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    Mr. X
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    Mr. X: Closed Casinos trivia

    Just some trivia-
    The column on the left list some casinos which I've played at, which have closed. The 2nd column lists casinos or businesses which now exist on their old sites. I wanted a 3rd column, but I see I don't have space, so I put them on the bottom of the page, indexed by lower case letters. Those bottom ones has some trivia about casino in column 1. Can you match them up?

    1. Castaways ..........A. Imperial Palace
    (not the old Showboat)

    2.Dunes ........... B. Main Street Station

    3.Flamingo Capri ...... C. Stratosphere

    4. Mint............... D.Frontier

    5. Centerfold........... E.Mermaids

    6. Park................. F.Mirage

    7. Foxy's Firehouse .......G.MGM

    8. Mr. Sy's .............. H. Bellagio

    9.Vegas World .............I. Holy Cow

    10. Sundance West...........J.Horseshoe

    11.Marina ...........K. World's Largest Gift Shop

    12. Silver Slipper... L.CBS Sportsworld (defunct)

    Column 3 (trivia)
    a. Wong "party" exploited their funbook for hundreds per book

    b. One word: Stupak

    c.Owned by Howard Hughes

    d. Built an addition called The Oasis, connected to main casino. Lasted a few years, then torn down.

    e. Their parking garage hosted a car chase in a James Bond movie (the one with Jimmy Dean, and the Whyte House)

    f. The theme to Gilligan's Island
    always went thru my head when I drove by this place

    g. Major flooding problems during
    thunderstorms. 1st place I ever
    played, 12-26-75.

    h. They blitzed I-15 with a large
    number of corny "Burma Shave"ads in 1976.

    i. Free beef stew. Can you say "riff raff"?

    j. Topless dancers in the back

    k.Used to be a downtown dive named "Gamblers Hall of Fame"

    l. Named after Korean owner


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    Broncosauras[sic]
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    Broncosauras[sic]: Re: Closed Casinos trivia

    1. Castaways -> Mirage ............f

    "hole in the wall"

    2. Dunes -> Bellagio...........d

    Expansion also known to employees as the

    "O Anus"

    3. Flamingo C. -> Imperial Palace....s

    Before my time, proximity guess

    4. Mint -> Horseshoe..........k

    $15 in funbook matchplays

    5. Centerfold -> Mermaid............j

    6. Park -> MSS................h

    just a guess about the ads

    7. Foxy's F. -> Holy Cow...........i

    My first mini-tourney win!

    2nd place for $250

    8. Mr. Sy's -> CBS................l

    9. Vegas Hurl -> Stratosfear........b

    Sorry, can't take anything by the

    guy seriously

    10. Sundance W. -> Frontier..........c

    Felt an atomic test blast in my

    room while staying at the other

    Sundance downtown (now Fitzgeralds)

    Experience was similar to a 4.0

    earthquake, for you Californios

    11. Marina -> MGM...............a

    I think part of the frame is still

    there inside the bowels of the MGM

    12. Silver Sl. -> WLGS..............e

    For some reason I always remembered

    this place as being closer to the

    Castaways

    Probably a couple of these are wrong. But that was fun...thanks!

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    Mr. X
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    Mr. X: Re: Closed Casinos trivia

    I enjoyed Bronco's comments.
    Here are the answers, with a few more comments-

    1. Castaways - Mirage - Theme of Giligan's Island would go through my head when I'd pass it.

    2.Dunes - Bellagio
    Built an addition called The Oasis,
    connected to main casino. Lasted a few years, then torn down.
    O Anus, I like that, Bronco!

    3.Flamingo Capri - Imperial Palace
    Major flooding problems during
    thunderstorms. 1st place I ever
    played, 12-26-75. (I usually play alone, but on my 1st trip, went with 4 friends. One room, 2 beds. I slept on the floor for a few hours. Ahh, my starving college student days!)
    I believe the Capri's original "garden apartment" rooms still stand.

    4. Mint - Horseshoe

    Their parking garage hosted a car chase
    in a James Bond movie (the one with Jimmy
    Dean, and the Whyte House)

    5. Centerfold - World's Largest Gift Shop
    Topless dancers in the back.
    I had been under the mistaken impression the dealers were topless. I made a special trip, and was disappointed to see a bunch of old men dealers.

    6. Park - Main Street Station
    Named after Korean owner.
    I believe it was a Holiday Inn several years before that.

    7. Foxy's Firehouse - Holy Cow
    They blitzed I-15 with a large
    number of corny "Burma Shave" ads in 1976.

    8. Mr. Sy's - CBS Sportsworld (I think)
    Free beef stew. Can you say "riff raff"?
    Even I was never desperate enough to come here for their stew. Also known as "Mr. Sy's Casino of Fun". And after Mr. Sy's, it became a casino with an Indian as a symbol, forgot the name. That lasted a few months. Then, it became the Peppermill for a little longer.

    9.Vegas World - Stratosphere
    One word- Stupak

    10. Sundance West - Mermaids (I think)
    Used to be a downtown dive named
    "Gamblers Hall of Fame"
    I didn't play here much, but I remember it being between Binions and the Plaza. But I read a few things which made me believe that it was where Fitzgeralds is now. But I found a fairly definitive piece on the internet that places it at Mermaids, where I originally thought it was.

    11.Marina - MGM
    Wong "party" exploited their
    funbook for hundreds per book.
    Bronco is right, part of an expensive wing still stands.

    12. Silver Slipper - New Frontier
    Owned by Howard Hughes


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