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(Runs away and hides...)

I do NOT like this buffet closure trend that seems to be the up and coming rage.

Sure, it's to keep last minute diners from jumping in for the next meal at a lower price, but shutting down the...

I'd tell my wife I'd won $200k and send home a cashier's check.

Then have a hell of a party with the other $50k CASH!!

Considering the fact that Boyd pulled the plug on Echelon Place and sold the Barbary Coast to Harrah's to get some additional land for the EP project, I am sure they are kicking themselves now. When...

Awesome! Wish I could get there.

I love what The D has done to the second floor of the casino in adding the Sigma Derby and putting in the old school slots. Nothing like hearing the sounds of...

We go downtown for gaming at least once per trip, just haven't stayed there.
We always rent a car as well. Anyone who doesn't is asking to be ripped off in cabs, or have to wait for the buses or...

Ok, time for input.

Big Slick and I are looking for a new home for our September trip now that Bill's is gone (R.I.P.). We are looking to keep the cost down and the Harrah's move to charging a...

Gold Coast does this as well. Or at least they did back in September of last year.

Bellagio Buffet on Friday for Gourmet Dinner. Get in line and pay before 3:30 for $20, and by 4pm they trot out the dinner, the price of which goes up to $35 by 4pm.

The blight on the north end of the Strip for the past 4-5 years has been very sad to see.

Hopefully this will jump start the Fountainbleu to get completed and spur the Sahara 2.0 in getting...

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Genting Group, a multinational...

WOW! So sad. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and close friends. Way too young.

I will make a trip to the Rio this fall when we're in Vegas and drink a toast to his memory.

RIP.

These prices are getting out of control!

One of the restaurants that Big Slick and I like is the Samba Brazilian Steakhouse at the Mirage. For the Rodizio Experience, they charge $40 and that's...

The free wifi - I get it.

Free spa passes - maybe.

Free local calls - ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME??

Who still uses a hotel room phone? With smart phones and/or other cell phones, I haven't...

Used to LOVE Barbary Coast/Bill's Gamblin' Hall.

Inside the hotel parking.
Small number of rooms, so it wasn't a 1/4 mile walk from the elevator to the room.
Good clean room at a good price....

Hard Rock Steak and Shrimp for $7.77 is quite good.

Last time we ate at Ellis Island, the steak was so tough I thought I was changing a tire.

Lori, got in to SD on Monday at 6pm and by 9pm I was gassed (my body thought it was midnight). Depositions lasted til 2 and then I caught the 430 to Vegas. A whirlwind in SD to say the least.
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I had some depositions in San Diego last week and spent a night in Vegas on my way back to Tampa. Bill's will be closing on 2/4/13 and undergo about $180 million in renovations over the next 14...

And now the death of Bill's is at hand. See the newsletter. Investors are going to pump money and IMO wreck the place, becoming a chic (read: overpriced) party spot. More time with clubs and less...

OUCH.

Well, I guess this one won't be around when we get back to Vegas next September.

This "college age" thing is a joke.

For example, Bill's took out the Seattle's Best and put in Slush Bar, where you can play "beer pong."

Seriously, beer pong? In a casino? Get a life.
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Just got a Facebook update that the IP will change its name to The Quad. Plans call for a new entrance off Koval (so it seems the Porte cochere off the Strip will go.)

Also, a bartender at BILL'S...

Thank GOD!!!!

I hope all Vegas members on this board will join us at Bill's this weekend. First drink will be on me.

2/3rds of the way to Vegas from Tampa, a flight attendant came over the PA and asked if there was a doctor or nurse on board. I looked at Big Slick and we shook our heads, wondering if we were going...

First trip was on October 1989. My brother, Big Slick, had a conference out there and I had a $99 airline ticket. Met him out there and was like a kid at Christmas in anticipation. I had been to...