360 Vegas

PCP - Wayne Newton

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

  It’s fitting that he came up in lounges and has returned to them in the twilight of his career. That may sound like a slight, but it’s not mean...

PCP - Hammered History - Flamingo

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As told by Tony and Rum.  

Mark's Celebration of Life Event - 10/18/2025, Las Vegas

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Audio is provided for your convenience, but for the best experience, please watch the video at https://youtu.be/WasXRpdSZzA Our immense gratitude to ...

PCP - YESCO

20 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was said that people would rebuild their buildings to accommodate the biggest sign they could afford.  That’s how important signage was, or how...

Vegas Celebration of Life Events for Mark - An Update

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Please register at: https://www.cognitoforms.com/TravelZork/_360Vegas   Saturday, October 18, 6 pm - 9 pm Horseshoe, Las Vegas Conference Room “P...

E-538: Coloring Up

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

News:  Updates on the Celebration of Life Saturday, September 13th First Congregational UCC Conneaut 211 Buffalo St, Conneaut OH 44030 2pm - 5pm ...

PCP - Hammered History - Kerkorian

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Josh drinks excessively and attempts to tell us the story of one of the pioneering names in Vegas history.  

E-537: Worst; Episode; Ever.

10 Aug 2025

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Random Vegas In the more than 14 years of 360 Vegas, there were 537 episodes published, as well as 39 Vintage Vegas Segments, 186 YouTube videos, 43 P...

E-536: Wine Drunk

27 Jul 2025

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Random Vegas 1992 is when Circus Circus opened their bungee jump experience with a 201 foot tower. Jumpers paid $100 to drop 171 feet almost into a sw...

E-535: Exhibitionists

20 Jul 2025

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Random Vegas The Circus Circus sky shuttle was the first automated transit system in Las Vegas built 23 years before the monorail. It was decommission...

E-534: More Than Words

13 Jul 2025

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Random Vegas At one time, Golden Nugget made more money than all the casinos on Fremont St combined (Vital Vegas) TwitPic of the week It’s an elega...

E-533: Kensington Chump

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas July 2nd is a popular date to open a casino, just before the 4th of July weekend crowd comes in. In Vegas history, 5 properties have open...

E-532: 360VV15

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The Sarno Block was actually a large brick formed of two half-ovals which could be stacked to make a modern latticework screen. It made t...

E-531: High Steaks

15 Jun 2025

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Random Vegas  June 3rd, 1976, “Tokes”, tip money given to dealers by players, is considered taxable income that must be reported on tax returns, ...

E-530: Vegas

01 Jun 2025

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Random Vegas  60,000 pounds of shrimp are consumed in Vegas every day.  That’s higher than the rest of the United States combined.  TwitPic of th...

E-529: Thundercats

26 May 2025

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Random Vegas The last scheduled train to Las Vegas was May 12th, 1997 (Vegas_Visual) TwitPic of the week Whoever took this picture, shared by @histor...

PCP - Evolution of the Strip - 360 Vintage Vegas

24 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What constitutes a Vegas resort?  We have to go to the original, universally agreed to be the first resort on the strip, the El Rancho.  Small casin...

E-528: Cracker

11 May 2025

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Random Vegas In 1985, Wet n’ Wild opened a 27 acre water park on the strip just south of Sahara. It closed in 2004 TwitPic of the week It’s the s...

E-527: Pee Corner

27 Apr 2025

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Random Vegas  The MGM Grand was built in 1993 on top of the existing 714 room Marina hotel which was built in 1975 (@vegas_only)  TwitPic of the wee...

PCP - Sands - 360 Vintage Vegas

19 Apr 2025

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Patreon Exclusive Content It’s a Vegas icon, even to this day.  The Sands presided over the golden age of Las Vegas, both in entertainment and in ...

E-526: Too Many Tangents

13 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas People in India believe if you don’t place a wager during the Diwali Holiday, you will be reincarnated as a Donkey. TwitPic of the wee...

E-525: Superman Carousel

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  The official temperatures in Vegas on Wednesday, March 26th was 90 degrees. It’s the 5th earliest 90-degree day in recorded history. ...

E-524: Grindy

23 Mar 2025

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Random Vegas  In a deck of playing cards, the King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache (VitalVegas)  TwitPic of the week  This was a winn...

