360 Vegas Podcast: July 2012

Sunday, July 29, 2012

E-56: Rustle Rustle Rustle Rustle Rustle

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Random Vegas - The Eiffel Tower ride at @parisvegas goes 460 feet above the Las Vegas Strip (@VegasFunFacts)

Vegas Mate Review of the Trip

Keren’s Review is her 7/26 review of Burger Bar @Mandalay Bay – 5/5 chips

Mark’s 7/27 review of Lavo @Palazzo – 5/5 chips

Twitpic of the Trip

I knew this one the second I took it. As I was wandering around the pool taking pictures, looked up, saw the sun at the top of the Eiffel Tower and just started taking pictures. The shot we chose is slightly askew, which is why it’s our favorite. It kind of made me think that Paris is the center of warmth in the world making Vegas my paradise. Every time I’m in Vegas, I wander around looking for something beautiful to take a picture. The problem is I always seem to find hundreds but this was my favorite of this trip.

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

360 Vintage Vegas: Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn

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Unlike the Flamingo and Billy Wilkerson, the Desert Inn was a dream come to fruition for Wilbur Clark. Years of development, planning and construction made into a reality, even if everything didn’t go exactly to plan. As with many big dreamers, ambition can sometimes outlast finances, which was the case for Wilbur Clark and his Desert Inn.

Moe Dalitz was a man with a dream as well, legitimacy. Las Vegas offered the opportunity to apply his gambling business acumen legally and in public. When his friend Meyer Lansky informed him of the financial problems the Desert Inn had encountered preventing the project from being completed, he jumped at the opportunity to invest.

The deal between Wilbur and Moe gave majority ownership to Dalitz but kept Wilbur in place as a partner as well as the legitimate face of the property. It may be the first and only true partnership between organized crime owners and the legit front man. In most cases, the guy out front was little more than a bullied puppet with little to no input on operations. In the case of Wilbur and Moe, the Desert Inn partnership would go on to make them both very rich men.

If you are interested in more information regarding Wilbur Clark, Moe Dalitz of the Desert, recommended reading would be

Las Vegas Chronicles, When the Mob Ran Vegas & the Green Felt Jungle

Sunday, July 15, 2012

E-55: Chatty McChatterson

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Random Vegas - June 7^th, 1957, the Mint casino-hotel opens in downtown Las Vegas with 26 floors, making it the tallest building in Nevada at the time. (don’t remember, probably Casino Player Magazine)

Vegas Mate Review of the Week - Zaniacmedic’s July 10^th review of BB King’s @Mirage – 4/5 chips

Twitpic of the Week

This week’s winner is @StevejAnderson’s picture of NYNY and the surrounding area taken from a Helicopter. This might be one of my favorite helicopter photo. You get to see the entire resort in one shot and how it fits in with the surrounding resorts. It’s another example of how theming makes Vegas so unique, special and appealing. Take note Caesars and find a good theme for IP. Even though it was a shitty Asian theme before, it was still a theme. Love this picture. I wish I could get photos of every property like this.

News

Wynn & Venetian are against the idea of the Beretta store in the Shoppes at Palazzo

Caesars Entertainment surveys thoughts on the names “Hotel 3535” and “The Quad”

Taiwan Approves it’s first casino

Hard Rock continues with renovations

Judge Rules in favor of $1 million loan to continue Wayne Newton attraction development

2 Chimpanzees escaped from their owner this week

Another Hoover Dam suicide

Riviera partners flip.to

LVH has cut its staff

Tropical Smoothie Café opening at Excalibur

Hakkasan progress @MGM

Slots

Aristocrat Gamings's - Outback Jack Adventure Down Under

The D's $50k Blackjack Tournament

Vegas Deals

Blue Man Group Military Discount

More Details on Total Rewards Show Perks

Miracle Miles Shops July Deals

Golden Gate’s “Scratch My Back” promotion

Coming Attractions

Filter - 8/11 IHeartRadio - 9/21 & 9/22 The Hives - 9/13

Dancing with the Stars: Live - through 8/15 Social Distortion - 12/20

NBA Summer League Games - through 7/22 Busta Rhymes - 7/29

Mythbusters - 8/17-19 & 8/31-9/2

Ante Up - Comp Psychology

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Sunday, July 8, 2012

E-54: Enragement

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Random Vegas - Total Singapore Casino revenues in 2011 were 2.4 billion, Vegas properties generated 430.8 million

