Vegas Has Changed | Lewis Black's Rantcast clips

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Lewis Black

Lewis Black

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@MaDaSaorig
@MaDaSaorig 2 ай бұрын
I’m your age and I flinch when I catch myself sounding like my elders did. I agree with you about Las Vegas and many other cities.
@PatriotVet-USN
@PatriotVet-USN 2 ай бұрын
1996 1st Vegas trip... Had a blast. 2007 2nd trip... Many Changes. 2018 3rd trip... Didn't recognize it, haven't been back.
@RonnieMinh
@RonnieMinh 2 ай бұрын
I came to Las Vegas in 1955. As a teenager in the 60's Vegas was a wonderful place. My buddies and I would go down to Fremont St. If you had a twenty dollar bill you could gamble a little, drink, eat all you wanted, people watch, and get souvenirs from the casinos, and still go home with a few bucks in your pocket. You are absolutely right Lewis, Vegas is now a super-expensive shit hole, every place is the same, just different carpeting.
@clifflong7944
@clifflong7944 2 ай бұрын
Totally agree with everything you said….I miss going to “The Desert Inn” playing a few hands of black-Jack while sipping a Rusty nail,then going across the street for the $1.99 prime rib. That’s the Vegas I fell in love with….
@kcwhite896
@kcwhite896 2 ай бұрын
Happy belated birthday! You share the day with my hubby! Have a great terrible week!
@JorgeRodriguez-iq7vb
@JorgeRodriguez-iq7vb 2 ай бұрын
I used to go to Vegas every weekend, enjoyed the cheap hotels and cheap food and always lost more than whatever I would have spend, then they begun charging for ridiculous stuff: resort fees, parking, high prices for rooms, high prices for food, etc. So now I haven't been for four years and before that I had cut back to once every two months. I hate greedy people and I will NOT put money in their pockets.
@codymoe4986
@codymoe4986 2 ай бұрын
LOL! You're putting money into greedy people's pockets, every time you visit Vegas, ya brain wizard!
@bradleymayberry9060
@bradleymayberry9060 2 ай бұрын
You are absolutely right.
@BekiBrindleScalaGUITARIST
@BekiBrindleScalaGUITARIST 2 ай бұрын
Happy belated Birthday, Lewis! Mine's the 30th of August, too... I am so happy to share that with you. I know you don't like birthdays, etc. Sorry to celebrate yours for you but, somebody has to do it! 😎
@mattgraham5992
@mattgraham5992 2 ай бұрын
The mob would never shake down the customers like corporate LV. That would not be polite.
@NeilTruick
@NeilTruick 2 ай бұрын
Every time someone has mentioned Las Vegas to me over the last 20 years, the same thought pops into my head: I miss the mob.
@bh2o
@bh2o 2 ай бұрын
Ain’t that the truth
@kathrynmceachern9503
@kathrynmceachern9503 2 ай бұрын
Thank you, Mr. Black. ❤
@johnyannelli2480
@johnyannelli2480 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely true. Just returned from Venetian. Freaking cheeseburger, 29 bucks. 3 tacos, 29 bucks. Went to Gordon Ramsey steak in Paris hotel. Salmon, 89 bucks, steaks start at 110. Glass of cheapest wine, 40 bucks and place is noisy as hell. I went to Texas Roadhouse here in Ky yesterday, 20 bucks for ribeye and it was better. Went to the Sphere, wife got special tickets, we had to sell our dogs and grandkids, saw the robots, ahhhhh, politically correct robots. Show was good, but not worth the money. Then the tables, where the hell are the two or five bucks blackjack or poker tables? GONE! Slots, pour ur money in, keep pouring, win 8 free games for a 4 buck bonus. No, Vegas ain’t what it used to be to be, not at all. We got off plane it was 110 degrees. My boxers caught on fire. Only thing that remains, the consistent attraction, the people who hawk time shares. They r still going strong. Attend their shit for 5 hrs to get tickets to a magic show. Ain’t worth it. I’m broke, 3 freaking days in Vegas.