E-523: Onwuachi

16 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The 2024 F1 race drew 306,000 people, 175,000 unique visitors to Vegas. They spent an average of $2,400 per person excluding ticket costs...

E-8 360 Satchel

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

E-522: Zero Interest Social Club

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  Wynn’s Le Jardin project planned for Atlantic City just before Mirage Resorts merged with MGM was referred to as a supped-up Mirage w...

E-521: 360 Vegas Live

23 Feb 2025

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Random Vegas  March 19th, 1931, the state of Nevada re-legalized gambling in an attempt to recover from the great depression  TwitPic of the week  ...

E-520: Soda Stream Saga

16 Feb 2025

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Random Vegas There are an average of 315 weddings per day in Vegas (@vegas_only) TwitPic of the week It’s a glorious sign that is given depth and s...

E-519: Hillbillies

09 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  In 2024, it’s reported that at least 16 people experienced a malfunction while playing a slot machine nullifying a jackpot. As a resu...

E-518: Random Sign Museum

26 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  Before he designed Bellagio, Wynn had fully developed, different plans for the land formerly home to the Dunes.     Plans we...

E-517: Blue Canister

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Despite using the motto “Est. 1952”, Atomic Liquors didn’t open until April 17th, 1954 (@summacorp) TwitPic of the week It’s one...

E-516: Experimental Holes

12 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  While down compared to the record-shattering levels tied to last year's inaugural F1 race, monthly ADR this year saw the 2nd highest re...

E-515: Hymen

29 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  Although argon gas was used as often as neon, the lighting method assumed the name “neon” to refer to the light produced by either ...

E-514: Dunes Pool

22 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 Random Vegas Downtown Las Vegas has 6 of the world’s largest.  (Vegasexperience.com) World’s largest slot machine in Slotzillla (also the bus...

E-7 Mail Bag

14 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

E-513: #FUF1H8R

08 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  Las Vegas is the number 1 wedding destination in the US and the 2nd in the world behind Istanbul.  TwitPic of the week  It’s a tim...

E-512: Just the Tip

24 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas It cost the Harris/Walz campaign $900,000 to advertise on the sphere for a week (@_GrandPaD) TwitPic of the week Black and white photogr...

E-511: Marquee Mark

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas There is a scene in the 1979 movie Melvin & Howard that shows someone driving down the strip, past Flamingo and headed south. If you ...

E-510: Circus Circus Maximus

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The original monorail was only a joint venture between MGM Grand and Bally’s.  It opened in June of 1995.  In the early 2000 it expan...

E-509: Caesarrado

03 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas This week in 1974 the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast specials began airing on NBC.  All (except the 1st) were taped in the Ziegfred Room at...

E-508: Naughty Mouth

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas For a time, Las Vegas had the three tallest neon signs in the world as the Dunes sign rose to 180 feet, the Frontier’s sign rose to 184...

360 Kickstarter

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/360vegas/360-vegas-presents-vegas?ref=project_build We wrote a book and now we need your help to get it published...

E-507: 360 Kickstarter

19 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  The largest free standing LED sign in the world is Aria’s marquee at 260 feet high and 65 feet wide  TwitPic of the week  Only in ...

E-6 Mail Bag

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

September 2024  

E-506: Blossom Theme Song

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  The temperature in Las Vegas reached 100 degrees six times in Oct 2024.  Between 1937 and 2023, It hit 100 degrees in October a TOTAL ...

E-505: Come Box

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Most people know the story about Sands boss Carl Cohen knocking two of Frank Sinatra’s teeth out after one of his legendary temper tant...

E-504: Litigious Cunts

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Clark County paid $4k for the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in 1959.  In 2008 they paid $400k to build the first 12 parking spaces....

E-503: Collection of Who

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Over $40,000 per year is collected and donated to charity from coins tossed into the Venetian canals and fountains (VitalVegas) TwitPic o...

E-5 Mail Bag

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

360 Vegas Reviews - Piff the Magic Dragon

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Surly dragon, sexy showgirl, and cute puppies. If I told you the best magic show in Vegas right now is starring a short, unkempt, surly Englishman in...

E-502: Right to be Wrong

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas If you’re dealt a winning hand in video poker and accidentally fail to hold some or all of the cards before hitting “deal/draw”, so...

