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Las Vegas is the place to be if you want excitement and entertainment. This is one city that knows how to capture an audience and keep it coming back for more. No matter how often you have visited Las Vegas in the past, you know that there is always something new to see the next time you go. Some of the Vegas shows are the long lasting institutions that many people enjoy over and over again, and at the same time there are a whole host of new shows to enjoy and experience. Here is an overview of the hottest tickets to get in Las Vegas right now.

Cirque du Soleil has provided mind blowing entertainment in the past, and two of their newer shows are no exception. If you want to see something unlike you have ever seen before, take in O and Mystere. O is an acrobatic show done in the famous Cirque du Soleil style, but it incorporates fire and water. The show is beautiful, exciting and highly recommended. There is no theme or story to Mystere. It is simply a collection of tricks and acrobatics that the entire family can enjoy. Do not let the description fool you, despite not having a theme, Mystere may be the one show in Vegas that is considered a must see on every critic’s list.

Comedy shows are a Las Vegas standard, and many regard Carrot Top’s show as the best one running right now. A prop comic who does not let any topic go without funny commentary, Carrot Top’s show is unique and hilarious. This is not one you can bring the kids to see with you, and it is restricted to audiences over age 18.

Winning America’s Got Talent a few years ago brought Terry Fator into the spotlight, and Las Vegas keeps him there. His unique show combines puppets, ventriloquism, comedy and music. His impressions are dead on, and you can’t see anything like his act anywhere else. If you are looking for something totally different, this show is the one for you.

No review of Las Vegas shows would be complete without the big variety show with the dancing girls that Vegas is famous for. If you want to take in the ultimate Vegas performance, Absinthe is what you need to see. Tightrope walkers right above the audience, comedy, and some of the most inspiring dancing girls in all of Las Vegas perform in Absinthe. Fun and incredibly entertaining, this show is adults only.

LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The International Academy of Design & Technology Las Vegas (IADT), a college offering Associate’s and Bachelor degrees in a variety of design and technology disciplines, announces the completion and opening of Vegas View Recording, a 2,500-sq-ft recording and mixing studio within its campus. Designed by renowned studio architect Carl Yanchar and IADT’s Robert “Bobby” Ferrari, the industry standard recording studio is first and foremost a teaching studio for IADT students. But Vegas View Recording at IADT is also available for hourly and daily lease by professionals and others seeking use of a high quality studio operated by seasoned professionals.

“This will be a good place in Nevada to learn the true art of modern recording techniques”

The studio includes a vocal booth, a 1,200-square-foot live recording room and industry current control room – all with a view of the Las Vegas Strip. The control room is equipped with an SSL-9080J console for mixing and recording on a large format analog desk. The studio features a 48IO Pro Tools HDX system with a Waves Mercury Bundle, along with a compliment of outboard gear ranging from Neve 1073 Mic Pres, Summit Audio Pres, Eq’s, and Compressors, Bricasti Reverb, JCF Latté Convertors, and Dynaudio M3 Main Monitors with Lab Grupen Amps.

The acoustical design of the new facility is a modern take on the classic designs created by legendary designer, Bill Putman, dubbed by his peers as “the father of modern recording.” Traditional acoustic treatments, such as hard tile flooring, acoustical ceiling materials on the walls and acoustic absorbers near the floor for a deep low-end transmission, combine with modern technology in the control room to create a “new” version of a classic sound environment.

“We’re thrilled to offer to everyone – from the famous to the independent artist or group – these new professional quality services and recording facilities. Vegas View Recording has been designed as a top quality studio to record and experience working with professionals and students in a comfortable environment. We are confident it will be a hit with recording artists, engineers, students and everyone who loves recording music,” said Ferrari, Studio Manager at IADT Las Vegas.

“This will be a good place in Nevada to learn the true art of modern recording techniques,” Ferrari added. “IADT students will experience what real sessions are like in a truly professional environment, learning the minutiae involved in operating and managing a facility of industry standards.”

