Since you'll hopefully never be in Springfield, Mass, hit up the Hall's new Vegas outpost for historical look-backs at peach baskets on poles, inspirational speeches from Wooden to Lenny Wilkens, artifacts like Wilt's 100-points jersey, and a video journey through momentous shots where you can recreate the announcers' play-by-play, or bust out with what you would've exclaimed, e.g., "A Pax on Barkley's houses!".

Test your basketball trivia skills with this HoopHallExperience.com quiz

Sapphire's hosting a kick-off long weekend for their dancer-stocked topless pool at the Rio with a grand opening party on Saturday May 2nd, a $300 poker tourney on Sunday the 3rd, and a charity golf tournament on Monday the 4th where the lusty caddies'll make sure golf pants turn heads, even if they're khakis.

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Selling in-store only, Aces stocks a small but sweet selection of wearable-anywhere gear (notably a pair of half leather, half houndstooth Bob Cousy PF Flyers), but much of their stuff's just-short-of-over-the-top, from a white, pinstriped dress shirt with a gothic cross on the chest, to a silver brass knuckle necklace -- aggressively stating, "If you want to fight, start by yanking me around by this necklace".

Slide shows of the store and some of the gear at MySpace.com

The venerable Sahara may be cheaper now than in 1952, with room rates for the next three months hovering right around $25 a night, leaving you plenty of cash to go medium-pimping at their $3 blackjack tables. The hotel also boasts a 70mph roller coaster called "Speed", whose loops'll leave you so dizzy, you'll swear you saw that guy from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

It's all about history: check out a truly engrossing Sahara timeline at SaharaVegas.com