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I was engaged in a thread earlier about a property in Las Vegas that no longer exists....Can't help but wonder.....??? What defunct property do you wish was still in existence???  My choice, hands down...would be The Sands.  Funny, I never frequented it when it was around; but believe it held an iconic look for the Strip..  IMHO 

I was engaged in a thread earlier about a property in Las Vegas that no longer exists....Can't help but wonder.....??? What defunct property do you wish was still in existence???  My choice, hands down...would be The Sands.  Funny, I never frequented it when it was around; but believe it held an iconic look for the Strip..  IMHO 


I AGREE   Sands would be nice to have again....Also the DUNES.....and the Stardust.......I also miss the old Saharra from 1992 thru 1996, even though it was becoming a dump.....it still had that old 1960s Vegas Mafia feel and charm, and they did have a GREAT GREAT restaurant, House of LORDS, that did not become a dump like the rest of the place.Good thread Goo, makes ya stop and think......

galey i too miss the sands.my mother and i stayed there 3 times a year for many years.we got to know just about everyone that worked there.watched the mirage being built from our window,have great memories from there.

The only place I was ever 86'd - The Fitzgerald.

Are you including the games and promotions these casinos had 20 or so years ago which we get to play with today's knowledge?The Desert Inn had fifteen or twenty high limit 9/6 Jacks machines with a 1% cash slot club. One time they had a slot tournament, with a $500 entry fee, where if you were entered in the slot tournament you got double points on the machines for three days the tournament was going on.At the time (1995, I think) I played 3-coin $5 machine because I couldn't afford bigger. The 5-coin $5 machines probably were more profitable than the $25 machines because of the time it took to get W2Gs paid off. The $100 machine was VERY slow.I played the whole weekend --- trading the machine with my then ex-girlfriend (I called her Ginnie in my autobiography.) We didn't hit a royal and ended up losing on the play --- but I'd surely like another crack at it!So many other casinos had VERY LUCRATIVE promotions. They even had some at the Frontier. it was a piece of sh*t casino, but if you had some knowledge and the nerve to play big stakes, you could do quite well there. A decent percentage of the players who today have multi-million dollar bankrolls played back then. Each of us "hit the big one" at a different point in time (for me in came in 15 months starting in November 1999, primarily at the MGM), but the opportuniities were definitely there.I miss those "gold mines" far more than the actual casinos.

My topic was meant purely for nostalgia; in any way, shape or form...All these replies are personal; yet relatable...thanks for the memories♫♪♫♪

I'd settle for just Lord Fletcher's restaurant from the "old" Sahara. They knew how to treat a steak there.

I miss the $5.00 Prime Ribs. Loved the small casino's, the only video poker game offered were jacks or better back then. Hit many royals just sitting at the bars playing quarters. Yes those were the days.

I recall a fairly cheap prime rib a few trips back at the diner in the Golden Gate downtown. It did happen to be Good Friday...peccavi...

I remember it as the House of Lords when Del Webb owned it. The prime rib hung over the edge of the plate and the baked potato was gigantic as well. The entertainment was top of the line. Johnny Carson, Flip Wilson, Don Rickles, Jack Jones.