@manita2653
@manita2653 2 ай бұрын
@@johnyannelli2480 great rendition of what las Vegas IS. Funny thing, when I lived in England from 1994 to 2007… people of certain demographics in their 30s - 50s just loved flying over to gamble and see Entertainment and even were married in one of those ‘chapels’…?!
@russell154
@russell154 2 ай бұрын
Yeah we were just in Vegas for the first time in about 7 or 8 years and we couldn’t get over how much more expensive everything is. Free parking for the most part is gone cheap entertainment and food all gone. Resort fees in every hotel even the seedy ones. I can’t imagine going back ever again.
@FDR_progressive_liberal
@FDR_progressive_liberal 2 ай бұрын
I lived in Vegas for a year in 2018. The casinos/hotels decided to charge for parking and I never went down to visit. At the end I decided I wasn't a desert kind of guy and moved to the Gulf Coast. Loves me some trees.
@Gk2003m
@Gk2003m 2 ай бұрын
My last trip to Vegas, in autumn 2022, was my last trip. Back in the day it was fun. There was an edge to it. Now it’s just a dull, expensive shopping mall. I don’t even understand the video gambling games, and there is no visceral experience. You press a button and you lose… tedious 😊
@dannyfrog
@dannyfrog 2 ай бұрын
I've been saying this the last couple of years, Vegas has turned into a playground for the rich and ultra wealthy. The working class visitor doesn't have a chance anymore.
@trog69
@trog69 2 ай бұрын
I guess we were very fortunate to go there many times when they still had 50¢ polish sausage and chips in the Riviera and dirt-cheap prime rib. We thoroughly enjoyed people watching outside during the winter when it was very nice outside. This was just before plans on the big casino builds were still just talked about.
@dannyfrog
@dannyfrog 2 ай бұрын
@@trog69 every casino, back when me and my family lived there, had a decent snack bar with polish/hot dog, sandwich options that were cheap. Not so much anymore.
@MyChannel-ol1zz
@MyChannel-ol1zz 2 ай бұрын
With multiple sports teams being added over the past decade I’m sure it’ll keep trending that way.
@trog69
@trog69 2 ай бұрын
@@dannyfrog My dad was a high-roller and we just rode on his coattails. So, we just made sure the tarbenders were tipped well. He always stayed at the Riviera, so that was our main base as well. (They comped us tickets to see Tyson fight Razor Ruddick, with a whole section of Chinese gamblers yelling, "Run, Razor, run!" 'cause they'd bet he'd make it to the fourth round. It was maybe the first time a fighter went the distance against him.) We did go check out the other big casinos when my wife joined us a few times. Circus Circus was a madhouse. hehe
@richardkammerer2814
@richardkammerer2814 2 ай бұрын
The last time we went to Vegas was courtesy of sky miles and hotel points. Nothing was inexpensive and the only non-slots action was done downtown. Got free mugs from The Sands just before they closed.
@pixelbender5897
@pixelbender5897 2 ай бұрын
"Row-Butts" - love this!! Thank you! Cheers
@artfuldodger8147
@artfuldodger8147 2 ай бұрын
I've been to Vegas about a half dozen times. I love to gamble. The last time I visited was in 2018. Even then it was too expensive, the smell of weed was everywhere, there were lots of homeless people, and it was a singularly joyless place. It wasn't fun. It's become a hyper-efficient machine designed to separate visitors from their money. When I first visited 35 years ago, the machine provided fun for its visitors, and the huge profits were a bonus. Will never go back.
@GeraldBooneBSWMPH
@GeraldBooneBSWMPH 2 ай бұрын
I lived there as a kid, 1973, I was 12 years old. My old house is a parking lot now. I lived clear on out by Nellis Blvd, all desert back then probably all a parking lot now. Entering puberty in Las Vegas in 1973 was akin to driving a car with a bad transmission that shifts gears and the whole car shakes.