E-501: Rhythm Nation

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Another reason the Strip began to outpace Fremont St was theming.  By the 50s the western motif was outdated and abandon by new properti...

E-500

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The Sphere has been averaging over $1 million in ticket sales per day.  It generated nearly half a billion dollars in revenue for the fi...

E-499: Making It Awkward

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  Super successful restaurants make $20-25 million a year.  STK at Cosmopolitan makes almost $50 million a year and Hell’s Kitchen...

360 Vegas Reviews - Ka

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is it with Cirque du Soleil and Vegas? Ever since Steve Wynn invited Mystere to set up shop at Treasure Island in 1993, the French-Canadian circu...

E-498: Orientation

11 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  Frederick W. Smith, the founder and CEO of FedEx saved his company by gambling in Las Vegas.  When FedEx had a hard time paying their ...

E-497: Atrium

04 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  Open containers are legal if you are using a limo or party bus.  Not legal in a rideshare or taxi. (Las Vegas Trivia Tidbits Book)  T...

E-496: Preparation

28 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  Hilton, at one time, had the tallest sign in Vegas at 362 feet tall, taller than the Landmark Hotel itself and only a few feet shy ...

E-495: Coming In Hot

21 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  There were 137 employees that worked all 34 years and 8 months at the Mirage.  All current employees get $2k per year worked and first...

Mail Bag E-4

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

360 Mail Bag is our opportunity to address your feedback in a causal conversation between friends.  

E-494: Driverless DUI

14 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  YESCO replaced more than six miles of neon lighting with RGB LED strips on Mandalay Bay and Delano (Vital Vegas).  TwitPic of the wee...

E-493: 360VV14

06 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Vegas has the 3 largest video screens in the world. Sphere @Venetian at 580,000 square feet (515 long by 367 width), Resorts World at 16...

E-492: Differently Abled

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Ever wonder why they call them tokes instead of tips?  The reason is many years ago dealers tried to convince the IRS that the cash ...

E-491: Just Let Him In

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas  Justin Timberlake was paid $6 million dollars to perform at Fontainebleau opening night.  That night, he stayed at Wynn. (VitalVegas) ...

E-490: No Fucks to Give

09 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The five biggest jackpots ever won in Las Vegas history (@VegasIssues) 1.     $39.7 million – Excalibur, Mar 2003 2.     $35 mi...

E-489: Loopholes

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The largest American flag every flown was displayed over the Hoover Dam on May 1st, 1996.  Each star on the flag was 17 feet high. (...

Mail Bag E-3

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

360 Mail Bag is our opportunity to address your feedback in a causal conversation between friends.  

E-488: Mr. Fritada

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas It’s been stated that the Mirage changed everything.  Specifically, in the 10 years that followed its opening the city of Las Ve...

E-487: Cox Aren't For Everyone

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas When the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign was installed in 1959, the population of Las Vegas was about 70,000 people.  Today, 65...

PCP - Fountains of Bellagio - 360 Vintage Vegas

18 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  The Fountains of Bellagio are one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world.  You’ve seen them on TV, in movies and even cartoons.  ...

E-486: From A Distance

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The original trains used on the Las Vegas Monorail were from Walt Disney World.  When they debuted, they simply connected Bally’s to M...

PCP - 2024 Draft: Vegas Movies

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

w/ Josh and Tony This week, we are drafting our favorite Vegas Movies.  The game is simple.  Pick your favorite Vegas movies. The trick is we are al...

E-485: Ouch

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The Fountains of Bellagio are not the first dancing fountains to exist in Las Vegas.  The original debuted in 1955 at the Royal Neva...

360 Mail Bag E-2

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

360 Mail Bag is our opportunity to address your feedback in a causal conversation between friends.

E-484: Men's Work

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas In 1968, Las Vegas could lay claim to the 3 tallest electric signs in the world.  The Dunes at 180, the Frontier at 184 and the Star...

PCP - 360 Vintage LOST Vegas E-3: Moulin Rouge

20 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay.  Let’s start by addressing the Elephant in the room.  Las Vegas was racist.  Really, really racist.  Not Alabama bad but Las Vegas was kn...

