It’s one of those things. When I am on a tour, and we drive down the Strip. As we get close to where it happened. Close to Luxor or to Mandalay Bay Resort. Most times, nobody will say anything, but you can still almost hear them ask the question as…
As the Michael Douglas character Gordon Gekko stated in the 1987 movie Wall Street “Greed is Good”. And so the wolves of the Las Vegas Strip, most notably MGM, have decided that it’s time to stop being nice and it’s time to start being greedy. Again. With that said, we…
What is on Podcast Episode #300 Edited script/topics for Monday’s with Mark – The Vegas Tourist Podcast episode 33 (This post is being updated and edited) Why is it called episode number 300 if I’m redoing the show? Because it’s not starting over. I first started the podcast with a…
A question that has been popping up on the Las Vegas forums a lot lately is asking about the recent news of the MGM being sold. So did the MGM sell the MGM, Mandalay Bay and the Bellagio? If so, what does that mean for the hotels? [arve url=”https://youtu.be/s0f9RgEtr5w” title=”Did…
Every time a new story about Steve Wynn and the decades-old allegations of sexual harassment makes the news, the famous scene in the movie Casablanca replays in my head. The scene where Captain Renault is shutting down Rick’s Cabarete to show the German officials that he is truly in charge…
[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bej0dkf7lu8″ title=”Ask The Vegas Tourist How Many Hotel Rooms are on That Corner?” description=”How Many Las Vegas Hotel Rooms are on that corner?” /] Looking down the Las Vegas Strip, at all those tall, impressive towers of hotel rooms. Don’t you ever wonder just how many hotel rooms and…
On October 1, 2017, Las Vegas became the scene of the worst massacre in Modern American History. From the first moment somebody realized there was a story there, the people with the tinfoil hats got busy creating conspiracy stories. A second shooter, a massive government cover-up. Aliens coming in at the last…
If only the people it was intended for would get the message. Unfortunately, James Murren, CEO of MGM Resorts International, has proven to be clueless when it comes to knowing who pays the bills at his company’s resorts. So when the message went out that CES is tired of the…
The MGM has announced who gets the honors of opening its newest music venue at The Park MGM. Otherwise know as The Monte Carlo. Rock ‘n’ Roll legend and singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks will be the one to break the seal along with special guest The Pretenders on Saturday, December 17. “Stevie…
If you listen or read any of the mainstream or popular Las Vegas-based blogs, media sites or YouTubers, you may think the deal is off. That the idea of using part of hotel room tax to help get the 65,000 seat domed stadium built is doomed. Fear not, that is…
