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HOT LIST
DB’s Pong and Pool, a 20,000-square-foot playpen inside Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops, boasts rows of old-school games (like foosball, pool and darts) and more modern diversions (like beer pong). Patrons can compete in beer-pong tourneys for cash prizes or watch a game from the sidelines on a leather sofa.

RESORTS
ARIA’s lavish guest rooms and suites — including the spectacular ARIA Sky Suites — feature plush bedding, expansive floor-to-ceiling windows and advanced integrated technology that puts total control of lighting, temperature, music and breathtaking views at guests’ fingertips.

RESTAURANTS
After months (nay, years) of hype, star chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s first-ever Nobu Hotel has finally opened, and at its heart is an all-new Nobu Restaurant & Lounge — the world’s largest, clocking in at 12,775-square-feet. The bowed columns of bamboo, colorful private dining pods and oversized light fixtures create a impeccably serene vibe.

DOWNTOWN SPOTLIGHT
The Golden Nugget next month will host its fifth annual Spring Wine & Jazz Fest with 40 wineries pouring reds, whites and bubbly from around the world. The main event will be a showdown between 120 varietals with contenders from above and below the equator.

NIGHTLIFE
With a nod to the cocktail named after one of James Bond’s short-lived paramours, Vesper Bar boasts one of the best — and by far the most creative — craft cocktail menus in the city. Order from the “Classic” carte du jour, which consists of traditional drinks, or go for the Vesper’s interpretation of those same cocktails.

A CeeLo Circus
Has there ever been a more natural pairing than CeeLo Green and Las Vegas? The flamboyant singer and TV star has brought his trademark blend of smooth vocals and showmanship — to say nothing of his outrageous wardrobe — to Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

TV Dinner
From top to bottom: Gordon Ramsay, Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse and Rick Moonen.

The ACT
Simon Hammerstein knows how to show people a good time. At The Box, his spectacularly popular Manhattan- and London-based nightlifecabaret concept, celebrities are about as common as the corks being popped by comely cocktail waitresses (or “libation mistresses,” as they’re known there).

SHOPPING
A new urban burger bar from Chef Sam “Sammy D” DeMarco, Rattlecan brings exceptional culinary creativity to the Strip. Unbeatable burgers, signature shots and street-chic graffiti combine for an ultra-hip atmosphere, 24 hours a day..

SHOWS
Leave your polite sensibilities at the door for “Absinthe,” a night of burlesque, acrobatics and rude, raunchy humor. The fun unfolds in front of Caesars Palace, where hand balancers, highwire acts and an unbelievably daring roller-skating duo perform on a circular stage that is only 9 feet in diameter (and within close proximity to the audience).

Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group launches a dazzling percussion-driven procession of instruments, musicians, robots and puppets co-created with world-renowned 3-D designer Michael Curry at 6:15 p.m. daily (excluding dark days). The parade makes its way through the gambling floor at Blue Man’s new home at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino.

Menopause the Musical
The hilarious musical sendup that puts some noise in “the silent passage” celebrates 3,000 performances in Las Vegas on April 15. The story has four women with seemingly nothing in common meeting in a tussle over a sale-rack bra at Bloomingdale’s. Turns out the gals have plenty in common — memory loss, chocolate binges, loony libidos and all the rest.

Million Dollar Quartet
“Million Dollar Quartet” is set on a single night in 1956, when an extraordinary twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records storefront studio in Memphis. The evening would become legendary as one of the greatest rock ’n’ roll jams in history.

Rock of Ages
The hit musical that has reintroduced the world to the total awesomeness of ’80s power ballads, poodle hair and Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers is now rocking the Las Vegas Strip. “Rock of Ages” is set in the Los Angeles of 1987, back when MTV played music and bulletproof-formula Aqua Net was a staple in every rock star’s dressing room.

Shania
Country music queen Shania Twain returns to the Colosseum this month for a second series of performances in her two-year residency. “Shania: Still the One,” which marks the Canadian singer-songwriter’s long-awaited return to the concert stage, opened in December to sold-out crowds and high marks from critics.

Spring Blooms
Recently opened inside The Forum Shops is celebrated designer Diane von Furstenberg’s new DVF store concept. And The Forum Shops is now seeing stripes with the opening of the city’s newest Henri Bendel boutique..

RESORTS
The latest big news at the soaring property is the opening of “Pin Up,” an original show inspired by iconic pin-up calendars and starring Playboy’s 2011 Playmate of the Year, Claire Sinclair.

ENTERTAINMENT LISTINGS
Geoff Tate’s Queensryche 25th Anniversary of “Operation: Mindcrime” album.