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Celebs Party The Weekend Away at The Seminole Hard Rock

Where: 5224 N Orient Dr [map], Tampa, fl, United States, 33610

As we reported last week, Entourage star Kevin Dillon (aka Johnny Drama) was hosting a pretty serious pre-Super Bowl party Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock's Floyd's nightclub. While the scheduled "celeb" appearances were not necessarily anything to be too excited about beforehand — think Khloe Kardashian — the roster of celebs that turned up at the hotel for the party and the big names who crashed at the hotel for the Super Bowl were pretty impressive.

An insider on the scene relayed some of the more notable the celeb sightings from the Friday evening soiree: unsurprisingly, Khloe, Kourtney, and Kris Kardashian showed up and their party stamina outlasted many of the other guests (the party kept going til 6 in the morning, which was totes legal since the hotel's got a casino) — and will.i.am, Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Paris Hilton also showed up to the shindig.

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Johnny Drama Hosting Super Bowl Blowout at Seminole Hard Rock

Where: 5224 N Orient Dr [map], Tampa, fl, United States, 33610

We're not just telling you about this because it's cool to know where celebs are hanging out, but because you can actually still score tickets to this event on Ticketmaster.com for the not-so-low price of $125.00 (we just tried and we were able to get all the way to checkout): Kevin Dillon, a.k.a. Johnny Drama from Entourage, is hosting the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel's Super Bowl bash down in Tampa tomorrow night.

The Revolution party is being held inside of Floyd's Nightclub in The Seminole Hard Rock, and celeb (we use that term loosely) appearances include model/actor Boris Kodjoe, Khloe Kardashian, model Claudia Jordan and Playboy girl Vida Guerra. The DJ — seriously — will apparently be Playboy's 50th Anniversary Playmate Colleen Shannon (plus South Beach's DJ Selfborn).

Doors open up at 10:00 pm and the party goes til 6 in the morning on Saturday, which should give you adequate time to recover all day to gear up for Sunday's game. Also, dudes: no jerseys in the club — which should be a general rule always and forever, but the party invites actually specify that you leave 'em at home tomorrow night. More info on the soiree here.

And, uh, tell Johnny to tell Eric we said "what's up."

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Hard Rock Tampa Now Biggest Casino in Florida

Where: 5223 Orient Road [map], Tampa, fl, United States, 33610

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa has just completed the first phase of a $120 million make-over, adding 50,000 sq.ft. of casino space and thus earning the distinction of being the biggest casino in Florida.

Also part of the makeover is the Council Oak Steak & Seafood restaurant with a featured entree of Alaskan king crab from the boats seen on the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch." Why does it seem that food just tastes better when we know someone risked life-and-limb to procure it to bring it to our mouths? Diners can also gorge on dry-aged, USDA prime beef from its in-house butcher shop, live Maine lobster, and line-caught Florida fish.

A second phase of construction is expected to be finished by mid-November and will include more casino games, a Fresh Harvest restaurant and a VIP lounge area. The casino has also added the "WonderWall," a video waterfall, because who wants the real thing when you can have an HD version?

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Wannabe Apprentice Arrested At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel

Where: 5223 Orient Road [map], Tampa, fl, United States, 33610

Real estate savvy Chris Shelton, a member of Donald Trump's "Street Smarts" team on "The Apprentice" was arrested on Sunday morning at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida for a disorderly conduct charge.

Shelton, famous for using chewing tobacco on the show and displaying sociopathic urges is one of the six remaining contestants competing for a job with Trump.

He was released after posting $250 bail.

According to a tribal police officer he heard Shelton getting loud in the hotel lobby and asked him twice to calm down. When he wouldn't the officer arrested him.

``He was loud and he just wouldn't calm down,'' a police spokesperson said.

Apparently, Shelton was peeved over a $20 cover charge for the hotel bar. A police report stated that ``there were several patrons in the area who were visibly shaken by his actions. After several attempts to calm Shelton, he continued to yell and curse, refusing to calm down and stop causing a scene.''

Sounds like classic nicotine withdrawal symptoms to us.

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