CityCenter and traffic
I’ve been busy today getting the slot hold occasional paper finished up, so running the risk of CityCenter fatigue, here’s an excerpt from my last LVBP column about, you guessed it, CityCenter: This...
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Speaking of dark and gloomy, here’s a quote from the day before Mirage opened back in 1989, from the LA Times via proquest: At the same time, though, the new competition is expected to drive struggling...
View ArticleIf you don’t see a video, it’s…
If you don’t see a video, it’s here: http://youtu.be/EqZ82UwJuBQ Author David G. Schwartz summarizes chapter 15, “A Clockwork Volcano: Las Vegas Strikes Back,” of Roll the Bones: The History of...
View ArticleTalking about Steve Wynn talking about Mirage at TWHT
Sometimes I like to share things that I find while plumbing through the archives, just because. Yesterday I did just that at Two Way Hard Three: Working on my lecture for tomorrow about Las Vegas...
View ArticleThe Conjuring of The Mirage in Vegas Seven
One of my favorite things about writing for Vegas Seven is the chance to write extended feature pieces that give me a chance to do original research and learn a great deal about Las Vegas, present and...
View ArticleTalking how the Mirage came to be on 97.1
Last Thursday, I did a quick interview with Lorrin Bond of 97.1 about my Vegas Seven cover story on The Mirage’s design and construction. You can listen to it here if you like: David G. Schwartz talks...
View ArticleThe Big Gamble | Desert Companion
I have a feature piece in this month’s Desert Companion looking at the impact of the 1989 opening of The Mirage: Wynn’s design team found their endurance pushed to the limit in keeping up with his...
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