Your 1st Vegas hotel?

October, 2001 at New York, New York. It was kind of surreal less than one month after 9/11, and the town was pretty quiet. Bought a NYPD shirt at a kiosk at the hotel that I wore out from wearing soo much. Made a little money on the trip, and have been back 4 more time since then, with another trip planned for March.

Feb. 1995, I was 24. I went with a girl I worked with and her dad, We stayed 1 night at Circus Circus. She complained to her dad(it was a dump back then). Moved across the street to the Riviera. We were there for 7 days.
I ran out of money before the week was done. I had to borrow cash from her dad (how embarrassing!). Got food poisoning from Circus Circus Buffet half way through our trip. We walked everywhere.
I cant tell you how many cheap .75 Heineken's I drank from slots of fun!
Met some "connected guys"from New York at a Caesars Palace bar.
Sang Karaoke at Ellis Island.
Got the 3rd degree from airport security when I got home(had food poisoning again).
It was amazing. I LOVE VEGAS!!!
~Venus~

We did the Sands from 1986 until the implosion. We enjoyed staying in the "tower" and we were there the last night it was open. Everyone was really nostalgic, but understanably, the staff was really on old Sheldon Adelson's case. A host actually took us up to the top of the "tower" to tour the high roller suites where Frank, Dean, and he said, even Kennedy stayed. Ah, the good old days...
Bob

Mid 80's, went to spring training in AZ, drove up to Vegas for 2 days, stayed at Holiday Inn (now Harrah's of course). Don't remember much about it other than being hooked from the first second

August, 1991, stayed at the Flamingo. Went nearly every summer after til 1996 when switched to TI.
What I'll never forget was the check in desk at Treasure Island. There must've been 40 clerks, all of them appeared to be 22 years old - as if they'd just graduated from UNLV the week before.

Tim

Harrahs ,Ship on the Strip, early 90s right after they bought it from Holiday Inn.
Played $3 craps there.Drove downtown and gambled at Binions.Great memories.

1991 Vegas World, thanks to Bob Stupak's great deal. We ended up taking him up on his offer two more times before they closed. The last time was near the end and most stuff was already closed down, but they gave us $1000 of "Vegas World" chips to play. We converted it to $600 cash and spent the rest of our time exploring the rest of the strip.

I loved our trips in the 90's and early 2000's. Each trip saw new theme hotels opened and ready to be explored.

We have been back at least 12 times (I have lost the exact count) and are returning in March.

It was 1997, we stayed at the Mirage. My dad got a bonus for his long-life cookies & milk preservatives he'd created. He said he wanted to take a vacation there and re-marry my Mom. Had a REALLY embarrassing incident on the plane with my parents in the plane's bathroom. He said his pen burst due to the altitude, but my mom's pantleg was covered in the blue stuff too. Anyway, did the usual tourist-y things: Saw the Hoover Dam, Wayne Newton show (Mom got to sign with him AND got hit on my him, dirty old man!). I wasn't 21 yet so got a fake ID, won a TON of money at the craps table. Made friends with a bunch of Jewish movie moguls. Of course, Dad lost all his money, and retirement money, and sold our plane tickets. Coolest part, I won 4 cars! I just put in a coin and won a car, and put in a coin and won a car, and put in a coin....well, you get the point. I knew from day forward I was forever hooked on Vegas!