@tarnel9
@tarnel9 2 ай бұрын
I'm glad I went to Vegas when I did back in 1999. Doesn't sound like a place I would like to visit again
@chrisbfd
@chrisbfd 2 ай бұрын
Never been to Vegas in 53 years. I don't feel I'm missing anything.
@SarahRenz59
@SarahRenz59 2 ай бұрын
@chrisbfd This 65-year-old has never been to Vegas, either. I'm not much of a drinker or gambler, so it's never held any real appeal to me. The shows would be fun, but they're way too expensive. Oh, well!
@brucefreadrich1188
@brucefreadrich1188 2 ай бұрын
Not even if my bucket list ran to a thousand.
@ChristyMorris-rh7rq
@ChristyMorris-rh7rq 2 ай бұрын
58 never been and never wanted to go!
@manita2653
@manita2653 2 ай бұрын
77 1/2 yrs young …never had the desire to even drive-by nor ever-will.
@thegreyhoundgirls536
@thegreyhoundgirls536 2 ай бұрын
The Sphere is a Stephen King novel waiting to happen 😳😱😳😱
@timothyduch948
@timothyduch948 2 ай бұрын
Happy birthday man, see you Thursday ❤
@charlesdavis1080
@charlesdavis1080 2 ай бұрын
Went to Vegas a few months ago. I was in the fashion Mall, and I noticed water fountains outside of the rest rooms. Went to take a drink and saw they were out of order. Yes, you can't even get free water, they want you to buy bottled water.
@fattypneumonia
@fattypneumonia 2 ай бұрын
those weren't water fountains, those were bidets
@gordonwasserman7352
@gordonwasserman7352 2 ай бұрын
Happy belated LB🎉🎂
@lizrohme2232
@lizrohme2232 2 ай бұрын
Loved you at the Venetian! Thanks Lewis! PS the parking fees are crazy too for us locals😎💕
@kendahl7922
@kendahl7922 2 ай бұрын
Soooo True I loved the 70’s there. Rat Pack, Red Skelton, Red Foxx , Don Rickels, Wayne Newton, Liberace Debby Reynolds and more. 👍👍🤡🤡
@KentLittlejohn-c2k
@KentLittlejohn-c2k 2 ай бұрын
Corporate Greed . Yes all those casinos are corperate owned.
@cautiousoptimist1926
@cautiousoptimist1926 2 ай бұрын
Vegas was always there to take your money, but in the past they made sure you had fun while you were there: food was inexpensive, booze was inexpensive, lounge shows were free and table games had low minimum bets. Now, none of that is true. Additionally, I grew up in Nevada and have never had issues with tipping, but now you're afraid to make eye contact with any of the employees, and the quality of service has fallen dramatically.
@dolfin99clean_up_our_ocean53
@dolfin99clean_up_our_ocean53 2 ай бұрын
Totally agree. Used to go in the 80's and 90's. Could find .25cent craps at the Royal. Didn't suck you dry like they do now. Used to be a good deal,sucks now.
@meatpockets
@meatpockets 2 ай бұрын
I’ve been to Vegas about 20 times since 2004. It’s just getting way too expensive if you play table games like craps. Most of the craps tables on the strip are $25 now so you need a huge wad to play for a while. When I first started playing, $10 was the norm and you can last a while with $200 bucks in your pocket. Lately I found that cruises seem to be a good value, they gave $10 tables and they throw in free cruises if you gamble a little.
@desultorilypanacea
@desultorilypanacea 2 ай бұрын
If your not rich you have to stay in the shantytown on the outskirts of Vegas. In the future they will give you high powered binoculars to view the strip and the rich people.
@arrchee8386
@arrchee8386 2 ай бұрын
Going in early Nov... When it ain't stinking hot... Have not been there in 8 yrs.. I expect to be fleeced...
@sistergoldenhair2231
@sistergoldenhair2231 2 ай бұрын
Cheap was fun! Reno same deal... no longer cheap fun.
