Just this week the Fall tour dates were removed from Margaritaville.com without any explanation. Fans who called and e-mailed the Key Arena in Seattle were told that the Jimmy Buffett show there on October 21st had been canceled.

There is no word on the other dates that were removed, which include: 10/15 – Chula Vista, CA, 10/17 – Las Vegas, NV, 10/24 – Las Vegas, NV, 11/19 – Toronto, Canada, 11/21 – Uncasville, CT, and 11/24 – New York City, NY.

If you contact one of the venues please e-mail us or leave a comment and let us know what you hear.

Update – One of our forum members says that they received an e-mail from Live Nation with regards to the May 16th Las Vegas show that said “this is the only Jimmy Buffett concert in Las Vegas”

The Business of Sports blog at SunSentinel.com has a photo of the logo for the soon-to-be-named Landshark Stadium, which will be announced tomorrow at a press conference with Jimmy Buffett and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross.

Sharp-eyed colleague Ted Hutton, who was covering Thursday’s Marlins-Atlanta Braves game, looked up about an hour after the game ended and saw the Dolphin Stadium scoreboard outfitted with the LandShark Stadium logo. He snapped this photo quickly – when he looked up again, the image was gone. In anticipation of Friday’s press conference in which Jimmy Buffett and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross are to announce a business deal that is to include the branding of the Dolphins’ home as LandShark Stadium for one season, enjoy.

A game has been posted on Ellen Degeneres’ website where you have to spot the differences between two pictures:

The Margaritaville Casino that was announced in 2007 is still on hold but the backers are still committed to the project:

“The core of Margaritaville is going to be and what we announced is still there,” Payne said in an interview with Biloxi television station WLOX on Wednesday during the Southern Gaming Summit.

Las Vegas-based Harrah’s announced the $700 million project in 2007. Buffett, a Pascagoula, Miss., native known for his lazy-day beach songs such as “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” was one of the resort’s backers.

The project had been expected to be finished in early 2010 but was put on hold last year. Payne has no idea when construction may resume.

“So to your question about time frame, we just have to wait and see.”

“Unfortunately we’ve had to downsize the business, as many have in the Biloxi market to match the staffing levels to the volumes we now see,” Payne said.

Payne said Harrah’s remains committed to its Biloxi resort, and to the people who work there.

“There’s still a great opportunity to build a world class facility there,” said Payne. “The question is when do the markets open. When is the right time to do it?”

“We love the project. We love the location. It’s a matter of what are the new financing for it. And we continue to work on that.”

A new studio single by Jimmy Buffett entitled “Summerzcool” is now available for download. Jimmy has played it on tour several times this year.

You can purchase and download the song now through iTunes or Amazon.

Preview the song below: