I recently heard that there are plans to build a 30-story high rise "farm" in Las Vegas and that food produced there is to be used in local casinos. OK, I’m really curious. Who’s brainchild is this? Are they planning to use hydroponics or some other means to produce products? What do they plan on growing? How many people will this employ? Are casinos involved and backing this? So many questions ... so I’ve turned to the LVA gods!

On our first trip to Las Vegas in 1990 we visited a casino called Rodney's Place. Two years later when we returned, it was gone and we don't remember exactly where it was. Do you have any recollection of this place and its history? Any information would be appreciated!

What is the procedure at the casinos when there is a power outage or emergency (think Monte Carlo fire) concerning the gaming area? How are games stopped and money secured?

With the fire at the Monte Carlo on 1/25, what are some of the more historic fires on the Strip?

We’ll be in Vegas the weekend of April 19-20 for my parents-in-laws’ 50th wedding anniversary. They live in Vegas and aren’t Jewish. But since we’ll be there the first and second nights of Passover, we’d like to attend a seder. Can you suggest where we might start looking for one?

In your recent Question of the Day where you provided the written responses to your poll regarding the worst trends people are noticing in Las Vegas, one reader included Wynn not comping some drinks in its casino as a negative trend. Have casinos really started not comping drinks to players, or is this just a Wynn policy for certain types of drinks?

As most of Vegas has been de-themeing away from family-centric themes toward more adult-oriented themes, I've been wondering what your opinion is on what's in store for the Excalibur. The medieval theme may have been novel when the casino was built, but now it's almost embarrassingly archaic (even the Luxor's Egyptian theme has more of a shelf life), and many people I talk to think the Excalibur is already the Circus Circus of the south Strip and that the prime real estate it occupies, coupled with its tired theme, means that it won't be but a few years before someone comes along to tear down and rebuild. Any thoughts?

We’re long-time LVA subscribers and my husband just got back from the Consumer Electronics convention. He says it’s leaving Las Vegas because it’s too expensive there. Is this true?

In response to QoD 1/17/08. You wrote, "It's safe to assume that all the casinos that fall under one corporate umbrella share information and, in fact, often have the same databases. It's not a stretch to imagine that competing casinos, as well, pass information back and forth, especially when it comes to surveillance, which, as we understand it, is a small, secretive (to the outside), but cooperative (to the inside) universe." Though this information is true, there’s a small gap (the difference between Death Valley and Mount Everest) of useful information that was not provided to the reader.

I'll bet we're not the only ones coming to Las Vegas for Valentines Day. Could you please give us info. on specials going on -- food, events, etc. Thanks!!