We continue our sporadic serialization/re-visitation of Strip attractions of yore, with a lot of things you almost certainly don't remember about the Stardust.

Las Vegas, the Theming and de-Theming Days, continued. Today: Tropicana; New York-New York; and Monte Carlo.

With MGM buying out Borgota, will I still use my Borgta players card or will I use my M life card?

Continuing yesterday's answer about Excalibur and its raft of entertainment offerings at opening time, we pick up today with the next installment, revisiting the early history of major resort-casinos operating on the Strip today, starting at the south end and working our way northward.

Resuming our re-run of past QoDs, today we feature the original question that triggered the whole series about Strip attractions, past and present, triggered by a reader's more-recent trip to Excalibur and a vague memory of a show that used to take place in the moat...

I read about a cheating scandal in Detroit but don't understand it. The article said a dealer was cheating the house, but how can you cheat the casino in poker?

After the Sahara closed, they had an extended sale of items on the premises that I attended. I bought a plastic red tumbler that said ’Sahara.’ Do you know if the tumbler was actually used during the time that the Sahara was in operation? Or was it produced exclusively for the sale? Also, the Beatles stayed at the Sahara during their only trip to Las Vegas. Do you know if anything was done to preserve the suite where they stayed and are any collectibles available from the Beatles’ Vegas visit there?

Regarding the sale of the Palms from TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners 49 percent each to Red Rock Resorts: Is the Maloofs’ two percent included in the sale?

I just returned from a five-day vacation in Vegas. I know you have written about the Fountainebleau many times, but I was still shocked to see exposed and rusted girders and no sign of any work being done. I know that Carl Icahn bought it some time ago and sold off some furnishings, but doesn’t he have to pay taxes on this property? How can the city allow this eyesore to remain in limbo?

A friend told me he met a couple of famous athletes when they were "greeters" in Vegas. Can you give us a history of "greeters," who some were, and where they worked?