… to the Tropicana Las Vegas, that is. As you can see from this video and the accompanying story, Onex Corp. is making good on its promise to reinvest in the dowager, its first significant makeover since the early Reagan administration. At first blush, things definitely look different — and brighter. The Trop was a pretty murky place during the neglectful Columbia Sussex interregnum. However, I think the best solution for the fetid Island Tower is implosion. (Hey, fewer rooms = higher rates, no?) Also, the planned removal of the barrel-vaulted, stained-glass ceiling over the table game pit is a [expletive, expletive, expletive] crime against architecture. There’s nothing truly like it in Vegas and we’ll probably never see it again. I don’t think even Dr. Lonnie Hammargren could find room for it in his massive do-it-yourself mansion, just off Sandhill Road.
Still asking. As of this moment, nobody has ventured a guess regarding yesterday’s trivia question (involving UNLV‘s Dr. David G. Schwartz and a DVD bonus feature). C’mon, I know some of you are heavy consumers of Vegas-set movies and TV. I’m counting on you!
