Las Vegas’ biggest food festival is back this year with more delicious delights than ever before! More than 50 chefs will be at Uncork’d, as well as 30 sommeliers, and there will also be 31 events to attend, all packed into four days, from May 10 to May 13, 2012. Uncork’d is by Bon Appétit, and has gained popularity over the past couple of years as one of the best food and wine festivals around. Over the past five years, Uncork’d has been held over Mother’s Day weekend.

Some famous chefs on the list of over 50 that will be at the festival include Alain Ducasse, Todd English, Charlie Palmer and Guy Savoy. These chefs just also happen to have restaurants in Las Vegas.

Tickets to Uncork’d have gone on sale, and can be purchased at the Uncork’d website www.vegasuncorked.com. Ticket prices range from $75 to $295, and the prices are based on what events guests choose. The priciest event ticket comes in at $295, for Guy Savoy’s “dinnertime decadence” event.

Interestingly enough, food trucks will also be part of the Uncork’d festival. To get a taste of food truck delights, festival attendees will find many of the best food trucks around will be parked on the roof of the Bellagio’s parking garage.

This is an ultimate foodie event that should not be missed! Get your tickets today!

Last week, two former business partners of Harvey Whittemore sued him, making claims that Whittemore embezzled money from their joint-venture companies. Whittemore is a well known Nevada developer and lobbyist. The two former business partners are brothers Thomas Seeno, and Albert Seeno Jr..

Harvey Whittemore decided to retaliate, and has since the hit the Seeno brothers with a federal lawsuit alleging racketeering, and also claiming that he and his family were repeatedly given death threats as part of an extortion plan hatched up by the brothers. Whittemore’s attorney said that the Seeno brothers, as well as Albert Seeno Jr.’s son Albert Seeno III, conspired to defraud him, as the father and son Seenos threatened to kill his family if he did not follow what they told him to do.

Wednesday’s lawsuit says “This is a case involving racketeering and extortion based on threats of death and severe bodily harm made by Albert Seeno Jr. and Albert Seeno III, against attorney and businessman Harvey Whittemore and his family.”

It looks like this is going to get messier and messier, especially for the Seeno’s as the suit alleges that they are associated with organized crime networks, as well as known to be associated with felons. They have also been under investigation by the FBI and IRS, and have been raided by the FBI, IRS and the Secret Service.

Today, the final deal to relocate Zappos to downtown Las Vegas was unanimously approved by the Las Vegas City Council.

Zappos company corporate campus will soon be located at the current Las Vegas City Hall complex at 400 Stewart Avenue.

The city staff will be moving into a new City Hall building at 495 South Main Street around the end of this month. The grand opening of the new City Hall will take place on March 5, 2012.

Commenting on the big move and work involved with this transaction, Mayor Carolyn Goodman said “This was a huge effort.” The deal was complex, as it involved a lot of  money, and eight acres of city property.

The old City Hall will undergo an extensive renovation over the next 18 months, to the tune of $40 million. Currently, Zappos has 1,200 employees, but officials have said that when the company finally does move in to their new corporate office in Fall 2013, they are expecting that number to increase to 2,000 employees.

Bossiness can expect to benefit big time when Zappos finally makes their move. When Zappos moves in, the city should expect that to make a significant economic impact to Las Vegas’ downtown.

Now there’s going to be even more reason to go downtown in Las Vegas.