Memories Of Las Vegas... The Vegas I Knew Is Disappearing
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I went only once in 1997 with my late mother. We stayed at the Excalibur. We went to Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. She wanted to see the Liberace museum. We didn't gamble a penny, but loved walking up and down the strip and inside the hotels, especially Caesar's Palace. She died 3 1/2 years later, and this trip is one of my favorite memories of her.
Thanks for sharing that❤
I took my mom in 2003 to the MGM and she loved all the sights on the strip, especially Bellagio fountains. She's still alive, but too old to go again
The Las Vegas everyone loved died in the 90's.
I agree, loved mid 90s early 2000s Vegas. I loved the themed hotels. The new casinos all look the same. It'll come full circle though, Vegas is always changing.
It’s 90s or ‘90s not 90’s.
Sad I never got to experience it in the 90s
I agree. I lived in vegas between 88 - 90. Best times ever.
My first trip to Vegas was in the ‘90’s’.
If you’re talking about Vegas from the 90s, the Las Vegas you knew is long gone
Circus circus is gone?
😂
The 90’s ? The Vegas heydays were like in the 50’s 60’s and 70’s, not the 90’s😂
@@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS 80's and 90's were the days.
The Mirage was under construction when I first visited Vegas. Last time I was there the Stardust and Frontier were about to be demolished.
@@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS Depends.... if you were coming to Vegas as a child with your family, your "heydey" was the 90s and 2000s.
I'm glad that I got to see old Vegas including the old Aladdin, the Dunes, the Stardust, the Frontier, the Imperial Palace with its FREE car museum Bob Stupak's Stratosphere. I stayed at the Plaza for a week for $15 a night and no resort fee. 99-cent shrimp cocktails large and could be found all over town. Coin machines were so much more entertaining then. This was in the 80's/early 90's.
Right ! Those were just the best shrimp cocktails everywhere for 99 cents now 5 times the price and minimal shrimp! Imagine $15 per night at Plaza 😄
Imperial Palace ❤
Yes, Awesome then!
I always had a great time gambling at Imperial Palace and playing craps at the Frontier. When Vegas was Vegas....
Thunderbird, Binion's, and the Strip before they called it. You could fill your pockets with cartwheel silver dollars and walk about with an open beer in your hand.
Vegas switched from being a place where the hotels attracted gambles by having amazing and amazingly inexpensive drinks and buffets.
Now that it is totally corporate it is like Disneyland where they have so much business that they expect tourists to pay whatever they charge (and they get it).
Exactly it’s such trash now. It’s not even worth wasting your money on.
Yup and this strategy will eventually bite them! Taking advantage of the upper class while gradually losing the middle class tourist is a long term disaster.
Have you been to Disney lately? It's gotten really really bad. Disney use to be the benchmark with which themed parks and hospitality was measured. Now, with Bob Iger at the helm, its a mess. The great company that Disney was is gone. Maintenance of the parks is poor. Frequently broken rides. They have pulled the theming out of the hotels. Reduced food portions, on food that already costs an arm and a leg, to get more profit. To really get to go on any rides not only do you have to purchase a park ticket that runs between $150-200 you have to shell out for passes to ride the rides. If not, you are going to spend your entire day waiting in lines. Very little of the money the parks generate is reinvested directly into the parks. It took them 5 years to build the Tron Roller Coaster. Universal is building an entire theme park in less time called Epic Universe (which looks awesome). Any of this remind you of the modern Las Vegas? They seem to follow the same business model. In fact, Disney and Vegas use some to the same design firms for their new boring hotel rooms. Creativity stopped driving Disney long ago. The Imagneers have retired and/or been forced out. The true builders of Las Vegas are gone. Bill Bennet, of Circus Circus fame, who built Excalibur and Luxor died years ago. Steve Wynn got forced out. MGM buying Mirage Resorts and Mandalay Resort Group combined with the merge of Harrahs and Caesars Entertainment pretty much has killed competition. I went to Vegas in December for the Fountain Bleu opening (stayed at Shara - which was actually a nice place). Vegas is expensive. A 5 night trip in which I gambled but a few hundred bucks cost $1,700. Think I had 1 or 2 drinks the entire time I was there. How Vegas and Disney have repeat visitors is beyond me. Disney stock is in the toilet and I can see why.
