Nostalgic Las Vegas Strip Driving Tour taped July 7, 2001 - vintage narration by knowledgeable local

[@boogitybear2283]

Am I the only one that wants to jump into that video and live in that reality again?

[@tsmutylo]

That’s what I thought!

[@tomsytkowski3745]

Why ? It sucked back then, its bigger and better now

[@PKPhoenix83]

@@tomsytkowski3745 It's absolutely not better now.

[@nitevibe9886]

@@PKPhoenix83depends on what you’re looking for

[@jumpman366]

It never went anywhere. Yall always complaining lol

[@johnrambo3396]

Breaks my heart. Vegas was so special in the 90s-00s

[@lander77477]

I visited there multiple times as a very young child as early as the 80s, and a lot after in the 90s 2000s and so on. The 80s were old school in vegas

[@Dept246]

My first visit to Vegas was in 1989 but I been going at least once year since the late 1990’s. I have seen all the changes. Still a fun place to visit despite the increase in prices and the tight slot machines.

[@nigralurker]

Lol the guy in the video is literally bemoaning about how awful it became by 2001.

[@aaronlane8276]

RIP Tropicana and RIP Mirage

[@lander77477]

I was there to see the last volcano show at the mirage at the exact closing time

[@RubyMVmistress]

​@@lander77477I was so sad I missed it. I arrived the after the mirage closed.

[@adnanpathan8561]

rip riviera

[@islandbee]

RIP Stardust

[@Justdannyjay]

If you want to time travel just a little bit back to nostalgic Vegas, stay at the Mardi Gras Casino on Paradise. It's a glorified motel with a tiny casino, restaurant and subtle Nola decor. It probably hasn't been updated since the 80's and is charmingly rustic.

[@ashleykim4713]

Thank you for the video. All the stuff the man said about Vegas (traffic, price, population, ect) is even worst now. The welcome to Vegas sign is empty. Usually full of ppl waiting to get their pic. The man commentary is absolutely priceless! Its like he knew what was going to happen to Vegas.

[@joshclark8385]

I was 6 years old when this video was filmed. I grew up in Vegas and vivdly remeber the strip looking like this. Thank you for the video and great commentary!

[@writercosmetics]

This guy is a great narrator!!!! "Who would ever be interested in going to an M&M theme store?!!" 😂😂😂

[@KevinJL]

He was wrong lol

[@jerrysanders9101]

@@KevinJLnot completely.. the coke thing is gone, as is the Harley, Jimmy buffet, and I think m&m still there but maybe not 😂

[@Julia-ud2iw]

@@jerrysanders9101 Coke bottle/store & M&M store are still open

[@vegastocali]

​@@jerrysanders9101 coke thing is still there. Harley store is torn down

[@TheRyan562]

Little does he know lol

[@musicman76enator]

2 months and 4 days after this video, the world changed forever.

[@fourtysevennn]

What’s more crazy is that up to 11 Hijackers were making their visits to Las Vegas the same week of this recording.

[@NN-gy7xl]

no it hasn't. it's become worse. few even care about it anymore. heck we have open borders lol

[@jumpman366]

@@fourtysevennnyou actually believe that story

[@Lorenzo-wl5xt]

​@@NN-gy7xlThe New World Order's biggest crisis, the c0nvid19 crisis, is what really destroyed every single thing. Also, notice the demographics in this video, not a single illegal alien criminal invader

[@KSWKREW]

Maybe in your little world but the rest of the world was fine.

[@525records]

This is the greatest narration of Vegas strip history ever done.

[@starbean2910]

I was born in Las Vegas just two months prior. This is truly breathtaking footage.

[@Freedamering]

In the early 2000s it was such a dream. People were friendly. It wasn’t a nightmare. After covid it’s just become unbearable. Nothing dreamy left.

[@t4bz]

Interesting! Frontier hung on a while longer. Richard Brandon didn't make it for several years, and the Virgin casino is struggling. City Center area wasn't even a thought. Wynn was mentioned as a concept. So many ownership changes.

[@mazda9624]

I was absolutely glued to my screen the entire video. This has got to be the single best Vegas Strip history video I've ever seen, despite the fact that it's 23 years old. Also RIP Mirage and Tropicana 2024. Glad I got to visit last year and see that awesome volcano show.

