Yes or No
Thoughts???

Me....
Nope...

Thank you kind friends...

Fugg Vegas, it's not even safe to stop for gas there any more.

We went there once for 3 days, that was plenty, no desire to ever go back.

I.






Have not.

Nope, not our kinda place. The only casino I've been in for years was for the restaurant.

Yep. Once. Honeymoon. 1999.

Wife had lived there from '88 to '91, blackjack dealer at Whiskey Pete's.

She was hoping I would want to move there, and I had three job offers for armed security. Couldn't do it, though. My elderly mom was still living, and had no family to be there for her but me.

I knew where I needed to be.

I passed through it on a motorcycle tour in 2010. Just a few miles north of town, they had Democrat crossing signs.

I passed through there one time back in 1975, never left the airline terminal. I have no desire to go back other than to see the Shelby Heritage Center.

never been or want to go to Lost Wages nevada

lived there... early 80's... Jones & Tropicana area... Hot as an oven at times... When the Santa Ana wind starts blowin'... Convection oven...

Nope. Friend that lives in VA goes there every year, though. I have no idea why.

Used to love Vegas, NV in general.


Casinos at every busy highway on the line in the 90s.

Huge neon billboards 20 miles in the neighboring state.

20oz RIBEYE DINNER. $4.99!


Bait.

For suckers.

I/we would slide in, take their $5 steak, maybe drop my coin change in a slot on the way to the bathroom.

Back on the road with a pleasantly full belly and out less then $10, including "gambling" and a to go coffee.


What's not to love?

LOL!

Yes, Nv and NM. Did a vow renewal and party 14 years ago. I was over Vegas a long time ago but we had a great time. We're not really gamblers so that is no attraction. NV dumbed down on prices during covid trying to keep the doors open and their clientele went way down hill. I'd rather go to LV, NM.

Many times.


There is more to Vegas and the surrounding area than gambling.

I’m not a gambler at all , but I’ve been a few times for meetings and it’s a fun place for a couple of days. Some of the most beautiful women you’ll ever see plus any other type of person in the world . Tour the strip , great food , play a little blackjack and make side bets at the craps table. Fun for a country boy once in a while

2 to 4 times a year for over a decade.

Yes to a couple of races. All I can say is a front wheel drive dodge neon and a hand emergency brake we’re a lot of fun when the parking garages were free. Alcohol may or may not be involved.

No.

Love going to Vegas. The Orleans has a great poker room. Haven’t been in a few years so we hit the Cherokee Casino in NC as a substitute.
Vegas is a blast. Good food. Wife loves the slots and shopping.
We make money to enjoy it. No regrets here.

Yes

2 times, only as a step off to get into the rest of my trips deeper into the southwest and Yosemite. Good rental car inventories.

Not a gambler and cant stand Mel Torme type crap music.

I've passed through several times on my way from Los Angeles to Utah, deer hunting. I think my grand total of gambling consisted of dropping about $2.00 in quarters in the slots.

I have a nephew who lives there. He is a longtime dealer at the Belagio Casino/Hotel. He's been doing that for a considerable amount of years. He likes Las Vegas, but he does not gamble.

L.W.

Winnemucca lol... we almost bought 3 Brothels there... Whew!, dodged a bullet...

Loved Vegas when I had a corporate credit card. The World of Concrete was crazy town.

Yes a few times. It's been several years since I've been there now.

I'm not a gambler, but I did go to Fremont Street to people watch and drink football size margaritas. It's amazing how people will pimp themselves and family to make a buck from tourists.

Worked construction there for a few months in the late '90s.

Hated it.

But I liked central and northern Nevada much better.

Every winter at least once for over a dozen years starting in 1988, as it was a major host-city for shooting industry shows like SHOT. Eileen and I had great times visiting with friends, and making new ones--in the beginning. And as several have mentioned, it was really affordable if you didn't gamble, with some very good but reasonably priced restaurants. It was also easy to get to from here, and a good break from mid-winter Montana weather.

But it got far more expensive, with worse traffic, so we quit going. Friends tell me haven't had any desire to go back, but sometimes have to.....

Yep! I live here!



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Been to the newcomer twice, years ago. NO desire to return. BTDT.

It was interesting, as an electrician, seeing 1200 amp services on signs, though.

