Five Hundy by Midnight 111: An Effortless Sausage Fest

3/18/200710/26/2022 / Tim / 16 Comments

Las Vegas podcast #111 includes:

What Not To Wear opening clip
Stardust implosion
Canyon Club comes to Four Queens
Hard Rock announces expansion plans
Mandalay Bay Gold Class Rooms
Lucky Strike and Poly Esther’s open
Calls and commentary on Las Vegas during the NCAA basketball tournament, ultra lounges, Project City Center and much more

Five Hundy By Midnight 3/18/07 (52:59 min, 48.7 MB)

Tuesday Evening Las Vegas Links: Stardust Implosion

3/13/20074/8/2008 / Tim / 12 Comments

All of the footage of last night’s Stardust implosion put me in the mood to look at a few other classic implosions.

So if you’re in the mood for a little destruction, check out these videos of the Boardwalk, Desert Inn, El Rancho (future home of Countryland USA), Aladdin, Landmark, Dunes and Sands implosions. Kaboom.

Five Hundy by Midnight 110: Taking Down Paradise City

3/11/200710/26/2022 / Tim / 16 Comments

Las Vegas podcast #110 includes:

That Girl opening clip
Stardust falls this week
Harrah’s implodes the video poker at Bill’s
The Light Group gets a hotel
Venetian upgrades
El Cortez upgrades
Prince’s Rio ticket prices double
Amazing Johnathan plans to leave Sahara
The Vomit Comet comes to Las Vegas
An especially vicious review of Paradise City
A new way to view Circus Circus
Sigma derby in Jamaica
Stardust by Miss Kristin

Five Hundy By Midnight 3/11/07 (50:25 min, 46.3 MB)

Tuesday Evening Las Vegas Links: Wynn Parking Ramp Implosion

3/6/20074/8/2008 / Tim / 8 Comments

Everybody loves a Las Vegas implosion, even if it is just a parking ramp. Sayonara, Wynn Las Vegas/Desert Inn parking garage.

Listener Roy Vegas (aka William Hung Guy) posted photos and a play-by-play account too.

Five Hundy by Midnight 109: The Former Barbary Report

3/4/200710/26/2022 / Tim / 18 Comments

Las Vegas podcast #109 includes:

Judge Alex opening clip
Barbary Coast closes, Billâ€™s Gamblinâ€™ Hall & Saloon opens
Sahara sells
If you don’t talk about the monorail, the problems will disappear
Station goes private
Roseanne Barr at New York New York
Getting on casino e-mail lists pays off
Listener calls about Planet Hollywood, the Pussycat Dolls Pit at Caesars Palace, keno, Wheel of Fortune slot machines and much more.

Five Hundy By Midnight 3/4/07 (48:10 min, 44.2 MB)

Tuesday Evening Las Vegas Links: RIP Barbary Coast

2/27/20074/8/2008 / Tim / 17 Comments

Boyd Gaming has turned over the Barbary Coast keys to Harrah’s. In loving memory of Barbary Coast, we won’t speak the horrible new name of the hotel and casino in this post. However, we will provide this link to the new Web site, which clears up a few questions lingering since the ownership change was announced:

Big Elvis is still performing in the lounge
The Victorian Room is still called The Victorian Room
Michael’s will be replaced by a new steakhouse
The casino will have its own slot club rather than joining Total Rewards

We’re still hoping for some decent video poker paytables, fair blackjack rules and low-limit pai gow poker when the renamed casino opens in a couple days and will pass along reports in upcoming podcasts.

Only one other link this week: Our friend Mike E put together a comprehensive report on the hotel-within-a-hotel concept a few days ago. So check it out and poke around Mike’s blogâ€”La Dolce Life is a welcome addition to our blogroll.