Yes, the business plan that built this city was 'cheap rooms, cheap food, 1st class entertainment. The gamblers would pay the bills. It was like this until about the year 2006 or so. Then the Corporations came in and decided, well, we can make serious money by charging the gamblers 4x the room rates, by making them pay for parking, by charging a 'resort fee' on top of the room rate (thanks MGM Corp for this one), etc etc etc.
@@GhostOfBugsySAD
The Vegas of the 90's, and prior, was when things were a lot cheaper with the overall desert experience being a fun alternative for an affordable, fun vacation! Back then, the comps meant something, food and buffets were cheap, and people just seemed more friendly. Once the big corporations took over, it's been about money, greed, and profit!!! Sad!
You said it. Back in the early 90s, we used to play $2 blackjack all day long at Caesar's Palace and get comped for breakfast. Rooms at Imperial Palace were basically free since they would give you vouchers to use in the hotel restaurants the equivalent of what you paid for a room. They had these massive hotdogs they sold at Excalibur that they sold for $1. Even being a broke college kid, I could do a weekend in Vegas once in a while.
Yep. Traffic also much, much worse now.
No reason to go to Vegas anymore. Developers ruined it
It looks more like hollywood Blvd street performance I was there 2 weeks ago. There was a d j set up on the sidewalk next to us caesar's palace.
If you go have to stop by your bank and make a big withdrawal!but you won’t get much for your money!
I live in Vegas....Please tell that to the millions of people who come here.
Calitardians ruined it.
@@1990758 or Venice Beach performers.
Kurt, my best friend of over 40 years used to work at the Stratosphere. His wife died out there several years ago and he moved back to Florida with his dad. One year later his dad died. He moved to where I live in Georgia trying to get back on his feet and get reestablished, and sadly he got the covid mess and died in 2021. We had been friends since the 70s. I really miss him everyday.
That was a very heartfelt message, my condolences 🙏
@@albertramirez9770 Thank you sir. It's been 3 years now and I guess I still haven't gotten over his passing away. He and I were so much alike in so many ways. He was the friend that most people never find. I was blessed.
Sorry to hear. Best wishes from Prague. CZ
@@thecoolestdad 👊🏼🙏🏼🕊️
@@Czechbound Thank you.
I’m definitely into the themed spots too. My first visit was in 94 when I was 13 so my nostalgia just kicked in hard when I saw Excalibur and circus circus and Luxor
You definitely get it.
Been living here since 1987 and that Vegas is long gone . Frontier and the Stardust used to be in that spot.
I miss the sound of coins hitting the slot trays and buckets
No one else does you 🤡
Yup Bring old vegas back😢
Never gonna happen Never
It's changed so much. I remember the first time I ever visited was in the 90s. I loved it. It just had a good vibe about it. All the casinos had their own themed buildings and decor. They were fun to walk through and you could find a buffet for $3-$4. I was just there this last March and it definitely is feeling more and more "corporate". with the hotels all turning into glass towers. It just has a colder feeling. I miss the old Vegas.
Agreed, all the hotels are starting to look the same and they're overpriced. I miss the theming, there was more of a reason to check out each casino.
The same with me my first time was nineteen ninety. And it was july fourth we stayed at the flamingo. Las vegas was an even crowded Believe it or not.
How boring if they are getting rid of all the themes and all the new buildings look the same.
I hope it backfires and people stop going to Las Vegas.@@cami_ille
As someone who's been to vegas fifteen or so times it really saddens me that everything thats nostalgic is gone. It seems to be The motto that if it doesn't make money get rid of it.
Yes that is the point of vegas
I've only been to Vegas once...in 1999. The Paris was nearing completion. I'm really surprised they're doing away with the themes! The whole attraction for me of going to Vegas was the weirdness/trippiness of the themed hotels and the free shows...like the galleon battle outside Treasure Island, the Mardi Gras show in the Rio etc. etc. Shame :(
87-93 Vegas was increíble 🎉
Indeed. '84 to '99 for me.
