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Above the Boardwalk
Jan. 10th, 2006 11:34 amAnd so The Boardwalk closes its doors for the final time. Needless to say, despite having stayed there several times, I never bothered to pick up a $1 chip from the place, solely because I don't think that I have ever gambled there.
I have an old affection for some of these down-at-heel won't-be-around-much-longer places, and not just because they are cheap (although that is a factor). I suppose that it's in the British nature of supporting the underdog. As the LasVegasVegas blog states, the new is celebrated, the old can go screw itself. So, who else is to care for the San Remo (now reinvented as "Hooters", I believe), The Boardwalk and the El Cortez?
There are other, less deserving cases (the Luxor, Circus Circus, Stratosphere, Binion's) for which I hold no such affection. But some places, for some strange reason, deserve more.
I think it was partly the Boardwalk's architecture, kind of a ramshackle evolution with different lifts for the two different main blocks, plus the section of ground floor rooms on the way to the pool and, finally, the cheapest of the cheap, the separate motel rooms. Security-wise, these were a nightmare, but they had the plus of allowing you to pop in and out, directly to your car in the employee's car park, without going anywhere near the casino.
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( more bitchiness, and the toughness of three-tabling )
I have an old affection for some of these down-at-heel won't-be-around-much-longer places, and not just because they are cheap (although that is a factor). I suppose that it's in the British nature of supporting the underdog. As the LasVegasVegas blog states, the new is celebrated, the old can go screw itself. So, who else is to care for the San Remo (now reinvented as "Hooters", I believe), The Boardwalk and the El Cortez?
There are other, less deserving cases (the Luxor, Circus Circus, Stratosphere, Binion's) for which I hold no such affection. But some places, for some strange reason, deserve more.
I think it was partly the Boardwalk's architecture, kind of a ramshackle evolution with different lifts for the two different main blocks, plus the section of ground floor rooms on the way to the pool and, finally, the cheapest of the cheap, the separate motel rooms. Security-wise, these were a nightmare, but they had the plus of allowing you to pop in and out, directly to your car in the employee's car park, without going anywhere near the casino.
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( more bitchiness, and the toughness of three-tabling )