[@lynnec675]

Who has noticed that there are no orange traffic cones all over the roads?? What's up with those cones & the horrible road conditions today?? This was a really good historical video. 😊 TY for sharing. 👍

[@BigChillingGoingDown]

I was in Vegas about two years before this was shot in summer 1999 and again 6 years later in summer 2007. What a journey back in time. RIP Riviera.

[@Jenaye12345]

commentary/narroration is also absolutely fantastic. lots of Vegas knowledge with a witty personality. Love his humor!!

[@javianjohnson8746]

2001 looks like such a chill time from January - August...ahh so nice

[@Lorenzo-wl5xt]

Yes sir, everything shifted when the New World Order decided to destroy our lives and livelihoods with their inside job. Let alone the biggest man made crisis, the convid19 crisis. Life is disgusting ever since March 2020

[@MattWilsonVegasFan]

WOW! This is incredible. There is not much footage from this time period on KZbin so thank you for uploading. So much has changed but some things never change! And oh man, the commentary is AMAZING! What a wealth of knowledge! You really know your Vegas history. It's funny too how 23 years later, people still complain about old Vegas getting replaced and how Vegas is no longer a bargain destination! Ha! Some things really never change! Thank you so much for this.

[@Vortex303]

I first visited Vegas in 2003 and this is how I remember it.....fantastic video.

[@SalNiner]

This video brings back memories of me and my friends in our early 20s. How I miss those times

[@ProSlider]

So great to see but so sad that as soon as Wet n Wild waterpark arrives, the camera turns away, Wet n Wild at night is something so rare!

[@derekfrancis3707]

This brings back great memories - thank you so much!

[@mojaveman]

That Rita Rudner advertising on the back of the cab uprooted a core memory I didn't think I still had.

[@702rondez]

My childhood strip, I was 11 years old in 2001. Born and raised here and loved every second of this nostalgia… thank you! 🥹✨

[@shrimpmoney8]

So funny how he’s complaining about the new Vegas in 2001. And here we are wanting the 2001 Vegas in 2024. Can’t wait to watch a 2024 Vegas video comments in 2044.

[@Stiiizyz]

Lol

[@Anomize23]

No he wasn’t complaining, he was WARNING about the down trend. HE WAS RIGHT 🤷‍♂️

[@noouhh1420]

Nobody wants 2001 Vegas. Plain, boring, shitty casinos.

[@Anomize23]

@@noouhh1420 yeah, it can’t be any more boring than it is now. Green Valley Ranch is a prime example of one. It was such a booming hotel now they try to be glamorous, and now there’s NOBODY. 2001 you still have buffets, deals, not so manny hidden resort fees, I think you need to translate that number to 2021 🙈 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WALKING ON THAT FLOOR CANT BE CONFUSED BETWEEN TWO.

[@donborvio]

Give us back the free shows and cheap buffets and food!

[@jeremys.travels]

Vegas Looks better in 2001 than it does now

[@David1212-p9d]

how come?

[@flankman9385]

@@David1212-p9dbecause he has nostalgia just like the guy in this video says he misses the way Vegas was. Vegas is objectively better than it was 20 years ago. People are just too dumb to realize they miss a point in time and not the actual place.

[@David1212-p9d]

@@flankman9385 But why is vegas objectively better 20 years ago?

[@boogitybear2283]

@@David1212-p9d everything was better before September 2001.

[@someguy2998]

@@David1212-p9d Because you weren't born yet, THE good ole' days.

[@italianjesus99]

Great commentary 👏

[@J0HnNySands1]

the first time i went to vegas when i was old enough to appreciate it, was in 2005 when i was 22...went there in 1999 also with my friends family and stayed in an RV at the circus circus but that doesnt count...

[@kisherkinashwest2023]

Wow look at how beautiful life was. I was born in 2004 so I kind of remember life looking like this at a very young age from the 2000s. Why couldn't I be born way sooner or be my age now at that time. Man awesome times

[@mart5610]

You were born in 2004. You don't remember the early 2000s

[@kisherkinashwest2023]

@mart5610 I said the 2000s. Not Early 2000s. Life was still like this during my early childhood. From 2007-2009. I may have been very young but I remember being a small kid at the time.

