Old Vegas Vanishing. Stardust Hotel to close this weekend.- Page 2

[Calvin]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 3:27pm

I would kill puppies for a chance to see Judy Garland sing "If I Only Had A Brain" while squeezing a Thighmaster.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 3:28pm

Closing act this weekend. Sold Out.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 3:31pm

I am not a Judy-hater. And I ADORE Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 3:41pm

I do love her voice.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 4:07pm

I especially love Eydie for her hand gestures.

And her versions of "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" and "If He Walked into My Life" RULE.

Updated On: 10/24/06 at 04:07 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 4:14pm

I think my favorite is "I Don't Care" where the lyrics are rewritten as, "So let down the gangway, here come Eydie Gorme...Cuz I DON'T CARE!"

[DAME]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 4:16pm

I am so excited about this show now. I have never seen her live.

[erikaamato]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 4:38pm

Another one bites the dust... *sigh*

[DAME]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 5:49pm

I am sure the Rivieras days are also numbered.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 5:51pm

As much as I like Vegas now, the old casinos were great

Much like Times Square now. As great as it is now, it was dynamite in the 40's

[DAME]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 5:57pm

I prefer gambling in the old casinos. I always do well.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 6:00pm

Love the casinos on Fremont Street

Go to Neonopolis by Fremont Street which , among other things, features old neon signs from old casinos.Hopefully, we can get there next summer to make up for cancelling this year due to my medical problems

Enjoy

[DAME]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 6:04pm

Neonopolis? Roxy.. I am not sure. But I think it is gone. I will check this weekend.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 6:40pm

If so it really did not last long

[DAME]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 8:26pm

Wait a minute. Roxy.. Is this place a mall?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 9:17pm

It was a mall type building but it may have been replaced by some sort of racing restarant museum

[Mamie]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 1:08am

I'm sorry Dame - I just got back to this and saw your question. The boneyard is at Fremont and Las Vegas Blvd. It's not open to the public but you can tour it if you make advance arrangements and write a check. (You can see ANYTHING in Vegas if you write a check). The Neon Museum runs it and you can make the arrangements through their web site.
The Neon Museum

[DAME]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 1:59am

Thank you.

[justme2]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 2:29am

This is sad. Years ago a friend and I trekked out to Vegas to see what was left of the old Flamingo hotel...only to find nothing of the original building save for an out building for storage.

This was the one that started it all, and it had been just razed to the ground in the 70's (I think the 70'). We did find a museum that had photos of the original Vegas hotels, but not much else.

I find that the older I get, the angrier I get at the blatent disregard for history in this country. Buildings, trees, open land, etc.

*steps off soapbox*

[Mamie]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:49am

For a while it seemed that every time I went to LV I saw another casino being 'imploded'. I live in Virginia and I remember thinking that we go overboard here to save everything that's old - no matter what it is. Over there they celebrate tearing things down. It's like two extremes - neither of which make much sense.

Updated On: 10/25/06 at 08:49 AM

[DAME]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 9:32pm

It's the nucleus of the town.