I bought a commemorative brick at the Flamingo last year and was wondering if they implode it, what will happen to my brick?

Las Vegas is Spanish for The Meadows. Where exactly were the meadows? Was it an oasis or a spring? Are there any vestiges left to be seen?

In your March 8 answer, you stated that the only two hotels left from the 1950s if the Tropicana is torn down would be the Sahara and Riviera. What about the Frontier, or is that too being demolished?

How old is Vegas Vic, the neon cowboy downtown? It must be at least 40 years old, because I remember hearing a rumor back in the sixties that some actor used Vic for target practice with a shotgun from a hotel window across the street. The rumor might not be true, but the sign apparently was there then.

2006 is the 75th anniversary of legalized gambling in Nevada. It would be cool if you could explain how Nevada happened to go into the gambling business back in 1931.

Could you please list the casinos that have closed since January 1, 2004, and that will be closing this year?

How does three-card monte work?

I stayed at the Thunderbird Hotel years back. Can you give a little history on this hotel?

We love the Tropicana, but nobody seems to know what’s going on there (including the staff our friends have talked to) as to why they're not taking any more reservations after the middle of March or thereabouts. Are they remodeling? Imploding and rebuilding? Sold?

I'm curious as to whether there's been any further information about the recent murder in the Carnaval Tower at Harrah's. National newspaper articles suggested a Las Vegas local shot and killed a Reno resident, who was staying at the hotel. The articles caught my attention, having been a guest at Harrah's a week earlier, albeit in the Mardi Gras Tower, but I haven't seen any further reports.