NEW JERSEY — As reported by the New Jersey Star Ledger: “Tropicana officials attempted yesterday to refute damaging testimony from a former casino president during a regulatory hearing on whether the…

No Limits will feature action sports stars Robbie Maddison (below) and Rhys Millen (above) performing two Red Bull Experiments: Maddison, a freestyle motocross star from Australia, will attempt to jump the length of a football field to set a new motorcycle distance jumping world record and Millen, a champion drifter and movie stunt driver hailing from New Zealand, will attempt the first-ever backflip of an off-road racing truck at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino parking lot-turned-action sports venue. Representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records will be in attendance to validate each jump.

Both Red Bull Experiments will be aired live on ESPN’s New Year No Limits broadcast on Monday, December 31, immediately following coverage of the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

Tickets for the public to witness the Red Bull Experiment may be purchased for $12 (includes fees & taxes), starting December 3 at the Rio box office.

New York City’s highly-acclaimed RUB BBQ will add some extra heat to Las Vegas with its new location inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. This will be the restaurant’s second and only venue outside of the New York original and will feature championship level barbecue created by Paul Kirk, aka The Kansas City Baron of Barbecue and The Ambassador of Barbecue.

Tomorrow night, Nov. 30, Company American Bistro, the new restaurant at Luxor, has its grand opening. Celebrity investors to the restaurant are Nicky Hilton, Nick Lachey, and Wilmer Valderrama.

The restaurant is headed by Executive Chef Adam Sobel, formerly of Restaurant Guy Savoy.

Reservations can be made at the 10,000-square-foot restaurant by calling (702) 262-4852.

Then afterwards, head to LAX (the nightclub at Luxor formerly known as RA), to join Lachey as he hosts Company American Bistro’s Grand Opening After Party.

For VIP reservations to LAX, call (702) 280-3600.

Luxor is still in the process of removing their Egyptian theme and lowering their demographic. We popped by last week and still saw the Egyptian statues in the lobby, but the demo is definitely much younger.

If you’ve seen the giant red Vegas.com arrow floating up and down the Las Vegas Strip, you’ve just seen Vegas.com’s new bus or trolley.

Vehicles from The Las Vegas Trolley company have been reoutfitted as The Arrow, which heads places the monorail doesn’t — namely, right in front of your casino-hotel.

With stops all the way from South Point to the Las Vegas Outlet Center to Hooters to the Fashion Show Mall, and on up to the Las Vegas Premium Outlets to the World Market Center to the downtown casinos, the Arrow’s route covers both sides of the Strip at only $2.50 per ride.

By contrast, the monorail is $5 per ride and the double-decker Deuce bus is $2 a ride.

An all-day pass for the monorail and Arrow can be purchased at monorail stops for $10.

Besides being impressive to look at (we just thought it was a traveling ad when we first saw it a couple weeks ago), inside The Arrow you can make dinner reservations, purchase club passes, show tickets, and other nifty things using the onboard touch screens.

The one flaw we think is that service stops at midnight.

Dennis Rodman has been accused of assaulting a former beverage manager of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Nevada resident Sara Robinson is accusing Rodman of rubbing up against her and hitting her open-handed on the rear.

Robinson’s federal lawsuit was filed last week regarding the incident that took place at the Hard Rock bar in March 2006. In the lawsuit she states she continually filed statements about the incident but was told to resign, then was fired.

She lists her former employers as defendants as well as Rodman.

Treasure Island will be hosting a free $15,000 poker tournament on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m.

To qualify, get in just 20 hours of play in the poker room between now and Dec. 13 at 10 p.m. Only hours in live cash games will be accepted; no tournaments.

Get your time in fast, because only the first 44 players who qualify are guaranteed a seat. Others will be on a waiting list.

If only 44 people play, that would give an equity of about $340 per person, or $17 per hour of the 20 hours you need to play.

For more information, call (702) 894-7291.

Terrible 400 Desert Race time trials will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Eldorado Valley this Thursday, November 29, with a Meet & Greet, Autograph Party, and Vehicles on Display at Wilbur Square Park at the corner of Colorado/Nevada Way, Boulder City 4:00 to 5:30 and a 5:30pm - 7pm - Welcome Party at the Boulder Dam Brewing Company, 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City.

Races begin Friday at 7:00 a.m. with a Pre-Fun Run - Car/Truck Loop.

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Court TV is onsite to record OJ getting all the justice he can afford

For those who can’t get enough of O.J., catch O.J. Simpson’s arraignment live tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.

An earlier hearing declared enough evidence for Simpson to go to trial, and that trial date will be announced - along with Simpson’s plea — live on Channel 19 and streamed live on LasVegasNOW.com.

Simpson, who flew in to Las Vegas tonight for the court appearance, will be joined with two co-defendants to face a trial date for their alleged kidnapping and robbery of sports memorabilia at Palace Station.

Simpson is expected to plead not guilty.

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Wynn Las Vegas

Passengers who book a vacation of three nights or more at Wynn Las Vegas through US Airways Vacations will receive a $200 MasterCard gift card.

The offer must be booked between now and Dec. 31 at this link with code MCWYNN. Travel must be completed by Feb. 15, 2008 and cannot be between Dec. 24-31.

The card will be mailed after travel is completed.

We like US Airways because when we fly out of McCarran International Airport, we don’t have to take the tram, letting us sleep in a little more.