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Is Las Vegas the Next Detroit?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by LanceyHoward, Jan 28, 2012.

  1. Pilot

    Pilot Well-Known Member

    I got Luxor the one time I've tried. If you search around the internet you can find a lot of information on the topic. I read somewhere someone actually got a refund from Priceline for the Trump because it's not a casino/hotel.

    Especially with Hotwire, you can find sites with lists that will help you decipher exactly which hotel you're going to get.
     
  2. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    To answer the question in the thread title:

    Most likely.

    Nevada's problem isn't Vegas' up-and-down gambling intake. Although high gas prices & Southwest's increasing fares have helped to make it a tougher destination for SoCal's partiers of any age.

    Nevada's problem is that the housing market has cratered it, and then along comes MGM's City Center to dig a few more billions in debt out of the overall commercial market.

    Thank god for Elko, America's 21st Century Boom Town, thanks to the exploding silver market . Otherwise, Nevada as a whole is already Detroit without a lakeshore.
     
  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    I will be there in June, staying at the Flamingo (for the pool). I miss the Stardust.
     
  4. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    So do I. Race and Sports was a graduate course.
     
  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    The poker room - well, area - being within eyeshot of it was nice too. Affordable rooms, good food with a central location and small crowds. It was perfect.
     
  6. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Except for people occasionally getting shot in the race-and-sports area . . . that was an adventure.
    Not surprising, since the R&S cage was within a hundred-yard dash of doors to the street, and more than one person tried the smash-and-grab -- to their sorrow.
     
  7. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Yeah, but the sports book entry made it easier for the bet runners and wise guys.

    I can't think of the name of the cafe. But over in the shopping area, they had great breakfasts for $4.50.
     
  8. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Especially with the pay-phone bank.

    Had hoped to pick up one of those phones when they had the everything must go sale.
     
  9. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Still, the Mickey D's thirty steps away did a land-office business. Bag it, grab the coffee, and go.
     
  10. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Don't forget about this place.

    http://thegunstorelasvegas.com/

    Very comparable to Detroit, in that vein.

    Try out the Thompson submachine gun.
     
  11. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun, and bought it.

    [​IMG]
     
  12. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    First time I was ever in the Stardust sports book was a MNF game in November of 2001. One team lined up for a field goal to close the half. Apparently some over/under prop was on the line. The kick hit the crossbar and bounced back into the field of play ... half the room exploded. Then one of the defensive backs caught the ball on the fly and took it all the way, nudging some other prop over the line. A different half of the room exploded. Then the referee came on and informed the world that there was no touchdown, bringing another subset of the room to its feet. I don't think I have ever been as entertained for the price of a draft beer as I was during that minute-or-so segment.

    And don't forget Slots-A-Fun just down the way. Shooters at the craps table get to stand on the L.V. Blvd. sidewalk while they play. You're on a $1 minimum craps table, but those Heinekins are just as "free."
     
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