E-471: Dick Doesn’t Make Sense
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01/14/24 • 72 min
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Random Vegas
A typical arcade game makes about as much per day as a typical slot machine (Vital Vegas)
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Here @summacorp shares a time before the Golden Nugget consumed all of its western casino competition to acquire the Fremont footprint they have today. It was also the initial incarnation of their greatest exterior façade with the bullnose corner of Fremont and 2nd St, known today as Casino Center Blvd. Knowing what it would become it looks kind of cute. Especially next to what was, for a time, the tallest sign on Fremont St at Lucky Casino standing at 153 feet high. Beyond that you can see the adorable Californian club ending the block the Nugget absorbed. If you really want to, you can also see Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club and the Golden Gate marquees in the distance. All that to avoid looking at the high waisted gentleman in the foreground.
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Random Vegas
A typical arcade game makes about as much per day as a typical slot machine (Vital Vegas)
Twitpic of the week
Here @summacorp shares a time before the Golden Nugget consumed all of its western casino competition to acquire the Fremont footprint they have today. It was also the initial incarnation of their greatest exterior façade with the bullnose corner of Fremont and 2nd St, known today as Casino Center Blvd. Knowing what it would become it looks kind of cute. Especially next to what was, for a time, the tallest sign on Fremont St at Lucky Casino standing at 153 feet high. Beyond that you can see the adorable Californian club ending the block the Nugget absorbed. If you really want to, you can also see Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club and the Golden Gate marquees in the distance. All that to avoid looking at the high waisted gentleman in the foreground.
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Magical...well, to someone like me this is magical. To the layman this is an old picture of Caesars Palace, shared by @Summacorp, before the retheming in the late 90s/early 2000s. This is so mesmerizing because you don’t often see pictures of Caesars during this time, in this case 1982 and without the lights turned on. This was a time before I knew Vegas so to me, it’s like a magic trick. I can still visit this property even though it doesn’t look like this anymore, with the Sarno blocks. Sarno blocks are affectionately named after Jay Sarno who introduced them to the market with Caesars Palace. Those are concrete blocks replicating latticework that allows the frontage to look uniform as well as back lit. This style of block is still in use today at Circus Circus, mostly on Industrial Road.
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