Was there for two weeks on a Red Flag exercise flying out of Nellis in ‘86 (?) and we hit the Strip a few times and saw a few shows. I only played the slots a few times and came out a little ahead. It’s completely different now and looking at Google Earth I don’t really see anything I recognize. 😊

I have not.

Quite often in the older days - mostly band/orchestra work - but never for a travel or vacation destination. Not a gambler and going to most shows would have been like a bus driver taking a bus ride.

A few profession conventions over the years - LV has great accommodations/food/access etc. for those.

Flew into there with a small group to rent motorcycles and leave on a 10 day run through the SW. That was big fun. Recently drove up and back to pick up a trailer purchased from a friend - by now the whole scene is unattractive - could not wait to get back across the Colorado.

Did you play for an orchestra?

Yes, enjoyed it every time.

No

Quite a bit of playing back then. T'was a busy time.

Never been..

Bucket list…

Wanna see the Blue Man Group..

I love goin’ out there. I love climbing and hiking in Red Rock Canyon, the Spring Mountains, and Valley of Fire.

My father-in-law is retired from the Santa Fe Opera and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. French Horn and instrument tuning.

Nope, and it's not on the docket any time soon.

Yes…..quite a few times when driving trucks. Wife and I stopped briefly for a meal, a little (very little) gambling and then back on the road! memtb

Many times.

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Those are what attracted me to the area, along with Mt. Charleston. Hoover Dam was just breathtaking.

Vegas didn't interest this country boy at all.
Just not my thing.

Flew in there and son in law picked me up we varmint hunted all around that part of the state few days later he dropped me off and I flew out...

Our stomping ground in the day was Sonoma and Mendocino counties.

Been there a few times to see different people we wanted to see. Wifey and girlfriends go often

Yep. Love it.

I have been there twice for work. I probably will not go back on my own.

Yes . Liked it back in the day.as in 20 years ago.
Now I want nothing to do with it

I sure wish the 96,618 people who moved here last year felt that way.

What ya get when you tell an architect to build an adult play land and money is not the first consideration.
Apparently that has all slowed down and it ifs not such a safe place to hang out now days.
Take the BIG GUYS out and the punks move in.

Slowed down??? LOL

The wife and kids and I stopped there for a few days summer '22 on vacation out west. We don't drink or gamble but had a blast with shows, good food, shopping, etc. It was a surprise to me because I didn't expect to have such a good time.

I’ve been a couple times. Cool place to see but I’ve seen it enough. I love Nevada outside of Vegas, friendly people and lots of public land to explore.

Being a Nevada native (only about 27% of the population by the way) I'd say Vegas sucks. The wife and I will go to Freedom Fest when it's there which is every other year now it seems.

They get better Entertainment than Reno of which I live nearby but for me it's just a plastically different environment. I pretty much hate it but I love Boulder City enough that I may buy a winter place there.

Born and raised there. I avoid it now. They do have great restaurants, though.

when the Chicago Outfit ran Las Vegas it was great... now that the Corporate Mafia runs it, it's a commercialized chithole...

Stationed at Nellis AFB from early 1961 to mid 1963. Shipped out to Korea to finish off my four years. Met my first wife in Vegas damn the luck. Married six weeks and get shipped out. back to Vegas for about six weeks but couldn't find decent work. Went back to San Francisco. Her parents hated my gut and my family hated hers. Fat chance of lasting. Last time I was in Vegas was for the divorce. These days if I see Vegas it's as I pass through to visit friends in Winnemucca. Lived there for almost ten years and loved the place.
PJ

There is more truth to that than most will admit.

All throughout the 90's and early 2000's, mostly for business and a decent amount with wife and friends.

Like Morewood stated, it was good to have an expense account and Corp Card back then.

Yes a lot, I find it the fastest and most enjoyable route to the Grand Canyon South Rim or North Rim, or Havasu stuff.

I can be checked into El Tovar drinking a beer on the rim faster than I can drive east out of Texas much less West.

Them show girls is kinda skinny too, eh?

First girl I ever screwed on the rag was in Vegas. Jumped in the pool right after we did it to clean off And then did it again. I was only 18 give me a break.

Still no gambling there in Boulder City I'd imagine. Was a nice place to live for a minute back in '06-'07. Can't remember the name of the place, but there was excellent breakfasts there and for this SoCal boy, perhaps more importantly, a Roberto's with SoCal style (real, that is) Mexican food.