E-483: LOVE Ends

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Nick Mazzolo.  You may not know the name but you certainly know his work.  Nick was cast as a table games dealer in 3 blockbuster...

360 Vegas Reviews - The Rat Pack is Back

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I’ve said this before: if I had a time machine, I know exactly what I’d do with it.  No, I wouldn’t steal a sports almanac or try to get my pa...

E-482: The Rat Pack

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Tropicana’s nickname was the “Tiffany of the Strip” because it was said to be the shape of a necklace when viewed from an arial per...

360 Vintage Vegas - Tropicana (Remastered)

02 Apr 2024

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The Tropicana was a unique property in the evolution of Las Vegas.  While ownership was consolidated all over the city, it managed to remain independ...

E-481: Thank You

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Sammy Davis Jr was supposed to be in 3 major movies about Vegas. We all know he was in the original Ocean’s 11 but did you know he was ...

E-480: Crescendoed

24 Mar 2024

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Random Vegas  Vegas has been attempting to go smoke free since the early 90s.  The first casino to ban cigarette smoking was at Silver City Casino i...

PCP - 360 Vintage LOST Vegas E-2: Royal Nevada

23 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nothing special is probably a very good way to describe the Royal Nevada. Not that it wasn’t nice or well located, it just wasn’t memorable. Think...

E-479: Let Me Save You

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The office of Sam “Ace” Rothstein and the Tangiers sports book in Martin Scorsese’s Casino was filmed on the site of an unopened ca...

PCP - Vintage Benny Binion

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Premium Content Preview   Benny Binion is a Vegas legend.  Many of the policies and procedures he put in place to run his casinos are standard ...

E-478: Microscope Scrotum Analysis

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Many of YESCO’s contracts for the signs it manufactured were lease agreements that included service contracts for the life of the...

E-477: Incestious

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas In the late 1940s, the state of Nevada’s slogan was “If you can’t do it at home, come to Nevada”. (Spectacular – A History of L...

E-476: Personal Notes

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas In 2003, Las Vegas tried to buy a commercial slot during the Super Bowl to promote tourism to the city.  The NFL stepped in, citing a c...

PCP - 360 Vintage LOST Vegas E-1: Moon Hotel and Casino

24 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is one of those projects that I would have loved to see make it to the strip; and who knows, we may still get it one day.  Yes a space theme has...

360 Vegas Reviews - Fantasy @Luxor

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  We recently released the 360 Vegas show review for X-Country, and Mrs Jaydubs complained that we spent half the review talking about Fantasy.  I ...

E-475: Boo Cancer

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Built in 1982, the 2-story building that was the Oasis Casino @Dunes was supposed to be comprised of two components, a casino on the 1st ...

E-474: Overbuilt

04 Feb 2024

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Random Vegas After a 4 month remodeling and a rebranding, in 1963, Lucky Casino, formerly known as Lucky strike, reopened with the largest sign in the...

E-473: 90s Food Bites

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas The Caesars Palace marquee has caught on fire twice.  In both cases, Tom Jones was the featured artist on the billboard at the time (vin...

E-472: Preoccupied

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas In Vegas history, 3 signs have been knocked down due to high winds.  The first was the Silver Slipper in May of 1978.  The second, in M...

PCP - 360 Vintage Vegas: Jay Sarno

20 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon Exclusive Content   Many regard Jay Sarno as the father of the themed casino as well as the mind behind family friendly Las Vegas.  His...

E-471: Dick Doesn’t Make Sense

14 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas A typical arcade game makes about as much per day as a typical slot machine (Vital Vegas) Twitpic of the week Here @summacorp shares...

E-470: Sorry, Not Sorry

07 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas One day of running a 90-second ad intermittently on the Sphere is $750k (Vital Vegas) Twitpic of the week Magical…well, to someo...

E-469: List of Sodas

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas About one in 3 U.S. Adults said they thought the tipping culture “has gotten out of control,” according to a survey conducted in May ...

E-468: Meth to Monkeys

24 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Random Vegas Allegiant Stadium generated $2.29 billion in economic impact to the city of Las Vegas including $128 million in tax revenue (@micka...

PCP - 360 Vintage Vegas - Aladdin

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Patreon Content Preview   Patreon.com/360Vegas   At times the Aladdin has been called “The Vegas Jinx”.  History has documented a long line ...