11-11-11 A Date With Destiny?
By: Stephanie Castillo
Updated: November 7, 2011
Down on your luck? It
could all turn around later this week.
Mystic-minded people
around the globe are calling 11-11-11 one of the most important dates in
the modern calendar.
Look for lottery
sales, weddings and cesarean section births to spike, as the world gets a
chance to celebrate a set of numbers that won't roll around again for
another 100 years.
Businesses are
offering deals and discounts on Friday to celebrate the serendipity.
"We're going to be
watching the world clock at our restaurants that morning and at
11:11 and 11 seconds on 11-11-11 we're going to be pouring champagne for
our customers to toast this once in a lifetime calendar event,"
says Larry Klinghoffer of Coal Vines Pizza Pasta Wine Bistro. "We open
our doors at 11am. The 11th customer gets a free meal and we're cutting
the price of our regular sized pizza to $11 for the whole day."
In numerology, 11 is
considered a "Master Number" and those who have 11 in their birth date
are said to be endowed with special gifts of leadership and inspiration,
with an overwhelming desire to achieve something
extraordinary.
Surveys have shown
that the number 11 is one of the top six picked numbers in the lottery.
The number 11 has
always been seen as lucky in Las Vegas. In the game of craps, rolling an
11 is as good as rolling a seven when the game begins. And in
blackjack, if a player draws an 11 it's very lucky hand, because
the chances of getting 21 with the next card are greatly improved.
The Elvis Wedding
Chapel in Vegas is offering its top of the line "Pink Caddy Wedding
Package" for $1,111.11 on 11-11-11. But if you haven't made a
reservation yet, you're out of luck. They're booked solid. They have
5 chapels that will be doing Elvis weddings every half hour round the
clock.
It's hard to beat
the 11-11-11 deal at the Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills. Rooms cost $11
the night of Nov. 11 for guests who stay two or three nights.
"I remember a few
years ago on 7-7-7 the churches were all reserved with weddings and
everyone was getting engaged because it was such a lucky date,"
says Klinghoffer. "Many people have that same kind of lucky feeling
about the number 11. We expect all of our restaurants to be packed on
Friday for our celebrations. After all, a century is a long time to wait
for those numbers to come up again."