Ya it's not like it used to be in the late 70s through late 80s
I wish I could go back
@@cliffmandelt70s and 80s was a bit too cowboyish to me. Late 80s was when they started with newer projects but kept the old Vegas way. I still stand by my statement that Vegas in the 80s and 90s were the best customer service you can find.
I’m done with Vegas, haven’t been back in 6 years. I stopped going when they started to charge for parking.
Oh you’re broke?
@@zepptar paid parking is beyond ridiculous
@@BillyO8828 Pay up or go to reno or something
@@BillyO8828 You were just complaining about paying up and now you wanna act like a BALLER lmaooo cant make this up
@@BillyO8828 You’re broke bro. No mention of investments just waste and talking about other guys’ spending. 😂😂 hahahaha
There was a 70's TV show called "Vegas" which was basically the "The Rockford Files: Las Vegas" and you see how spread out everything was and all the vacant land between casinos!
Yessssss I've seen that , amazing how different
Yep. A silly show, Dan Tanna ran around the very small town in his red convertible and no one in town seemed to know he was a 'private eye'. LMAO
@@GhostOfBugsy 😊 I was surprised Tony Curtis was in that show .
@@GhostOfBugsy And his sidekick stayed at the "Jockey Cub". I loved that show.
Robert Urich played Dan Tanna the Manna
This was a great video! The wife and I have only been going to Vegas for about 5ish-6 years. We were always those "why would you go to vegas" people. But we got hooked. And now we have a vegas problem. We 99% percent of the time don't gamble, we are food and shows vegas people. But missing out on the 90s/2000s vegas always bums us out. We learned quickly on how ridiculously expensive that place is. 9-12 bucks for a bottle of water is not even a joke in some properties these days! But anyway, it was great hearing a perspective from someone that got to live in that vegas time. The pictures were spot on. OMG, the home movie footage that your wife had....Holy cow 🤯🤯🤯. Great video, you guys did probably the best of the family friendly activities, looked like a great trip!
You know there are convenience stores if you go outside right? Jesus christ
@jumpman366 I mean I know that. But your average to beginner vegas-ser probably doesn't know that.
I have no wish to ever go back there. It used to be a great place to have cheap food and drinks and gamble a little. Now it’s just really expensive resorts and super aggressive time share salesmen
I actually enjoy telling the time share people to 'get a real job'.
Hi, I really liked the video. Very cool memories, and sights of the past and the present Vegas.
Went there in the early 1990s. Street Fighter 2 was off the hook at the places that hard arcades. I enjoyed your video today!
I stayed at the Tropicana as a kid and coincidentally it was the grand opening of the MGM grand I had a perfect view of that lions head for the ceremony.
Way cool 👍🏼
I'm 44 the best time to live in Vegas was 80s and 90s
You are 100000% right
50's 60's - When you could see Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Dem we're the days!
I met a woman there by the Luxor once. I told her I was staying at Treasure Island,she told me she was staying at Pleasure Island.
I moved to Las Vegas in 1994. All people used to say then was "it was so much better in the 80's". However, I saw the rise of the Super Casinos - the Venetian, The Wynn, etc. It was nice to see true luxury in town instead of the sawdust joints of the past. But, Vegas has never tolerated 'old', that's why stuff gets imploded. I was at the Stardust Implosion in 2007, I actually had tears for that one because it was the last of the 'old' casinos in my book. I've been in and played in almost every casino in Las Vegas. In 1994, Tropicana and Riviera were already considered low end, so seeing them go away was a good thing. Regarding today's Las Vegas, the one thing that is killing the town is the advent of the "Corporate Casino Hotel". They built these huge monoliths, expecting people to come no matter what. That's not how this town works. As locals, we've detested "City Center" - that pile of steel MGM threw at us. We've detested pay for parking. I remember bragging to tourists that "Las Vegas doesn't need to make pay people pay to park". We've detested "Resort Fees" - a blatant money grab by the corporate morons. We've detested the outsourcing of valet parking. Being a valet at MGM or one of those places in the 90's paid serious money to locals - all cash. You could drive up to any hotel, throw them a $5-$10 bill and they'd park your car 'up front' for as long as you told them. The town in in the 90's was still small, but growing at a moderate pace, nothing crazy. Now the city is out of control, urban planning doesn't exist, and too many people have moved here. I'm happy to have my memories of the glory years in Las Vegas.
