This looked like a nice simple one, until we read the date you quoted. Are you sure you meant Saturday, and not Monday night?
On Monday, April 25 at around 10:45 p.m., about ten NV Energy customers in the vicinity of the Strip and Flamingo, including Bally's and Paris hotel-casinos, experienced a 45-minute power outage, caused by a transformer fire downtown. Power was also interrupted to some areas downtown around City Hall, but no damage or injuries were reported. Here's an account we read online by someone who was staying at Paris and experienced the outage (which apparently lasted longer than the 45-minutes quoted in official statements, or perhaps that was just the effect of the cocktails) at first hand:
Here's an account from a person who experienced this outage at first hand, posted on the LVA message boards.
"After reading the question of the day today, I can give you first-hand experience! I was playing a penny slot close to the west wall near the keno area. About 10:45 pm, everything, and I mean everything, went dark. Within about five minutes, the lights came on briefly, then everything went dark again.
"After sitting there awhile, the check-in area had some lights on as did a few scattered machines throughout the casino. But there was nothing working, and the side from the table games west was still completely dark, ceiling lights and all.
"As more time passed, I could see employees walking around with their flashlights. One security guard finally made it to our area (after at least 45 minutes) to see if everything was all right. He had no idea why the emergency generators did not work. Let me tell you, it was very dark in this area!
"My husband was playing at Paris, and he received a hand pay from a slot attendant. She took his word for the credits he had in the machine. He came over to my area to stay by my machine while I went to use the restroom. The closest one with any lighted areas was on the far end of the casino. So I walked along the check in area, which had lighting, to the restroom. It was dark in there as well, but there was just enough light from the casino auxiliary lights to see.
"During this entire time, which lasted about an hour and fifteen minutes or so (I didn't keep track of time) there was no cocktail service at all. Finally, an employee was distributing bottled water to guests that wanted it.
"There was no "perk" for waiting this entire time except for a "thank you for being so patient" message from a manager who was with the slot attendant. No general announcement... nothing. I guess this trip was about "The Night the Lights Went Out at Bally's."
"The next day while we were in the Diamond Lounge, a gentleman who was trapped inside the elevator at Paris for the duration, was given a complimentary 7 day stay at Paris in a suite for his next visit. Ah, the difference between a high roller and me, a little minnow. (My husband is a low diamond, not me.)
"It was an adventure!" As to any power outage at Bally's on Saturday night, however, we must confess to being in the dark. We heard nothing and when we placed a call to the concierge, she hadn't heard about any outage other than last Monday's...
