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Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
360 Vegas Reviews - Fantasy @Luxor
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
We recently released the 360 Vegas show review for X-Country, and Mrs Jaydubs complained that we spent half the review talking about Fantasy. I can’t help it, though. Fantasy is the litmus test by which all other Vegas topless revues will be judged for a long time. Note: I have in the past referred to Fantasy as the Gold Standard of Vegas topless revues, and thought I was very clever for coming up with that. Then I saw the same words on a Fantasy poster on the way into Luxor and realized I was just subconsciously plagiarizing something I’ve seen before. To quote my father, “When someone steals your idea, it’s plagiarism. When you steal someone else’s idea, it’s inspiration.” I’ll run with that.
If you aren’t aware, Fantasy is a nightly topless revue show at the Luxor. The production dates back to 1999, and is the oldest running topless show in Vegas. It was originally titled “Midnight Fantasy,” and it had a 12 am showtime to match. In 2001, Luxor dropped the midnight showtime in exchange for an earlier time slot, but didn’t drop the “Midnight” from the title until 2006. Over its nearly 25 year history, Fantasy has gone through several revisions. I myself have seen it 3 or 4 times, and it is always a solid choice.
The structure is simple: beautiful women take off their clothes for the audience. There are a variety of acts, and the show switched them out regularly. The content of the show can vary by season - or even nightly - due to the various performers taking time off. Your favorite dancer isn’t going to perform in the show 7 days a week, she needs a break! There are numbers that feature single performers, as well as duo and ensemble pieces. To mix things up, the show also features a couple of acrobatic numbers with an aerialist on the silk web. Driving the show forward is a female MC who sings a few songs while performers dance.
The performers themselves are absolutely lovely, and I would describe them as ______________. I should say that Fantasy has a specific aesthetic for its performers, which some may not appreciate. Probably the best way to describe this would be the classic Playboy look, the cast favors lean blondes, and even the darker-skinned girls are light-skinned, if that makes sense. None of the performers are conventionally unattractive, but if you prefer your eye-candy thick and curvy, you won’t find it here. I had no complaints.
An important note: every topless show I’ve seen in Vegas makes an effort to be welcoming of the ladies and the women in the audience, but probably none do it better than Fantasy. Any women reluctant to attend with their SO or girlfriends should put that fear aside. You will not be the only woman there and no one will make you feel strange for being there. This is probably one of Fantasy’s biggest selling points for Mrs. Jaydubs and myself.
Fantasy runs nightly at the Atrium theater at the Luxor. The show shares the venue with Carrot Top, and I can’t help but think that this must lead to some fascinating backstage moments. The venue is a traditional theater with a very sloped house. What this means is there are no bad seats, and you have a bigger risk of accidentally kicking the person in front of you in the head than not being able to see around them. The seats themselves are very comfortable, and the theater can accommodate about 350 people.
In terms of the Audience Fuckery Factor, you should avoid the first 5 rows if you don’t want to be singled out for questions or attention, and the first 2 rows if you don’t want to be called on stage.
Fantasy runs every night at 10:30 pm. There is also sometimes an early show at 8:00 pm. Tickets start at $52 on Vegas.com.
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
E-475: Boo Cancer
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Random Vegas
Built in 1982, the 2-story building that was the Oasis Casino @Dunes was supposed to be comprised of two components, a casino on the 1st floor and a restaurant on the 2nd floor. The restaurant never opened and the space remained unused until its destruction in 1993 (vintagelasvegas.com)
Twitpic of the week
Here is another @summacorp picture that mesmerizes me with all the history going on. For example, we know that this is 1968 because they are working on the fountains in front of the new Circus Circus casino. You’ll notice that fountain 5 is being deconstructed. That’s because they are moving the carousel marquee from the left of the fountains to that location on the right; all so they can make room to build Slots-A-Fun. Next door to that is Westward Ho still 3 years away from adding a casino in 1971. And next to that is the mammoth Stardust 1,000 motel units all lined up neatly like an OCD dream come true. If you look to the top left you’ll see both the Stardust casino and the 12-story expansion tower from 1964. And across the street from it all we have the Riviera with her classic marquee. It’s truly remarkable to think about how much land they needed back in the 50s through to the 70s and even 80s in some cases. Its no wonder why they all sold for the right price.
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Sunday Feb 04, 2024
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After a 4 month remodeling and a rebranding, in 1963, Lucky Casino, formerly known as Lucky strike, reopened with the largest sign in the city of Las Vegas at 160 feet tall. It held that titled until it was surpassed in 1964 by the Dunes turret marquee towering 180 feet tall. Lucky Casino is now the middle part of Golden Nugget Fremont St frontage.