Ferrari has a long and successful track record in Las Vegas of developing and operating recording studios. In 1998, he oversaw the remodel and technical install of Lee Pepper Sound; advised and chief engineered Studio Vegas (now The Killers’ Battleborn Studios); performed gear upgrades for Digital Insight Recording; and co-designed, managed, and installed the TEC Award-nominated Odds On Records & Studios featured on the Cover of MIX Magazine in November 2009.

Vegas View Recording is located on the campus of International Academy of Design & Technology, Las Vegas, 2495 Village View Drive, Henderson, NV. IADT Las Vegas is just minutes from McCarran International Airport off Interstate 215, just west of Green Valley Parkway, overlooking the Las Vegas valley. For more information or a tour of Vegas View Recording contact Bobby Ferrari at #

The studio officially opens for business on April 2. A grand opening is planned during the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, April 9, 2013.

About the International Academy of Design & Technology Las Vegas:

With more than 30 years as an established institution, the International Academy of Design and Technology offers students a hands-on education with experienced faculty dedicated to providing students with the necessary skills, knowledge, support and guidance to pursue fulfilling career opportunities in the design and technology fields. The Las Vegas campus (IADT-Las Vegas), which opened in 2003, offers degree programs in audio production, cinema production, fashion design, graphic design, retail merchandise management and game production. Students also have the opportunity to take a portion of their coursework online through IADT-Online. The school is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). ACICS is a national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. IADT-Las Vegas cannot guarantee employment or salary and is part of Career Education Corporation network of schools (NASDAQ: CECO). For more information, visit www.iadt.edu/Las-Vegas or call #

Each booth at the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip offers a 19-inch touch screen to give diners a personal look at the Hard Rock’s memorabilia.

England’s Cavern Club, known as the birthplace of the Beatles, hit the international Hard Rock chain with a lawsuit Sunday in Las Vegas alleging trademark infringement.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, complained Florida-based Hard Rock Café International has recently opened a small events room called “The Cavern Club” in one of its Las Vegas locations.

Hard Rock Café International owns restaurants, clubs, casinos and hotels around the world and also licenses that name.

The Cavern Club in Liverpool said in the lawsuit that it is a “legendary nightclub” that opened in 1957. In 1961 the Beatles made their first appearance there and would go on to perform there nearly 300 times, the suit says.

It says the Cavern Club has also hosted the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, the Kinks, Elton John and the Who.

The lawsuit indicates the Cavern Club and the international Hard Rock company have butted heads before over the Cavern Club trademark.

The Cavern Club owns the trademark rights to that name in the United Kingdom, the 25 European Community nations, Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil and Canada, the lawsuit says.

But Hard Rock Café International has a U.S. trademark for the Cavern Club name and Sunday’s lawsuit sought to overturn a Sept. 29 decision upholding its U.S. rights to the mark.

That decision was made by the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, which dismissed the Cavern Club’s challenge dating to 2005 to that trademark registration.

Besides the Las Vegas location using the Cavern Club name, Hard Rock has a club in Boston that has also used the Cavern Club name for a special events room and performance space, the lawsuit says.

The suit calls the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision rejecting the Cavern Club’s challenge of the Hard Rock-owned trademark “erroneous” and says Hard Rock’s use of the name “is likely to cause and has caused confusion, mistake or deception” as to whether the Hard Rock-owned venues are affiliated with the U.K.’s Cavern Club.

Besides alleging trademark infringement, Sunday’s lawsuit alleges violations of Nevada’s deceptive business practices act and alleges common law unfair competition.

Hard Rock Cafe International, which is owned by Florida’s Seminole Indian tribe, has two cafes in Las Vegas. That chain also has its origins in London, opening its first cafe there in 1971.

Hard Rock Cafe International does not own the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas and remains tied up in separate trademark litigation with the hotel-casino.

A request for comment on the lawsuit was placed with Hard Rock.

Sunday’s suit was filed by attorneys Paul Rapp in Housatonic, Mass.; and Mark Borghese in Las Vegas.