360 Vegas
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Sunday Oct 01, 2023
E-458: Drunk Tony
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Random Vegas
Because they used the shell of the Marina Hotel, the entire MGM Grand project was considered a remodel rather than new construction. Therefore, property taxes were set at the value when the Marina was built. (@AStotland)
Twitpic of the week
While it may be hard to wrap your head around, motels used to dominate the Vegas strip and beyond. They must have seen the writing on the wall when hotel towers became the future of hospitality but that didn’t stop properties like the La Concha from continuing to try and compete in the market. In 2001, the property was approved to build a 520 foot tall hotel tower, a 645 square foot condo tower and a shopping mall. In 2004 the La Concha was closed and demolished to make room for the new project. The iconic concrete shell lobby was carefully dismantled and donated to the Neon Museum who reassembled it and use it as the attractions lobby. The signage, shown here by @Las_when, is on display in the neon boneyard to this day. The project was ultimately canceled for reasons unknown and the property has been sold multiple times. It is currently owned by the Siegel Group and trust me, you don’t want these people opening a hotel/casino. Think Circus Circus, Imperial Palace and Excalibur at their worst but strip out the themes.
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More Vegas F1 Casualties
Venetian Loves Locals
Strike
Vegas WebCams
Casino Hopping
Palms Sign Restoration
Westin Signage
U2 Atomic City
Netflix - Obliterated
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
E-457: Tree Hugging
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Random Vegas
While already in use at multiple other businesses in the valley, the Las Vegas Club installed the 1st neon sign on a hotel gambling establishment in 1931 (Vintage Research)
Twitpic of the week
While there are many reasons to not like Caesars Palace, the architecture isn’t one of them. The move from the Sarno block exterior to an aesthetic that more appropriately reflects the time and place its representing was masterfully applied. Even though we know these are all recreations it still projects a sense of authentic grandeur. I mean, whose eyes aren’t drawn to statues of topless females and concrete penises. Thanks to @las_when for sharing a great representation of what we are talking about.
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Happy Hour Deals
Kitchen Nightmares
Fontainebleau Details
MGM Cyber Attacks
Zero Bond
Red Rock Point Theft
Planet Hollywood Fire Alarms
Rio Refurbishment
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
E-452: Retracted Retraction
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Random Vegas
Casino staff often use police code as shorthand when dealing with guests. For example, a “408” means a drunk guest (@vitalvegas)
Twitpic of the week
It’s a hell of a view of west Fremont St, although not the view it used to be. But that’s okay. Business is business and the only constant is change. Especially in this town. So we’ll enjoy what we have and be grateful for it. Or so help me I will turn this car around right now. Anyway, thank you @cinamongirl for sharing your view from Oscar’s. At least this view has been classed up by the giant LED showing the various former views down Fremont St. Or was that a final shot at Plaza, showing them what they used to have, now reduced to a tv on the back of a concert stage.
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Durango Las Vegas
Crocodile Dumbass
The Sphere
Hard Rock Guitar Hotel
Fontainebleau Restaurant Details
Paris Cherry Bombing
More Paid Parking
Flight Club Survey
Legacy Club @Circa Special Events
New Exterior Illumination at Mandalay Bay
Vegas Eyecandy in Usher’s new music video
Vegas history art
Interlock Social Craps
Saturday Mar 19, 2022
360 Vintage Vegas PCP: Tony Cornero and the Stardust
Saturday Mar 19, 2022
Saturday Mar 19, 2022
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While many architecture academics have criticized Las Vegas for its lack of substance, there may be no better example of this elitism than the scorn directed towards the Stardust. For better or worse, history points to the Stardust as the defining moment when Las Vegas no longer required a jacket and tie to gain entrance to. Instead of celebrating the brilliance in the Stardust’s minimalism, it was trashed for focusing more on the exterior signage and façade, wrapped around a building that was little more than a massive, non-descript warehouse. Whether inadvertent or by intention, it seems each time Vegas has successfully evolved to appeal to more diverse tastes, that success is met with opposition; Slut Shaming those who dare to find things appealing like neon signage, themed resorts or anything deemed inferior to "intellectual" tastes. But the glory that is Las Vegas is knowing that judging people for what appeals to them has never made converts, it alienates; even if supplying that demand is more financially motivated than cultural. When the majority doesn't see things the way you'd like them to, that doesn't mean they're wrong, it means you don't get it. The Stardust got it, in a big way.
Saturday Jul 24, 2021
PCP - 360 POV: Lucky You
Saturday Jul 24, 2021
Saturday Jul 24, 2021
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The movie Lucky You, reminds us of a time in Vegas, when people thought the only limits the market had, were the limits of the imagination. While it isn’t a period piece in the traditional sense, at least not yet, or intentionally, one of the truly fun things about Las Vegas, is how often it changes. Unlike major cities all around the world, whose landscape typically just expands over the years, Vegas can look radically different from one decade to the next. That’s, what we get to explore, with Lucky You, to see, just how different, the city looks, from the way it did in 2005, when the movie was being filmed, compared to today, less than 20 years later.
Saturday Jun 19, 2021
360 Vintage Vegas PCP: Tropicana LV
Saturday Jun 19, 2021
Saturday Jun 19, 2021
Tropicana is the kind of property in Vegas that everyone knows about but most don't spend much time at, which is a real shame. Its contribution to the experiences available in the market is a unique blend of classic intimacy and affordable luxury. Many properties in Vegas seek to transport you from everyday life to a personal version of paradise but the use of bright spaces gives it a feeling of warmth and carelessness. Without excessive ornamentation or theming, Tropicana has succeeded in what can best be described as that happy place on a beach people can retreat to when the stressed of life reaches levels requiring such a place. A truly transformative experience, all with the convenience of virtually any other imaginable adventure available just outside, brought to you as only the Las Vegas strip can.
Saturday May 22, 2021
PCP - 360 Vintage Vegas: Jackie Gaughan & the El Cortez
Saturday May 22, 2021
Saturday May 22, 2021
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There are a collection of men who helped build the city of Las Vegas during its formative years that didn’t have colored pasts. Their origins are not linked to organized crime and their stories aren’t the sort of things people make movies about. However they would become the shining examples that the gaming industry could not only exist without the Mob but could continue to grow. A fact that was established in 1941 and continues to endure to this day. The El Cortez is the city’s oldest hotel casino to continuously operate under the same name and only the 2nd casino ever added to the nation’s historical preservation list. It’s also the only casino on that list still open to this day. This is the story of the people and the properties that shaped Downtown Las Vegas.
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
E-360: Recollections & Laughter
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Random Vegas
More than 19,000 conventions were held in Vegas in 2011 (@only_vegas)
Twitpic of the week
How do you explain the 70s without saying a word? Like @pixvegas777 does with this week’s winner. A postcard that captures the Stardust in all her mobbed up glory. There are always people who mourn the loss of a Vegas property but I think it goes beyond that with the Stardust. The closing of the Stardust was one of the biggest mistakes in Las Vegas history. And what is replacing it isn’t going to be better than what Stardust was. It will be more expensive and fancy but not better than the strip with the Stardust. Thankfully much of her glory is still alive today at the Neon Boneyard.
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