Excelllent range there, pretty sure that is still open on the other side of a freeway now.

Maybe the best thing back then.................NO HOMELESS. I think the coppers drove them to Railroad Pass or to the dam and said "bye bye".

Not all of them 😁

As mentioned. lived in the area for awhile and actually in BC for a year or so. Got out of our little house just before market crashed. Checked a year or so after we sold it and it was up for sale for about $70k less than we sold it. We broke even, considering RE fees and such. At the time we bought, much higher price than in Henderson or LV, but it was closer to my job and my wife worked in town there.

LV was good for dinner at times, if we could live with getting past the smoking to get to the restaurant. Hotel/Casino at the dam we used more frequently as there were matinee movies for like $5 or $6. Dinner wasn't bad there either.

Airport was convenient, too.

I liked playing blackjack there when they still had $1 or even $2 single deck tables and I was still drinking. I had a good memory still and could hold my own especially considering the free drinks and silver dollar tip to the waitress for each one. They liked me Drink were always good.

When I lived in SoCal would throw a $20 bill in the glove box of the '78 Subaru wagon and take what I could afford to "lose", drink, eat steak and egg breakfast for $2.99, gamble, drink, eat dinner and have enough money for gas to get back, a burger or two, and a pack of smokes. And have more fun that day than I could partying at the bars at home.

Now, I hate having to drive through it just to get to my AZ hunts. Will have to get through there in about a month for a muzzleloader hunt in late Oct. I can bypass Reno traffic from where I live, but not Vegas (not easily). Since we left more freeways way out to the NW of town, more traffic, more A-hole drivers, etc. NVHunter knows exactly what I'm talking about. Growth has not slowed substantially since we left in '07. Maybe some little pauses, but still growing. If I was rich and could handle flying in today's world, I'd just fly into Flagstaff and get someone to drive me to my hunting spot!

They have diversified some in the last 15 years or so.

They still seem to prefer the tall, more slender versions though.

Yes Sir Geno. There's no homeless and no gambling and yes that range is still open. Roberto's is even in Reno with two locations and one in Carson City. Please hit me up if you're coming this way and I'll buy you lunch or dinner and would love to meet you.

Will do, but I'm likely coming down through Gerlach and into Fernley/Fallon and on down 95 to AZ. As I recall, you're a bit north of Reno, no? Maybe if I tag out early I'll come back through the Biggest Little City.

If not then, maybe in the spring after the snow stops flying I'll make a run down there to the Costco and Cabelas for some big town shopping.

Drove through there a long time ago with my pal Hunter.

It was scary and we loathed it.

Gone a couple times for SHOT Show. Planning to go this coming Jan for SHOT.
Wouldn't go otherwise though, just not into gambling or the shows etc.
Jeff

I'd be in on multiple fronts. Was just at the folks place in Empire this last weekend. And Gerlach is where I gradiated from.

Gerlach appears to be a nice place to graduate from!

Could be way off, but from that info would surmise that he played most of the year in LPO and summer stints in the SFO. Interesting outdoor type house there. What is meant by instrument tuning?

I think it was back in the day. Way back in the late 60'S they still had a Latin and Greek and even French clubs in practice. Not so much in the late 70's. More of a Hippies Vs Cowboys kinda thing. I was on the wild side being a long hair but a Cowboy at heart.

Many times. Mostly good memories. Celebrity shows and entertainers were terrific. Great food! Would jump at going again if an opportunity arose.

Been there many times.

One time there for an electronics convention.

Got a kick out of ducking into the Debbie Reynolds Casino in the early 1990’s. Nothing there but old people … even the hookers were in their 50s.

Wifey and best friend leave out for Atlantic City at 10:00 AM in the morning for 6 days

That’s true.

I have spent more time passing thru Las Vegas NV, versus visiting it...

when I've visited it a lot was back in when I was part of the corporate world, doing trade shows etc.

Its a pain in the ass to pass thru today...

I've also been to Las Vegas NM.. we got a real good campfire member and his lovely wife who live there.
I prefer to spend time in LV NM vs Las Wages NV.