@bilguana11
@bilguana11 2 ай бұрын
They quadruple the hotel prices during CES.
@mitchmitchell9588
@mitchmitchell9588 2 ай бұрын
Climate change has made Vegas unbearable during the summer. But the worst is mandatory charges for parking (more expensive than LA) and the exorbitant resort fees…all to pay for the Raiders and A’s. Maybe Reno or Palm Springs are better bets (pardon the pun).
@richconboy6896
@richconboy6896 2 ай бұрын
...climate change. LOLOLOLOL!
@GrumpyRobot75
@GrumpyRobot75 2 ай бұрын
@@richconboy6896 Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. This is you!
@ADBLOCKER4YOUTUBE
@ADBLOCKER4YOUTUBE 2 ай бұрын
@@richconboy6896
@ADBLOCKER4YOUTUBE
@ADBLOCKER4YOUTUBE 2 ай бұрын
@@GrumpyRobot75 Yeah, they always show up like MAGAts on rotten beef..............
@dannydaw59
@dannydaw59 2 ай бұрын
I thought the resort fees go to the casino/hotel. Don't the taxes go to the sports teams?
@take5th
@take5th 2 ай бұрын
I used to love Times Square in the 1970s.
@BDot-dv7lq
@BDot-dv7lq 2 ай бұрын
Been all over the country, been all over the world. And I've never once had the urge to throw away my money gambling anywhere. Vegas used to be talked about as a place that ordinary people could visit, see a show or boxing. But the insane prices have shut out anyone making less than a 6 figure salary.
@473weasel
@473weasel 2 ай бұрын
Totally agree Lewis. Went to Vegas almost as a pilgrimage. Now the entire place is owned by like one or two groups and nothings affordable. The games are all too expensive and all the same. South Point is somewhat decent. Maybe there's a New Vegas out there somewhere. Circ is cool and you get some random comedy shows here and there, but is it worth a plane ticket anymore? Meh.
@Htrain34
@Htrain34 2 ай бұрын
Left Vegas after 11 years once the pandemic happened. Vegas was my utopia never thought I’d leave. Don’t miss it at all.
@niacal4nia
@niacal4nia 2 ай бұрын
No more free parking, $9 coffee, $20 fried chicken, $50 minimum bet blackjack and 125 degree summer heat😂
@donwilber1628
@donwilber1628 2 ай бұрын
Ain't the same fun place it was in the 70-80s.
@Hithere-ek4qt
@Hithere-ek4qt 2 ай бұрын
Duh, nothing is
@user-ye1ky4hc2u
@user-ye1ky4hc2u 2 ай бұрын
Thank God corporations are people
@kathleentucker1238
@kathleentucker1238 2 ай бұрын
I remember...
@surfmarine3118
@surfmarine3118 2 ай бұрын
I moved thete in 1990 when the Excalibur was under construction. Managed to meet some great people and do some cool large scale sculptures that adorn some of the Strip properties ; most notable St. Marks lion in front of the Venetian and the giant bull skull on the prow of the men's pirste ship at Treasure Island. It was a pretty good for about 15 years until it got overdeveloped. I havent been back in about 7 years and half of the city is unrecognisable. Everyone I know whi is still there live in the suburbs and stay away from the tourist areas as much as possible
@drunkgambler3482
@drunkgambler3482 2 ай бұрын
Parking used to be free at any casino. Now it’s 25$
@magooracing
@magooracing 2 ай бұрын
They turned Vegas kid friendly. Gambling and prostitution wasn’t enough, they needed to tap into Disneys crowd.
@checkoutmyyoutubepage
@checkoutmyyoutubepage 2 ай бұрын
Where is the kid friendly stuff then? Cause I don’t see it.
