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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Prow, Utah, Sunday, September 19, 1999 Page E 1 " ALABAMA: Alabama Bureau of tourism and Travel, 401 Adams Ave., Suite 126, Montgomery, AL 36104; (800) 252 2262; Ave. N.W., 20005-3992- (907) ; 465-201- www.travelalaska.com. ARIZONA: Arizona Office of Tourism, 2702 N. 3rd St., Suite Phoenix, AZ 85004; (888) 520-343www.arizonaguide.com. - Sacramento, " CA 95812; (800) gocalif.ca.gov. 862-254- Colorado Travel and Tourism Authority, 1127 Pennsylvania, Denver, CO 80203; (800) COLORADO; wyiip.cclorado.com. COLORADO: CONNECTICUT: Connecticut Bepartment of Economic DELAWARE: GEORGIA: Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism, PO. Box 1776, Atlanta, GA 30301-1776- ; (800) 8474842; www.georgia.org. 9291; (800) Hawaii Visitors Bureau, HAWAII: Office, 99 Kings Highway, Dover, DE J5901; (800) 441-8846- ; www.state.de.us. "DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Washington, D.C., Convention and Visitors Association, 1212 New York (888) Idaho Travel Council, 700 State St., PO. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720; (800) IDAHO: W. 635-782- MASSACHUSETTS: Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism, State Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, Suite 4510, Boston. MA 02116; (800) 227-627- www.mass-vacation.co- MICHIGAN: Michigan Travel Bureau, PO. Box 30226, Lansing, Ml IOWA: Iowa Division of Tourism, IA 48909; (888) www.michi-gan.or- 784-732- 545-2040- Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS Once upon a time, slots and showgirls were enough to keep this neon city glowing. As the gambling craze spread to 48 states, though, casino owners had to scramble to offer more culture, cuisine and clothes with their craps. As the stakes go up, jackpots are getting bigger, the food fancier, the buildings bolder, the shopping malls ritzier and the shows more lavishly international. Gone are the days when you could come here with 100 bucks and expect to enjoy shows, shops and slots. Now that's the price of a single ticket for some oiihe top shows, and shopping has gone from The Gap to Gucci. New hotels once relied on cash the casinos could cultivate. Now megaresorts blossoming on the Strip house world-clas- s retailers, and $4.95 buffets have taken a back seat to gourmet restaurants tended by famous chefs such as Wolfgang Puck. To coax the big bucks from a record number of tourists (33 ' million expected this year) casino executives are sparing no" expense, figuring they'll win the money back at the tables casino or showroom. Taking risks "Take Steve Wynn, chairman of: Mirage Resorts, Inc., the man who launched the transformation of the Las Vegas Strip with the opening of his flagship property a decade " In a recent interview, Wynn grinned as he recounted his conversation with top executives of Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-baseavante garde entertainment company. Wynn was pitching ideas for a new show at his $1.6 billion Beilagio resort, still under construction at the time. ,'UfYou're crazy," said Cirque President founding Guy to Lajiberte, responding SKynn's idea of an elaborate tifcw spectacle. JYou're going to test the envelope. You realize you're talking W$ts of maybe $50 million?" d , , . water-theme- d MTWill you do it?" Wynn asked. Laliberte answered, hesitantly. The final tab to stage and produce "0," Bellagio's stage extravaganza, topped out at $102 million, with 90 percent funded by Mirage. "' It was a leap of faith Wynn had taken before. ;;; Jn 1988, Wynn signed illusionists Siegfried and Roy to an $58 milunprecedented lion contract at the Mirage. ... Skeptics scoffed, questioning ;;;"Ye8," www.trav-elok.co- VERMONT: Vermont Travel Division 134 State St., Montpelier, VT 05602; www.travel- (800) vermont.com. 837-666- Commission, 775 Summer St. N.E., ; Ssiem, OR 97310; (800) 547-7842- VIRGINIA: www.traveloregon.com. Kentucky Department 927-637- ginia.org. 98504-2500- whether any Vegas act could justify that kind of money. Now in their 10th year at the Mirage, with 2 12 years remaining on a second contract, the popular act is grossing $55 million a year, playing to 750,000 people annually. And "0" is making waves at sellout Beilagio, packing crowds at $100 per ticket. The show is expected to gross $70 million annually. "Mystere," a Cirque production at Mirage's Treasure Island is grossing $45 million a year. All three shows are running at 97 percent capacity, with "0" drawing 18,000 people per week, "Mystere" and Siegfried and Roy 15,000 each. NORTH DAKOTA: North Dakota Show 42500, (800) ; 544-180- www.tourism.wa.gov. RHODE ISLAND: Rhode Island Tourism Division, 1 W. Exchange St., Providence, Rl 02903; (800) 556-248www.visitrhodeisland.com. WEST VIRGINIA: West Virginia Division of Tourism. 