Tease.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSee, the new entrance at the Golden Gate is the only entrance to a Fremont Street casino with a step. And, yes, it’s just one step. The overall intoxication level on the Fremont Street Experience is above average, to say the least, so there may have been an issue with patrons not being able to easily navigate that one step. We’re not kidding.<\/p>\n
Casino owners are infinitely patient when it comes to the law of unintended consequences, so it’s likely they’re working on a solution to this problem. Obviously, “people not being dopes” isn’t feasible. Maybe different lighting. Maybe more gradual inclines of some kind.<\/p>\n
The Golden Gate is one of our favorite places to play, downtown, so for the moment, we’ll enter the usual way. Past the go-go dancers. If we must.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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