Yes, it's been a while since I've been there. It was more fun when the mob ran things.

been there a handful of times for work

total gambling loss (no wins ) was less than $100. I'm just not interested in gambling, but having to walk thru the casino to get to wherever, I'd drop $20 in a slot machine my last day there

consumed a bunch of alcohol though, ate some good food, had a blast at the piano bar in Harrahs


I was at Caesers one year, would get up at 5am to go to the workout room, without fail every morning a prostitute would stop me and ask if I was looking for company/to party

at 5 phuggin am and I was wearing sweat pants and a t-shirt.

the first time I went, my first night there, there was a bar at the top of the hotel, I can't remember which one, I think the Rio, and all these married guys I knew had a woman hanging on them by 10pm. To each his own, I mind my own business but damn......

In Vegas twice in the late 90s. Highlight of the visits was the Hoover dam and the car collection at the Imperial Palace. If I recall they had a room full of Duesenbergs, one of Hitlers staff cars and I think the Lincoln JFK was shot in was there.

I think I’ve been to Vegas 4 times.

First time when my family and I was just passing through. Food was good and dirt cheap. Too young to gamble.

2015 my own family and I had a condo just off the strip. Food was no longer cheap (with the condo we mostly cooked). I don’t smoke, drink or gamble and the shows are too expensive to take a family to. Red Rock Canyon is nice, Hoover Dam was a zoo, but the Mob Museum was outstanding!

2017 I attended the SCI convention. Found some good restaurants, but they were expensive. I found that walking from the Luxor to the Mandalay Bay Convention center and back, plus the walking around the show absolutely killed my feet.

2022 I attended the SCI convention again. A little smarter this time, I stayed in the Mandalay Bay , but my feet still killed me. I even switch shoes each day. House of Blues has some great food.

Outside of the Convention, Vegas is a waste of time for me.

Vegas is a [bleep].

No - zero interest in going.

Twice in August for work conventions. Always over 100 degrees Evan at night.

Numerous times. My wife and I enjoy it though we're not big gamblers – have seen some pretty baller concerts, hiking, great restaurants, weird (but cool) museums, the big canyon / Hoover Dam (though longer drives), and, the city is easily one of the greatest places on earth to people watch.

did take in Hoover Dam and Lake Meade. The tour was great

Been there 3 times. The last two, we stayed downtown by Fremont street. Always fun to people watch the weirdos and street performers.

However, after 4 days of inhaling second hand pot smoke and getting my wallet and i.d. stolen on the morning of our departure, I really have no desire to go back.

Wife likes to go so have been there 3 times. We got married there 14 years ago. Not my thing, so told her the only way I'd go again is to check out the shooting range. 2 years ago:




The mini gun was fun - got video of that, but no pics. Wanted to shoot the Ma Deuce, but after standing next to another yahoo touch of the 50 BMG bolt gun indoors, I decided not to. If she makes me go back, I'll schedule a trip to the outdoor range for that.

Once, when I was single. Had a buddy who moved to Henderson, so flew out and spent the weekend partying like single guys.

Now, I'd like to go back and take the bride. Schedule all the good restaurants and go out to Red Rock,etc. Could care less about the casinos.

A bunch in the late 80's thru the late 90's when it was still Vegas, before gentrification. Vegas used to be a great deal-everything was very affordable including the tables. Now it's a Disney-fied corporate owned mall scene, and everything is expensive I haven't been back in over a decade.

Gotta add this …

I’ve really missed the old Sands Casino/Resort. Stayed there several times in the 1970s. Real class act. Loved their breakfasts, white table cloths and napkins, real silverware and China, top notch menu selections and wait staff. Not expensive at all. None of the “feed the hordes all you can eat recycled garbage.

Once was in the running for a job in LV that would have been a big step up. One of two finalists. Got beaten by affirmative action. Never had a real chance.

I've shot at Desert Sportsman's gun club. Nice ranges, nice folks.

Those who live there know there's a whole different world outside the Strip. Same with the French Quarter in NOLA. Lived there for awhile back in the 70s.

My parents lived in Vegas for over 20 years. They retired and moved there. I have visited plenty over that time span. couldn't say how many times. Dad passed away there back in 2005. It's changed a lot over the years. I have no desire to go back.

Several times, mostly for Motorola Dealers Service Stations conventions. My spouse owned one for 10 years and I just went out to the pool and sat with all the trophy wives who were along for the ride. Not much to do if you don’t gamble or drink large quantities. Nearest farms with green grass were 300 miles away so no rides in the countryside.

Think I might have flown over the general area a couple of times.

Didn't see any Elvis impersonators.

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