@Loathello
@Loathello 2 ай бұрын
100% on all counts. My first Vegas visit was in 1987 when COMDEX was a thing (you can find it in the dusty shelves of a good library, between Babylon and Damascus). Room at the Tropicana. $1 blackjack. Excalibur wasn't being built yet and most of the old school casinos hadn't been blown up yet. There was some weird-ass VERY tall slide with an insane vertical drop somewhere. I forget. I rode it long after dark. The thing I remember best is the 2-3 seconds of descent where I left the slide and went into freefall. No safety rails. I was already flying high on coke, thus I had great fun. Would have gone again if I didn't bruise my tailbone slamming into the slide near the bottom. Nothing that more blackjack and free drinks couldn't cure. There was no Gucci shopping mall and no Gordon fucking Ramsay restaurant. Just a lot of fast food and shit $3.50 buffets. Except for the Bally's all-you-can-eat breakfast featuring endless lobster. Is Bally's still here? I'm too lazy to look it up. Fuck it. I slept in one day and went outside at 1 in the afternoon. The thermometer outside the casino said 117. I got in my rental car, touched the black steering wheel and PSSSSST steam came. I had to go back to my room and get a couple of wet washcloths so I could drive. At COMDEX, King Kong Bundy autographed a picture of himself posing with a Compaq PC. (After Babylon and COMDEX but before Damascus). He laughed at me good-naturedly because I was a nervous and skinny fan, then patted me on the shoulder while somehow managing not to break my collarbone. I forget the rest of that tech weenie conference because I'm old and who gives a shit, least of all me. Did I mention coke? Lots of coke. You can down a LOT of free drinks with enough coke. There's more, blah blah. Good times! 🥳🥳💲🤮 🤪😵 💲🥳🥳
@pac3br
@pac3br 2 ай бұрын
Did you see Kathleen, wasn't she at the Venetian this weekend? Weekend I wanted to go sending my son to college.
@chrislaustin
@chrislaustin 2 ай бұрын
Little late to the conversation, but I'll throw in my 2 cent all the same, as I moved to Vegas in 95, and it has completely changed since I first arrived. Back then, most strip properties were owned by only one person or entity, and the competition was what made it all work. Once places started buying up multiple properties, then they could do what they wanted, as the "competition" factor was gone. You still have local casinos and places like the South Coast that still have free parking and good deals, but for those tourist visiting the strip, good luck to you. Sadly, at the end f the day the real issue is all the people who come here and pay these ridiculous prices, as if no one paid it, no one would charge it. People love to claim Disney parks are over priced, and the same people paying the high cost are the ones complaining. The people always have the power, but sadly, they rarely if ever use it.
@witHonor1
@witHonor1 2 ай бұрын
I've got many good memories from Vegas. Don't drink a yard of marg with Red Bull, fyi. Lived on the strip, worked at a firm on Sunset next to the airport from 2017-2020. Ice Skating on the top of the Cosmo in the desert. But F being a tourist there. My NV license is still valid, so I can still pretend to be a local. What a life.
@SHRBJHD
@SHRBJHD 2 ай бұрын
I was born and raised in Vegas and Arizona Charlies on decatur would feed a family of 6 for breakfast for less than $15. Huge plates of food. Can’t even park there for that.
@daviddelgado6090
@daviddelgado6090 2 ай бұрын
To be honest, the only thing I've wanted to go to Vegas for since I was a child is the chorus girls, the ones with the feather outfits. Maybe one day...
@domb8448
@domb8448 2 ай бұрын
Paris would be better and cheaper.
@barbaramcspadden8655
@barbaramcspadden8655 2 ай бұрын
Went inside Circus Circus, then turned around and walked right out in late 1986. We had been on the Reservation for the weekend demonstrating against nuclear mining. 4,000 people were arrested for civil disobedience. Martin Sheen was there for support. ✊✌️ These days it's lithium mining.
@barbaramcspadden8655
@barbaramcspadden8655 2 ай бұрын
Correction more uranium, the tribal people are having a big protest. STOP the Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine at Red Butte, PRAYER WALK Flagstaff to Havasupai Lands. October 2nd-6th, 2024
@garryferrington811
@garryferrington811 2 ай бұрын
The Colorado River isn't infinite.
