The Desert Sun from Palm Springs, California • 83

flmxbv7 M'v4 amtuf ujf 4 Saturday Juna 13 1987-THE DESERT SUN Pain Springs CaW-FI 5 Streets of Las Vegas By Lamoat Pattersaa I LAS VEGAS A tropical fantasy is coming to Las Vegas Golden Nugget Chairman of the Board Steve Wynn invited the media and distinguished Nevadans to a press conference announcing plans for the most exciting and spectacular development the Las Vegas resort and casino industry has seen in a quarter century Before attending the lovely breakfast and presentation this odometer measured the distance along the Strip from the 1 1 You would like to try your luck? Management has provided table games slot machines Keno poker and sports book for your convenience No afterthought this Yes you will have lavish entertainment World-famous illusionists Siegfried and Roy and their "Beyond Beyond spectacular have signed on at a whopping $57 million for five years the largest entertainment contract ever finalised They will perform three weeks each month Superstars will take centerstage for that other week And although sure Wynn hated to lose him Frank Sinatra will not be one of them contract was part of the sale of the Atlantic City Golden Nugget to For the health buffs swimming tennis and spas will be easy to find Can you imagine what the payroll will be for 5000 employees? Our congrats to Steve Wynn for his new addition to Las Vegas THE CITY THAT KNOWS HOW! irftit The Tropicana Hotel knows how to make life easy for those who wish an easy life while visiting "Big For the swimsuit crowd two Blackjack tables are located underneath the new 806-room Island Tower Just swim up with either chips or cash Paper money can be dried by heated boxes in 60 seconds You sit on marble stools up to your hips in refreshing pool water Great place to take pictures For those who like to play KENO a result board 5 feet 2 inches by 8 inches is mounted in the center of the main pool area As the song goes LAS VEGAS IS SLOTS OF FUN ENJOY! Dining Entertainment plan showing us slides and overwhelming us with a huge architectural model He referred to his luxurious resort venture as the Golden Nugget but intends to christen it later with a name appropriate to its South Sea ambiance Now let me guide you through this land of fantasy Drive off the Strip up the winding driveway lined with royal palm trees and tropical foliage to the sparkling white porte cochere and notice on your left a lagoon from which a towering waterfall cascades 50 feet to the grotto below If you prefer valet parking an attendant win drive your car through a tunnel beneath the lagoon First behold the lobby a sky-lit atrium filled with 40-foot high palm trees flowers plants and reflecting pools Freshen up in one of 3000 deluxe rooms or 303 suites and penthouse apartments This will be the largest private hotel in the world surpassing the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel by 129 rooms It now comes time to dine and you have nine restaurants to choose from serving steak seafood continental Japanese Italian and Chinese cuisines A coffee shop buffet and deli also will tempt you might ily Fashion Show Mall at Spring Mountain Road to Caesars Palace at 07 miles I knew that this "think executive was going to speak about what he will build on 86 acres of real estate purchased and not for chicken feed from Howard Hughes Summa Corporation The complex will cost 500 million The wreckers will flatten the Castaways Hotel and a few small stores beginning in August The 32-story tri-towers will then spring up and should be ready fbr occupancy within two years -Wynn smoothly presented his i Poison: Heavy metal with a light touch i 4 By ELENIP AUSTIN Sfecial to Tkc Doert Su Look What The Cat Dragged Inm by Poison on Enigma Records A new breed of heavy metal has gained recent popularity not the stuff derived from blues-based acid rock but "light all of the noise of heavy metal but with half the calories Bands like Europe Cinderella PALM TOWN amount to much more than locker room braggadocio In fact the latter tries hard to be titillating but the results are lukewarm However the hook-filled melodies and brisk instrumentation manage to compensate "Cry does display a bit of musical acumen Built around a tom-tom beat and cascading guitar fills this autobiographical number replays the struggle to success Both "I Want and Go To The so accurately (Please turn to Page F-16) BULLOCKS WILSHIRE 4UC PENNEYMAY 'ICE CAPADES CHALElMETROPOLITAN CINEMOATHEKyTOiltDCARCCENT AUTOlEASINCARJjXflNANCIANDtojCAERVICE: STORES OPEN DA 1 ROM JO uTc pi riATimP i SOME STORES OPEN 00 PkTanD MAiTpOPRS OPEN fyEPiNiGHlIiB 00CE 72440H I GHWAY1 1 1 AT MONTEREYAVETpALM DESERT Record review dage imagery They somehow project an image of good-natured guyswhowill one day outgrow their long hair and guitars and settle down with a real Job Poison is the latest light band to hit the charts Even though this Los Angeles debut LP "Look What The Cat Dragged was released more than a year ago it only recently began receiving Top 40 airplay On the strength of the first single "Talk Dirty To the album is now firmly entrenched in the Top 20 Parents might be a little put off by liberal use of makeup It may have seemed harmless on Boy George but on these guys it looks a tad more rebellious Glancing at the cover difficult to decide if the members of Prison are men or women However one listen to the macho posturing on "Blame It On and "No 1 Bad and you know these guys consider themselves real he-men The lyrics of Some Need and Ta lk Dirty To and especially Bon Jovi exemplify this mutation which sacrifices elaborate instrumentation for histrionic vocals simplistic arrangements and lyrics concerning sweet 16 and dates This stylized sound renders the intense and intricate progressions of the older bands as obsolete as the dinosaurs they are often compared to Light metal is also much less threatening to parents Bands that play it feature ram-blings or misogynist women-in-bon- Making Indio A Great Place To Live All listed stores join in the CATHEDRAL CITY FULLERTON GRAND OPENING SALE May 15 June 30 save 1st Product 2nd Product 3rd Product Savings apply against replacement remodeling installation of products purchased during the sale period ni yv MOVES YOU IN 0 Oom Not apply To rokur Attntad Sal SPACIOUS TWO-CAR GARAGE FULLY-FENCED REAR YARD VAULTED CEILINGS POOL-SIZE LOT PBOM CERAMIC TILE ENTRY WALL-TO-WALL CARPETING 10 YEAR HOME WARRANTY Vista Horizons offers home-buyers a family oriented community in the most prestigious area near Indian Palms Country Club with two and den three and four bedroom homes with NO Home Owner Association Fees! 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