In red above.........I don't believe that at all. Wife and I can control our lives, we just chose not to be tempted. LOL I've actually watched, at an Indian Casino in Temecula, CA (Pechanga), when winning coins were dropped in a tray/hopper, a person using three (yes, three) $1 slot machines and all three hoppers were full of won coins. It amazed me and I truly wished I had that kind of money.
@Cody Fousnaugh You have just confirmed the basic fact that GAMBLING IS BASED ON HUMAN GREED. The truly reconciled individual is HAPPY for the other guy possessing money, not covetous of it. Frank
Not really Cody. It’s been 30 years since I lived there but the majority of people who live in Vegas for any period of time do not go to casinos very frequently. Matter of fact, nearly all of the folks I knew when I lived there might put their leftover change in the slots at the end of a grocery store’s cashier’s counter but that’s about it. I worked at the Nevada Palace and the last thing I wanted to hear is bells ringing or look at another buffet so getting out of there after a shift was a priority. If you think about it, there are thousands of people, a major portion of the population, who work in the entertainment, gambling and casino industry in Vegas and I’m sure they felt the same as I did. Sure, there are a lot of retirees who, when they first moved there thought they’d be able to gamble to offset their social security but most of them learn very quickly that the casinos make the majority of their money on slots and $2.00 bets. Ya don’t know how many times I’d have to sit back and laugh at all the seniors lined up playing the nickel and penny slots all day long and hoping to win a lousy $50 or so. When I worked at the Indian Springs Casino I could see people buying 2 or 3 or more trays of silver dollars ($100. per tray) and then scream like they won something if they hit a $100 jackpot. Crazy people.
The last time I went to Las Vegas was to attend a Journeyconcert that was in 2017, it was an incredible concert, they performed all their hits and I especially loved their rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner, very respectful and inspiring!
My wife loves Journey, but the old Journey with Steve Perry. We bought a DVD concert, and before I bought it, I made sure that Steve Perry was the lead singer. IOW, some lead singers just can't be replaced, like Journey and Van Halen. When David Lee Roth left Van Halen, I never listened to them again. Last concert we went to was at the Jacksonville Landing, Jacksonville, Florida. Grand Funk Railroad was playing and it was free. We now have their CD of Greatest Hits.
I don't go to Vegas to gamble. Oh, I gamble but that's not my primary reason for going there. If I just wanted to gamble, I'd drive a couple of hours over to the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa. No, I go to Vegas for that thing called "novelty". I set an amount to lose (and it's usually "Lose".....I might as well just hand my money to the first casino employee I see and save a lot of time). When that's gone, that's gone. I chalk it up to "entertainment expenses". It might be $50, it might be $100....it's never more. No, I go for the neon, the glitz, the people-watching, the sheer eye-popping glory of it. I love the sounds, the lights, the fountain show, standing on the walkover toward the end of the strip and just marveling at the utter defeat of the darkness. There are no end of free stuff to enjoy, it just costs you a little shoe leather and some sore feet. Just about every casino has some kind of free show.....you have talking statues, dancing water, pirate battles, exploding volcanos, tigers behind glass, BIIIIIG aquaria, beautiful flowers, lasers, and more. Back to the people-watching.....boy oh boy can you see the sights! You name it, they're there. When we talked my niece into getting married in Vegas, my sister and I hired a cab and said, "take us to the following wedding chapels and wait for us....." I saw a wedding being performed at a drive-by windows, with the happy couple sitting on the back of a convertible. The bride was wearing Daisy Dukes jean shorts, a shiny gold bikini top, and an over-the top veil that floated out a good ten feet behind the convertible. The groom had on cut-off shorts and a t-shirt with an extremely profane word on it....in BIG letters. Both were very drunk. We gave odds on the marriage lasting until about 5 p.m. the next day. It got steadily worse as the day went by. We decided on the Little Chapel of the West, one of the more "dignified" venues on the strip, "more dignified" being a subjective term. Come the wedding the next year, we were lined up with about a dozen other wedding groups through the parking lot in a long queue, waiting for our 15 minutes in the chapel (and not a MINUTE more). The party in front of us consisted of a very young (16-ish), very very pregnant bride and a young (not a whole lot older) groom. Bride was wearing a nice little white dress and veil, groom was wearing unevenly hacked-off black pants, a red vest with no shirt on underneath and a black top hat. Oh, and red-and-white striped knee socks with shoelace-less black high top tennis shoes (at least he knew how to coordinate......) Father of the bride was in overalls and looked like it wouldn't have taken much for him to go back to the pickup truck and get his shotgun. Both mothers were weeping loudly and copiously. Party behind us appeared to be heading out to one of the local strip clubs (and not one of the so-called-classy ones) so the bride could work her shift before taking off on their honeymoon. And that, folks, is why Vegas has such entertainment value. Gambling is so boring when compared to that. Besides that, it's a great place to meet up with friends and relatives all over the country. You can almost always talk people into meeting you in Vegas. Nobody I know wants to come to Disney World any more......
Twice ten years ago. We started and finished a road trip in Las Vegas. Stayed at Bellagio and had a great time. There was a fantastic light show on Fremont Street featuring the pop group Queen. Absolutely loved the whole place. So much to see and do and so accessible everywhere.
Apparently, Bibbi, I don't understand that you seen Queen ten years ago? Freddy Mercury died in November 1991. So, if it was Queen, it was without Freddy. Actually, in 2005, wife, myself and part of her family were in Vegas and, on Fremont Street, seen Paul Revere & The Raiders with Bill Medley's son as lead singer. This was before Paul died in 2014 at age 76 of cancer.
It wasn’t a live performance, It was a light show on the ceiling over Fremont Street with original music.
Thanks for the verification. We've seen that light show, on the ceiling of Fremont Street, as well. Quite the show!