[@kisherkinashwest2023]

@JesterDance2093 Yes I agree. I feel like 2010 and 2011 was good years. 2012 was my last good year!

[@woodsie315]

​@mart5610 History echos into the present. I was born in the 80s and at the time there still a ton of architecture and fixtures from the 50s, 60s, and 70s in daily life.

[@edonlin2005]

So cool. I had a VHS recorder back in the day. Recorded so much stuff and my mom threw them away. These are jewels!

[@mid-s_to_earlysViBEZ]

Sounds like something *my Mom* would do… 🫤😂

[@GerardoGuzman-r3e]

This footage is so amazing please have another copy in case, this should be preserved everything looks so much different know I was just in shock the entire time watching this some things were the same and recognizable. Ceasars palace shook me the most though Im upset I never got to see that huge horse carriage outside 9:22 Also people sleep on that structure at 9:58 I hate seeing it in the state its in today back then it looked so grand

[@alexspendlove98]

This video is dedicated for all diehard historic Las Vegas enthusiasts.

[@SK-zt2lx]

It's wild how much has changed! Thanks for this time capsule. As a kid, my parents took me and my brother to Vegas at least once a year since 1980. Then we went twice a month in the 90s when we were teenagers, when they could give us $20 and leave us in the arcades all day lol. I continued the trips with various friends through out the early 2000s. I live in Vegas now, since 2009. After working in the casino industry for almost a decade, I barely step into a casino or the strip anymore. Maybe 2-3 times in the past 5 years. Video tours on youtube are the best.

[@ThePrincePanhandler]

*During the summer of 2001, I visited Las Vegas for the first time as a 17 year old with my dad and step family. I don't recall the dates, but it is possible that I was there during this filming. We stayed at the Stratosphere. The main things that I remember are the guys that passed out the escort cards and the little escort magazines that littered the sidewalks. I picked one up and kept it for years as a souvenir lol.*

[@pardistasha]

Reading "vintage" in the same sentence as 2001 hurts my 30 year old heart

[@KJB484]

Same thing I thought that vintage automatically meant pre 1980. How dare 2001 be called 'vinatge'!

[@VintageLasVegas]

next up: 2010s.

[@tetristime9691]

@@VintageLasVegas 2010 could even be considered vintage

[@KevinW1985]

Me too! This brought back so many memories!

[@worstusername22]

Majority of millenials have been living less and been dealing with financial burdens for years, that makes time go faster.

[@RFToob]

Awesome video. Excellent tour guide! This is precious. I miss this time. Got a bit misty passing the Mirage.

[@NukeRose1]

The early 2000's were a special time in Vegas. Value for money on hotel stays and food was excellent. The gambling was phenomenal. I always came home with money in my pocket.

[@Curiousi_tea]

WOW! what a difference in just over 20 years

[@memoryroom6388]

Ditto for the whole nation.

[@7791D]

My 10th b day. Now I’m 33 crazy how time flies by. So glad I got to experience some of the 90s.

[@johnnycao2113]

This is amazing, I first went here as a 10 year old during spring break of 2001 a few months before this. Family relocated here permanently in 2017

[@jeannehenslick9465]

This is one of the best videos of the strip i have seen. Thanks for sharing the Las Vegas i knew back in the day. ❤

[@harlont]

Excellent! I was only going to check out a few minutes and wound up watching the whole thing. Thanks for sharing.

[@jerrysanders9101]

Same here.

[@OKZK_Bros]

so cool at 25:25 you drove by The Glass Pool Inn i stayed there in the 90s as a kid it was the most epic pool as a kid. you could see all the circles along that wall those were actually windows into the pool. little did i know how cool the pools were just down the road haha. place closed in 2002 i believe and tore it down in 2004. core childhood memory!!

[@Dbcooooper]

Absolutely gold. Thank you for uploading.

[@LasVegasStripCruising]

Very cool .. hello from the future lol love seeing vintage las Vegas! ✌️

[@sky173]

I stayed at the Circus Circus Campground back in the early 80's. Time has flown by...

[@Its_the_Whole_Everything]

I miss the Monte Carlo - and all those glitter entrance ways that were right off the Las Vegas Blvd.

[@Anomize23]

Now we get the cheap quality paneling trying to look “MODERN” at the entrance while at the same time only to be under construction following the next week whether it would be the street or a quick new remodel.😂

[@10minutetours]

This is so COOL!! I stayed at the Stardust in 2001. LOVED Slots of Fun, back in the day.