The last time I was in Vegas was '83 and it still had a lot of the old casinos and small town charm, what's there now is an abomination.....you couldn't pay me to set foot there now.
Yes i could
I'm with you, totally enjoyed the 90's Vegas! I would vacation in Vegas 3 times a year! Things were more affordable (flights, hotels, rental cars, buffets, etc). Nowadays, I go there like every 5 years.
My first trip to Vegas was in 1993. Love it then. Went back every year for about 10 years. Last trip was 2016. Changed a lot! Enjoyed your video.
...gotta luv❤them 80's baby - all the time, come rain or shine!😎💖🖤💯💥👍✌🤍!
I started coming to a Vegas in 2000…and revel in the fact that I got to see “modern old Vegas”….Aladdin, Barbary Coast, Stardust, Boardwalk, the Riviera, the Frontier, Las Vegas Club (ugh!) & Lucky Lady downtown, and the Golden Nugget before its major renovation…when there were skeevy small pawn shops directly across the street!! DT was a true wasteland back then and traveling as a solo woman was sometimes sketchy - my husband hated it when I traveled by myself because he feared for my safety. But I’m just a very self-aware big city girl with a loose foot - so off I went on my (safely planned) jaunts!!♠️♥️♣️♦️
I think mid 2000's were the best. You had modern and old neon Vegas!
Went to Vegas first time in 1994, with only $150.00 which lasted me three day. Stayed at Stardust and played$ .25 craps/roulette at Silver slipper. Great times.
Yes, I remember coming to Las Vegas in the early 90's for 3 nights with just a $300 bankroll, and rarely going broke.
wow you did a lot of history with this video, i thought it was awesome great job sir!!!!!!!!!!
I love your content and I’ve been a fan for a couple years now. I appreciate the 90’s as much as the 80s. I was born in 88 so I grew up in the 90s. I appreciate the 80s content but I hope you can start doing more 90s content. Thank you for your hard work I bet editing is a MFER. Keep it going man I’m constantly watching. Nothing but the best to you and your family.
I first visited Vegas in 1985 when I drove up from Los Angeles at the age of 17, it was a lot dingier back then
You must see Carrot Top. It is a great show! Super nice and down to earth guy also
Agreed 🎉
I miss the old Vegas too. My parents met in Las Vegas and got married there in 1977, so I’ll always love it because if it wasn’t for Las Vegas, I likely never would’ve existed. My Mom is from the San Fernando Valley and my Dad was from Kentucky! He just happened to be working at a casino in Vegas when my Great-Grandma took my Mom to Vegas. They really should restore it back to its glory days when it really had soul. Thank you for the tour! It’s been a couple years since I was last there and I stayed at the MGM. Great place to stay, but I have some great memories of fun times with friends/family at the Flamingo!
Long live Las Vegas!
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The boardwalk was my favorite casino. Back in the 90’s. They used to sell big hunks of strawberry shortcake for like a $1.50
Yep 😊 and we played blackjack for a dollar
I enjoyed the Boardwalk. My friends family had a time share next door at the Jockey Club which was between the upscale Bellagio and lower end Boardwalk. We got to stay there for free for a week each summer in our 20's in the early 2000's.
I remember the Boardwalk had a nickel slot machine where the max credits was only 5(25 cents per spin and you could potentially win a $5,000 jackpot from that). And a very cheap buffet there. They truly had something for everyone back then and it was so much more fun.
Great buffet at the Boardwalk...it was basically southern most casino on strip
@@scott-gy6fe It was never close to being the southern most casino on the strip
@@STONESGAM what was south of it?
