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11. There’s a lot of cigarette smoke, but it’s less than it used to be. Thanks to the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006.
12. In-n-Out Burger alone is practically worth the plane ride. And there’s one just behind New York, New York on the other side of the freeway.
13. There is no better place on earth to watch NFL Football than in a Las Vegas Sports Book. It’s always packed. Waitresses bringing you drinks. The catch is you have to get there early. Otherwise you will never get one of those big plushy chairs.
14. The Strip, from Mandalay Bay to the Sahara, is surprisingly short. Less than four miles. Next time you’re there, go for a morning run down the Strip. You’ll be surprised how many other runners you see.
15. I generally think they are running out of space on the Strip. Wrong. There is a ton of room. Most of it is between the Fashion Show and Circus Circus. The Frontier is already closed and is the next one to go. Already The Palazzo looks ready to open. Another tower at the Wynn is half way up, and there are several construction sites making noise 24-hours a day.
16. I like to gamble in Vegas, but no where else. Well, except for maybe Atlantic City. Living in Washington, we have Native American casinos. I don’t like ‘em. There are a few casinos in the downtown Detroit. It doesn’t seem right. I feel strange sitting at a Blackjack table next to a guy in a Power Company maintenance uniform who is at that moment, “Late for work”.
17. Do you know how may trams, monorails and trains are in Vegas? Me either, but it’s at least four. Four! Why doesn’t one of them go to the airport?
18. Even though I don’t play the slots too much, I’m still upset they got rid of the coins. Now you’re given a printout the size of a dollar bill that you have to go cash in. No more coins falling out of the shoot. No more clinking, clanging coins. And it is getting tougher even still to find a machine with a lever to pull instead of just hitting the Bet Max Credits button.
19. Since I’m upset about the digification of the slots, I’m similarly irked about another oncoming trend at the Roulette table. Again, I don’t play Roulette at all, but there is a new version of this showing up. This new layout has no physical table on which to place your bets. There is still a physical wheel and ball, but each player has their own touchscreen monitor on which they place their bets. They might as well be at home logging on from the Internet!
20. There are two types of trips to Vegas. I make several trips a year for work, but I these don’t give me a great amount of true Vegas time; only so much as I’m willing to be miserable during the trade show the next day. The pleasure trip for a few days gets more quality Vegas time (gambling, pool, drinking, football…) than a 10-day work trip.
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