Poll : 10 May - 06 June 2017

68-89 is a great breakdown. My first trip when able to gamble was 1970 and the just loved the old downtown including Fremont, Horseshoe, Mint...Lady Luck, El Cortez. Also on the Strip, Silver Slipper, OLD Stardust and Sahara, Landmark, DI, and especially 1.99 breakfasts and the independent hole-in-the-wall Race and Sports Books (I think the2 big ones were Santa Anita and Rose Bowl). In the early 80's were the first trip with my wife and we remember great times, experiencing all the newer places of the time (and some of the old) with friends. And my Dad retired and he and Mom moved to Vegas at the end of the 80's which created many more memories. Late 80's was also the first of several times we went with our kids and with the help of my parents, got to experience so many great things about Vegas outside the world of the casinos (also where we first went to Arizona Charlies, and then Santa Fe, Texas, Fiesta too).

I don't agree with "Vegas giving away the store". I was ready to take advantage of all the great promos I thought were going to happen. But they never materialized, at least not on slot club/video poker promos.

Exceptional entertainment at more than reasonable prices;  great dining at more than reasonable prices at great themed restaurants like Aku-Aku, Dome of the Sea, Captains Table, etc.  Don't think it will ever be as good.

Mostly the early 90's some of the previous era stuff still in place to enjoy.  Couldn't wait to come back and see the newest Resort and the good games that entertained for a while on a $20 bill.  Games like Monopoly, Adams Family, Texas T, Star Trek and good old .25 cent Wheel of Fortune ! The kid friendly part of it ruined walking down the Strip.  Babies in strollers with a wet diaper being pushed around in the high heat are just steaming 10 inches above the concrete.  And don't get me on the cell phone users walking aimlessly and stopping for no reason in the aisles of casinos.  Okay I'm done.

I've been going to Vegas for 15 years. I enjoy the fact that it's always changing. Otherwise I wouldn't visit 2-3 times a year. Live in the present!! 

my wife and i stayed at the sands the first time we hit las vegas in the mid 80's. we could feel the rat pack vibes. no kidding. it was such a better experience back in those days. so much more fun and las vegas was glad to see us. funny how things "progress" for the "better". NOT!!! give me the old days with all the neon and none of the fees on fun under the sun. peace 

Best entertainers of all time practically free

I was going to pick the first one but they probably had a Resort Fee to sleep in the caves and charged you to park you dinosaur.

I picked the Great Boom Years because that's when I started coming to Vegas frequently, but if only I could have experienced some of the other eras... Sadly, my time machine's in the shop!

We fell in love with Vegas in the early 90s with Tom Jones at MGM and the battling pirates of TI. A few years later we drove all the way from Wisconsin with my parents in the back seat to show them the Wheel of Fortune slots, $2 10pm steak dinners downstairs at Binion's, and free afternoon ice cream at the Frontier. Loved the Trop's pool and the cars and server outfits at the Imperial Palace.

We made our first trip to vegas in the late 70's.  it was when you had good paying video poker 9/6 jacks  for .25.reasonable buffets, 1.00 dolloar slots you could play for $3.00 and win and 
quarter slots for .75 you could win.  We were able to attend two shows a night,some dinner shows for a reasonable price (we thought that this was the only time we would be in vegas),  We returned many times sometimes somes times twice a year.  Now retired and in our  eighties on a limited income trips are less
frequent with the increased airfare from the east coast and the 
outrageous resort fees and no more reasonable buffets.  We did enjoy our visits but vegas is justing getting oo expensive.

First trip was in 1974. Enjoyed the neon lights, good buffets and good entertainment. My trip in March of 2017 not so much. Expensive buffets, resort fees, parking fees, Tram fees and machines that don't pay.  Bring back the good old days. Batistas restaurant is the best remaining thing from the Good Old Days

why won't this let me vote? i would vote for 1968-1989 but 1776-1850 is selected and it won't let me change it.

I liked the slots that took coins and dollar "tokens",back in the 90's."Change,please."
  The great coupon books,really cheap food and buffets and cheap room rates,even on the strip. No resort fee crap.
We went to "Vegas World" when Bob ran the place. Fun times.
  Stayed a few times in a Binion's hotel room and Lady Luck. All coin slots.
 Really cheap beer and great cocktail service.
We stayed at The Stardust for $9.49 a night.