| rev:text
| - The truth is, I haven't been to trop since the renovations were made. I saw them start to phase in the new look, painting over the multi-colored patios for a complete white finish, which for some reason is a Miami look. cool when a town can claim a color, or lack of?
In the past, I have stuck to the classics and abhorred changes to my favorite places. But I can't deny when business drops off and the new changes improve business. I'm all for not changing something that isn't broken, but the Strip by definition is an animal that must evolve. In a perfect world, we could all vote for the biggest eyesore or wasted parcels of land to be changed first, but that doesn't happen as much as I'd like.
Well, I'm not sure how they're going to keep the interiors white with all the smokers and people putting their feet on the walls and other random general wear on buildings. But it clearly makes the place look brighter and less dingy. It was quite busy when I went in and I walked all over the property, around the pool area, over the walkway to where the buffet used to be.
There were things I couldn't help thinking of, seeing one of the last Folies Bergere shows, the tiffany glass above the front casino floor, where high wire artists used to walk across.
I made a concerted effort to look for the new on the strip, to break from my memories and see what new things there are to do that I could enjoy.
Unfortunately, by the time I thought about it and went over, the Mob Museum was already closed. My consolation was knowing that I had time to check out the other Mob Museum in town.
What used to be an abandoned corner with stairs is now a decent sports book. The bar nearby I used to love because I remember during a Halloween, they'd leave 1 tap for a seasonal beer. Hope they still do that.
One of the places I visited most, I stopped by for a quick beer on my Strip Crawl. The lounge was where I'd unwind and got away from the casino chain that I worked for in the area.
My ritual when I went was to drop a full 3 credit spin on Megabucks. I know a few people on the Strip that did that, we all wished to be put up in a room so we could call our boss the next morning with the news of our abrupt end of services.
There was a different band playing from the one I remember, I wondered if they still had a gig somewhere on the strip. My copy of the neon was in my room.
I know of this theme park that would paint the rides different colors every few years, paint a new sign with the ride's name on it. We knew it was the same rides every year. So what would make or break the renovations were the employees. The bartender was pretty decent, above "basic." I used to stare up and wondered if anyone really polished the brass trim on the ceiling. It's all painted over with white.
I paid attention as I was strolling thru the casino. Dealers and other employees seemed to help out guests. I saw one confrontation that was diffused not by patronizing, but by replacing the drinks which the customer accepted.
I was pretty happy visiting one of the old girls on the strip with her new look!
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)