{"id":1066,"date":"2014-05-29T03:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T03:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2016-09-13T09:57:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:57:06","slug":"vegas-on-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"Vegas on the Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Adrenaline junkies &#8211; our local arrangements team as some suggestions for heart-stopping fun in the Vegas area:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>ROLLER COASTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nynyhotelcasino.com\/attractions\/the-roller-coaster.aspx\">The Big Apple Roller Coaster at New York-New York<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n3790 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV, 89109<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherehotel.com\/Tower\/Rides\"><strong>Stratosphere Tower Thrill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n2000 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV, 89104<br \/>\nRides at the top of the Stratosphere Tower, over 900 feet high! The four<br \/>\nextreme thrill rides are The SkyJump, the Big Shot, the X Scream, and Insanity.<br \/>\nX Scream thrusts its car over the edge of the Stratosphere and is like a massive<br \/>\nteeter-totter. Big Shot shoots people up in the air. Insanity has a mechanical arm<br \/>\nthat extends over the edge of the tower and spins people around. SkyJump is a<br \/>\ncontrolled free fall from the top of the tower to the ground.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventuredome.com\/\"><strong>Adventuredome Amusement Park<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n2880 Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, NV 89109<br \/>\nA five-acre enclosed amusement park run by Circus-Circus.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nCAR ADVENTURES<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polepositionraceway.com\/las-vegas\/\"><strong>Pole Position Raceway<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n4175 S Arville, Las Vegas, NV<br \/>\nCall 702-227-RACE (7223)<br \/>\nPole Position Raceway has a quarter-mile track with electric race karts. It also has arcade games, billiards,<br \/>\nand race car memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dream Racing Driving Experience<\/strong><br \/>\n7000 N Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89115<br \/>\nDrive a Ferrari F430 GT race car for five laps at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.<br \/>\nThe complete experience (including transportation) is 2 hours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exoticsracing.com\/\"><strong>Exotics Racing<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nLearn to drive a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche or Audi, then drive it<br \/>\nFerrari Lamborghini Combo Experience: This value package allows riders to<br \/>\nexperience five laps in each vehicle.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivepetty.com\/experiences\/ride-along\">Richard Petty Ride-Along and Rookie Driving Experience<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLas Vegas Motor Speedway<br \/>\nRide in a two-seat NASCAR-style race car at the Las Vegas Motor<br \/>\nSpeedway or learn to drive a 600 horsepower NASCAR style stock car that speeds<br \/>\nup to 137 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldclassdriving.com\/\"><strong>World Class Driving<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nTake a tutorial in the Dream Garage near the Strip, and then drive a<br \/>\nCorvette Z06 or a Shelby GI500 in convoy through Red Rock Canyon, getting tips<br \/>\nvia radio from instructors in lead and follow cars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OFF-ROAD ADVENTURES<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasrazoradventures.com\/\"><strong>Las Vegas RaZoR Adventures<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n6845 Speedway Blvd., K108, Las Vegas, NV 89115<br \/>\nCall (702) 573-2167, Toll Free (855) 797-8687<br \/>\nDrive a four-wheel drive dune buggy type vehicle in the desert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaglerider.com\/\"><strong>EagleRider Motorcycle Rental<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n5182 S. Arville St., Las Vegas, NV 89118<br \/>\nRide a Harley-Davidson. Tours also available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHARKS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldennugget.com\/lasvegas\/show_sharktanktours.asp\"><strong>Golden Nugget Hotel Shark Tank<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n129 E. Fremont St., Las Vegas, NV 89101<br \/>\nCall 866-946-5336 for tours<br \/>\nA three-story water slide at the Golden Nugget pool goes right through<br \/>\nthe 200,000 gallon shark tank. Behind-the-scenes tour also available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharkreef.com\"><strong>Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n3950 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89119<br \/>\nSwim with the sharks if a certified scuba diver and a guest of the<br \/>\nhotel, a Shark Reef annual pass holder, or a Mlife member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPORTS ADVENTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegaswatersports.net\/\"><strong>Vegas Water Sports LLC<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWakesurfing, wakeboarding, knee boarding, water skiing or tubing excursion at Lake Mead National Park and Hoover Dam area.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandcanyontours.com\/whitew.htm\">Grand Canyon Touring Company<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Location: Boulder City, base of Hoover Dam<br \/>\nIncludes an 11-mile float trip and a Hummer excursion in the desert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpineinstitute.com\/\"><strong>American Alpine Institute<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n9071 Hilverson Avenue, Las Vegas, NV, 89148<br \/>\nGuide service to rock climb in Red Rock Canyon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cycling tours of Red Rocks Canyon<\/strong><br \/>\n10575 Discovery Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89147<\/p>\n<p><strong>ZIPLINES, TRAPEZE and OTHER FLYING ADVENTURES<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vegas Indoor Skydiving<\/strong><br \/>\n200 Convention Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV, 89109<br \/>\nVegas Indoor Skydiving is a vertical wind tunnel, so people can try sky diving<br \/>\nwithout jumping out of a plane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skydivelasvegas.com\/\"><strong>Skydive Las Vegas<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n1401 Airport Rd, Boulder City, NV, 89005<br \/>\nThis is the place to tandem skydive. Open 7 days a week all year long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flightlinezbootleg.com\/\"><strong>Flightlinez Bootleg Canyon<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n1512 Industrial Rd, Boulder City, NV, 89005<br \/>\nA zipline in the desert. Some climbing involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegasexperience.com\/\"><strong>SlotZilla at Fremont Street Experience<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n425 Fremont St., Las Vegas, NV<br \/>\nShoot out of a giant slot machine and soar over Fremont Street. Scheduled to open this spring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tctetrapeze.com\/\"><strong>Trapeze experience<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n1400 North Rampart Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89128<br \/>\nLearn how to fly on a trapeze.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park<\/strong><br \/>\n7440 Dean Martin Dr Ste 201, Las Vegas, NV, 89139<br \/>\nThis trampoline park offers sports where people can jump on trampolines and<br \/>\nrun on the side walls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jean Sport Aviation Center<\/strong><br \/>\nLocation: 18 miles south of the Las Vegas Strip at exit #12 on Interstate 15<br \/>\nSingle person glider rides, two person glider rides, aerobatic thrill flights,<br \/>\nintroductory lesson flights, and Euro style winch thrill rides.<br \/>\n1420 Jet Stream Drive, Suite #100, Henderson, NV 89052<br \/>\nCall 702-938-2486 or (888) 494-5850<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viator.com\/tours\/Las-Vegas\/Las-Vegas-Strip-Night-Flight-by-Helicopter-with-\"><strong>Las Vegas Strip helicopter tour<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCall (702) 248-7368.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skycombatace.com\/\"><strong>Sky Comabt Ace<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nDid you always want to be a fighter pilot? Here\u2019s your chance. You can do<br \/>\naerobatics or experience plane-to-plane aerial combat or fly to Hoover Dam or<br \/>\naround Las Vegas in an open-cockpit biplane.<\/p>\n<p><em>Compiled by Katherine Rankin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adrenaline junkies &#8211; our local arrangements team as some suggestions for heart-stopping fun in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-arrangements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183,"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}