Thanks for the Vegas memories! 👻
I enjoy your videos. I do the same thing where I'm from. I look at how things have changed so much. Its sad actually.
going to the southpoint takes me back to the good old days of Vegas.
Why? I can't stand the South Point.
Great vid Kurt……..! Thanks for making it.
I like the old style Vegas too.
Lovely Dead Milkmen reference!
I was forced to subscribe because of it.
Las Vegas is the kind of place one has to visit Once in order to understand America. Like NYC. IMO
“I gotta get back to Los Angeles where I belong” I sure wish it was me saying that!! lol
Another great video! 👍🏼
Like that’s a good place 😂….
As always, great work.👍
I actually worked at the steel fab shop that made the roller coster for the new york ny hotel in the mid to late 90's
I lived there during the 90s with 3 kids. There was a theme park behind the MGM.The kids went to two WWE events. Everything was built for families. I miss the Neon at night. Also Cheap food specials. Building skyscrapers in Vegas just takes the ambiance away!
Yes I remember that I have it on vhs/dvd
Yes, I remember my first trip to Vegas in about 1990. The neon lights on the strip were awe inspiring. No neon anymore - sad.
Sucks to get OLD! Then again, I do miss the 80s/90s Vegas as well! Boardwalk had the BEST $0.05 slots!!!
The Boardwalk was my favorite as well, I miss it
I still have one of their $1 chips with the clown on the front ❤
The best part of that video is your son & the Elvis glasses, so cool!! 😂😂
I started going to Vegas at 17 (late ‘90s), went with a friend whose cousin had connections to get us into the Mirage. In the early 2000s, I was able to go into Vegas with my stage magician boss/mentor as his assistant/protege. We performed at some of the off strip resorts/venues as opening acts or what not. I moved to Vegas in ‘08, lived there until late ‘09 before moving back to California before moving out of there in 2018.
While I lived in Vegas, I auditioned for Jubilee, but my stupid psoriasis flared up that day and scared the casting director and others who were auditioning. I did busking on the strip as a costumed character, and whatever else I could to earn additional cash. Last time I was in Vegas was in 2017.
My first trip to Vegas was in 1992, just after I turned 21, nothing really is the same there anymore for sure. In 92 at least some of the old school stuff was still around, and Fremont street was still seedy and not covered. Harrahs had the prime rib buffet for 9.99 still.
My Vegas is anything before the Mirage
I’m with you on the themed Vegas !! Sooo much better then ❤❤❤
I agree with all what you said about LV- and your son sounds cool lol .. love your fam brother cheers
I feel nostalgic Las Vegas is still alive and kicking in downtown Las Vegas. With the exception of Circa, you still have the Golden Nugget, Plaza, California, 4 Queens, Fremont and Main Street Station with generally very affordable rates and deals. 😊
Shrinkflation has definitely hit the Strip in contrast, though I still feel there are notable exceptions Sunday-Friday at the Sahara, LINQ, Horseshoe, Planet Hollywood, Luxor, New York New York and Excalibur most notably, as well as slightly off-Strip at STRAT and Westgate. So even though you have to do your homework more intently than ever in finding value in Vegas, it's still doable...........though it is unfortunate and annoying how there's not just inflation, but actual price-gouging, at play.
I also feel very sad when visiting the city I grew up in. I’ve written off this feeling to nostalgia, but still kinda depressing to see that the things and buildings you loved as a younger person are all gone or have changed beyond recognition. Great video. Cheers.
Enjoyed your video. If you're sad because you loved the Vegas of the 80s/90s, think about those of us who started going in the early 70s! I miss so many things about the Vegas of the 70s. So many great memories. Loved your son's Elvis shades and 'burns. 😉
I grew up in Vegas and spent time as a teenager there in the 70s. Thanks for your video. It helps me understand the lay of the land today. I only recognize a few places, the older part of the Sahara, Circus Circus, part of the MGM, the Flamingo The welcome to Las Vegas sign was way out in the desert away from buildings.
