets or all day ride passes are available. </do>
+* <do name="The Adventuredome at Circus Circus" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" url="http://adventuredome.com" hours="" price="" lat="" long="" email="" fax="">America's largest indoor theme park with 25 rides and attractions for all ages. Individual tickets or all day ride passes are available. </do>
 * <do name="The Auto Collections @ The Quad (formerly the Imperial Palace)" alt="" address="3535 S Las Vegas Blvd" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.autocollections.com/" hours="" price="">Originally an auto museum at the Imperial Palace, The Auto Collections became the largest classic car showroom in 2000, selling, buying and trading more than 200 fully restored cars ranging in price from $15,000.00 to several million. The collections spans 125,000 square feet and every car is one-of-a-kind.</do>

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 * <do name="Exotics Racing School" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.exoticsracing.com/" hours="" price="From $249 depending on the car and number of laps">After a training session, get behind the wheel of a Ferrari F430 F1 or other race car and go up to 130mph with an instructor in the passenger seat.</do>
-* <do name="Sun Buggy & ATV Fun Rentals" alt="" address="6925 Speedway Blvd Bldg #C106" directions="I-15 N to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 3rd Right behind Shelby's corner cafe" phone="+1 702 644-2855" url="http://Sunbuggy.com/vegas" hours="7AM-7PM daily" price="" lat="" long="">CHASE, TOUR, or EXPLORE on an ATV, UTV, or Dune Buggy at the Vegas Dunes, Valley Of Fire, or Amargosa.  The Largest Off Road Adventure Firm in Las Vegas has been featured on over 30 TV shows internationally.</do>
+* <do name="Sun Buggy & ATV Fun Rentals" alt="" address="6925 Speedway Blvd Bldg #C106" directions="I-15 N to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 3rd Right behind Shelby's corner cafe" phone="+1 702 644-2855" url="http://Sunbuggy.com/vegas" hours="7AM-7PM daily" price="" lat="" long="">Chase, tour, or explore on an ATV, UTV, or Dune Buggy at the Vegas Dunes, Valley Of Fire, or Amargosa.  The Largest Off Road Adventure Firm in Las Vegas has been featured on over 30 TV shows internationally.</do>
 * <do name="Vegas Horseback Tours " alt="" address="2470 Chandler Ave Ste 11" directions="" phone="+1 888 584-9059"  url="http://vegashorsebacktours.com/" hours="Daily" price="$109-139">Horseback Tours include a Sunset Dinner, Lunch or Breakfast horseback ride, an authentic cowboy meal and a visit to cowboy town and petting zoo. Free hotel pick-up.</do>

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 * <do name="Exotics Racing School" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.exoticsracing.com/" hours="" price="From $249 depending on the car and number of laps">After a training session, get behind the wheel of a Ferrari F430 F1 or other race car and go up to 130mph with an instructor in the passenger seat.</do>
-* <do name="Sun Buggy Fun Rentals" alt="" address="6825 Speedway Blvd Bldg B Ste 101" directions="I-15 N to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 3rd Right behind Shelby's corner cafe" phone="+1 702 644-2855" url="http://Sunbuggy.com" hours="7AM-7PM daily" price="">Dune buggy rentals and off-roading experiences at the Las Vegas dunes.</do>
+* <do name="Sun Buggy & ATV Fun Rentals" alt="" address="6925 Speedway Blvd Bldg #C106" directions="I-15 N to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 3rd Right behind Shelby's corner cafe" phone="+1 702 644-2855" url="http://Sunbuggy.com/vegas" hours="7AM-7PM daily" price="" lat="" long="">CHASE, TOUR, or EXPLORE on an ATV, UTV, or Dune Buggy at the Vegas Dunes, Valley Of Fire, or Amargosa.  The Largest Off Road Adventure Firm in Las Vegas has been featured on over 30 TV shows internationally.</do>
 * <do name="Vegas Horseback Tours " alt="" address="2470 Chandler Ave Ste 11" directions="" phone="+1 888 584-9059"  url="http://vegashorsebacktours.com/" hours="Daily" price="$109-139">Horseback Tours include a Sunset Dinner, Lunch or Breakfast horseback ride, an authentic cowboy meal and a visit to cowboy town and petting zoo. Free hotel pick-up.</do>

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 * Check out some live music on Beale Street
 * The '''Memphis Redbirds''' [http://www.memphisredbirds.com] baseball team plays at AutoZone Park. They are the Triple-A affiliates of the [[St. Louis]] Cardinals.