@theresakaplanamuso6342
@theresakaplanamuso6342 2 ай бұрын
Hi Lewis-!!!
@Clutch275
@Clutch275 2 ай бұрын
My kid got married this spring in vegas. They wanted the Lil white Chapel Elvis Experience. IT WAS GREAT. What wasn't great was $11 Beers in the casino, I do not gamble, so F&CK ME!! Restaurants Closing at 10pm, ITS F$CKIN VEGAS!!! FYI, I lived in Vegas for 2 years 04-06...It was Great!! EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THE PLACE SMELLED LIKE WEED.. I like WEED, But DAMN!! I dont think I will EVER go back...... RIP LAS VEGAS GREED KILLED IT!!!
@haroldgar1
@haroldgar1 2 ай бұрын
You are right on the mark, it's a big money grab by the corporations, when you visit here everyone wants a piece.
@MindyI0628
@MindyI0628 2 ай бұрын
And a Starbucks every 6 feet!
@PiggyFuktoy
@PiggyFuktoy 2 ай бұрын
SPOT ON
@pauljoseph2400
@pauljoseph2400 2 ай бұрын
Constant change. Gambling still brings in a substantial amount of money, but it has been surpassed by experience tourism. That's why they are acquiring NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and now Formula 1. You can schedule a Vegas vacation around seeing your team play an away game there. Sports, shows, concerts, DJ's, and dining.
@jeffshadow2407
@jeffshadow2407 2 ай бұрын
Not too long ago we went to see John Mellencamp in Las Vegas. Naturally he was playing on a Saturday night. Rooms at the Encore (concert site) were $808 per night. We stayed two blocks away for $256. Still way too much. It's a disgusting town now and sadly now full of homeless people. Definitely not what it once was.
@moonsglow4Harris
@moonsglow4Harris Ай бұрын
I used to got to the Rio buffet for $3.25 in the late 90's and my kids ate free. Then I'd get $60 in nickels and sometimes win $100. Back then they had 98% payback. Now they just take the money and get out.
@skylershank9309
@skylershank9309 2 ай бұрын
The business plan is simply, each resort/casino strives to see who can give the people less for more.
@timecowx
@timecowx 2 ай бұрын
Used to be a cheap hotel and cheap food were a great draw to get people out there to lose all their money in the casino. Somehow the corpos came up with selling the Vegas "experience", as if just the privilege of walking the litter covered streets and seeing lots of bright lights was a unique enough experience to go ahead and just start charging for everything. Maybe I am just older, but I like it when they fleeced me out of my money the proper way, with cards and dice and free cocktails brought by a server (who I think really likes me!). Now it's just Disneyland with nudity on the litter.
@dennisnonneman6795
@dennisnonneman6795 2 ай бұрын
I loved the Desert Inn…pure class. Now I stay at the Red Roof Inn, $10 Uber to the strip, free coffee plus breakfast bar. It’s how to save $300 per night.
@chrisj8742
@chrisj8742 2 ай бұрын
Allow a Las Vegas local to respond. Vegas hasn't changed much since 1990! We still cater to those obsessed with the material and overindulgence who voluntarily chose to visit. A few well placed and timed suggestions and then it's, sit back and let your fixed mindsets with their preconceived notions do the rest. It's only logical it's getting expensive you'll pay! It will continue until humanity destroys itself because the majority have been manipulated by others and themselves to value the wrong things!
@rainbowtropolis
@rainbowtropolis 2 ай бұрын
One sentence: "I'm never going to see 'The Price is Right' the same way again after that post." lol
@carlrodd8510
@carlrodd8510 2 ай бұрын
yep. they've sure sucked all the fun out of it that's for sure.
@hbnkasflik3202
@hbnkasflik3202 2 ай бұрын
yes even college student use to go there it was very cheap .
@woodrowwheeless2509
@woodrowwheeless2509 2 ай бұрын
Lived here 55 years. Vegas Is a lady of the night who will separate you from your money as quickly as possible. Corporate will squeeze every dine out of you.
