VIP Rib Village Tables Available!

Reno/Sparks, Nev. – A select number of visitors get to experience the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off in a very special way. This year, the Nugget is extending that opportunity to everyone. We’re talking about the VIP Rib Village!
The 21st annual Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off is September 2-7. You choose which night and band you want to experience. Take your seat at a reserved table for 10. And we do the rest! While the other tens of thousands are waiting in lines for ribs, we go to each rib cooker and bring them back to you – all you can eat! Include your favorite BBQ side-dishes, plus all beverages including beer and wine, and the value quickly becomes apparent.
Imagine wowing top customers, super salespeople, best employees or key potential clients with a VIP experience like the Rib Cook-off. Or you and a group of friends could spend a truly special evening together by splitting the cost! This year’s nightly entertainment lineup includes Jonny Lang, The Fixx and Restless Heart, plus many more.
Tables of 10 are just $850 per night, and $900 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Visit nuggetribcookoff.com to buy your table. Click the “Rib Village” tab. Spots are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Single seats are available on Monday evening only.
As a reminder, the Rib Cook-off is quite simply one of the largest outdoor barbeque events on the planet. Last year, the world’s 24 best BBQ cookers served more than 100 tons of ribs to a half-million people over six days. In addition, there are hundreds of craft booths and nightly A-list entertainment – all set on Victorian Square, a beautiful tree-lined plaza in downtown Sparks.
Sponsors
The 21st annual Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off is sponsored by US Bank, City of Sparks, Morrey Distributing-Budweiser, Swire Coca Cola, Kenwood Vineyards, Legends at Sparks Marina, Curly’s Food Inc, Model Dairy, Kansas City BBQ, Southern Living BBQ, AT&T, Clark Pest Control, Northern Nevada Medical Center, Southern Comfort, Proximo-1800 Tequila, Northern Nevada Toyota Dealers, KBUL, KTHX, KOZZ and KZTQ.
The Rib Cook-off is scheduled for an extended Labor Day weekend, Wednesday, September 2 through Monday, September 7, 2009. For advance reservations, event history and information call (800) 648-1177 or (775) 356-3300, or visit www.nuggetribcookoff.com. Do the Nugget Tonight!

Alan Parsons Live Project Offers Classic and Distinctive Rock Sound at John Ascuaga’s Nugget

Sparks/Reno, Nev. – Famed audio engineer turned conceptual symphonic rock designer/musician Alan Parsons and the Alan Parsons Live Project land in the Celebrity Showroom at John Ascuaga’s Nugget August 14-15.
As the man at the audio controls for some of rock n’ roll history’s most prolific recordings, including engineer for Pink Floyd’s legendary Dark Side of the Moon and assistant engineer for the Beatles’ epic Abbey Road, Parsons honed his abilities as one of the most sought after studio men in the business.
Born in Britain in 1948, Parsons discovered a love for music through flute, piano and guitar at an early age. On the heels of his blossoming demand as a sound engineer, Parsons decided to begin creating his own thematic records and founded the Alan Parsons Project in 1976. Although he occasionally played keyboards and infrequently sang on his records, the Project was designed primarily as a forum for a revolving collection of vocalists and session players to interpret and perform Parsons and songwriter/manger Eric Woolfson's conceptually-linked, lushly arranged and orchestrated music. After a series of successful album releases and chart-riding songs, including “Games People Play,” “Time,” and “Eye in the Sky,” Parsons continued without Woolfson is pursuit of bringing the full effect of his music to the live concert stage.

With his long-standing previous collaborators, guitarist Ian Bairnson and drummer Stuart Elliott, Alan dropped the "Project" identity for Try Anything Once in 1993. The partnership continued for On Air in 1996 and The Time Machine in 1999. During this time the "Alan Parsons Live Project" toured to sold-out audiences throughout the globe. Alan also played various live shows with Ringo Starr, Jon Anderson, Alice Cooper, John Entwistle and Ann Wilson.
One of the most familiar Project tracks is Sirius, perhaps best known as the Chicago Bulls theme and featured at countless NBA games. P. Diddy (Puff Daddy) also chose Sirius as the backbone for the title track of his platinum-selling CD, The Saga Continues. In 2000, Sirius was featured in an IMAX documentary movie about Michael Jordan.
Parsons’ music is now taking a new contemporary direction into the world of Electronica. His latest album, A Valid Path, features a number of notables in the genre including The Crystal Method, Shpongle, The Nortec Collective and Uberzone. The electrifying live performances of Alan Parsons Live Project feature Godfrey Townsend, lead guitar/vocals; Steve Murphy, drums/vocals; John Montagna, bass/vocals; P.J. Olsson, vocals; and Manny Focarazzo, keyboards/backing vocals.
Alan Parsons Live Project takes flight August 14-15 at 8 p.m. in the Celebrity Showroom at John Ascuaga’s Nugget. Tickets are $40, and are available by calling (800) 648-1177 or (775) 356-3300 or by visiting janugget.com. Dinner and show packages are available. “Do the Nugget Tonight!”