-* '''FedExForum''', [http://www.fedexforum.com]. FedExForum is the largest public building construction project in Memphis history. Managed and operated by the Memphis Grizzlies, the facility is home to both the Memphis Grizzlies of the '''NBA''' and the University of Memphis Tigers basketball team.  FedExForum is located at 191 Beale Street and Third Street which traveling south becomes Highway 61, the historic Blues Highway.
+* '''FedExForum''', [http://www.fedexforum.com]. FedExForum is the largest public building construction project in Memphis history. Managed and operated by the Memphis Grizzlies, the facility is home to both the Memphis Grizzlies of the '''NBA''' and the University of Memphis Tigers basketball team. FedExForum is located at 191 Beale Street and Third Street which traveling south becomes Highway 61, the historic Blues Highway.
 ** '''Memphis Grizzlies''', [http://www.nba.com/grizzlies]. Top-level pro basketball.
-* '''Memphis Tigers''' [http://www.gotigersgo.com] — Teams representing the University of Memphis, which participate in NCAA competition as members of Conference USA. The most visible Tigers team by far is the men's basketball team, regularly a conference contender and occasionally a national contender as well. As noted above, the men's basketball team plays at FedExForum (though not the women's team, which plays on campus). The football team also plays off campus at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on the Mid-South Fairgrounds.
+* '''Memphis Tigers''' [http://www.gotigersgo.com] — Teams representing the University of Memphis, which participate in NCAA competition and are set to join the American Athletic Conference (the football-sponsoring portion of the former Big East Conference) in July 2013. The most visible Tigers team by far is the men's basketball team, regularly a conference contender and occasionally a national contender as well. As noted above, the men's basketball team plays at FedExForum (though not the women's team, which plays on campus). The football team also plays off campus at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on the Mid-South Fairgrounds.
 * '''Mississippi Riverkings''' [http://www.riverkings.com]. Minor league hockey team near Memphis
 * Take a '''carriage ride around downtown''' and see Beale Street, Court Square, Confederate Park, the Mississippi River, Hernando DeSoto bridge, several movie locations on Front Street, the original and the current Peabody Hotel, all while learning about the great city of Memphis!  * 4th of July Fireworks, Tom Lee Park, Mississippi River: These fireworks have improved immensely since two fireworks shows merged into one at the river in 2007.  There is also food, music, and other entertainment.

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 ====Professional sports====
-* <do name="Houston Aeros" alt="" address="5300 Memorial Drive, Ste. 770" directions="" phone="+1 713-974-7825" email="acavazos@aeros.com" fax="+1 713-361-7900" url="http://www.aeros.com">Houston's American Hockey League team plays it's games at the Toyota Center in Downtown Houston. The team plays from October to April predominatly on the weekends. The games are a family friendly cost effective entertainment event.</do>
+* <do name="Houston Aeros" alt="" address="5300 Memorial Drive, Ste. 770" directions="" phone="+1 713-974-7825" email="acavazos@aeros.com" fax="+1 713-361-7900" url="http://www.aeros.com">Houston's American Hockey League team plays its games at the Toyota Center in Downtown Houston. The team plays from October to April predominatly on the weekends. The games are a family friendly cost effective entertainment event.</do>
-* <do name="Houston Astros" alt="" address="510 Crawford St.." directions="" phone="+1 713-259-8000" email="" fax="" url="http://houston.astros.mlb.com"> The city's Major League Baseball team, playing at Minute Maid Park in downtown, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012. It will also be the last season for the Astros in the National League; they will move to the American League in 2013.</do>
+* <do name="Houston Astros" alt="" address="510 Crawford St.." directions="" phone="+1 713-259-8000" email="" fax="" url="http://houston.astros.mlb.com"> The city's Major League Baseball team, playing at Minute Maid Park in downtown, is playing its first season in the American League in 2013 after a half-century in the National League.</do>
 * <do name="Houston Texans" alt="" address="Two Reliant Park" directions="" phone="+1 866-GO TEXANS (468-3926)" email="" fax="+1 832-667-2191" url="http://www.houstontexans.com"> Houston's National Football League (NFL) team plays at Reliant Stadium in the South Loop area, next to the now-vacant Astrodome.</do>
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 * <do name="Houston Rockets" alt="" address="1510 Polk St." directions="" phone="+1 713-627-DUNK (3865) or +1 877-NBA-ROCKETS (622-7625)" email="" fax="" url="http://www.nba.com/rockets"> The city's NBA (basketball) team plays downtown at the Toyota Center.</do>
