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In-N-Out Burger, the fast food juggernaut with a massive cult following, is bringing a massive location to The BLVD, a new mall replacing the Hawaiian Marketplace on the Las Vegas Strip.

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The restaurant will span 8,000 feet, making its dining room the largest in the chain’s history.

The In-N-Out is set to open in 2026, which is a flipping head-scratcher. It’s not the Taj Mahal. It’s not even the Garage Mahal. LFG, already.

Anyway, In-N-Out officially confirmed the new location on its Instagram page. Instagram is sort of the visual Twitter, but with an alien owner rather than a Bond villain.

The announcement said, “This restaurant will be over 8,000 square feet on one level and will offer dining room service and outdoor seating. The dining area will be larger than our typical restaurant, and special In-N-Out signage will feature our retro looks throughout the years. We’re also excited that a unique Company Store showcasing some popular In-N-Out items will open alongside the restaurant!”

You can tell In-N-Out is excited about the BLVD location because of the exclamation point and the use of “over” when they mean “more than.”

While the In-N-Out confirmation is way ahead of the restaurant’s scheduled opening date, the company probably needed to put the kibosh on A.I. renderings, many of which made the restaurant look like a three or four story monstrosity even more far-fetched than renderings for the A’s ballpark. Or as the kids call it, horseshittery.

Here are the renderings shared by In-N-Out Burger on Instagram. Instagram is the social media platform sort of like TikTok, the difference being Instagram isn’t being banned due to xenophobia.

If you’re unfamiliar with In-N-Out Burger, the chain got its start in 1948 and was founded by Harry and Esther Snyder in Baldwin Park, California.

It’s touted as having been California’s first drive-thru hamburger stand. For many years, the restaurant was limited to California, but today In-N-Out operates more than 380 locations across a number of states including California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado and possibly others we didn’t have time to copy-and-paste from Wikipedia. In-N-Out is mostly on the left, or smarter, side of the country, Texas being the exception.

But Nevada is the most important location, because that’s the state containing the Las Vegas Strip, a place lacking good burgers for some reason. It’s pretty much about Gordon Ramsay Burger at Planet Hollywood and No Pants at Caesars Palace. Slim pickings. Ditto pizza. All the good pizza is downtown except for Superfrico at Cosmo and the new Swingers at Mandalay Bay.

There are a number of things that make In-N-Out Burger stand out: 1) The burgers are delicious, 2) the fries are widely criticized, and 3) there are random escort appointment times printed on the bottom of In-N-Out’s drinking cups.

We can help with the fries thing.

Just remember these four words: “Fries light well, please.” This phrase will change your life.

Do you know this blog at all?

We trust the In-N-Out at BLVD will offer its much-touted “secret menu” items. Let’s just say “secret” is used very loosely here.

Pretty much everyone knows the “Animal Style Burger” (grilled onions, extra spread and mustard-cooked beef patties), “Protein Style Burger” (low-carb option where the burger is wrapped in lettuce instead of a bun) and “Animal Style Fries” (topped with cheese, grilled onions and spread).

The people who order these items are what’s known in the restaurant business as “weirdos.” We’re pretty sure these orders slow everything down, so please don’t do that.

When In-N-Out comes to BLVD, it will be the second location on the Las Vegas Strip. The other is at Linq Promenade. Yes, we broke the news that location was in the works, not that everything has to be about us.

You can always spot an In-N-Out because of their signature crossed palm trees, which we’re pretty sure is a heretical abomination in the eyes of the Lord, but we try not to judge.

Anyway, the trees are a nod to In-N-Out founder Harry Snyder’s love of the 1963 movie “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” In the film, palm trees marked buried treasure. The movie’s trees were shaped like a “W,” with the middle two crossed.

Anyway, the In-N-Out at the BLVD shopping complex is some time off, and it’s also unclear when BLVD opens completely.

Everyone’s best guess is “early 2025.”

BLVD will have a range of shopping options, because if there’s anything Las Vegas is lacking, it’s shopping. Don’t get us started. Then again, anything’s better than the Hawaiian Marketplace, a venue less inviting than a Porta-Potty at food festival hosted by Taco Bell.

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Casino giant Caesars Entertainment announced plans to sell Linq Promenade, the mall between Linq casino (technically, “Linq Hotel + Experience,” we are not making this up) and Flamingo. The former stinky alley is being sold for $275 million.