@ElfcatBayPoint
@ElfcatBayPoint 2 ай бұрын
The Sphere: This Generation’s Laserium!
@StephenFlynn-xl2fw
@StephenFlynn-xl2fw 2 ай бұрын
Just stay out in the desert. Rattlesnake bites still free.
@affableman
@affableman 2 ай бұрын
It was a nicer and far safer place when the mob ran it. People dressed up, everything was cheap and you were treated like you were special. It had a dignity that it no longer has.
@c.a.t4607
@c.a.t4607 2 ай бұрын
Basically the ending of the movie casino
@codymoe4986
@codymoe4986 2 ай бұрын
Dignity? In losing all your money to a rigged gaming system? If the casinos weren't taking in significantly more than they give out, do you think they'd even be there??
@Tempestzzzz
@Tempestzzzz 2 ай бұрын
Vegas is a ripoff. Use to be deals...not anymore.
@budsworld22
@budsworld22 2 ай бұрын
I drove from Connecticut to the Grand Canyon and decided I’d go a little farther and see Vegas ( I’d never been ) that’s four days of my life wasted . The place is disgusting !
@ElfcatBayPoint
@ElfcatBayPoint 2 ай бұрын
Yeah the lack of a good all-PV powered rail system for that area is fucking ridiculous. Maybe as you say the real shit is going to be more off-strip.
@00pinkman00
@00pinkman00 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, but there is enough money to fund a Formula One race track that very few can afford to attend and only operates to the detriment of local business. Operating maybe twice a year at taxpayer expense. Who the hell is in charge of this town? Nobody who needs to feed their family on a regular basis is in charge.
@puirYorick
@puirYorick 2 ай бұрын
Never been there but isn't "Vegas" one of those places where they basically picked up their skirts - hoops and hems and walked the whole establishment around twenty miles towards the edge of the town limits and started rebuilding a whole New Strip with bigger hotels then acted like it was always the centre of the universe? Remnants of the original "Strip' still exist and operates as a small-time roadside attraction version of what it used to be if I understood what I read somewhere.
@Kiawah1007
@Kiawah1007 2 ай бұрын
Just give me my $10 blackjack tables back. You want me to spend, let me spend. I have plenty of money, but I’m not playing $50 minimums because I also have plenty of brain power. Just used to be fun and fuck around for a weekend, now it’s something I have to account for on the budget.
@Samuel-t5f7n
@Samuel-t5f7n 2 ай бұрын
As a former resident of Vegas for 36 years ending in 2011 I can honestly say that what they did to Vegas was horse shit. And how bout that ball washing Mayor Oscar Goodman 😂 Between him and Corporate America's money they took all the class out of what was once a really cool place to grow up and live in. ✌️
@HenryWeems-kr9wr
@HenryWeems-kr9wr 2 ай бұрын
Used to live in Vegas. Nice place back in the day. Totally sucks now. Caters to the rich only.
@MG-iu2nn
@MG-iu2nn 2 ай бұрын
Be true, any country turned out to be a better place to go than America. 😥1984
@elfistro6717
@elfistro6717 2 ай бұрын
Vegas is a ripoff… everyone on a grift to fleece the tourist. I stayed at MGM Grand… with inches of dust in my room although they cleaned it when I asked for the Manager. Loved it years ago, now not so much.
@shylahk
@shylahk 2 ай бұрын
Vegas local since 2010. I avoid the Strip like the plague. Charging for parking is bullshit but at least the casinos are kind enough to let us locals have 3 hours free. 🙄 We had a record breaking week of temps in July - full week of 115°+. Just stay home. It’s not worth it to come here.
@margob6203
@margob6203 Ай бұрын
I wouldn’t go to Vegas if it was free. I’d have loved to see it in its heyday, but from what I hear people say now I’d rather take a trip to Hell. No thank you!
