Most likely I shall be there to meet all of you!
dancer9 is close to Vegas

I'm all for Vegas! I'm there about four times a year anyway!
I'm a Caesars preferred customer but it's a hop from the Mirage so no problem there! I hope this shapes up!
And Chatty,
The shopping is FABULOUS, did you know that the countries shoe mart is held there twice a year? Yes, all buyers from all over come to Vegas to show their shoes! Quick! Call Dianne, she'll go shopping with me!
dancer

I'm wondering if we want to stay DOWNTOWN or directly on the Strip. I've stayed at Caesars before and it is a nice place. Doesn't matter to me, as long as I can play the slots...and give Chick money to win for me.

JJ, and ladies, just be aware there is a lot of constuction going on in the DOWNTOWN part of old Vegas. Other than the above head Fremont experience its a mess down there, and in my estimation not all that safe either. Most people "living here" usually avoid that part of town...

Also the south end of the strip is best and safest as well, like from Treasure Island south to the Mirage, Caesars, The Venetian, Bellagio, New York-New York, Mandalay Bay, Tropicana, MGM Grand, Paris, Alladin, Luxor, Ballys, Monte Carlos. Plenty of the best to choose from and its safe there, lots of foot and bike patrols. Off the strip is Boulder Hotel & Casino, "best" buffet in town, but the food is good most every where. If anyone wants any of the hotel phone numbers PM me and I'll send them along.

Chatty,
A long time ago, I played a live broadcast gig in downtown Vegas at the Four Queens. It was a great gig then. Is it still there? I've not checked since!
dancer9

Yes, the Four Queens is still part of downtown Fremont street...The construction down there is a real inconvenient mess but promises to make that part of the Vegas experience a pleasure when completed. Our Mayor is compulsive about it...

It was wonderful down there then. We did the concert and all of us commented on how different it was downtown than on the strip!
Beautiful,
dancer

Very big difference then and even now, for one thing there is a LOT less walking from place to place, but like I said its not very safe for some reason, lots of homeless drift in from the railroad yard, easy in and out of town for transients.

There is a beautiful brunette woman newly missing right now the town is all a buzz about. She apparently took a cab downtown alone and ?????? hasn't been seen since. You probably won't hear about her because what happens in Vegas really does stay in Vegas, especially if it might affect tourism...

The woman, Chatty, was she a tourist? Did she go missing from the downtown area?
dancer

Apparently a tourist and she went out alone after dark. Last seen downtown watching the Fremont experience. Then she just vanished. I'll keep you posted if I can find out anything. But like I said, they keep this stuff under wraps, not good for business...