Viva Las Vegas

American Spectator ^ | 07 aug 07 | Julia Gorin

[rellimpank]

While America looks to amnesty as a way out of an illegal immigration problem it can't cope with, and while Europe undergoes soft Islamization as it gives up any hope of assimilating the newcomers to its shores, there remains just one entity capable of preserving civilization: Casinos.

Take Las Vegas, for example. In defiance of the current trend of embracing Arabic culture and even bending to certain Muslim practices in banking, real estate and other spheres, last week the Mandalay Resort Group announced that the Luxor hotel-casino will be dropping the Egyptian theme:

The Luxor is poised to undergo a massive makeover that will see the property abandon its Egyptian theme in favor of something a little more generic. The pyramid-shaped building and the famous beam of light will remain but many of the themed restaurants, shows, and shops have already been replaced.

[rellimpank]

--this one oughtta draw some comment---

[Poison Pill]

“The pyramid-shaped building and the famous beam of light will remain but many of the themed restaurants, shows, and shops have already been replaced.”

Will they be getting rid of Carrot Top?

[varon]

Thank’s for posting this article, thus saving me great disappointment. I had planned on making reservations at the Luxor in September, strictly because of it’s theme. Not anymore.

[KeyLargo]

I knew there was a reason I liked Vegas!

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Interesting article. Apparently, the free market rules in Vegas. Elvis would be proud.
I have been to Vegas recently, and enjoyed the Celine Dion show, and ate at some good restaurants. I don’t gamble, and don’t look down on gamblers.
I did find Vegas to be probably the tackiest place in the World. I have been to Monaco, Macao, and other gambling places, and Vegas makes up with size and quantity what other places have in class. The multi-themed city seems to place people in key World cites like Paris, NYC, Egypt, etc. Frankly, the themes wear a bit thin, especially if you have been to Paris, Cairo, etc.
All that aside, the thing that I really DID NOT LIKE about Vegas was that it promotes itself as a site for family entertainment. I saw many families walking up and down the strip at midnight with pre-school and school age children. There was more than one place that we passed that advertised strip clubs and live entertainment of the seediest quality. Not a place for children.

Also, I had been to Reno 15 years ago, and food was very cheap. Not in Vegas as we speak, meals were very expensive.

[Nevadan]

re: Will they be getting rid of Carrot Top?

I have never understood that one. Who are the people who would go see him? Why in the world would anyone think he is funny?

[Fiji Hill]

Back in the 1980's and early '90's, one could find a lot of cheap food and accommodations in Las Vegas, but the city has since gone upscale. Nonetheless, I've found relatively inexpensive accommodations by surfing the Internet, and one can still find good inexpensive eateries such as the Rincon Criollo, which has the best Cuban food in town.

[TBP]

Huh?

[BlazingArizona]

saw many families walking up and down the strip at midnight with pre-school and school age children. There was more than one place that we passed that advertised strip clubs and live entertainment of the seediest quality. Not a place for children.

Street life is perhaps the biggest change I have seen in Vegas over the last few years. It used to be that people would take a cab from one casino to the next. The Strip was always crammed with traffic, but the sidewalks were deserted. Today, there are many people on the street, especially after dark, as in New York. The crowds have brought out large numbers of street vendors.

The Vegas Strip is the only place where I have ever seen someone riding a Segway down a public street.

[Poison Pill]

“I have never understood that one. Who are the people who would go see him? Why in the world would anyone think he is funny?”

Las Vegas seems to be one of those places that just operates by it’s own internal set rules. Not law and order rules so much as what people want and like to do when they are there. If you lived in St. Louis and you had a free night would you really spend it to go see Carrot Top? But in Vegas people who come in from St. Louis will go see him. ‘Hey Marge, lets go see David Hasselhoff in “The Producers”’!

[Twink]

Thanks for posting this article. I really don’t know much about Las Vegas and haven’t been to a casino in AC since I was a teen.

I am familiar with Geno’s Steaks - more power to him. He had a ton of support in South Philly.

[Dave Olson]

I really DID NOT LIKE about Vegas was that it promotes itself as a site for family entertainment. I saw many families walking up and down the strip at midnight with pre-school and school age children. There was more than one place that we passed that advertised strip clubs and live entertainment of the seediest quality.

I go to Vegas quite often, and I have no problem with adults gambling. But what always bothers me is the parents who bring their kids along with them.

Maybe they think that a vacation in a Vegas casino is like a vacation in Disneyland and see no problems pushing strollers around the slot machines, roulette wheels, crap tables, ..., but children don't belong there.

[ErnBatavia]

Today, there are many people on the street, especially after dark, as in New York. The crowds have brought out large numbers of street vendors.

It can be downright dangerous on those crowded sidewalks...one nudge and you're in the path of a bus.

A few years ago, wifey and I walked the strip from the Frontier all the way to Mandalay - beginning around 9am....the plan was to take a taxi back, but seeing how crowded Las Vegas Blvd was, we just crossed the street and casino hopped all the way back - we could track recognizable vehicles, and made better time (except for the breaks we'd take inside) than the traffic.

[HitmanLV]

When driving around the strip, use Paradise to the West and Industrial/Dean Martin to the east. Makes things a lot faster.

[HitmanLV]

When driving around the strip, use Paradise to the EAST and Industrial/Dean Martin to the WEST. Sorry!

[ErnBatavia]

Thanks....I always get directionally confused over there; what looks North to me is actually East or West.

[Robwin]

“When driving around the strip, use Paradise to the EAST and Industrial/Dean Martin to the WEST. Sorry!”

Too late. You have already gotten me lost.

[Bookie1066]

This writer doesn't know what's going on in Vegas. Talks all about the wonderful immigrants learning English. Then how come the only language I don’t hear in the employee dinning room in the hotel/casino I work in is English. Try talking to someone in house keeping or maintenance in English. You’re wasting your time.

For the company the most important thing is Diversity. Having posters up announcing we’re United through Diversity. Orwell would be proud. What’s next, Big Brother is Watching?

About unions, Vegas is home to corrupt Culinary Union. And no hotel stays open or food service worker works in this without paying his tribute and kickbacks.

Vegas is also home to the most corrupt government in the country. From our mob lawyer mayor to our county commissioner showing off his new Rolex and new million dollar home which he built while he was living free in a home owned by the Chicago mob.

For more information about corruption in Vegas.
http://www.americanmafia.com/Inside_Vegas/Inside_Vegas_Archive.html

[Verginius Rufus]

Little did St. Benedict suspect what he was starting when he founded the original Monte Casino.