Las Vegas Weekly

September 19, 2010 · 9:30 AM

Photos: Siegfried taps keg at Hofbrauhaus to kick off Oktoberfest

By Don Chareunsy

Siegfried taps the keg at Hofbrauhaus on Sept. 18, 2010, to mark the beginning of Oktoberfest.

Photo: Scott Harrison/Retna/www.harrisonphotos.com

By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor

Magician of the century Siegfried Fischbacher, one half of the legendary magicians and entertainers Siegfried & Roy, tapped the keg at Hofbrauhaus yesterday for the eighth year to kick off six weeks of Oktoberfest celebrations.

Contributing photographer Scott Harrison was on duty when Fischbacher, without Roy, raised his beer stein to the crowd in celebration. Hofbrauhaus, across the street from the Hard Rock Hotel at Paradise and Harmon, offers patrons an opportunity to party like Munich, Germany, with beer, Jagermeister, sausages and sauerkraut.

Hofbrauhaus was so jam-packed for Las Vegas resident and philanthropist Fischbacher’s keg tapping yesterday for Oktoberfest that people were reportedly turned away at the door.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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