Twitpic of the week
So much development goodness in this picture it’s not hard to see why @summacorp shared it. Set in what looks like 1993 based on the various projects in various states of progress. Front and center, we see the massive MGM Grand theme park and Grand Garden Arena under construction. Beyond that we can see Luxor is also still under construction. Noticeably missing from the landscape is NYNY and Mandalay Bay. Here we still see Hacienda occupying the space Mandalay Bay would one day call home.
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Sunday Jan 28, 2024
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The Caesars Palace marquee has caught on fire twice. In both cases, Tom Jones was the featured artist on the billboard at the time (vintagelasvegas.com)
Twitpic of the week
Ever wonder what it looked like when your Grandparents were on vacation in Vegas. Well, thanks to @_GrandPaD, we can relive that moment poolside at the Stardust in the 1950s. How do I know it’s the Stardust, you say? Easy, look at the top of the building. You can see the unmistakable outline of the original Stardust marquee, at least the back of it. Something about the idea of my grandparents chasing each other around like I chase my wife gives me an ear-to-ear grin, as it should.
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Sunday Jan 21, 2024
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Random Vegas
In Vegas history, 3 signs have been knocked down due to high winds. The first was the Silver Slipper in May of 1978. The second, in May of 1991, was Bob Stupak’s Vegas World sign. The third was the Hilton sign, the tallest free-standing sign in the world at 365 feet, had the top portion of the sign collapse in July of 94. The incident caused designers to be questioned how a sign designed to withstand winds of over 100 mph fail at 70 mph. The sign was repaired, then totally replaced in 1997 with the sign they have today at Westgate, the current tallest free standing advertising sign in the world at 279 feet high. (News3lv.com)
Twitpic of the week
When installed in 1967 the Frontier, formerly the Last Frontier and, for a time, the New Frontier, was the tallest sign in the world at 184 feet tall. It had 16-foot-tall letters and a giant 30 foot tall “F” logo resting at the top. The sign contained more than a mile of fluorescent tubing, a mile and half of neon and more than 23,000 light bulbs. In Dec of 2008, after the property had closed and was being prepared for new construction, Wynn paid to have the signage be taken down for the opening of Encore across the street. This week, @summacorpshared that moment in time. The Neon Museum sought to save portions of the sign but exactly what they were able to retain from the pylon marquee is unknown.
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Saturday Jan 20, 2024
PCP - 360 Vintage Vegas: Jay Sarno
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
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Many regard Jay Sarno as the father of the themed casino as well as the mind behind family friendly Las Vegas. His contributions to the strip, Caesars Palace and Circus Circus, are complete opposites on the theme and customer base scale. While he was many things, a womanizer and a gambling addict, no one can dispute that he was also a visionary. Jay Sarno was exactly what Vegas wanted during a time when all its current owners were being scrutinized by attorney general Bobby Kennedy; a legit guy with no previous connection to organized crime.
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Sunday Jan 14, 2024
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Twitpic of the week
Here @summacorp shares a time before the Golden Nugget consumed all of its western casino competition to acquire the Fremont footprint they have today. It was also the initial incarnation of their greatest exterior façade with the bullnose corner of Fremont and 2nd St, known today as Casino Center Blvd. Knowing what it would become it looks kind of cute. Especially next to what was, for a time, the tallest sign on Fremont St at Lucky Casino standing at 153 feet high. Beyond that you can see the adorable Californian club ending the block the Nugget absorbed. If you really want to, you can also see Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club and the Golden Gate marquees in the distance. All that to avoid looking at the high waisted gentleman in the foreground.
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Sunday Jan 07, 2024
E-470: Sorry, Not Sorry
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
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Twitpic of the week
Magical…well, to someone like me this is magical. To the layman this is an old picture of Caesars Palace, shared by @Summacorp, before the retheming in the late 90s/early 2000s. This is so mesmerizing because you don’t often see pictures of Caesars during this time, in this case 1982 and without the lights turned on. This was a time before I knew Vegas so to me, it’s like a magic trick. I can still visit this property even though it doesn’t look like this anymore, with the Sarno blocks. Sarno blocks are affectionately named after Jay Sarno who introduced them to the market with Caesars Palace. Those are concrete blocks replicating latticework that allows the frontage to look uniform as well as back lit. This style of block is still in use today at Circus Circus, mostly on Industrial Road.
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