Ten rich guys dropping in on Derek Stevens at Circa

The Kats! Bureau connected Sunday was the VIP conception of Circa’s sports book. It was truthful nutty successful that place, with co-owner Derek Stevens wearing his authoritative Circa shot headdress backward and an octet of guys boisterously celebrating a bachelor party, we neglected to notation we’d been penning from there.

But today, it’s again Circa time, and Stevens has dropped a boomlet (not to notation a clump of CEOs) from his resort.

A full of 10 executives from crossed the state are rappelling down the broadside of Circa astatine 1 p.m. Wednesday. This is nuts, of course, and for Stevens is wholly successful character.

As helium explains, “It’s 10 CEOs from assorted companies, concern companies, hedge funds. You know, star powerfulness companies, worldly similar that. And, and they’re besides precise affluent individuals.”

Yes, this is rich, each right.

These guys are wealthy, and besides adventurous. This is simply a mostly an anonymous bunch, each of them from extracurricular of Las Vegas. Only Transocean CEO Jeremy Thigpen and Grey Owl Partners laminitis Adam Zylman person consented to being identified.

The different brainsick 8 person asked Stevens his squad not to place them successful narration to the event. This is simply to bash thing collectively that they person ne'er done before.

Stevens said the radical is successful Vegas for a conference, and are staying astatine assorted hotels successful Las Vegas. They deed him up six oregon 8 months agone to inquire astir rappelling down the broadside of Circa. They’d heard astir the caller downtown hotel, and sought a climbing institution and security companies to insure information protocols are successful place.

“It’s benignant of a head-scratcher,” Stevens said. “It’s like, you ne'er cognize what’s gonna hap successful Vegas … When they said they wanted to spell down the broadside of our gathering I was like, ‘You privation to what? I went, ‘Whoa,’ But past we got our squad progressive and it’s each legit.”

The radical is scaling down the south-facing broadside of the gathering facing Stadium Swim. Stevens said helium is having his unit propulsion windows out, astir three-quarters of the mode up the tower. The affluent guys volition descend, successful line, down to the excavation deck.

Asked what helium gets retired of specified a stunt, Stevens chuckled and said, “We’re gonna get immoderate bully photography. And I’m hoping that we make a narration with these 10 guys and their companies going forward. Other than that, yeah, it’s gonna immoderate large humanities photography.”

But don’t number connected Stevens himself to standard the resort. He’s much funny successful gathering up than sliding down.

“No, I’ll pass,” Stevens said. “I privation to ticker it first.”

Branding astatine the rodeo

The National Finals Rodeo is buying into its disguise mandate for the event’s instrumentality to the Thomas & Mack Center. We person confirmed that NFR-branded masks volition beryllium sold astatine merch passim the event. We’ll illustration the sales, including those we prime up.

Making the cut

Jay White is the Neil Diamond tribute creator and erstwhile hockey goalie with a extremity of his own. The Henderson nonmigratory is forging an acting career, starring successful “STARLIGHT,” musical-drama centered connected a star-crossed signaling creator from the 1960s-70s. The movie is premiering 7 p.m. Saturday astatine Galaxy Theatres astatine Boulevard Mall.

Steve Tatone has written produced and directed the film, which was changeable successful Las Vegas and Sarasota, Fla. and features 17 archetypal songs. The task has been 10 years successful the making, but White stayed with the task and matured on with his character, the vocalist Bobby Drake.

King Errisson, Diamond’s percussionist and a Vegas resident, is besides successful the ensemble cast.

White has been well-known connected aggregate fronts. He was an exigency goalie for the Las Vegas Thunder and Las Vegas Wranglers implicit the years. In his playing prime, helium was a starting goalie for the Kalamazoo Wings successful the aged International Hockey League. He besides headlined for 2 decades successful his Diamond accumulation astatine the Riviera.

And earlier the Saturday premiere, White headlines astatine Italian American Club astatine 6:30 p.m. (dinner) and 8 p.m. (show) connected Friday. The formed volition beryllium connected hand. Hit up the nine astatine iaclasvegas.com for details.

She feels for you

You mightiness person noticed a distinctively bald vocalist backing Chaka Khan connected tour. She is the terrific Tymara Walker, who closed her tally with Khan implicit the weekend. Walker, precocious of “Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel the Concert” astatine Harrah’s, is processing the archetypal philharmonic “The Rocking Chair,” with Donte Miller, laminitis of Hearts Productions successful Las Vegas.

What Works In Vegas

The speechmaking of Oscar Goodman’s under-development, autobiographical musical, “Goodman,” which packed Troesh Studio Theater connected Sunday and Monday nighttime (it was invite-only, but still). We volition person much connected this project, and soon. Suffice to accidental “Hizzoner” is precise excited.

Cool Hang Alert

Craig Canter has a coagulated bent happening astatine 7:30 p.m. Mondays astatine Piazza lounge astatine Tuscany Suites. The Vegas vocalist is backed by Steven Lee connected guitar, Brenda Cowart on the keys and Adam “The Mayor” Shendal connected drums. “Black Magic Woman,” “Fly Me To The Moon,” and “New York State of Mind” are successful the acceptable list. No cover, nary hassles, astatine Tuscany.

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