Fixing Up Vegas
Recently your host, Mr. Eastcoastgambler (Hi), has been bringing you youtube videos of past Vegas implosions. Now that the economy has soured, Vegas isn’t destroying old properties to build new…
Boom: Hacienda Implosion
In light of the pending implosion of The Harmon, Vegas Inc. decided to list the Top 10 Vegas Strip Hotel implosions. I love implosions and figured this was a good excuse to visit the youtube archives.…
Plaza Re-Grand-Soft-Opening August 24
The Plaza Hotel in downtown Las Vegas has scheduled their grand soft re-opening for August 24, which is just under a year from when they closed. Their grand-grand opening is…
Top 10 Non-Gambling Things to do in Vegas
I do a few things when I'm in Las Vegas vacationing. I eat, I drink, I gamble. I repeat those a few times throughout the day and that's how I roll. …
The Buried Life in Vegas!
Earlier this week I passed on some info I received about the Golden Gate Casino being featured on MTV's The Buried Life. The episode aired last night and wasn't too…
Golden Gate Casino on MTV Tonight
I just received a heads up that the Golden Gate Casino in downtown Las Vegas will be featured on the MTV show Buried Life tonight. The Golden Gate filmed the…
Vegas Memories Featuring Dido “White Flag”
I was tweeting back and forth with a few people the other night and I was brought back one of my favorite Vegas memories that I’m finally deciding to share.
As I’ve said before a lot of my Vegas memories are tied to music that I hear on a particular trip. The soundtrack to this day was Dido’s “White Flag“, a song I would normally not listen to, notice or think about.
This trip to Las Vegas was for a friends bachelor party a few years ago. I wasn’t as experienced as I am now, but I was one of the few people that had been to Las Vegas, so I knew where we needed to be and when and how often.
We decided to get an early start to our first morning in town. After a 99 cent mimosas over breakfast at Harrah’s we headed over to Bellagio for a little blackjack at 10:something AM. After a few amazing vodka drinks most of us were buzzed by 11am. This is when I noticed Dido playing for the first of many times this day.
It wasn’t even noon when we left the Bellagio and headed downtown. It was my first time downtown. We did a lot of exploring, but since it was a bachelor party we, initially, decided to skip gambling and went to the world famous Glitter Gulch for some more drinks and entertainment.
Plazableau
The Plaza in downtown Las Vegas is using Fontainebleau's misfortune to help with their upcoming remodel. When the Plaza’s 1,037 hotel rooms reopen in September 2011, they will feature top-flight…
Plaza Closing For A While
This shouldn't be too surprising, but the Plaza is closing for a while before undergoing renovations later this year into next year. More than 400 employees of the Plaza Hotel…
Planning a Trip to Las Vegas
I was tweeting with DenverGambler before his latest trip to Las Vegas and he talked about a "To-Do List" that he was making for the trip. I'm a curious guy…