What's New in Vegas

[fauxklore]

Aside from the bad hotel experience, I did enjoy the trip to Vegas. I did the North Strip volksmarch event again, and, while there is still a lot of construction leading to bleak emptiness, there is some new stuff of interest.

The most obvious is the High Roller, allegedly the world's tallest observation wheel. I would like to ride it someday, but heard it is best at sunset, which comes too early this time of year. It is associated with The Linq, which seems to have replaced the Imperial Palace and incorporated O'Shea's.

The two new casino hotels I noted are The Cromwell, which is claimed to be a boutique hotel, and the SLS. The latter looked very nice, too, with interesting restaurants. I would try staying there, though the location is kind of out of the way (the north end of the monorail.)

Ah, Vegas. Always changing.

Comments

[susandennis]

Hilariously, I went to check out both the hotels. The SLS looks interesting but too far out, I think, maybe for me. But, when I looked up The Cromwell, I clicked on 'map and directions' and the page loaded up with a google map of Cromwell, New Zealand which is a tiny town on the South Island. It cracked me up. I have a good friend who actually lives in said tiny town. I sent him the link, he will think it's hilarious. So thank you!

[fauxklore]

Google maps does do things like that.

The Cromwell is, by the way, very central for the strip. Right next to the Flamingo, across Flamingo Rd from Bally's and across the Strip from Caesar's Palace.

[susandennis]

Turns out from friends from Cromwell, NZ were in Las Vegas for the first time ever last Summer and remember seeing The Cromwell.