Quote of the Day

“There was such a home, a personal feeling toward these casinos that were on the Strip like the Silver Slipper, the Dunes, the Sahara—all these places that you grew up with—these were all places that we had. This was our history, and they were getting demolished, just torn down and destroyed. Then they started putting in playgrounds by the poker machines and it became this family entertainment thing, which has changed. Now it’s become this mega-resort spa and all this other sh*t. But, it was changing Las Vegas. It changed all of Vegas. When all those places opened up, I feel like a lot of us locals just kept getting pushed off to the side, like we’re just here to be staff—to accommodate.” — playwright Ernie Curcio, on his new play, Corner of Hacienda, which premiered last weekend.