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🍔 Burgers, Trivia Nights, & Nerd Credentials

🍔 Burgers, Trivia Nights, & Nerd Credentials

Excessive heat is on the way! 🥵

July 02, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes

TODAY’S WIND DOWN BROUGHT TO YOU WITH

Happy Tuesday Afternoon, Neighbor!

Still looking for something to do for the 4th of July? We’ve added a few more events to our Independence Day listing. While planning your holiday, you may just want to keep in mind the weather.

Starting late-morning tomorrow and all the way through next week to July-daggum-8th, we’re under ANOTHER excessive heat warning. 🥵 It’s gonna be potentially record-breaking hot-hot and stay warm all through the night. So, plan your festivities accordingly, especially over the weekend.

In today's Summerlin City Wind Down:

Today's Happy Hours & Eats 🍔
Did You Know? 🦅
Around the Valley📍
Today's Events & Live Music 🎵
Staying In? Check Out These Awesome Things 👍

Let's get to it. See you on the other side.

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TODAY’S HAPPY HOURS & EATS 🍔

Well, we’re two days away from the 4th of July, so it can only be burgers. Hopefully, you’ve got a grill lined up somewhere that’ll slap a fresh one on a bun for you. But, if not, you can get a pretty good burger at many a restaurant over the next couple of days, some that are on special and some that are Happy Hour staples.

BURGERS ON SPECIAL TODAY AND TOMORROW

TODAY

John Cutter (Summerlin West) - $7 Burger

TOMORROW

HAPPY HOUR BURGERS TODAY AND TOMORROW

If you’re up for a little late-night nibble, perhaps while you’re out catching some fireworks, you can also score a really good burger deal at these Reverse Happy Hours -

Did You Know? 🦅

The eagle had a long history as a symbol well before the U.S. adopted it.

If you think of the eagle as intrinsically tied to American patriotism, you might want to get in line. Because when it comes to this majestic bird, the U.S. was well behind the times. Long before it was an American icon, the eagle was a global icon, revered by multiple ancient civilizations for its strength, courage, and general badass-ness.

In ancient Egypt, the eagle went almost godly. Closely tied to the sun god Ra, the eagle and its slick white mane symbolized immortality and divine connection, and was seen as a powerful guardian of the heavens.

Not to be outdone by the Egyptians, the Romans also adopted the eagle as a symbol. It was the emblem of their legions, representing the might and invincibility of the Roman Empire. An eagle standard was a symbol of honor and glory, and losing one during battle was considered a grave disgrace. It was kind of like losing the knee of your jeans on a bike ride, a glaring sign that things went horribly awry.

Going on to adorn many coats of arms throughout the Middle Ages, the eagle, or more specifically the double-headed eagle, became a symbol of the Byzantine and, later, the Holy Roman Empire.

The eagle’s symbolism even beat the Founding Fathers to America. Native American cultures held this bird in high regard. Tribes, such as the Iroquois and the Lakota, believed the eagle to be a sacred messenger between the humans and the gods, much like the Egyptians.

So, you could say by the time the U.S. adopted the eagle as its national symbol in 1782, it was ripping off… er, continuing… a tradition that already spanned thousands of years, and the eagle’s reputation was already written in the sky.

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AROUND THE VALLEY📍

Here are some things Around the Valley we think might be of interest -

Is Las Vegas Nerdy? 🤓

Do you consider Las Vegas a nerdy city? According to an analysis done by Solitaire Bliss using Google and meetup.com, Las Vegas ranks as the second nerdiest city in the U.S., right after Chicago.

They used the prevalence of things like arcades, book clubs, board game clubs, and fandom events to make this proclamation, and while I’ll grant that a lot of those things do, in fact, good nerds make, this feels like a very narrow definition of the word “nerd” to me.

Since they failed to factor in history or the arts, I’m calling a big old shenanigans on these rankings. I mean, D.C. is definitely nerdier than Vegas - there’s literally nothing to do in D.C. but nerd out - and St. Louis is home to the World Chess Hall of Fame, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation AND a buttload of other museums that are nerdy as heck.

I mean, not to knock Vegas’s nerd street cred, but come on… this city is NOT nerdy. And, as a certified nerd, I can say that.

Minimum Wage Hits $12 💸

In some inverse news to the city’s rapidly-rising rent and food costs, minimum wage is now $12 in Nevada. The wage increase went into effect on July 1st.

The 4th of July Sale is HERE!

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LOCAL EVENTS TO CHECK OUT 🏐

It’s a typical Tuesday here in Summerlin, which means either sweating or thinking it out. It’s also the first Slater’s 50/50 trivia theme that I might actually do well at. Well, only through Season 7.

Also, there’s Yoga at the (Rainbow) Library tomorrow, and they actually have some spots left, so you might want to get on that list now if you’re interested.

Pawsitive Difference Pet Rescue Adoption Event
Three Dog Bakery
2110 N Rampart Blvd
2-6 pm
Coed Soccer Meet-up (Adults)
The Crossing Park
1111 Crestdale Ln
5:45-8 pm
Sand Volleyball
Aloha Shores Park
7550 W Sauer Dr
6-8 pm
*Intermediate Play, Knowledge of Rules Required
Fitness on the Lawn with TruFusion
Downtown Summerlin Lawn
1825 Festival Plaza Dr
7-8 pm
Run Drink Las Vegas
Frankie’s Uptown
1770 Festival Plaza Dr
7-9 pm
Geeks Who Drink (Trivia Night)
Aces and Ales
2801 N Tenaya Way
7 pm
Trivia Night (Theme: Criminal Minds)
Slater's 50/50
7511 W Lake Mead Blvd
7 pm

It’s also discount day at the movies. You can get discounted tickets today at Regal Red Rock (11011 W Charleston Blvd), Regal Summerlin (2070 Park Centre Dr) or Cinemark Century Suncoast (9090 Alta Dr).

LIVE MUSIC

Renee Hale’s Las Vegas Legends
Rocks Lounge (Red Rock Resort)
11011 W Charleston Blvd
2 pm
Darren Motamedy and Ronnie Rathers
Grape Street Café
2120 Festival Plaza Dr
6-9 pm
Patrick J. Dodd
La Casa Cigar Lounge (Tivoli Village)
430 S Rampart Blvd
8:30 pm

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STAYING IN TONIGHT? CHECK OUT THESE AWESOME THINGS

We like staying home too! If you’re looking for an interesting way to fill your evening, these things might do the trick.

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- Riley and the Summerlin City Wind Down team