Viva Las Vegas Cheers
]]>The Wynn golf course was opened in 2005, the Desert Inn Country Club was the old much better layout that used to be there, the Encore sits on some of that land… The old Desert Inn was my family’s go to hotel after we stopped going to The Thunderbird, my brother and I played that golf course many times, it was a four hour baby sit for our parents. At the Desert Inn you could play $5 craps at the same table as someone playing $5,000 craps…
]]>I stumbled into Vegas as a kid 1981 (little money), Circus Circus was the place….room, 11 bucks…..breakfast $.99 cents/lunch$1.99/dinner$2.99.
7 years later, stayed in style at the DI, golf for staying 2 nights was free (Wynn golf course)
We could have moved up the street to Caesar’s or the Imperial Palace. In fact, the IP was probably same price or even cheaper. From my first visit to Vegas then until today my opinion is that Vegas is the most exciting City in America, and that is from (me) someone that grew up in NYC area.
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