My first trip to Vegas was in 1991 to see the Grateful Dead and I went ever year until 1995. That Las Vegas barely exists anymore. The Excalibur was the hot new hotel and then in '94 it was the Luxor. Downtown/Fremont St was really run down. The demographics were also much different. The city was just starting to try and cater to young people and families. Back then I remember a lot of folks my grandparents age. It haven't yet become this cool hip place with the pool parties and clubs with famous DJs. The one thing it did have though is lots of cheap buffets. I was young and poor so I'd eat my fill and then throw food into my backpack for later. $4.99 would keep me fed for a couple days. Good times.
I remember eating at the Sahara for 4.99 for breakfast buffet
Took the words right out of my mouth. For me, I didn't notice the young crowd starting to come until 2010 Or when I started to have d j's at the pools.
The only thing that's constant, is change. Good video Kurt!
Never been to Vegas still wanna visit just once
My Dad lived in Henderson. I used to visit him whenever possible. After he passed away in late 90's, I never went back. The shows, food and entertainment was awesome! I gambled where the locals did. It's sad to see these older buildings going down. The last casino I had fun in was The Dunes. I waiting for traffic to die down. I won 8k playing $1 slot. The Dunes was demolished not long after that. The headline shows arent the same and they're much more expensive, compared to 20 years ago.
I was lucky to go right before the Sands & Hacienda was Demolished. They had $1.99 Steak & Eggs !!
My cheapest eats was $2.99 Steak and eggs at the Harrah's Cafe. This was before it was bought out in the late 90s
I'm sorry, but the Sands and Hacienda were truly dumps in their final years.
did I just hear a Labor Day Dead Milkmen reference? subscribed, dammit you earned it.
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My husband and I would drive from "the valley",Cal. 1980s .. a favorite spot Golden Nugget downtown.
Such a good day with 100.00$ in your pocket.
Eats were cheap.
Great atmosphere, just plain fun..
It makes me sad as well, I have so many fond memories of Vegas from the 80's and 90's. It's just not the same, from the atmosphere to the service. Vegas would practically hand you the key to the city, now they take and take,with little in return.
Great memories about the Boardwalk. I stayed there in 2004 and remember the Prince tribute band. They were very good. The one thing I remember about the casino was the miniature craps table, where there were only the stickman and the dealer.
Fun video and memories. Group of buddies and I would drive five hours to get to Vegas in the 80s. The Tropi & Dunes were the bomb.
Vegas is becoming Dubai...
How so?
@GSC2000 How so? They can not help but knock buildings down.
No more like hollywood Blvd
Danny Gans was so great. R.I.P..
Great video! Good job showing past vs present. Subscribed 👍
My first Vegas trip was in 97. I miss the old Vegas, I wish I experienced the Rat Pack days
I remember the 60s when Las Vegas was Hot and Bustling in Summer. Silver Dollars were used as chips!
TY. Video brings to mind, Las Vegas is a distant memory for me. So long ago, I was using Braniff Airways.
COPS TV Show will always capture 90’s Vegas & honey I blew up the kid movie lol there’s something about Vegas in the 90s ❤
I can't believe how much Vegas has changed
Nothing stays the same
@@1990758 yeah I can tell. Sometimes leaving the past behind can be better but sometimes it can't
@@m.hreels9822 exactly 90s vegas was so much better and fun.lol stayed at the travel lodge in 1992 across from the mirage
My first trip to vegas was 94, and I met a gentleman over at the Sands that was going to retire when they closed it. He had worked there since the 60s as a janitor. I spoke with him for about 45 minutes, and he told me several stories about the old days of vegas and how he missed them. Vegas, it's always changing it will always change, Now I'm older, and I miss the old days of vegas that I knew .Im sure that gentlemen wouldn't recognize Las Vegas today if he's still alive.
Great video!
Haha nice Chairman of the Board reference 😄 Norm MacDonald referred to that movie as "box office poison" 😂
Do you remember when the Luxor had the Nile River flowing through the lobby and people could ride in boats? Luxor also had Jacuzzi suites? Also the show called Blue Men Group
performed at the Luxor years ago.
