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Author Topic: Trip to Vegas next month Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-03-2003 11:12 PM                        Looks like I'll be taking a 5 day trip to Vegas next month at the expense of my s/o's company. What types of sight-seeing things are there to do while I'm there? Major attractions, etc nearby? Say within 3-4 hours drivetime? Aside from the casino's (which I could care less about), I not'd really know of a lot there to do, well, maybe just seeing the town.. but that will get old fast I think. I think we're staying at the Venitian(sp?) Planned dates are May 12-16, Mon-Fri. Any ideas from the Vegas crew or the regular visitors? Micheal S, you do not count as you were there only once.. and you attempted to hang out witht that Funky Phil Fella. I'm already planning on the Hoover Dam visit and I just found the Freemont Experience (hey, the lighted canopy trips me out!)  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-03-2003 11:59 PM                        When you visit Fremont Street, stop by the Neonopolis 14 (we are located right on Fremont). We will be busy with Matrix Reloaded that weekend. Ask for me at guest services!  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-04-2003 12:09 AM                     Check out the Stratosphere. Several fun rides on that top of that thing, and great picture taking opportunities, too. The MGM has an actual lion's den. They have some BBBIIIGGG Pussys in there. (Pussy Cats, that is.... ) I took a picture of one, but unfortunately all I got was her rear end in the truest sense. I was going to post it but after thinking about it, I said, "Nah" However, here is a different picture: On the west side of town, there is one of those twisting loop-de-loop roller coasters. Worth the ride. But don't eat anything before you ride it. Here is a picture of the Stratosphere top with the air cushion ride: [ 04-04-2003, 01:37 AM: Message edited by: Paul G. Thompson ]  |  IP: Logged Andrew Lee Film Handler Posts: 99 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-04-2003 08:19 AM                     Jason, Vegas can get old fast. I have a suggestion you might find interesting. South of Vegas in an old mining town called Goodsprings is the infamous Pioneer Saloon. This is the oldest standing "pub" in Nevada. Original decor, bullet holes in the walls, and an odd assortment of people all with a story to tell. This is the place where Clark Gable hung out on a 3 day bender while searchers combed the desert for Carole Lombards plane crash site. There is even a piece or two of the plane sitting on the stove in the back. I always take associates there for a refreshment when in Vegas and we always have a blast. The landscape is amazing, just stay out of the old mines. Take I-15 South to Jean, then 161 West. You will come to a fork in the road after about 10-15 miles. To the left is a sign for Sandy Valley, take the right one and you can't miss it. Total trip time from downtown Vegas is 50 minutes.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-04-2003 08:56 AM                        Thanks for the suggestions guys.. Dennis, I'm sure you and Chris D. can expect to see me... I can hear Leah now.. "DO you NEVER want to get away from work"? Paul, You can have that Stratosphere ride... There is NO WAY I'm getting on a coaster attached to a BUILDING. I've seen it on the Discovery channel a few times.. Nope.. no thank you... I saw that there were a few old mining areas on the maps I found online. I'll keep the agenda open and ya'll keep feeding me ideas...  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-04-2003 01:46 PM                     Hoover Dam is always a nice place to visit but unfortunately, the Hard Hat tours have been discontinued because of security reasons. So, don't expect too much when you visit Hoover, but it is still worth the effort to go there. The Roller Coaster ride on top the Stratosphere is nothing more than a mere Sunday Afternoon ride as compared to the other one on the west side of town. The car show at the Imperial Palace is kind of a bummer, especially if you have been there several years ago. Not worth the visit. Many extremely rare vehicles used by Presidents FDR, Kennedy, Johnson, Eisenhower, and other classics such as Liberace's Bentley (equipped with candles), Hitler's Mercedes, and Nikita Kruschev's Limousine are no longer on display. Come to think of it, I didn't see any historic cars that were used by any world leader on this most recent visit. Plenty of Duschenburgs are there, though.  |  IP: Logged Andrew Lee Film Handler Posts: 99 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-04-2003 03:11 PM                     Hey Paul...I'll bite.....What is a Duschenburgs??  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-04-2003 03:11 PM                     If you are staying at the Venitian, then you are staying at one of the finer Hotels in town. I think the lobby of the Bellagio is better, but I hear that the rooms at the Venitian are so nice you may never want to leave. Other hotels to check out just for fun are Bllagio for the lobby, Paris for the mall and the casino at NY, NY. Of course there is the Ship Battle at the Treasure Island, Volcano at Mirage, and Fountain at the Ballagio along with the Freemont Experience for street entertainment.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-04-2003 03:59 PM                        Ian, Got those down already as part of my street touring venture(s). How long exaclty is the LV strip?  |  IP: Logged Bill Carter Expert Film Handler Posts: 162 From: Minneapolis, Minnesota Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-04-2003 04:13 PM                     Don't forget the actual "Bonnie and Clyde Death Car" on display at Whiskey Pete's Casino in Primm, Nevada, just a few minutes out of LV.  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 04-04-2003 04:29 PM                     Andrew, Paul probably meant to write Deusenburgs which were open-top sportcars of the 1920s-'30s, with very long hoods, powerful, many-cylindered engines, wire-spoke wheels,some with flexible metal exhaust manifolds poking through the sides of the hood. Expensive and very fast, they were favored by the rich, playboys, and show-off gangsters. The present-day Tiffany, Excaliber and Corral are re-creations. Gerard  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-04-2003 04:52 PM                     Yeah...it can be a tongue twister to spell. I guess the correct spelling is Duesenberg. Anyway, here is a picture of what appears to be a stripped down model. The price tag states you can buy it for $1,100,000.00 (plus sales tax. ) Here is one that is not-so-stripped down.  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 04-04-2003 05:08 PM                     Paul, I'll take your red one! Its a DOOZY! [Deusenburg, that is.] Gerard  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-04-2003 05:21 PM                     Gerard, here is something Grandma might buy... Are those Carbide head lights on this old Ford? OK, I got a little carried away...sorry...  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 04-04-2003 06:27 PM                     Paul, I think the smaller ones, the carriage lamps, work on calcium carbide and water, like the old bicycle lights. I guess they were used for parking, because the headlamps drew plenty of current from the battery, or if there wasn't a battery, from the magneto (generator). So when the engine wasn't running, great-gramps would still have lights on to prevent moving traffic from colliding in the dark of the unlit streets. Gerard [EDIT:] Looking more closely, I don't see electric bulbs in the big headlights, so maybe they were carbide? But there has evidently been much reconstruction on this antique, and they may not be operational. So I can't really tell.]  |  IP: Logged

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