My First Las Vegas Bet: Flamingo Hilton, 1984
“The old Flamingo Poker Room has been facelifted, refurbished, carpeted over, and whitewashed from the earth. It now exists only in memory.”
“The old Flamingo Poker Room has been facelifted, refurbished, carpeted over, and whitewashed from the earth. It now exists only in memory.”
Here are a few questions aimed mostly at locals like myself who have lived in Las Vegas for quite a while, but also have little or no interest in casinos, gambling, and other attractions that are synonymous with the city.
The questions are — why do you stay here? And — why remain here if the primary reason that the city exists doesn’t interest you?
Read More
“The permanent closure of the Green Valley Ranch poker room (in Henderson) makes no sense at all.”
Read More
“These ads are a disgrace and an insult. Either apply the same standards to everyone and all business sectors, or stop running them.”
Read More
My friend Howard Stutz has been covering the casino business for decades (he spent many years with the Las Vegas Review-Journal before Sheldon Adelson bought the newspaper and ruined it). Howard’s work is always worth reading. He now writes for The Nevada Independent.
Read More