[@Sharpshootr123]

it's wild that this feels so old but it was only about 7 years before the first Hangover movie.

[@rodneymckay90]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, our first trip was in 2015, but seeing Stardust, Frontier and that part of the strip being so alive is so surreal! Aria and cosmo are now considered center strip, but back then it was completely empty.

[@TheJacquelynRenee]

This is so cool! Thank you for uploading this! I visit Vegas a few times a year and I really appreciate getting to see the history of one of my favorite places! Wish I could experience old Vegas just once. Making me emotional since Mirage just closed! Seeing the riviera again was so nostalgic too! Wow!

[@showguyer]

Hearing him say its expensive there back then "these days"...and it was probably a bargain in 2001 compared to now!

[@Mrbrb91]

I remember it being inexpensive around 2004. Now it's incredibly expensive like any other tourist area.

[@DDBurnett1]

I went to Vegas for the first time last year and was shocked by how it expensive it was. I had been to Reno several times and it always seemed reasonable there.

[@XxMayhem88]

​@@DDBurnett1it became adult version of Disney World 🌎

[@mid-s_to_earlysViBEZ]

@@Mrbrb912004 *is when things started changing…*

[@CanikFan]

I moved here to Vegas 9/1/2006 just 3 weeks before I turned 24. The start of this video felt so odd to watch when you passed the Stardust. I never got to go to the Stardust before it closed a couple months after I moved here. Now I work at the casino that stands in place of it, at Resorts World. Seeing how it looked then vs what it does today is crazy. Also looking at all the changes mid strip blows my mind as now the Aria & Cosmo stand there along with all the sky rise condos & such. I started dealing in Seattle prior to moving here in 2006 & when I got here I started at casinos off the Strip like South Point & Cannery in north Vegas before moving to the strip. Spent a year at Monte Carlo, then 10 years at Harrahs before moving to Resorts World last year. Now with FB opening last year & the Mirage closing to make way for the Hard Rock, the strip will once again look different than it did just a year ago. 20 years from a video of the strip in 2024 will show up & 60+ year old me will watch it (if I’m still on the earth) & think “wow” I can’t believe how different the strip looks now vs when I worked down their in my 30s & 40s. Life passes so fast & what seems like so long ago really only feels like yesterday.

[@Texas_Cruiser]

Very nice! My wife and I are Austin, TX natives and are still in the area. We visit Vegas once a year and like Harrah's. You had a good run there. My first time going was around 05-06 when you arrived. I was your age then (born in 82). It has definitely changed. I play the table games a lot and it's hard finding 3/2 games under 8 decks unless the minimums are $50, sometimes $100 depending on the time of day. I miss the $10-$15 3/2 games without the automatic shufflers. To just see a triple 0 roulette wheels is a joke but people still play! At least Baccarat and craps have stayed the same for the most part. We walked around Resorts World last year but didn't play any games. Maybe we'll stop by when you're dealing sometime!

[@CanikFan]

@@Texas_Cruiser yeah working at harrahs for over 10 years was stupid on my part. I got to comfortable & didn’t wanna risk starting over at a new place. Finally last year when they decided once again no raise would be given I knew my time there was up. As far as the black Jack payouts go, I tried warning people that’d play at my BJ games to stop playing it. The more ppl played the 6/5 odds game the more they’d roll out. And that’s exactly what happened. If casinos are doing something that seems odd it means they are doing it to track the play so they can decide if it becomes full time game on the floor. Since ppl wouldn’t stop playing you now see the results of most everywhere doing the same thing. Single 0 is better than double or triple 0. I’m glad I spend 8 hours a day working in a casino cause no way do I wanna go spend money at another casino while I’m off lol. What month in 82? I was born September of 82.

[@Texas_Cruiser]

@CanikFan maybe I just need to stick to some craps! Lol. I'm March. 42 already aahhh!

[@CanikFan]

@@Texas_Cruiser a few more years and we get to join the AARP!!!

[@Roamingwithjayy]

@@CanikFan what are your thoughts about the craps tables? I feel like he’s blackjack tables are rigged and the craps tables as well.

[@18000rpm]

Fantastic commentary and the video is very well shot too.

