I miss old Las Vegas

Omg this place blew my mind as a kid in the 90s .. think went to cosmos world or something after wild tike also house on the rock

imagine this being on mushrooms 🍄 lol

Miss old Vegas

I used to visit many times a year in the 80’s and 90’s but Vegas is not the same anymore, I don’t even go now when I’m comped

Cheesey, grungy, cheap, the motels, cafes, $1.99 breakfast buffet, $7.77 steak and lobster, rows of newspaper machines, just pulling up and parking in front of the casino in the small lots. What I wouldn't give to go back in time and spend a week in Vegas in 1988. Barbara Mandrell, Toni Tennille, Redd Foxx, to name a few. I bet you could buy an 8-ball on any corner, too! It appears only Flamingo and Caesars are still standing as their original names in the video.

Tropicana is now gone.

I stayed at the hotel/weekly at 13:43 for 3 weeks or so back in 1997. lol. A bit scary. lol

Barry Manilow is still there !!!

I still like the slots of today better!!!

Back then everything was basically individually owned! Kinda miss all the Motels! They really reminded you of the Past!

Las Vegas looks much less dense in this video. Earliest I was there was in 1990 and is now a faded memory, I just remember seeing a brand new at the time Nissan 300ZX at the strip thinking it was futuristic. I was 14 at the time. All the prices for breakfast are affordable in this video compared to todays hyperinflation in 2024.

14:20 Tropicana is being demolished in 2024

10:28

“The town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland. And while the kids play cardboard pirates, Mommy and Daddy drop the house payments and Junior's college money on the poker slots. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Today, it's like checking into an airport. And if you order room service, you're lucky if you get it by Thursday. Today, it's all gone. You get a whale show up with four million in a suitcase, and some 25 year old hotel school kid is gonna want his Social Security Number. After the Teamsters got knocked out of the box knocked out of the box, the corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. And where did the money come from... Junk Bonds”.

Amazing

Whet with friends. Many. Times. In. 80s we eat frist. Go to concertx. After conccets. Party. Go shopping we had not been back since. 1990

if you build it they will come

Wow those where the day’s I would fly from lax to Las Vegas airline ticket’s round trip would cost $ 25.00 would booked a suite for $ 50.00 at the Tropicana stay for 3 day’s. It was great flying in these days no such thing TSA I’ll be in Vegas in about 30 minutes better then driving 5 hours! Las Vegas isn’t the same anymore really sad. The first time I ever went there was back in 1974 I was 14 yrs old all us kid’s could only go to circus circus where they had an arcade area’s and restaurants for the teens and little kid’s. Circus circus isn’t the same Anymore it’s gotten very very dirty. I always see the same softdrink paper cup over at the slot machines area the dust is so thick at least 5” deep. The only good thing there’s no more smoking back in the 1970’s wow it was really bad the smoke 💨 would give me bad allergies from it!

14:12 Is where the Concert was during the shooting. I stayed at the Tropicana and had a room over looking it a year after it happened. but they're tearing it down for the New Las Vegas A's ball park. really sad. it was a really nice hotel.

Time Machine Tube

What street or intersection you turn on to find the tunnel

I miss old wall drug they need to being back some of these super old animatronics I remember the Indian scene and the couple with the car but I never saw that piano player. The old backyard was way cooler before they "updated it" should have left it alone. At least the cowboy bands are still there

@1:09 is a sign showing Barry Manilow at the Hilton. Now in 2024, Barry is still performing at the SAME PROPERTY (Westgate). Wow.

Liked.

0:03 what is that?

1:05 those lights would have been high tech at the time!

At 2:38 where that McDonald’s on Sahara is now was a year around Christmas store then .

How about running this video through AI to enhance it. Wonderful video. MANY memories!

7:00 what building was that? Almost looks like it's Trump Tower. 😂

4:30 I assume is the Walgreens? What was it called before? And when did it become Walgreens?

25:00 I can't believe Carl's Jr. Was in the same location back in the 80s! Great video. Thank you!

No Stardust Tower until 1990

I loved Vegas during those yrs. into 20l8 I think that was the last time I was there with my love, he since passed away and I miss him and vegas as it was then.

so cool to see the southern end of the strip when none of it had been built yet! these old videos are always great knowing what is to come and to appreciate the history...

That's the way I remember it and sometimes there were Elephants under the bridge

Gosh I sure miss Vegas fron back then. Stayed at Westward Ho with my mom and dad. I miss Vegas and I miss them.

I remember the pool Hal that was were Lady luck was at it was a small place shape like and L u had sir John's Barber shop and Larry's pool Hal the good day

Much better days in Vegas IMO. Less crime, homeless, traffic, congestion, etc. You could get a really fun and very cheap vacation back then (if you kept your gambling under control). Even as a "low roller" you could get comps for food and rooms fairly often and easily. The points based player tracking cards killed that. It didn't feel like the cold corporate machine designed to milk you for every penny that it's become today. Room rates just go up and up and all the extra fees are nuts. Also, saw that $.73 cents a gallon gas! 👍

I miss the stardust they should bring it back with the riviera REVAMPED miss old vegas 😢

Best when camera not pointing into Sun, but great overall loved it

The jumping fountains ! I remember those !

Ahh ! The real Vegas before Steve Wynn hijacked it and turned it into GreedyFuckVille. SMH...

3:18 pixar soul

3:04 finding dory

Las Vegas History In 1968 a purchase of The Desert Inn, Sands, Frontier,.Silver Slipper, Castaways & deveopment of The Landmark became an unheard of monopoly towards legitimate business operations by H.R.H Suma Corporation In 1969 The International Las Vegas Hilton -Westgate- became the first mega Resort of its time by M.G.M corporation In 1989 The Mirage Hotel Casino would become a future image of Las Vegas Blvd By Golden Nugget . Incorporated Thank you Howard R Hughes .Kirk Kerkorian Steve Wynn Our Las Vegad Pioneers

Yo, it’s absolutely crazy to think about that today’s homeless we’re just kids when this was filmed

I have been trying to find a video showing how they used give poppers back in the day. This is still nicer than the one my friend received in Tijuana in 1997. At least you were aware it was coming.

Wow this is soo Cool

I remember my dad taking me to the circus circus hotel in 1989. I was 7 years old. I remember my mom popped me on my hand because that was my very first time seeing little people and out loud I said “ooooo midgets”. Smh 🤦🏾‍♀️ Lol 😂. Those were the good old days!! Thanks for posting this video! ❤