Vegas Mate Review of the Week - Benny Snowdon’s July 1^st review of Tropicana – 5/5 chips

Twitpic of the week

This week’s winner is @mrashermarad sweet pic of the Vegas strip taken from a helicopter. I’ve never taken one of these trips and I’m really thinking I should. These pictures are just breathtaking. Like the clip in our theme song, the strip is just the most amazing stretch for road. We’ve all flown over major cities and seen all the skyscrapers centered in one little circle area the thin out to the burbs. In Vegas, you have the long strip of skyscrapers surrounded by burbs. It’s so cool. This picture reminds me and stirs up the same feelings I get when flying into Vegas. Once you can see it from the plane window you get butterflies in your stomach because you are so close to being there. Watching the strip become larger and larger in the window until you finally land. Ironically, this exact same view can make me sad if I think of it as watching the strip shrink to nothing as I fly home. But lets not think of it that way. I love this picture. I love Las Vegas.

News

New laws passed to crackdown on unlicensed street vendors (aka $1 water)

World Series of Poker News

Full Tilt Poker Founder surrenders to police

Las Vegas Pedestrian Killed

Luxor opens Cenra Bar

Swingers Club closes at Plaza

Details about Twin Peaks @ Mega Walgreens

Goretorium Details

Strip Casino Shooting Range Coming

Heart Attack Grill receives 6 month extension on their temporary vendors license

Octavious Tower Name Case Settled

More ATM Suits filed against Casinos
New Dining at Aria

Innovate Gaming & WMS

IGT Job Opening

Moody’s downgrades Riviera’s Debt Rating

Singapore has proposed tougher restrictions

Slots - WMS Gaming's Epic Monopoly

Vegas Deals

AFFILIATE DEAL - Flamingo has a social media deal

AFFILIATE DEAL – Venetian/Palazzo Best Rate of the Summer

AFFILIATE DEAL – Caesars Entertainment

Luxor's “Race Through the Pyramid” Promotion

El Cortez Free Play July

R Steak @ Riviera’s Beer Tasting Dinner

Total Rewards reinstates free tickets perk to Seven Stars members

Coming Attractions

Palms Midsummer Lingerie Masquerade - 8/9th Jerry Seinfeld - 7/20-21st

Dana Carvey - 9/21-22nd

Ante Up - Comp Basics

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

E-53: Contributions to the Incredibly Needy

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Random Vegas - About 95% of video poker games in American casinos are made by IGT (@casinoCitytimes)

Vegas Mate Review of the Week - This week’s review is Onenight’s 6/26 review of Rain Nightclub at Palms – 1/5 chips

Twitpic of the Week

This week’s winner is @johncolsonphoto who shared a very unique photo of The Caesars Palace Augustus and Octavious towers with Rio in the in the foreground as well as the reflection of Bill’s Gambling Hall’s Neon appearing on what I can only assume is a car window. It looks dream like or a part of some old Vegas montage. It’s such a unique photo and leave it to @johncolsonphoto to capture it. This guy is a fuckin artist. Thanks for sharing it.

News

Another Vegas Suicide

WMS Gaming Offers Personalized Video poker

Imperial Palace Car Museum gets some Upgrades

Free Pass to IP Auto

EuroVegas Update

More speculations on what Imperial Palace will be renamed

Pulse of Vegas drops knowledge

New “Awesome 80s Prom” show coming to V Theater

Las Vegas Bar Hall of Fame

4 others convicted in the Pure Nightclub Tip concealing investigation

Steve Wynn, Anonymous Donor, for 10 minutes