“A little bit of this town goes a very long way.” Hunter S. Thompson
People always ask me about things to see and do in Las Vegas. When I first broke in there, gaming was 90% of the casinos’ revenues and there wasn’t much else to do; today more than 65% of the resorts’ revenues come from the non-gaming amenities. Hotel rooms, retail, food, weddings, conventions, entertainment and more make up that number: so many things to do and so little time. Most are surprised when I tell them that one of the best restaurants in town is also one of the oldest: The Steak House in Circus Circus is every bit as good and nostalgic as it was 40 years ago when it opened, and well worth the trek through that casino to get there. And one of the best activities is people watching, one you must get personally engaged in to get the most out of: we’ve been there 35 years and it never grows old. But in all my years working there, the thing most wanted to see was the “back-of-the-house”, where employees eat and get from one place to another – the hotels there are like cities and that’s reflected in those spaces. While gaming can now be found in just about every state in the US, Las Vegas is the gambling town with so much more, and a little bit of it goes a very long way. Put a trip to Vegas on your bucket list today.
Hunter Stockton Thompson (1937 – 2005): From his book “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”; he was an American journalist and author, and founder of the gonzo journalism movement
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