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!

This year, the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be held at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand, on April 1^st, 2012. Award nominations will be announced this Thursday.

If last year’s Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is an indication of how good this year’s awards show is going to be, then guests and attendants are going to be in for an amazing show, with outstanding performances from country music stars.

This year, the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be hosted for the second year in a row, by Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton. The awards event will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena as well as the Zac Brown Band at Mandalay Bay Events Center, with the second annual ACM Fan Jam. Both hosts will be at both venues hosting.

This year, the highlight of ACM will be the performances by Jason Aldean, the Band Perry, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts and Kenny Rogers as they collaborate with the legendary to Lionel Richie.

Last year, one of the highlights of the night was the performance of “Walk This Way” with Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood.

Tickets went on sale today, so get them before they’re gone!

The end of January marks the end of the first month of 2012, and also the end of MGM Grand’s Lion Habitat. The lion habitat, which is considered to be an icon of MGM Grand is permanently closing its doors on January 31^st. The lion habitat opened in 1999, and has been a free attraction since then.

No word has been released from MGM officials on what will replace the lion habitat area, which is a 5,000-square-foot, glass-encased structure, worth a cool $9 million.

MGM Resorts began a huge remodel of the MGM Grand back in October 2011, with a budget of $160 million. It is expected that the tremendous undertaking will take about a year, so the pricey remodel should be completed just in time for October 2012. It seems like the MGM Grand is going to be going through a massive overhaul of a remodel, with each of the main tower’s 3,570 hotel rooms, as well as the 643 suites getting a makeover.

It won’t just be the rooms and suites getting a makeover though, as the rest of the property will also be remodelled, from the casino floor, to the restaurants, to the clubs, and even the showrooms.

MGM Resorts spokeswoman, Yvette Monet commented on the massive remodel of the MGM Grand, saying “That is part of an overall property-wide renovation project. There are going to be significant changes in the casino and hotel.”

Hopefully these changes are for the good. In the last couple of years, many hotels and casinos have undergone remodels to breathe new life back into the properties. The latest resort to finish a remodel was the Bellagio.