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The Linq Promenade is being sold to TPG Real Estate and the Investment Management Platform of Acadia Realty Trust, which just screams fun and excitement, if you ask us.

The sale follows a recent trend of Caesars selling off “non-core” assets to help pay down its debt. How does the sale affect you? It doesn’t, at all, but it’s a slow news day, so here we are.

No additional details were provided about the sale, but here’s the fancy, lawyer-drafted statement attributed to one of our favorite casino CEOs, Tom Reeg: “The sale of the Linq Promenade represents an accretive, non-core asset sale that will accelerate our debt reduction goals. I want to thank all the team members and the tenants of the Linq Promenade for their partnership over the last 10 years and wish them continued success.”

Like we said, cashy-cashy to help deal with the company’s imposing $12.7 billion in debt.

This asset dump is similar to when Caesars Entertainment sold the WSOP brand recently. In that sale, Caesars got $250 million up front, along with a promissory note for another $250 million due in five years.

The whole idea is to sell assets that aren’t doing all that much for the company to pay down the debt and invest in making our personal experience at Caesars Palace more enjoyable. We probably made up that last part, but that’s what’s happening.

Caesars Palace just unveiled a renovated high limit slot area, for starters.

Done. Revamped high limit slot room is adorable, echoing the design of the dome above the main casino. Huge new high limit slots and tables areas will be live in the next few weeks. @CaesarsPalace //t.co/aGCw54D3N4 pic.twitter.com/DBWJiCiX1O

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) October 26, 2024

That “baby dome” high limit room is just the beginning, as construction is nearing completion of another high limit table games area and high limit slot salon. All this in addition to the existing high limit table games room, Palace Court.

Plus, there’s the new Caspian’s Lounge (formerly Cleopatra’s Lounge) and several new offerings in the food hall and gawd knows what else.

Progress report: One of several venues set to debut soon at Caesars Palace, Caspian’s Lounge (from Clique Hospitality), formerly Cleopatra’s Barge. It won’t be a showroom, but may have live entertainment. Archive: //t.co/AZwXKEdV7b pic.twitter.com/oEbNyNaUZJ

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) October 27, 2024

Anyway, Linq Promenade. It’s always been OK. It’s a mall, full of forgettable shops and restaurants. The most memorable thing about Linq Promenade was when we broke the story In-In-Out would open there (a year before it was announced).

Caesars says the High Roller observation wheel won’t be affected by the sale, but the fate of the Fly Linq Zipline isn’t clear.

It’s just the boring parts of Linq Promenade. Looking at you, Hat Loft and Socks & Bottoms.

We worked at Caesars Entertainment when the concept for the space between the original O’Shea’s and Flamingo was conceived and constructed. Construction of the mall started in Nov. 2011 and the first phase opened in Dec. 2013. The High Roller Ferris wheel opened March 31, 2014.

Here’s a construction photo we took in 2013.

Here are some fun Linq Promenade facts: “The Linq Promenade spans more than 300,000 square feet and features more than 35 unique retail, dining, experiences, nightlife and entertainment venues (70 percent restaurants and bars, 30 percent retail and entertainment). The Linq Promenade measures 1,340 square feet (one quarter of a mile) from the Las Vegas Boulevard steps to underneath the High Roller.” Feet, not square feet, from Las Vegas Blvd., but you get the idea.

Caesars Entertainment estimates 20 million people pass by the Linq Promenade every year. Yes, it’s a made-up number, but it does have a solid location and was formerly an alley, so it’s all gravy.

There’s been a lot of churn in tenants since Linq Promenade opened.

One of our fondest memories of the Linq Promenade was that time in 2013 we escorted a group of Miss USA pageant contestants to sign a construction wall at the then-under-construction Starbucks. Those signatures are still there, hidden behind the wall at the Starbucks at Linq Promenade.

Anyway, not everything is about us, probably.

The sale of Linq Promenade is no loss for Caesars Entertainment and interest payments on debt are a pain in the ass.

The former leadership of Caesars Entertainment didn’t get everything right, but turning an alleyway into a shopping mall with an attraction at the back turns out to have been a pretty good idea (despite the fact the High Roller has never really met ridership expectations).

The current leadership is making big moves to shed assets that aren’t casino-hotel-related and adding to the bottom line.

The sale should be complete by the end of 2024, subject to blah-blah approvals blah-blah and other blah-blah.

