The timing required that Las Vegas Boulevard be closed for most of the day, which caused a lot of problems with our other big event: the National Finals Rodeo. The Rodeo itself is taking place at the University center, which is a few miles east of the Strip down Tropicana. When it let out at 3 there were thousands of people that had to get back to their hotel rooms, which was a challenging task with the Strip closed and traffic not being able to cross except at limited points. But the rodeo went well. We walked the south end of the Strip on Saturday night, and cowboy hats and very short skirts were much in evidence. The hats come and go, but the skirts are around most nights, no matter how cold it is. We also walked through the Monte Carlo and New York New York casinos and noticed the new trend in the big places of putting scantily clad dancers up on a bar right on the casino floor. (one in Monte Carlo did have on a cowboy hat, which probably covered more skin than the rest of her outfit). I was distracted walking past, I wonder how the players like it. It must work at attracting and keeping gamblers putting out their money or the casinos wouldn’t do it.
In keeping with the Strip theme, here are a few shots taken at the Crystals shopping center at City Center: first, I liked the birds on this store’s windows
From the upper level the center shows it’s interesting interior shapes
Down at the bottom is this sculpture, where the plastic sculptures keep changing colors
5 comments:
The interior does look interesting. Fresh and modern. And I like the sculpture though it may be dangerous. I might find myself going ooooo pretty colours.... and there would go the shopping trip.
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Nice pics, Joe. Wow, that sure was a cold start. Mind, after the first few KM I doubt the runners would have felt it!
Thanks for sharing these picks with us. I need to schedule more time in Las Vegas.
Love those colorful statues.
Sounds busy!
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