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Episode Description
#Horseshoe continues with its changeover from Bally’s and this week we saw some not so nice changes along with promises of a new marquee. The giant 180 foot tall sign will feature a giant screen and ads right on the Strip. A new Asian restaurant will open in March as well.
In other #news 1987 #Vegas was a different era and one that I fondly remember. It was time right before the building boom of the 1990’s and when Vegas was in transition from the mob era to corporate ownership. We take a look at some of the more interesting parts of 1987, following a vlog that was recently posted. We also discuss new art at Resorts World and Bellagio, AI’s interpretation of a Las Vegan and why Stations is teasing their long defuct Viva project.
Produced & Edited by: Shawn Coomer
0:00 Caesars faaannncy new Horseshoe changes
0:45 Horseshoe’s new marquee is coming soon & it’s huge!
2:05 Las Vegas marquees are a tradition
3:49 What Vegas people look like according to AI
5:22 Resorts World bringing the largest immersive art exhibit in the world
7:19 Bellagio’s new display at the Art Gallery
8:31 What is Station Casinos doing teasing their defunct Viva casino?
10:30 Fiesta Henderson update – Demolition complete
11:10 An incredible vlog from 1987 Vegas
12:35 Vegas was really quiet in 1987 compared to today
13:55 Great night shots of Flamingo and the Strip 1987
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Viva 2008 article –
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Host – Shawn Coomer – @MtM_Vegas
Host – Mark Ostermann – @DetroitMark
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22 comments
Give me the old shoe on Fremont with the $3.99 steak dinner, $1 black Jack, and 99 cent shrimp cocktail!!
Shawn, just wondered where you were filming this week's video from. Great channel & I love the content!
Stayed @ the Horseshoe for 3 days last week. Crazy we're not the only one who saw that crazy horseshoe sign 🤣
Mark, cool Flagler College hoodie. Let me know when you come to St. Augustine next.
Always enjoy your shows. Keep up the good work. Vivs la bloopers!
I love old Vegas videos like the one you mentioned
Great show, gents. I ran in the half marathon last weekend. It was an incredible experience but I occasionally was lost and consumed in the Strip during the golden hour. In any case, I stopped dead in my tracks at the Bally’s sign on the Strip juxtaposed with the Horseshoe signage on the actual building itself. It’s a great photo. But the whole transition has been clunky. Pretty sure the sign on Flamingo Rd still says Bally’s, too. Any insight as to why they’ve done it this way and changed the signs at a snail’s pace?
https://youtu.be/2dAp1PmhH8g
Interesting!
Transfix is outside in the empty dirt lot where they had Enchant during the holidays
First off I love this channel!! I lived in Vegas in the early 90's an loved it!!! Is there a map of strip that shows the changes from the 60s to present day? I remember back in the 90s where Ceasars had one way in to the casino on a moving sidewalk at the southend. You had to walk all the way through the casino on the north end to get out. Unless you walked out at the hotel entrance. Then you were taking your chances that a cab would not run you over and laugh while he did it!!
PBS – Yan Can Cook
With all these high end restaurants coming up in Vegas, it's becoming more difficult for the average Joe to afford to dine on the strip. When I got there, I go there for something simple and enjoyable, not to eat glamorous colored plate of food.
You see the Landmark hotel on the 1987 video.
You've never heard of "Yan Can Cook"? Classic 70s cooking show.
IF YAN CAN DO IT,YOU CAN TOO!
Well , they have already completely demolished the Wild Wild West.
Didn’t we Learn anything from the terminator
AI will become self aware and decide our fate in a micro second and only one man can stop it his name is CHRIS ANGEL the leader of the human resistance 💪🪄
Typical of a corporation to put up a cheesey small sign at Horseshoe. I like the billboard signs as long as they don't cover the architecture of the buildings like the one at Planet Hollywood does.
I think VIVA would be a great name for a casino because that word is iconic with Vegas itself. Was unhappy that Viva Elvis didn't go well at Aria. The AI pictures remind me of advertisements of horror films of the
I enjoyed the older videos of Vegasone of them from 1994, which had the radio playing, which had Vegas
advertisements of what's happening then.
Hey I just got a Flagler sweatshirt when I was down there last month
Criss Angel 🤣🤣🤣
Did you have a look at Danny the Medic’s room review of the new horse shoe rooms. It was bad pealing wallpaper in halls they need some work on the rooms. It looked like the new horse shoe is vary much like circus circus
Let’s face it, they (corporate) have succeeded in destroying the original vibe of Las Vegas. It has gone from the adult only playground of gambling, sin, great entertainment and a Vegas class to Disneyland with gambling, Times Square advertising, poorer quality entertainment from AGT , top named shows priced out of this world, more fees than I can count to make up for the lack of real gambling, staffing problems, more tourist harassment by vagrants , more crime, food & drink prices through the roof , to much Asian food courts and Chris Angel.
Chris Angel