WELCOME to Kimo’s Vegas ... The Player’s Edge!

FOR THE first time in three years, Mariah Carey hits the road! “The Adventures of Mimi: The Voice, The Hits, The Tour” is the most elaborate concert production of her career and it’s at the MGM Garden Arena Saturday, Sept. 20. The Emancipation of Mimi album won three Grammys, went platinum six times and contained her 16th and 17th career No. 1 singles (to tie Elvis’s record of 17 No. 1’s). No word from Uncle Tom Moffatt if Hawaii is on the 30-city tour!

STEVE WYNN paid $10 million for a copper-red vase from the Emperor Hongwu era (1368-1398), making it the highest-priced Ming vase ever sold ... what kind of flowers do you put in a vase worth 10 mil?

RENULESH SHARMA of California hit The QuarterMillion$ slot for $415,920 at the Wynn Las Vegas ... how come something like that never happens to us?

SAMMY SOSA was spotted in the front row at Madonna’s Vegas concert ... then he hung out with Victoria’s Secret babes Karolina Kurkova and Izabel Goulart ... baseball been bery, bery good to Sammy!

TAO (at the MGM), voted best nightclub and fusion restaurant in Vegas, hosted the exclusive Madonna After Concert Party with the lady and husband Guy Ritchie, the Hiltons (both sisters and Ma and Pa) and a host of others ...

PARIS HILTON and the Pure Nightclub bigwigs have joined forces to take over a has-been club and make it into a Hollywood hot spot. Only time will tell if this goes from rumor to reality. She can deliver the stars, and she knows how to have a good time, but can she sing? Look for her new CD in August.

THIS WEEK on Kimo’s Vegas TV on OC 16 we check out Castle grad Mae Russell, who is the database and special events manager for the Fitz, and chat with her boss Mike Darley about the recently completed $20 million renovation. Get the complete list of show times at www.KimosVegas.com

THE HARD Rock Hotel & Casino hosts a $50,000 celebrity charity poker tournament June 3. Some of the beautiful people you’ll see are Carmen Electra (hostess), David Spade, Randy Jackson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Danny Masterson, Shannon Elizabeth, Annie Duke and more.

HEY, BIG Spender ... Summer Ferguson is the latest addition to the Crazy Girls review at the Riviera ... her mom and aunt were Lakers Girls with Paula Abdul. She worked for two years as a shoeshine girl and once got a $2,500 tip from a software inventor ... musta been some shine!

LOOK FOR the world’s best 8-ballers at the Venetian July 22. They’ll be competing in the International Pool Tour’s North American Open 8-Ball Championship with $2 million in prize money.

GET MORE Kimo’s Vegas in the weekend MidWeek, online at Oceanic Cable’s Around Hawaii, on ESPN Radio 1420 and with Brickwood Galuteria Friday morning at 7:20 on Hawaiian105 KINE.

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