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On our last trip to Las Vegas I started not feeling all that well around 11pm on Saturday night.

By morning what I thought had started out  as a bad case of indigestion from eating too much rich food and drinking a few cocktails had turned into alternating chills and sweating. “Oh man,” I thought, “I am coming down with the flu. How am I going to fly out on Monday afternoon.”

Fortunatelly it was not the flu. It turned out to be a touch of food poisoning I probably picked up at a “nice” Italian restaurant that shall remain nameless earlier that night.

I got up with my wife on Sunday morning and decide I might feel better getting out. So we got on the monorail and headed for the MGM Grand to get some brunch and walk back up the strip to the Bellagio to see the indoor garden.

By the time we made it to the Bellagio my wife Betsi notice I was looking pretty pale. So we headed back to the Hotel and I lost my lunch in a trash bin on the Grounds of Caesars palace. Great… I wasn’t too embarrassed! Fortunately, it was 10am and not too many people were out on the strip yet.

So my trip was over. I’m glad my cousin and her husband had driven up from Arizona and they were able to spend the evening with my wife while I attempted to get some rest. I felt better by morning and was able to have some tea at breakfast with everyone and take a ride in Rick’s, my Cousin Carol’s husband, new corvette he won playing blackjack at a Casino in Arizona.

Related to all this, today I saw a report on MSNBC on line about paramedics in Las Vegas. The report said the population of Vegas can expand by 200-thousand in a 24 hour period. This puts a huge demand on emergency medical services that other cities the size of Las Vegas may not have.

The nature of the towns party life can create lots of action for emergency services. Fortunately for me, I did not require any these services. 

However, I got to thinking, “what if the food poisoning was a little more serious and I needed emergency services?” Remember all the stories several years ago about legion airs disease contracted by guests of hotels and cruise ships around the world. 

Would Vegas services be able to help in a timely manner? 

According to MSNBC, the emergency services in Vegas are hit with everything from drug over doses, car accidents and more–hour after hour, all day all night, everyday.

From my many travels to Vegas, I have noticed that as soon as the sun goes down you hear and see emergency services in action several times an hour (especially on a Friday night.)

Check out the report from MSNBC travel editor Peter Greenberg and he’ll give you several tips for staying well in Vegas. And you’ll learn from his report that you will be in good hands with the EMT crews of Las Vegas.

(Las Vegas, NV) The October 2007 edition of Rocky Mountain Construction Magazine is reporting that the Vegas construction mega boom will not end anytime soon.

In their report, RMC says there are nearly 9 billion dollars in construction projects scheduled for 2007-2008. The report says that construction is the second largest employer in the state second only to the gaming industry.

Just how big is the boom? The Las Vegas Convention Center and Visitors Authority reports that there is more that 35 million dollars worth of construction scheduled for the Las Vegas strip through 2010.

Leading the construction boom on the strip is the MGM Mirage CityCenter Project costing 7.4 Billion dollars RMC reports.

(San Francisco, CA) Showgirls and celebrities showed up for the marriage of San Francisco and Las Vegas as the low cost airline announced the beginning of regular flights between San Francisco and Vegas.

In truly over-the-top Vegas style, Virgin America kicked off three daily flights with showgirls from La Reve, World series of Poker Champ Jamie Gold and the female passenger that was recently kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for dressing “inappropriately.”

The head of Virgin America, Sir Richard Branson, performed an in-flight wedding aboard Virgina America’s first flight to the city that never sleeps.

(Las Vegas, NV) Fatburger announced yesterday that it will open its 12th Location in Las Vegas.

This is the first restaurant Fatburger has opened in six years that is not located in a casino and there are plans to open four more restaurants over the next couple of years.

The restaurant operation is good for business according to Chris Miller an area manager.

“Fatburger has been a welcome addition to other communities throughout Las Vegas because of our commitment to quality and taste.”

The fast food operation says it will add about 40 new jobs to the Las Vegas area.