Las Vegas is sizzling. And we don’t just mean the summer heat that bakes the city to golden crisp.

A burst of new restaurants, bars and resort rooms has lent some serious sparkle to the city of lights and magic. What follows are some of the new hot spots, not limited to the famed Strip.

ART SMART

Palms Casino Resort is sinking $620 million into a major makeover of the property just off the strip. Art – think Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dustin Yellin – plays a major part of the upgrade, including at the new Unknown bar where Damien Hirst’s celebrated “The Unknown (Explored, Explained, Exploded)” – a 13-foot-long tiger shark divided into three parts – is the focal point…..Click Here To Keep Reading