[@toro4781]

Thanks for the Memories 🥲

[@shantaviahorace4661]

This is a really good video and narration. The quality is amazing. Thank you 4 posting. RIP to the "old" Vegas

[@rogercastle2434]

Branson got close! He bought the old Hard Rock Casino, which is close to the airport

[@AdamJDM1]

Wow, I remember going to Vegas with my family every summer as a kid. Summer of 2001 I remember very clearly, it was such a wonderful time for a young kid! I would do anything to go back to that pre 9/11 world; thanks for bringing back my childhood memories.

[@4HeRb2BuRnEr0]

This was an awesome video ! And the narration with the facts is really nice ! I learned and saw some look stuff I didn’t know thank you !

[@sgissweet845]

Great video! I turned 21 in January 2002, and this video brings back so many memories. Vegas was awesome in the early 2000's, and footage like this is so refreshing to watch.

[@Stiiizyz]

I went for the first time in 2004 with my parents, at 6 years old. I remember my neck hurting so bad from looking up at the light so much. It was hypnotising, I remember saying to myself how much I need to go back. Objectively, the whole atmosphere was different and it was just better.

[@GMTX-kg8ep]

This was shot a month before I was born in Phoenix! I love watching this. We later moved to Vegas and were here from 2004-2017. I miss it to death. I’m a little nervous to go back it’s so different. A number of the casinos I grew up with, even though I haven’t really been in some of them have gone. That Klondike casino you drove by near the airport is long gone. Closed in 2006 then demolished in 2008. It’s now the site of a Harley Davidson dealership.

[@SAsh-zg6ln]

Back when $10 buffets on the strip existed

[@memoryroom6388]

I remember $3.99 buffet in the 80s!

[@SAsh-zg6ln]

@@memoryroom6388 damn that’s wild. I’ve been going to Vegas since I was a kid in early 2000s and feel Vegas changed the most during 2014-16. 6:5 bj, high resorts fees, paid parking, expensive food and drinks, etc

[@jerrysanders9101]

And free booze if you gamble

[@SAsh-zg6ln]

@JesterDance2093 true. I live near Santa Monica and got a job offer in Arizona and declined it after visiting Phoenix. The vast majority of people living in SoCal want to move but very little actually do

[@Cyrus992]

@@SAsh-zg6lnprofessional sports

[@MoneyAndMayhem]

Amazing video, thank you for posting.

[@s3c0nd1mpact]

This guy should be a tour guide...

[@TipsyTofuTravels]

What an absolutely incredible commentary and drive of Vegas. I absolutely loved this video and was fascinated by the vast changes made in such a short space of time. I cannot thank you enough for sharing this for us Vegas fanatics who would have never saw the strip in this much detail in 2001 if it wasn’t for your video and expertise. I have to ask - what promoted you to make this video back then? Before KZbin and other video uploading was popular, because it’s perfect and almost before its time in terms of home video and commentary. Also, what do you think of Vegas now; and some of your predictions coming true?!

[@jerrysanders9101]

Best commentary /drive thru pre-modern day overpriced resort fee 8$ water las Vegas on KZbin imo🎉🎉🎉❤😂

[@markgabrich4788]

Great video! Aside from enjoying the blast from the past it was a real treat to watch a travel video and not hear, “Don’t forget to subscribe and click the like button!” every three minutes.😆 Thanks for sharing the vid!

[@tuffguy6852]

even back then Crown Vics were the best looking cars on the road.

[@Basedcubone]

This was a great video and history lesson. Thanks for uploading

[@kristianwilley7289]

Wow!!! This is pretty cool. You were definitely spot on with this

[@rickcampbell6588]

I sure would like to know what you do now. Your very good at narrating. What an amazing video. Already watched it twice. Its in my favorites for sure. I was there 9 years before this 1992. I loved Las Vegas back then where it took you a half hour or more to walk to each hotel.

[@Jenaye12345]

I was a month & half old, take me back lol need a re-do on life right now

[@mistervacation23]

Narrated n the style of Ray Lindstrom. Very good

[@mamaureeen]

It’s like looking into an alternate universe

[@bartsimpsonsimpson3367]

The camcorder video quality makes this seem older that it is. The movie "Oceans 11" came out this year and would have been filmed far before this date. This isnt some "Old Vegas video" like an early 90's or 80's would be.

