Seinfeld's Kramer and Newman expanding to Downtown Las Vegas

There are lots of homeless Downtown.

My friend started driving one of these in NY about 15 years ago. I don't recall the exact figures but he quickly realized renting a $1000 vehicle for $60 a shift made no sense so he bought one and paid it off in two weeks or so. Within a few months, he had a fleet of ten and a full time manager running them, while he pocketed about $300 a day. Back then, there was no regulation. Today there is more, registration and insurance plus driver background checks but he still lives a pretty good lifestyle. They used to be a cheaper alternative to a yellow cab, now they are much more than a taxi.

I seem to remember pedaled bikes carrying two passengers (in addition to the driver) being on the strip. I wonder if they got outlawed?

I don't recall those, but my first trip here in 2001, they had souped up golf carts you could take on the strip and downtown. We rented one for a few hours and went from the Venetian to Fremont and back. It was fun.

Found an article. The taxi drivers were able to get them outlawed.

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Taxi owners, not taxi drivers.

Actually it was the taxi drivers who complained.