Last time I went to Vegas (over 10 years ago), it was boring.
And all the “deals” (like cheap food) were gone. Drinks at casinos were watered down. It was basically like a plastic theme park for adults.
There was a lot more excitement and authenticity there pre 9/11.
>>>There was a lot more excitement and authenticity there pre 9/11.<<<
There was a lot more excitement and authenticity there when the MAFIA RAN THE PLACE...........
My APA pool team won a trip to Vegas to enter the world 9 ball championship tournament. The league pays the flight, hotel and a daily stipend.
My plan is to hole up in my room and spend as close to nothing as possible. Maybe buy some carrots and other healthy stuff to take back to the room.
Some of my team mates will be going to fancy restaurants and hitting the casinos - not me.
I am not wealthy but I could afford to splurge if I thought I’d really enjoy it - but Vegas is not my cup of tea.. I just don’t enjoy being ripped off everywhere I go - and I have come to hate city life.
I’d rather find some cheap campsite in one of Pennsylvania’s state parks.. somewhere where you can look up and see the stars at night - as far away from the big cities as possible.
Exactly, I had the same experience maybe ten years ago: boring. Probably the most interesting thing I saw was the way some people nervously and obsessively shifted their chips from one spot to another before a spin of the roulette wheel. What were they doing, I wondered — were they tuning in on some discreet intuition?
Last time I was in Vegas was around 2005. I was talking to the cabbie about when my parents used to go to Vegas in the late 60’s and how they talked about the cheap hotel and food prices. Fast forward to ‘05 and nothing was cheap.
The cab driver told me that the mobsters who ran Vegas in the 60’s and 70’s knew how to draw visitors with low prices so that they would gamble more. The next generation of mobsters got greedy and decided to soak visitors coming and going.