[@Rexson2003]

Was born in 2004 amd visited Las Vegas in 2008 I miss those days…

[@Rexson2003]

And*

[@Rexson2003]

These dumb typos

[@lincolnmoseley]

Thank you for uploading this

[@austin_the_brimstone]

As a kid who went to Vegas a TON in the early 2000's let me just say WOW what a nostalgia time capsule. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing footage. The narrator makes for an amazing proto-vlogger and sounds a lot like a popular Vegas KZbinr, "Lone Wulf Rick". I wonder if it's him? 🤔

[@NyValerieC09]

Wow i dont remember the Fashion Show looking like this. Aww the old CAT bus. We had a Blue Note???! This was great, thanks for uploading!

[@danieleidet7131]

Got married at the Excalibur in Oct of 2001. We are still married and went back for our 20th in 2021 and probably won’t ever be going back. 😂😂😂

[@keepgrindingkeepwinning9237]

This is amazing I live in Las Vegas currently and I have lived here for almost 20 years now I came in 2004 a few years after

[@Anomize23]

Came here in 2004 as well. Cant believe its been 20 years.

[@hypervenom6200]

2004 is 20 years ago not almost 20 years

[@oreosandoliveoil]

Never been to Vegas. Thanks for the tour 🤙🏽🔥🔥

[@michaelbertovich]

This was the beginning of the end.

[@stvstv8789]

Thank you for sharing wow you know Vegas excellent job …

[@tomnastyV2]

The year I turned 21 I was in Imperial Palace which is now the Linq. I watched the Stardust implosion from the roof of the Walgreens across the street. I miss the old days

[@OKZK_Bros]

crazy how jockey club is still there tucked away in whats now city center. driving by that area is nuts seeing it basically empty

[@Hedgey2025]

RIP Mirage ;-;

[@Rubster760]

Awesome upload, thanks 🤩👍🔥.

[@jicalzad]

Yeah I remember this vividly. Yes, I am old. Oh and this guy’s narration was really good

[@alexspendlove98]

Nostalgia can make a comeback, just don’t lose hope. Treasure Island should be restored to its former glory, the Linq hotel should rebrand back to Imperial Palace, Park MGM should rebrand back to Monte Carlo, Horseshoe should rebrand back to Bally’s, and most importantly rebuild the Tropicana and may the Hard Rock construction outside the Mirage fail miserably..

[@shakarussanders9911]

Wow i haven't been to Vegas since 2001! I went right after 9-11 the streets were empty!

[@fernandofelix892]

Great video.

[@TiltBrook]

Frontier lasted longer than Stardust

[@jeremys.travels]

That treasure island skull sign 😍

[@OllieRamone]

And the skull is at the Neon Museum

[@seadrifter8975]

Was there only one time in march that year 2001 stayed in the glass pool motel on the strip lol 😅 maxed two credit cards out first night won most of it back last day there . Changed since then a lot obviously . Good memories

[@VEGASMYWAY]

Just brilliant

[@l.a.crenshaw5952]

its all gone now the glittering las vegas

[@LoLa-OR]

Las Vegas was a special place until the late 80s. The narrator thought things were pricey in 2001, but has anyone experienced the nightmare the place is today? I went back for my birthday 9/2023 and spent about 3k for 5 days, for just myself. $5 for a small bottle of water, over $200 per night plus resort fees, taxes, et al for the room. Traffic was insane due to upcoming F1 race. And the machines are so tight they squeek and getting a drink (bottle of much needed water) from a server, while playing, was impossible! I could go on. I could have gone to NYC for what I paid for that trip and gone to equally, if not better restaurants, museums, and a Broadway show and probably a better room to boot! I much preferred it when there were only 225k residents and "only" 1 million visitors per month (or less).

[@TiltBrook]

Man, oh man… This guy is talking about how non-dazzling it is in 2001! Most all of that dazzle is completely extinct now

[@KrustySnax]

I couldn’t agree more with the commentary. I miss Vegas, even as it was in the early thousands before the Riviera and Stardust closed. It’s turned into boring corporate subrbia. If time travel becomes real, I’m going back.

[@Michael-jh9fd]

This is fascinating, I went to vegas once and that was in june or july 2001.