12/21/14 - The Average MyVegas
player logs onto the game 3 times a day and plays for somewhere between 45-90
minutes (@vegasChatter)
12/8/14 - Phil Maloof pays $4,481 each month in HOA dues for his $38 million dollar penthouse at the top of the Palms (@vitalvegas sighting @LasVegasSun)
11/24/14 - Las Vegas' first marijuana store, medical dispensary, will have double bullet proof glass to the ceiling separating customers and staff (@MeltzVegas)
11/17/14 A blank spot on a slot machine reel is called a "ghost" (@vitavegas)
11/2/14 - A recent 8% taxi rate hike makes Las Vegas cabs more expensive than those in New York City (@7Vegas via @VitalVegas)
10/19/14 - On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day (@AwesomeFactz)
It costs $35 for a wedding license in Nevada and average over $450 to get a divorce (@vegas_only)
10/13/14 - Penny slots return approx. 88%; nickel 90-91%, quarter 93% and dollar 95%
9/20/14 - Although the room number 2452 is a real room in Caesars Palace Augustus Tower, the actual room used in the move "The Hangover" does not exist at the property.
9/14/14 - The pools at Aria are open and heated to 82 degrees year round (@Arialv)
9/6/14 - All casinos and card rooms in the US require that only English can be spoken at the poker table. This is meant to prevent collusion between players (CPM)
8/31/14 - Aria has a cooling system built into their slot machine bases, pushing the smoke and pollutants up and out as well as saving energy (@arialv)
8/24/14 - Bonanza, the “World’s largest Gift Shop” located on the corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Sahara Ave was formerly home to 4 different casinos before its self-proclaimed stature.
In 1963, casino called “Honest John’s opened but only took up space on the western side of the plot. Despite it’s diminutive stature, it remained open until 81 when Bonanza took over
In 1971, the big wheel casino opened next door to honest Johns. The exterior structure of the casino is still used to this day by Bonanza
In 1975, Big Wheel Casino became Centerfold Casino and advertised naked girls. Exactly what this establishment was is in debate considering the Nevada gaming commission prohibits nudity on a gaming floor. Some argue that Centerfold Casino was simply a strip club. It is possible that the only naked women were in an establishment separate from the casino floor.
Lastly, in 1977, Centerfold Casino became the Jolly Trolly casino, restaurant & lounge until 1981 when Bonanza consolidated, or in the adult bookstores case, was incorporated all under one roof.
(Vegasnowandthen)
8/17/14 - It's impossible to fry an egg on the hood of a care in the heat of a Vegas summer. It will only ruin the pain on your care (VegasSeven).
8/3/14 - In 2011, Forbes magazine listed 1,210 billionaires worldwide. 16 of those billionaires live or do business in Las Vegas
7/28/14 - In 2008, Clark County built the parking lot attached to the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign but made it only accessible to drivers heading south bound or heading to the back of the sign. If you are approaching it north bound, so you see the "Welcome" part of the sign, you have to drive past the sign and pull a u-turn to get into the parking lot. Clark county said the did this for two reasons. Most people coming to visit the sign are tourists coming from the strip. The other reason is safety. (Las Vegas Weekly)
7/6/14 - MGM Resorts owns the trademark rights for the term “Toptional”
6/29/14 - Fremont Street was closed to auto traffic in 1994 and has been ever since. (@POVblog)
6/22/14 - Mark Fuller, the CEO and co-founder of WET design worked for Disney for 5 years and created the leapfrog fountain at EPCOT. Year later, he would design the fountains of Bellagio.
6/15/14 - For the 1st time ever, Miss Nevada won the title of Miss USA. Her name is Nia Sanchez.
6/5/14 - There are more douchebags per square foot at Cromwell than any other property on the strip.
5/18/14 - May 30th, 1985 the Nevada Devices Law is signed into law as an emergency measure against blackjack and roulette devices that can be used to cheat the casinos. The law bans use of possession of any device that can predict the outcome of any casino game or keep track of the cards played.
5/11/14 - Last Friday marked the 8th anniversary of the Boardwalk hotel and casino closing. Currently, part of City Center resides upon it. While the Boardwalk casino had only been around for 10 years, at the time of its implosion, the building had been in operation in one incarnation or another since 1965 when it opened as a Holiday Inn.
5/3/14 - In response to last week's "Twitpic of the Week" from atop Slotzilla, we had a listener ask if people where allowed to go to the top of the attraction just to take pictures for enjoy or enjoy the view. @FSELV replied that, at this time, it is not an option. Only those who have purchased ride wristbands are allowed into the town
4/27/14 - Roulette is actually a combination of 3 popular English games combined into one created in French casinos during the French Revolution. It’s comprised of Roly-Poly, a game where people placed wagers on a specific number, and a marble on a horizontal wheel, with 2 spots reserved for the house, determines the outcome. Ace of Hearts is similar but its wheel had playing cards painted on it. And Evens/Odds 40 numbers on a wheel, including two for the house, and players bet if the ball would land on an even or odd number. (Book – Chronicles of Old Las Vegas)
4/19/14 - Prizefighting was illegal in the US until 1897 when Nevada became the 1st state to legalize it. (Book - Chronicles of Old Las Vegas)
4/13/14 - Soon after the Bellagio opened, a player marked a blackjack deck with a dot of grease from his hair and used the marked cards to take the casino for $100k. When this ruse was discovered, management decided no longer to deal cards to players facedown. The thinking was that if every card was set on the table face up, the players would have no need to even touch the cards. (Book - Double or Nothing: the story of Tom Breitling and Tim Poster, former short-tem owners of Golden Nugget)
4/6/14 - Las Vegas' official birthday is May 15th 1905 (@vegasmate)
3/30/14 - The average age of a Vegas visitor is 45 and the average cost of a show tickets is $82.86 (@vitalvegas)
3/23/14 - In 1975, Circus Circus offered guests a clown shaped pool to swim in. Check out an aerialpic of it.
3/16/14 - Caesars Entertainment has not posted a profit since 2009. They are also the only US Casino Company without a presence in China (@HannahDreir AP Gambling Reporter)
- FYI, they posted a 1.7 billion lost for the 4th quarter of 2013 (They blame Atlantic City)
3/9/14 - The Neon Museum hosted over 60,000 visitors in 2013, it's first full year of operation (@reviewjournal)
3/2/14 - Yard House @Linq will offer 160 beers on tap which will be in a suspended keg room above the bar housing over 4,000 gallons of beer (@thelinq)
2/23/14 - 95% of the Boardwalk Casino which stood where Aria now is was recycled and used in the construction of the property (Aria's Google+ page via Jaime Martinez)
2/8/14 - High Roller, the worlds largest observation wheel was named the 2014 "World's Coolest New Tourist Attraction" by Travel and Leisure.
2/1/14 - The rivets in the Eiffel Tower at Paris serve no functional purpose. They were added to make the Vegas replica look like the original (@VitalVegas)
1/18/14 - Pin Up Pizza at Planet Hollywood offers the biggest slice of pizza on the strip at 15 inches (@phvegas)
1/12/14 - Aria's Manze marquee has more than 11 million pixels & 4 miles of fiber optic cable (@arialv)
1/5/14 - Aria has the largest 24 hour cafe on the Vegas strip (@arialv)
