Wasn’t the term “gaming” coined by Steve Wynn?

Yeah, dark for awhile now. I wrote to the City to see what’s up. The family that owns Pioneer gift shop is notoriously disinterested in fulfilling its financial obligations to maintain the sign properly. Ongoing battle.

I’ve been a consistent voice in support of not saying “gaming.” Momentary lapse. “)

Yeah, that land ownership issue is huge downtown. Each of the older casinos sits on land owned by many, many families and concerns. It’s probably one of the reasons the street can’t be privatized (which would eliminate a lot of the problems with vagrancy and unruly buskers). Decisions about privatization would have to be unanimous (or close to it), and nobody sees that ever happening given the sheer number of owners.

Thanks. Yeah, those guys broke the law going into the tower. It has a lot of issues and will be very expensive to re-open, but discussions have been had.

Can’t quote any references, but I’ve heard the old Mint tower has serious asbestos issues and the heating & air conditioning is completely shot. That would make a remodel very expensive.
A YouTube video of the interior from June 2017 shows most of the rooms sealed off with red “security” tape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=intSfDqQObo&t=72s
I stayed at the Mint and later at Binion’s a few times back in the good old days, and it’s sad to see it come to this.

When your first thought is to dust for fingerprints after a fling goes south, maybe some professional counseling is in order.

Apart from the racial slur, there’s probably more truth than fiction to your story.

Steven Brown posted that the trademark has been expired for several years.

What do you mean “Strippers Direct to Your Room!” isn’t honest advertising? So did they say “no” to you? Maybe they said no because of lack of free parking?