Last vestiges of the old Las Vegas continue to vanish

[renard_ruse]

One of the last remaining "old school" casinos left on the Strip closed earlier this year.

Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon is no more, to be replaced with a modern boutique hotel and upscale casino. Like Vegas really needs another one of those.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

One of the last remaining "old school" casinos left on the Strip closed earlier this year.

Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon is no more, to be replaced with a modern boutique hotel and upscale casino. Like Vegas really needs another one of those.

But not when it was Barbary Coast?

Please! Drai's is more Vegas than Bill's ever was.

 

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[SgtSpiderMan]

Great pics.

 

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[SgtSpiderMan]

Wasn't Bally's The MGM?

 

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[Colonel Hogan]

Wasn't Bally's The MGM?

No. Bally's is still there, directly across the street from Bellagio and right next to Paris.

MGM grand is about seven blocks further down the strip across the street from New York, New York.

 

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[lovetoread]

No. Bally's is still there, directly across the street from Bellagio and right next to Paris.

MGM grand is about seven blocks further down the strip across the street from New York, New York.

It's across from the Mandalay Bay, New York New York is on the other side of the pyramid one isn't it?

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

No. Bally's is still there, directly across the street from Bellagio and right next to Paris.

MGM grand is about seven blocks further down the strip across the street from New York, New York.

Bally's used to be the MGM Grand. When MGM moved into their new digs further south, Bally's bought the old place.

 

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[KRCummings]

Bally's used to be the MGM Grand. When MGM moved into their new digs further south, Bally's bought the old place.

Yes, Bally's is the old MGM that had the fire.

 

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[Colonel Hogan]

Yes, Bally's is the old MGM that had the fire.

Right. I remember that now. But the new MGM is still two blocks north of Mandalay Bay.

Unless my Google map is lying to me.

 

[phrodeau]

I have an ashtray from the old MGM before it burned down.

I hope it wasn't all my fault.

 

[Dazzle1]

But not when it was Barbary Coast?

Please! Drai's is more Vegas than Bill's ever was.

Good point, one of the advanatage of the Barbary Coast was not walking a mile to your room.

Personal note, Vegas in this economy can be very depressing.

When I went there it was for work.

Seeing people drooling at the slots in the morning and all the unfinished construction makes me want to bolt

 

[yossi]

Good point, one of the advanatage of the Barbary Coast was not walking a mile to your room.

Personal note, Vegas in this economy can be very depressing.

When I went there it was for work.

Seeing people drooling at the slots in the morning and all the unfinished construction makes me want to bolt

There is nothing worse, that I have seen, than the smoking sections of some AC casinos, where they've placed a grouping of penny slots. It's so depressing to watch the old women/a smattering of men chain smoking, some toting around oxygen, while they play the machines.

It feels like a waiting room for death.