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Elvis and Vegas

Published December 15, 2009 at 5:00 AM PST

CityCenter's Aria Hotel is about to reincarnate Elvis Presley. He's the focus of the latest Cirque De Soleil show. But the King has a long history in Sin City and we talk with historian Geoff Schumacher about some of those performances.

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