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Check out this funny KISS-reference in yesterday's Adam@Home comic strip!

Here's a report from Artisan News about KISS' grand opening of KISS by Monster Mini Golf on Thursday!

Here's our friend Alexey rocking with Mr. Speed at the grand opening of the KISS Mini Golf!

By Robin Leach
Photo by Steve Marcus

About to celebrate 40 years in rock and roll, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS are legendary veterans of the music business, and they’re “Hotter Than Hell.” Actually, hotter than ever since forming in 1973 and in no way slowing down.

They rattled off just a few of the highlights of what’s ahead at the grand opening of KISS by Monster Mini Golf on Thursday afternoon:

*On April 1, in full makeup, they will be back in Las Vegas arriving on the red carpet in a Monster truck to present Best Vocal Group at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

*At the end of March, they’ll perform in New Orleans.

*On April 9, they’ll perform two songs on the new season of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC. (Don’t think Las Vegas resident Gladys Knight will samba to the songs.)

*In one month, they start filming a KISS movie with Mark Johnson of the “Narnia” films producing.

*In May, Season 9 of Gene’s “Family Jewels” begins and a 10th renewal looks definite for filming this fall for 2013.

*Their nearly three-month dual headline tour with Motley Crue starts in July.

*This fall, they’ll host yet another of their weeklong KISS-abean cruises in the Bahamas over Halloween with thousands of fans already booked.

Here's a new video report from Celebrities in Vegas on the KISS by Monster Mini Golf grand opening:

Photos: © Erik Kabik/ Scott Harrison/ www.erikkabik.com.

In was a huge day for KISS fans as the band members showed up to cut the ribbon on the new KISS Monster Mini Golf located on Harmon Avenue, across the street from the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.

On hand were co- founding members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, as well as band members Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. In addition to opening the golf course, the band members also attended the first official wedding in the "Hotter Than Hell" Wedding Chapel inside the facility. The couple bid over $15,000 on eBay to be the first couple married at KISS by Monster Mini Golf.

Christina and Patrick Vitagliano, the founders of Monster Mini Golf with KISS, were also on hand as were many celebrities who walked the red carpet.

CLICK HERE to view more great photos by photographers Erik Kabik and Scott Harrison.

Local celebrities and VIPs joined the KISS co-founding members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, as well as band members Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, for the grand opening of KISS Monster Mini Golf located on Harmon Avenue, across the street from the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.

Celebs includes Robin Leach; comedian Andrew Dice Clay; Absinthe stars; George Lyons of The Lyons Den on KUNV; Pawn Stars Rick Harrison and Chumlee; Chippendales dancers; Jersey Boys; impersonator Frank Marino and more.

(Photos: © Erik Kabik/ Scott Harrison/ www.erikkabik.com).

By John Katsilometes
Photo by Steve Marcus

Tommy Thayer is the lone golfer in KISS. He’s an 11 handicap, very good for any amateur player, and excellent for any rock guitarist.

But even Thayer is lost as to where to place his ball for the first-ever shot on the glow-in-the-dark, 18-hole KISS By Monster Mini Golf miniature golf course.

“I think you put it there, in the middle,” says Jay Beckman, the director of golf at Southern Highlands, who is joining Thayer in a quick three-hole competition on holes 16, 17 and 18.

Beckman then points to a pad on the ground reading “16,” inlaid with three ball-sized indentations. He says to Thayer, “Try there, I think.”

Neither player knows where the hole is positioned, which is somewhere on the other side of the giant guitar placed a few feet in front of that pad. There is indeed a hole, painted day-glow orange, at the exit of the big instrument. The idea is to putt the ball through the mouth of the guitar … and hope for the best.

By John Przybys

Click here to view grand opening photo slide show

The 18th hole requires you to make a forceful putt along Gene Simmons' outstretched tongue.

Well, of course it does. What else would you expect at a miniature golf course inspired by KISS, the iconic rock band that introduced fire-breathing, fake blood and the power of a few good chords to generations of teenagers?

On Thursday, the already ubiquitous power quartet expanded their global reach solidly into Las Vegas with the opening of KISS By Monster Mini Golf, an indoor amusement attraction at 4501 Paradise Road in Las Vegas.

In addition to an 18-hole miniature golf course whose design elements include laser effects, KISS members' oversized heads spouting from equipment crates like creepy jack-in-the-boxes and black lighting that makes everything glow like the '70s never ended, the complex offers arcade games (including the classic KISS pinball machine), event rooms, a KISS gift shop, the "Rock 'n Roll All Nite" Cafe and the "Hotter than Hell" wedding chapel.

Here are some more photos from KISS by Monster Mini Golf! Check out the Destroyer-esque KISS figures over the door; Paul Stanley posing with a larger-than-life platform boot; a Paul-themed hole on the mini golf course; and a door that all KISS fans will recognize: "The Elder" door, which leads to the VIP room!

Photos by Scott Rhodes for KISSonline.

Here's KISS arriving on the black carpet at the KISS by Monster Mini Golf grand opening in Las Vegas!

Photos by Scott Rhoades and Paul Bassett for KISSonline.

Here's a photo of KISS' press conference at KISS by Monster Mini Golf today! At left, Lowercase g hosts, and golf course owner Christina Vitagliano is at the center.

Photo by Keith Leroux for KISSonline.

Robin Leach was one of many celebrities in attendance today for the first-ever KISS wedding at the Hotter Than Hell wedding chapel! The chapel is located inside the KISS by Monster Mini Golf course. Here are some of the photos he posted to Twitter, along with a few Tweet tidbits:

- Asked for marriage advice Gene says Marry her everyday
- The Kiss wedding couple met on Match.com and spent $15k to buy the ceremony on eBay
- Kiss couple will take a Kiss honeymoon cruise
- Already 75 events booked in the Hotter Than Hell chapel
- Cake from Gimme some Sugar took 6 hrs

Congratulations and best wishes to David Howard and Natasha Fegan on their KISS wedding day!

KISS has just arrived at KISS by Monster Mini Golf in Las Vegas! Check out these photos of the guys posing with golf course owner Christina Vitagliano and crew.

The interior of the mini golf course features a stage set up with an animatronic version of the hottest band in the world... and the guys couldn't resist checking out their alter egos!

Photos by Scott Rhoades for KISSonline.