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Random Vegas

In casinos, an employee in charge of scheduling dealers and has the power to write comps is sometimes referred to as “The Pencil” (@VitalVegas) 

Twitpic of the week

The themed resort.  A concept to set a property apart from the pack and designed to offer an unforgettable experience.  Outside of Disney, few other vacation destinations offer you the convenience of being transported to another place and/or time, until you’ve had enough of that place and want to either come back to reality or try on another experience.  The dethemeing of Las Vegas was an attempt to find a balance between tacky and gentrification, the Blanding of concepts by those who lack the imagination to embracing and/or understand what people want, even if you don’t get it.  Make no mistake, themed resorts are what brought the masses to Las Vegas, setting new annual visitation records and in turn inspiring one of the largest building booms in the city’s history, Thankfully we have the opportunity to fondly recall those days with the visual representation of what we’ve lost, shared by @classiclasvegas 

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Random Vegas

The first ground up property Perini Building Company was responsible for building was Bill Bennett’s Luxor.  Some 20 years later, MGM claims Perini is the reason the Harmon had structural defects in it preventing it from ever opening and eventually dismantled. 

Twitpic of the week

I don't know if anything will capture my imagination the way that fuckin' pyramid does.  It's like when you look at a group photo and your 1st instinct is to find yourself in it.  Not only do I think its super cool to look at but when I think about what that property represents in the timeline of my life, it isn't lost on me.  It literally changed my life.  It can be said with no exaggeration that Luxor earmarks one of the most significant events in my entire life and has come to define who I am.  Finding my wife, medicating my emotional distress, finding refuge in the music of Korn when said medication couldn't help and discovering Las Vegas can all be credited with saving me from myself.  The photo @knott46 shared is not only cool, it serves as a metaphor for the moment Vegas called to me from a far, a faint glow on the horizon helping guide me through the darkest corners of my mind.

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