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We’ve been sharing copious updates about the ongoing construction of Miracle Mile Shops’ new food court on the Twitters, and now the Strip mall has announced its first batch of concepts for the space.

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Yes, it’s a food court, but it’s a slow news day, so suck it up, Lili Von Shtupp. Yes, we used that reference in another story yesterday, we are hoping it becomes a thing.

Miracle Mile Shops isn’t calling Miracle Eats a food court, of course, or even a “food hall.” It’s a “food collective,” mostly because we’re all doomed. The new food amalgam opens winter 2024.

The first six restaurants announced for the Miracle Mile Shops new food assemblage are: Fat Sal’s, Tacotarian, Carnegie Pizza, Dave’s Hot Chicken, Lobster ME and Fat Tuesday.

Of course there’s a Fat Tuesday slushy stand, it’s the law.

Two of the concepts in the Miracle Mile’s food agglomeration, Fat Sal’s and Tacotarian, are the first locations of these restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip. This is also the first Carnegie Pizza in Las Vegas.

Dave’s Hot Chicken and Lobster ME (the “ME” is capitalized because it’s the postal service abbreviation for Maine) are well-known Vegas favorites.

Here’s the short-attention-span version of each offering at the Miracle Mile’s new food compendium. Yes, we’re going to keep doing that. We are very bored.

Carnegie Pizza comes from Times Square, and this will be the brand’s first location to open since its debut in 2020. It’s pizza, which makes it the first option we’ll try when Miracle Eats opens.

Fat Sal’s has several locations in L.A., but we will try to not hold that against them.

It’s sandwiches and sides.

Tacotarian originated in Las Vegas and is a plant-based taco shop, thus making it the last concept we’re likely to try at Miracle Eats, if ever.

Dave’s Hot Chicken got its start as a pop-up in East Hollywood. Which is a common occurrence in East Hollywood, if you get our drift. Dave’s Hot Chicken has more than 200 locations and features chicken tenders and sliders, along with other popular sides. Spice levels range from “No Spice” for infants and the elderly to “Reaper,” which requires guests to sign a waiver before trying it. No, really.

Lobster ME was an existing restaurant at Miracle Mile Shops. The lobster-centric menu is getting a refresh.

If you don’t know Fat Tuesday, you may not be Vegas enough. This will be the mall’s second location. Fat Tuesday has delivered innumerable brain freezes and hangovers to Las Vegas visitors since 1951, a fun fact we just made up.

There just seems to be a lot of “fat” going on at Miracle Eats. Maybe it should be “Supersized Tuesday” or “Thickish Tuesday”? While we’re at it, how about “Playfully Plump Sal’s”? Would anyone be cool with “Thunder Thighs Tuesday” or “Lardass Sal’s”? This a complex issue, and as such we will not be addressing it here. It’s a blog. Hello.

The ultimate number of concepts in the new food aggregation hasn’t been determined yet, apparently. The news release says it could be “as many as 10 delectable food and beverage options.”

The new food court took out a couple of existing spots, including Cereal Killerz.

Appears Cereal Killerz Kitchen at Miracle Mile Shops has closed. Got some buzz when it opened, and the owners appeared on “Shark Tank.” (h/t @JamesInLasVegas) pic.twitter.com/ESWuq6sKRP

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) December 27, 2023

Food courts, sorry, “collectives,” are the new buffets in Las Vegas. Call them what you like, food amassments, food medleys, food conglomerations, food clusters or food aggregations, they provide reliable food at reasonable prices and get you back into the action as quickly as possible.

The new Miracle Eats is part of a major overhaul of Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood. The mall originally opened in 2000 as Desert Passage.

The mall has gotten a serious refresh, inside and out.

Yes, it’s still a mall, but bless their hearts, they’re trying.

More Miracle Eats concepts will be announced at a later date.

We didn’t see anything about sushi or burgers. Again, it’s the law.

Update (11/15/24): Miracle Eats has added Irv’s Burgers to the concept line-up. Per the announcement, “Irv’s Burgers originally opened as Queen’s Burgers in 1946 and was one of the first burger stands on the famous Route 66. Over the decades, the name changed to Irv’s Burgers, but it always served a classic California roadside-style cheeseburger. The burger stand itself drew several of the era’s most notable celebrities and was featured on Linda Ronstadt’s album cover, ‘Living in the USA,’ cementing the brand into Hollywood pop culture.”