@halcohal1776
@halcohal1776 2 ай бұрын
Lewis, like mishbachah from a different tribe! My 18 months in Vegas was an education, when it mattered. When it was a cheap and crazy time in the early '90s between the original corporate take over into the second/ 1st entertainment phase. I saw Bugsy's Fort/ Palace at the Flamingo being demolished. The MGM re-opening with Barbara. $2.99 Breakfast Buffet @ Circus Circus with fresh squeezed OJ! What a perpetual boomtown or what?
@crazywomancreek1
@crazywomancreek1 2 ай бұрын
I lived there for a long time. Moved 4 years ago. Never returned. Not worth it anymore.
@mic4902
@mic4902 2 ай бұрын
Every gambling town is that level of depravity. Surprise, surprise.
@festeradams3972
@festeradams3972 2 ай бұрын
Never been, no plans. I do recall however that if you play the Lottery, your odds are actually better in Vegas...
@bounce-house
@bounce-house 2 ай бұрын
ppl used to go to Vegas to gamble and all that money paid for the cheap prime rib and shrimp but now there's so many other things to do in Vegas you can actually go there and not lose a dime so they got to get your money somehow
@kathleenbolton-schmukler5727
@kathleenbolton-schmukler5727 2 ай бұрын
I’m middle aged and remember when Vegas was almost cheap about 20 years ago But hey, at least there’s still Reno
@audisportracer
@audisportracer 2 ай бұрын
Reno is getting as expensive as Vegas with all that Silicone Valley money coming in
@mikewagner6396
@mikewagner6396 2 ай бұрын
Makes you want to go and visit Wendover instead 😉🤣
@HarleyDavidsonVince
@HarleyDavidsonVince 2 ай бұрын
Anyone that goes there is a fool to be fooled. I never had a want to go there and never will.
@bh2o
@bh2o 2 ай бұрын
Stopped going decades ago… price points, lost vibe’s, too commercial. Sphere is quite enticing, (eg:) David Gilmore Live (Pink Floyd)… Not into gambling… life’s challenging enough.
@DJTheoSF
@DJTheoSF 2 ай бұрын
I think MGM owns most of the big hotels on the strip.
@barbarawalsh2875
@barbarawalsh2875 2 ай бұрын
The last time I went to Las Vegas I got divorced eight months later.
@Moist369
@Moist369 2 ай бұрын
I agree buddy but at the end of the day this was ALL always coming, and all you're really sayin is "Im Lewis Black, and im old" and you know what? Thats okay 👍
@AllanAdamson
@AllanAdamson 2 ай бұрын
What I found also with the developers is the reason land prices go up and have continued to go up is pretty simple when they don't sell it they don't want to sell it for lesser for less than what they acquired it for so instead you see prices begin to go up especially because these companies then want to leverage it and the bankers they need to keep doing business so they're willing to go along with those marginal increases but what's been happening lately and part of why I said that they inflated the wealth of all these billionaires on Wall Street with the stocks and whatnot is because it needs to level out it needs to add up all the speculation and those are the people that they have so who else to make wealthy because they know those are certain those are blue chips those are the Bill Gates that Jeff Bezos and so forth because you don't put it into somebody speculative that would crash out of nowhere because every time they seem to do that the guy crashes out of nowhere so that's why the rich get richer and the land and property prices continue to go up and inflation and the cost of living but what I found is when all the legalese was written it was all just straight numbers for the economy at the time they did not consider for any type of inflation or changes even today when they write stuff up it's similar to how things were written up when Nixon was President they aren't thinking of those things they're just putting numbers in with the law and not considering the rest of the economy why because these guys are used to borrowing
@thearmchairjournalist566
@thearmchairjournalist566 2 ай бұрын
The gambling industry doesn’t give a F! I thought everyone knew that by now 😂
@JaniceMarie-c7v
@JaniceMarie-c7v 2 ай бұрын
Never go anywhere with your brother! Omg that is where gets married again and again 😂
@crowfoot7355
@crowfoot7355 2 ай бұрын
Sago Lewis 😅
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