-* <do name="Houston Dynamo" alt="" address="1001 Avenida de las Americas, Ste. 200" directions="" phone="+1 713-276-7500" email="info@houstondynamo.com" fax="+1 713-276-7572" url="http://www.houstondynamo.com">Houston's Major League Soccer team opened its new BBVA Compass Stadium in May 2012. Located in the East End, it is the first major soccer-specific stadium in the US in a downtown area.</do>
+* <do name="Houston Dynamo" alt="" address="1001 Avenida de las Americas, Ste. 200" directions="" phone="+1 713-276-7500" email="info@houstondynamo.com" fax="+1 713-276-7572" url="http://www.houstondynamo.com">Houston's Major League Soccer team opened BBVA Compass Stadium in May 2012. Located in the East End, it is the first major soccer-specific stadium in the US in a downtown area.</do>
 ====College sports====
 Houston has four universities whose sports teams play in the top-level NCAA Division I:
-* <do name="Houston Cougars" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.uhcougars.com">The teams representing the city's largest school, the University of Houston, currently compete in Conference USA (C-USA), but will move to the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in July 2013. Most athletic venues are on campus, with the best-known current venue being Hofheinz Pavilion (basketball). The former football stadium, Robertson Stadium, has been torn down; a new stadium will open on the site in 2014.</do>
+* <do name="Houston Cougars" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.uhcougars.com">The teams representing the city's largest school, the University of Houston, are preparing to move from Conference USA (C-USA) to the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in July 2013. Most athletic venues are on campus, with the best-known current venue being Hofheinz Pavilion (basketball). The former football stadium, Robertson Stadium, has been torn down; a new stadium will open on the site in 2014.</do>
-* <do name="Rice Owls" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.riceowls.com">Rice University, the city's most prominent private school, currently competes alongside Houston in C-USA, but will not move to the AAC. As with UH, Rice's main venues are on campus, among them Rice Stadium (football), Tudor Fieldhouse (basketball), and Reckling Park (baseball).</do>
+* <do name="Rice Owls" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.riceowls.com">Rice University, the city's most prominent private school, has remained in C-USA during the near-constant conference changes in the early 2010s. As with UH, Rice's main venues are on campus, among them Rice Stadium (football), Tudor Fieldhouse (basketball), and Reckling Park (baseball).</do>
-* <do name="Texas Southern Tigers" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://athletics.tsu.edu">Especially of interest to African American visitors, or those interested in African American culture, are the teams representing Texas Southern University, the city's historically black university. The Tigers compete with other HBCUs in the Southwestern Athleitc Conference. Most venues are also on campus, but the football team plays off-campus; it shares BBVA Compass Stadium with the Dynamo, and occasionally uses Reliant Stadium.</do>
+* <do name="Texas Southern Tigers" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://athletics.tsu.edu">Especially of interest to African American visitors, or those interested in African American culture, are the teams representing Texas Southern University, the city's historically black university. The Tigers compete with other historically black schools in the Southwestern Athleitc Conference. Unlike Houston and Rice, whose football teams play in the top-level FBS, Texas Southern football is in the second-level FCS. Most venues are also on campus, but the football team plays off-campus; it shares BBVA Compass Stadium with the Dynamo, and occasionally uses Reliant Stadium.</do>
-* <do name="Houston Baptist Huskies" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.hbuhuskies.com">Houston Baptist University, a relatively new addition to Division I, is located in the Sharpstown area along the Southwest Freeway. The Huskies are currently in the Great West Conference, but will move to the Southland Conference in 2013. HBU does not have a football team yet, but plans to start one in 2013.</do>
+* <do name="Houston Baptist Huskies" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.hbuhuskies.com">Houston Baptist University, a relatively new addition to Division I, is located in the Sharpstown area along the Southwest Freeway. The Huskies are set to move to the Southland Conference, an FCS-level league, in July 2013. Another major change for HBU sports is coming at that time—it will start a football team.</do>
 ===Theater===