On the way to pick up a neighbor of mine that finished a shift at a public service sector job ending at midnight, it was 12:05 am when i snapped this picture.  This is a major commercial section in a good sized city. I have never witnessed this road empty of vehicles as far as one can see, even at 3 or 4 am.

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A detailed look inside Caesars Palace while it's closed down.

https://news3lv.com/news/local/lights-out-a-look-inside-caesars-palace-as-it-waits-to-reopen

And I love this article, it just touches on some of the problems, at the casinos in Vegas and outside of Vegas.

Where they take such advantage of their stance and what they have and their players.  How they are so arrogant towards cleaning and hygiene and health and the list is long. And they cannot ignore public hygiene this time around, you know there are very complicated questions concerning players that are unhygienic as well as smoking that need to be addressed and must be addressed and you will see them addressd as well.  And finally, as to crowding at the tables and elsewhere in the casinos.

I guarantee you there will be new regulations and standards concerning all of that.

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-04-16/vegas-casino-executives-discuss-reopening-with-dealers-in-masks

The absolute reality of opening casinos and the possibility of what can and cannot happen.

https://news3lv.com/amp/news/local/what-does-a-gaming-reopen-look-like-in-las-vegas

The Lucky Dragon, a failed Chinese venture on the Las Vegas Strip Revisited.

Now do not forget, it is a stones throw from that long long long time eye-sore, long-term failed after failed project now looks to be reopening under the name of Resort World and  opening was for 2021, but of course we had the new Las Vegas problem that coincides with C19.

Of course the Lucky Dragon was doomed from the start, that is the way they catered only to the Asians and left out the predominant amount of people in Las Vegas  that gambles and spends money.  They should have made it the reverse way around but they did not do it.

I am also wondering why would all those investors, with all that kind of money want to leave China and get permanent residency in the United States, if China was such a great country?  Does not make sense but that is not the point of this video.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hCktIJAYwGI

About the property where the Stardust used to be, that they have been building for like 10 years and now finally it is going to be Resort World and you know what?  With this downturn in Vegas and the strip being closed, it is not going to be a positive thing but here is a great history on it that property.

Here's a review about the link:

"I have lived in Vegas for 35 years.  I know the history of just about everything and anything to do with Vegas.  This is a brilliantly put together history of the Stardust.  Most of the pictures were relevant to what was being said.  The information was detailed and correct.  When I started watching I said to myself, "I wonder if they will mention the race track?"  This is better than 99% of the documentaries produced by major players, on many levels.  Nice Work."


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=64PDoTU42Ak&t=3s#searching

Quote from: AsymBacGuy on April 14, 2020, 10:06:46 PM
We (we) can't believe you put CP at the top of your list.

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Had some absolutely fantastic trips there, had some absolutely fantastic sessions there.   One time was the fourth highest amount I ever won in one sitting. I have a friend from California that loves the Wynn and Encore and another the property and he would never go to Caesars Palace.   Likewise, I  had one of my worst play sessions at the Wynn when the front money got all tangled up and it took them 40 minutes to give me my front money that I deposited in cash and I wrote about that a few years back.  Every time I've been to the Wynn, just a nightmare for one reason or another.

Going to a casino property is almost like going to a real busy restaurant at a super busy location and you can have 50 great flawless meals and then all of a sudden you go one time and it's just a nightmare or it could be the other way around.

VEGAS STRIP.  Actually, history as to the emptiness of it.

For those of you that have never been to Vegas, here is what the strip looks like in todays unprecedented times.  He starts near the Stratosphere where he's starting from is just North of the Wynn on the east side and north of Treasure Island which is on the west side, kind of the North End of the strip well before downtown and then he travels on his bicycle going south just passed Planet Hollywood on the east side of the strip and it would be just north of the Tropicana and well north of Mandalay Bay, which would be considered the southern end of the strip.  This will give you an idea of what it looks like with nobody on the sidewalks and the lightest traffic I have ever seen in the street.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=TSecDQcJF9Q&t=10365s

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I started to write out everything again about Vegas and everywhere I've been in a little recap on each property and then I said wait a second, I already did this couple years ago in pretty good detail and that was back in June of 2016 here in the baccarat Forum.

Link is below.  I wrote about, Caesars Palace, Bellagio, Wynn, Mirage, T.I.,Venetian, Palazzo, Planet Hollywood, Gold Coast, Plaza, Rio, Palms, Hard Rock, MGM, SLS, Red Rock, and the Golden Nugget.

There's a few others, but I didn't put them in there or write something because it would have just been a hit or miss, very sporadic type and visit and never really stayed at those, just played a little bit several times and really do not have an opinion to voice on other properties.

https://betselection.cc/baccarat-forum/where-is-best-barccarat-room-in-vegas-to-play/msg46108/#msg46108

And here is another set of high rollers you see within the casinos along the strip in the high-limit rooms and then you wonder where they get their money from after they give you some bull poo-poo line how they're such wealthy families and successful business people. Just remember these are the people you gamble with:

"Instead, the defendants allegedly used new investor money to repay earlier investors, and diverted some money to award themselves sales commissions, subsidize gambling habits, and pay for private jet travel."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mri-fraud-japan/japan-extradites-father-son-charged-by-us-in-15-billion-ponzi-scheme-idUSKCN1RU2CE

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Todays snack!

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https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/04/01/macao-gambling-revenue-plunges-a-worse-than-expect.aspx

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/04/03/las-vegas-sands-wynn-resorts-to-pay-employees-unti.aspx

Great article with factual reality.  Not many will like.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/04/09/why-re-open-the-las-vegas-strip.aspx