I used to love going to Vegas and have been there many times in the past. However, I hadn't been for a few years and went back recently and it seems to have changed for the worse.
All the slots are now electronic, supposedly for OUR benefit and speedier play, but who wants to haul a bunch of tickets around. I miss my big cup of dollars and the way it sounds when those puppies came flying out of the slot.
It also seemed like the food and drink specials weren't as abundant as they used to be and the The Hotel wasn't that cheap either like in the past.
Has anyone else noticed this or am I imagining it?
weeder
2007-07-16 06:35:36 · 12 answers · asked by weeder 6 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
Lemondrop, interesting perspective as usual. I'll ponder that and get back. Although, give me a bucket of nasty dollar coins in a cup that weighs 5 lbs, over a piece of paper any day,. :)
weeder
2007-07-16 14:14:54 · update #1
Tell me about it! I know Harrah's in Cherokee is nothing compared to Vegas but... I went to Cherokee a couple of weekends ago just for a day and had the same problem. All the machines are electronic! I'm with you, I miss my coins! My next trip will be Out to sea... I'm told the floating casino I'm going on still has the one arm bandits.
2007-07-16 07:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vegas has changed alot over the years and has been growing like crazy for the last few years!
In terms of the casinos, almost all of the slots are electronic now, but there are still a few that have coin-operated slots (I remember at least a couple from a couple months ago, but I believe they were both in the downtown area [Fremont]). It was always way more fun to win and actually hear real coins dropping! That was half my excitement and I barely gamble anymore because of it when I'm there.
Food and drink specials are more of something you have to kind of seek out these days, rather than just being abundant and everywhere. Ellis Island has good cheap food specials that are decent but not great quality. The Hotel California has a $5-6 breakfast buffet that's good because it's got Portugeuse sausage, but that may or may not be of any interest. The food specials also just aren't the same as they used to be and I'm more apt to be eating in Chinatown than on the Strip these days...
2007-07-16 13:43:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are absolutely correct !!! I've been going to Vegas since the 1970's. Back then Vegas was glitzy but had a rough edge to it.
Shows were much better then, they had more substance then the shows today which try to outdo each other for high gloss production.
Food was dirt cheap...even up to the early 1990's you could find really inexpensive breakfasts and dinner buffets.
Three things changed Vegas. 1. When they tried to make it a "family " town...casinos lost a lot of money on that concept 2. When it became a residential city rather then a gambling town. To many civic groups demanding the city clean up it's act because of the large influx of middle class families. 3. today's big push to lure the high roller 20 something professional. Build it big, glossy and expensive and they will come is the new motto.
2007-07-16 17:25:19 · answer #3 · answered by Archer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True, the good ole days of hearing coins hit the metal trays are gone. Only a few locations provide that service due to costs.
True, the buffets have gone up in price and you can't really find the old $3.99 eall you can eat specials any more, but they come close if you go to the casinos in remote areas off the strip or away from downtown.
Try Gold Coast for food atmosphere.
2007-07-16 13:41:03 · answer #4 · answered by Duane T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're so right! I loved Vegas back in the 80's. You could drive from one casino to another, park near the door and walk in. If you got tired of it, you could easily and quickly go somewhere else. You could even walk and it wasn't too bad.
Now, the complexes are so huge that you have to park in a big garage and walk a long way to get to the tables. If you want to go elsewhere, you have to take a long time, and forget about walking.
Also, the buffets and other specials were cheap and abundant. Now, everything's a profit center. Vegas tries too hard to be upscale, so it costs a fortune now.
2007-07-16 13:45:39 · answer #5 · answered by mikeburns55 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vegas hasn't been the same since the Mob was run out of there. Those were the days of cheap good food, cheap nice hotels. Once they tried to make the place "family friendly" it went to hell in a hurry. I hardly go anymore and it's only a 5 hour drive for me.
2007-07-16 13:39:18 · answer #6 · answered by Papou 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the tickets better than walking around with a bucket of quarters.......
as far as food i couldn't find too much on the strip very cheap but on Fremont st there was all kinds of stuff... thew only thing I didn't like was the Fremont St Experience... it takes away from old Vegas too much...
2007-07-16 13:41:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The big casinos are trying to outdo one another. Everything is more electronic and high tech now. The food is fancier (more expensive buffets now), the shows are gearing toward a more upscale classy crowd (all this translates to more $ generated). yes, it's not as it used to be.....they're trying to outdo one another and make more $ from tourists in the process.
2007-07-16 13:40:55 · answer #8 · answered by anonymous100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you have just out grown Vegas. I think in my 20's all of that was exciting, but as you mature, Things that you use to think were the best........they are not that great anymore, they are suddenly replaced with things of more value. I really do not think Vegas has changed, but you have.
2007-07-16 15:21:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vegas is now built solely for the high roller. The common man is left out.
2007-07-16 13:38:59 · answer #10 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