Vegas News - 2012

[Paulie_D]

if they kill pai gow, i kill people. fact.

Pai-Gow will always be available...the casino might not be there but next door will have it.

[Fatcatstu]

if they kill pai gow, i kill people. fact.

Pai-Gow will always be available...the casino might not be there but next door will have it.

but but but it wont be OUR pai gow :p we took over the IP, it became home!

[Paulie_D]

but but but it wont be OUR pai gow :p we took over the IP, it became home!

Then you need to clean the carpets and put in another loo!  

[blowfly]

if they kill pai gow, i kill people. fact.

Pai-Gow will always be available...the casino might not be there but next door will have it.

but but but it wont be OUR pai gow :p we took over the IP, it became home!

Ahhh!!! - OUR Pai Gow .... had forgot all about this. Now dead excited - will be going back in a few weeks for a short trip so defo have another go at this .........

Please peeps - say things that make us wanna/need to go back in November ....

It is my birthday in November .....

[Paulie_D]

Hmmm.

With the re-organisation of the forum, there"s a chance this could fall off everyone"s radar.

I"m torn.  I don"t think Des would like me to pin it and I hate doing the "bump" thing.

Not sure how to resolve this.

Should we just hope for the best that we can keep it alive?

[Paulie_D]

Construction has started on the Linq....the retail / restaurant / experience / walkway thingy that will run from Harrah"s Carnaval Court, through the IP and on to the FlamimgO.

Some of the shops on the south side of the CC have been closed up and boarded off although the Court itself remains in operation.

The "Capri" tower of the IP has now been demolished (which is all it was fit for) and, of course, the IP will be changing it"s name as part of the overall project.

Apparently O"Sheas staff were hit with 60-day termination notices on 1st March which many believe means that demolition (as such) will be commencing in early June/July 2012 although O"Sheas will be back in the form of a themed "area" as part of the Linq

Project Linq is due for final completion in June/July 2013.

[duke3016]

We could hold a candle light vigil for the IP/O"Sheas in November.  

I have special memories of the IP, people hated it for its oldness etc but I stayed there a couple of times and liked its afforability and position on the strip. Saying that, the plans for the linq look good if they price it right. The emphasis on new builds in Vegas seems to be shifting away from the gambling to "other" entertainment. Inevitable I suppose in these austere times.

[Paulie_D]

The IP itself wont, as I understand it, be demolished just refurbished with, I suppose, an inevitable increase in room costs.

It"ll be interesting to see what the new name is and what the new pricing will be.

[Mikeyboy9361]

I played in O"sheas yesterday and managed to bink a $50 bonus when I flopped quad sevens! Had a nice double up in a three hour cash session and the place was absolutely bouncing! Craps games were as rowdy as ever with a guy winning  $5000 in one session! Bought a commemorative O"Sheas card guard for $10, any body want one post here and I"ll bring ya one back.( obv ya"ll have to pay me back....I am a Yorkshireman!)
Venetian deep stack tomorrow!

[Joker161]

I always stay at the IP in Vegas. I love their little card room. Also, right opposite CP and easy for the Harrah"s bus to the Rio. One year I played so much cash there that when I next stayed at the IP I got seven nights for about £60!

I"m booked in there for early June. Is that going to be a problem? I haven"t had an email from them.

[Paulie_D]

[samson]

Was in vegas just after Easter with the family. Terrible trip for me as I had flu and spent a lot of the trip in my hotel room, sigh.

Lots of work going on at IP, obv just looks a mess at the moment. MGM doing some work too.
The gameworks arcade next to M&Ms has closed, my 5 year old just loved hearing that.

Had a huge argument with the taxi driver at the airport, who thought I was offending him asking him to take tropicana instead of the tunnel! Taxi drivers seem to get worse everytime I go, still he soon found out how "non british" I could be once he opened his mouth..lol

[Paulie_D]

So...O"Sheas is no more.

This Las Vegas institution of cheapo drinks, leprechauns and Strip Poker (cos the tables were open to the Strip) closed its doors last night. See image at the "semi-official" CET blog HERE

A few hours later they imploded the parking structure behind it.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNQnYQumBnM[/youtube]

Beer Pong has moved to Bills Gamblin Hall.


With the Linq construction work going on, renovations at the IP mean that their Poker room has now moved to the third floor of the IP.

Fat Elvis has moved from Bills (perhaps to make room for the Beer Pong  ) to Harrahs Piano Bar. Perhaps he"ll be fronting up the Duelling Piano Twins from now on?

[PHIL_TC]

Something to try next time...

"Its first drive included a spin down Las Vegas"s famous strip"...

Future taxi?....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17989553

[Paulie_D]

Not exactly up to date but here"s some great pictures of old Vegas.

Time Life: Rare Photos of Old Vegas