I never seen that personally but heard about it 😅
Awesome video. I find it super interesting that we all have such powerfully fond memories of Vegas as it was when we first visited it. My first visit was in the Fall of 2009 for a work conference (we stayed at the Riviera which is now gone), then I came back in the Spring of 2010 to more fully experience it as a tourist. Our favorite casino to stay at and spend time in was the Monte Carlo, which has been completely changed now into the Park MGM with everything we loved in that place now gone.
I miss the boardwalk had some of the best memories in that place when I lived in Vegas.
We had the very same experience with "accidentally" popping in to see " Purple Reign " for FREE and were blown away. Still visited the Boardwalk casino each time we came to vegas for the cheap table games.
Great video! I love your wife’s home videos of the strip!! Very cool!
I loved your video! I remember and loved Serendipity. It was my favorite brunch spot. I remember the Boardwalk Casino had 99 cent margaritas and hotdogs. The most obvious change at NYNY that I remember, there used to be water at the base of lady liberty now it’s astroturf. Do you remember the Westward Ho that was next to Circus Circus? I remember they had a taco bar and 99 cent margaritas too. The lion habitat MGM was always a must for us. My first Vegas trip was in 2000. I do miss the old stuff.
A good nostalgic Vegas movie to watch is Corvette Summer.
vegas vacation
Diamonds Are Forever.
Really? I remember seeing that movie at the drive in in the 70's in the midwest. Didn't know it had LV ties. I'll have to watch it again!
It's tough to see things change especially when you have a lot of fond memories there. When I was there last it just seemed to be a big relentless corporate money grab, I couldn't even get a complimentary cup of coffee in the hotel lobby in the morning.
I remember hearing stories when I was a kid (1970s mob Vegas) of very inexpensive buffet eating and breakfasts and so forth. Good video.
This should earn the channel many new subscribers as a lot of Vegas tourists are 45-60 years old and were young in the 80s.
Great video.
Speaking of "Purple Rain". -- released 40 years ago today! PEAK POP!
From my perspective, Vegas started really changing in about the late 90s. I miss the Aladdin, The Dunes, The Riviera, Las Vegas Hilton, Leroy's Sportsbook downtown, and the Stardust.
Carrot Top was my "Welcome to Las Vegas" moment. I moved here 17 years ago. Soon after, when I went to my local grocery store, there was Carrot Top in civilian clothes, in the Manager's Special section, picking up the little oddball items one after another. He was clearly evaluating their potential as comedic props.
Tell your son that those glasses are 🔥🔥
Great choice!
The Stratosphere replaced the old Vegas World. Used to be a Waterpark on the Strip.
Bob Stupak was a true visionary. Las Vegas owes a lot to that man.
That was great. I was there in May 2010. That fancy shopping mall with Tom Ford et al was 80% built. Coming from Europe, I knew the name "ESPN" ... there was a sports bar by that name. We sat eating food and a business guy in a suit came in and had a drink at the bar. Middle aged and over-weight. Soon a very slim, young woman in a short dress came in and although all the other seats at the bar were free, she chose to sit beside him. "It's like in the movies with a married travelling salesman alone in Vegas, and the hooker who is having a slow night", says my companion. Sure enough after 10 minutes he left with her ! Just like in the movies ! I had arrived alone at the bus station after Hertz in LA had let me down on a car rental reservation. It was after dark, and that bus station was _scary_ I asked these two Scandanavian backpackers from the bus could I walk with them for safety. So we walked the whole way down the strip chatting. I was backpacking around the world, and treated myself to a couple of nights in Hotel Paris. If I remember well the Osmonds were playing The Flamingo. I didn't know of Carrot Top at the time, but I've seen his stuff since, and have seen a couple of longer interviews with him. He's very talented, very funny, and genuinely seems like a nice guy. I'd definitely go and see him now !
My first trip to Vegas was at Bally's to see Celine Dion for my 40th birthday back in 2013. Came back last year in August 2023 to attend the big Star Trek convention at Rios for my 50th. Things are definitely different, but I hope that Vegas magic will always be there.
excellent video