Poll - 2020-03-04 | Las Vegas Advisor

We had so much fun with the previous poll on defunct casinos that we thought we'd rerun a survey from more than seven years ago on which you like better, Old Vegas or New Vegas?

We know how many of you are nostalgic for a bygone era. Others, of course, embrace the city's evolution and have adjusted to the inevitable good-bad-ugly changes in Reinvention City. And some of you no doubt are too young to remember all the places in the current poll that we geezersauruses moan about and moon over.

So tell us! Where do you stand? Do the memories of yesteryear trump the experiences of the here and now? There are only a few choices, so you can vote for only one.

464 Total Votes

BOTH: Vegas is Vegas. Both eras have their pluses and minuses. I prefer TITO and not dressing up and you can still find Old Vegas if you look hard enough. It still beats going anywhere else for gambling.

47% (218)

OLD VEGAS: I loved dressing up at night, classy lounge acts, old-school gourmet rooms, personal service, decent gambling odds, and great value. Now I feel like a dinosaur and I don’t want what Vegas offers or to pay for what it charges.

42% (194)

NEW VEGAS (#1): It’s romantic/nostalgic to look back but you can't, as the book title has it, go home again. I’m happy to see some preservation, but change is healthy. I may not be the target audience for some of the new attractions and amenities, but I appreciate others and I’m excited by some of the new developments. There’s plenty here for everyone; you just need to plan your trip to suit your tastes/budget.

10% (47)

NEW VEGAS (#2): I’ve no recollection of the "Old Vegas" people talk of and it’s kind of depressing to see has-been performers still trying to fill a lounge when no one cares. For me, Vegas is party central, with an awesome nightlife/pool scene, great restaurants, and tons of stuff to do. You get what you pay for and I don't mind paying for what I get.

1% (5)

Analysis

The results of this poll corroborate our analysis of the previous one on favorite extinct casinos: Old Vegas occupies a special place in the hearts and minds of LVA subscribers and LVA.com readers.

That said, we're pleased to see that the plurality of voters continue to take Las Vegas as it comes. We're still here and though the glory days for us are a thing of the past, this place still resonates on so many levels that we fill up a big website, a monthly newsletter, and a handful of books every year on the city and its myriad pastimes.

It's been said before and will be said again, but we'll repeat it here: Viva Las Vegas.

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Comments

Kevin Lewis Mar-04-2020

I prefer not being ripped off

Old Vegas had free parking, resort fees hadn't even been thought of, all blackjack was 3:2 and most of it was single deck, and room rates were low. Food was cheap. And when video poker arrived on the scene, almost all of it was full pay.

I miss Old Vegas; New Vegas is a farce.

Ray Mar-04-2020

must be both

As I said in the preview, despite the negatives about changes in current Vegas (some of it pointed out above by Kevin), there is still much to enjoy about it. Fremont St, entertainment, Bellagio gardens display, Eiffel Tower, professional Hockey (and soon football), etc. But so much of Old Vegas is missed, including imploded or torn down casino/hotels, really cheap good food, and more, so for me the answer just had to be both.

Edward Vendes Mar-05-2020

EDDIE V

I liked old Vegas I'm a loved the old ways of dinner shows cheap good food.  When I first went to vegas when I turned 21 we stayed at the Tally Ho after check in we went through a dark casino ask when they would have gambling I was informed not till the commision had checked out several ownersBut I loved the architecture.

Toicat Mar-11-2020

My 2-cents

Old Vegas, by light-years. Not only were the hotel operators pleased to have you stay with them, they backed it up with real old fashion service. The drinks were inexpensive, dinner-shows, single-deck blackjack paying 3:2, low minimum craps. Contrast with the present day "resort fees," generally poor attitudes from  service staff, the decay of the streets by homeless, time-share hawkers, extremely over-priced restaurants,  makes going there too much of a pain. If you visited Las Vegas in the 70's, then you already know how much fun it really was. Today, you even pay for parking. No way, we quit going altogether.

Susan Johnson Mar-11-2020

In between

I voted for both but really like the in between time of old and new.  My first trip was in 1988 and saw some cheap but fun shows.  My mom and I walked around with a little tote bag with a bucket of nickels!  My husband and started going regularly in 1993.  It was fun walking the strip and exploring the new themed casinos.  We would stop and play a little vp here and there.  Then we learned from LVA and Jean Scott how to get the most out of our vacation.  Slowly the good quarter plays, cheap but good food and old casinos were disappearing.  Now, as Jean has said, we can still find good play, but it has become a chore.  We have more than tripled our play and get way less in comps for it.  We still love going to Vegas, but now certainly isn't our favorite era.  However, I do wish I could go back in time to see old Vegas!

Bill Schroeder Mar-11-2020

Bill Schroeder

I loved Vegas in the early 90s. My first trip was in 1992 and I fell in love with the City and many of the casinos that are no longer there; Stardust, Westward Ho, Lady Luck, Maxim and so forth. 7.99 prime rib dinners, inexpensive shows and where else could you hear coins hit the trays? Everything evolves, but not always for the better. Vegas is getting too expensive for the average person to go to anymore. Native American  gaming and racinosvare just as good and closer.

Linda Mar-12-2020

Old Vegas

It had everything that made you want to come back.  Now the casinos are ripping you off with all their extra charges.  Just put them in the price of the room & be done with it.  People are sick of the "resort fees" etc.

Poll : 04 March - 17 March 2020

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