2101 Washington St. E., Charleston, WV 25305; (800) 225-598- jour www.state.wv.ustourismdefault.htm. WISCONSIN: Wisconsin Department of Tourism and Travel Information, PO. Box 7606, Madison, Wl 53707-7606- ; (800) tourism.state.wi.us. www.travelsc.com. Division of Travel and Tourism, 301 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, NC 27601-2825- ; i (800) 847-486www.visitnc.com. MISSOURI: Missouri Division of Washington State Oiympia. WA WASHINGTON: Tourism, PO. Box www.dced.state.pa.usvisit. South Dakota SOUTH DAKOTA: www.missis-sippi.or- www vir-- 932-582- PENNSYLVANIA: Pennsylvania Office of Travel, Tourism and Film Promotion, 404 Forum Buildhg. 847-4872- ; Harrisburg, PA 17120; (800) South Carolina Parks, Recreation and Tourism, 1205 Pendleton St., Columbia, SC 29201; NORTH CAROLINA: North Carolina MISSISSIPPI: Mississippi Division of Tourism Development, PO. Box 1705, Ocean Springs, MS 39566-1705- ; (800) www.newmexico.org. NEW YORK: New York State Division of Tourism, 1 Commerce Plaza, Albany. NY 12245; (800) 225-569iloveny.state.ny.us. www.exploreminnesota.com. www.kansas-commerce.co- ; Virginia Tourism Corp., Floor, Richmond 901 E. 3vrd St., 19th VA 23219; (800) SOUTH CAROLINA: Minnesota Office of Tourism, 500 Metro Square, 121 E. 7th Place. St. Paul. MN 55101; (800) 657-370- KANSAS: Kansas Travel and Tourism Division, 700 S.W. Harrison St., Suite 1300, Topeka, KS 66603-3712- ; KENTUCKY: : Oregon Tourism OREGON: NEW MEXICO: New Mexico Department of Tourism, 491 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501; (800) MINNESOTA: 252-672- 652-6552- ; NEW JERSEY: New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism, 20 W. State St, Trenton, NJ 086250826; (800) 537-739- www.indianatourism.com. (800) UTAH: Utah Travel Council, Council www.state.nj.ustravel. INDIANA: Indiana Department of Commerce, Tourism Development Division, 1 N. Capitol Ave., Suite 700, Indianapolis. IN 46204-2268- ; (800) 200 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines, 50309; (800) 3454692; www.stateia.ustourism. 237-0774- NEW HAMPSHIRE: New Hampshire Office of Vacation Travel, PO. Box 1856, Concord, NH 03302-1856- ; (800) 3864664; www.visitnh.gov. www.visltid.org. ILLINOIS: Illinois Bureau of Tourism, 620 E. Adams St., Springfield. IL 62701; (800) 226-663www.enjoyillinois.com. 89701; (800) (800) 432-874- Department of Tourism, 711 E. Wells Ave., Pierre, SD 57501; (800) www.state.sd.us. 732-568- WYOMING: Wyoming Business at Council, Division of Tourism, College Drive, Cheyenne. WY 82002; TENNESSEE: Rennessee Department of Tourist Development, Rachel Jackson Building, 5th floor, (800) 225-599- www.wyoming-tourism.or- school spirit fiiiMiii iiimimMMM,, UVSC Wolverines w iiimcu BYU Cougars ifeiiiir? ill ;psfcBDMt hotel-casin- Entertainers abound Down the Strip at Mandalay Bay, the Broadway musical "Chicago" has been playing to capacity crowds since it opened in March at the resort's plush 1,800-sea- t state-of-the-a- tacular "EFX" at the MGM Grand. Other leads in the show have been "Phantom of the Opera" star Michael Crawford and former teen idol David Cassidy, who moves to thi Rio Suite Hotel with his new show in January. A touring company of "CATS" plays the MGM" in September. Both Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand have built events centers. Luciano Pavarotti Barbra christened one, Streisand the other. And she'll be back to usher in 2000. Others featured in millennium celebrations include Bette Elton John, Tina Midler, Turner and Rod Stewart. The Luxor resort will be the site when the Bolshoi Ballet kicks off a United with the States tour Sept. The "Bolshoi,. production, From Classical Collection Russia With Love." Bolshoi is not the only foreign import headed for the United States via Vegas. In January, an English adaptation of the hit French musical "Notre Dame de Paris" is scheduled to open at the new Paris Las Vegas "I think it's going to be a sellout from day one, as it has been all over the world," Paris Las Vegas president Paul Pusateri said. "Music moves people," he said recently, walking along a drive in the shadow of the resort's replica of the Eiffel Tower. "It evokes power25-cit- Provo Bulldogs Sprinqville Red Devils CT7 Orem Tigers Timpanogos Timberwolves the- rt ater. The show has been extended into next year, according to Glenn Schaeffer, president of Mandalay Resort Group. 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