Vegas Trip Report - July 2005 - General Tiki

T tikipedia Member San Diego Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 491	T tikipedia Posted posted on Mon, Jul 25, 2005 8:57 PM On 2005-07-25 19:31, tikijackalope wrote: I'd been reading articles about how it was shooting for the family crowd. From what I've heard, the family friendly Vegas was a tactic that was tried out in the early 1990s, but failed. It has subsequently been abandoned in favor of more traditional adult casinos (like the new Winns). The story as to why Vegas did the kiddy Vegas thing, was to compete with indian casinos popping up across the country. So we saw all of the theme megacasinos, like Luxor, Treasure Island, etc. Vegas developers decided to drop the family-oriented approach, and focus on a 'T&A' strategy instead. They even got rid of the cool pirate battle out front, and there is now a huge sign advertising the club Tangerine. To see what I mean, go to http://www.treasureisland.com/pages/ent_tangerine.asp.

On 2005-07-25 19:31, tikijackalope wrote:
I'd been reading articles about how it was shooting for the family crowd.

From what I've heard, the family friendly Vegas was a tactic that was tried out in the early 1990s, but failed. It has subsequently been abandoned in favor of more traditional adult casinos (like the new Winns).

The story as to why Vegas did the kiddy Vegas thing, was to compete with indian casinos popping up across the country. So we saw all of the theme megacasinos, like Luxor, Treasure Island, etc.

Vegas developers decided to drop the family-oriented approach, and focus on a 'T&A' strategy instead. They even got rid of the cool pirate battle out front, and there is now a huge sign advertising the club Tangerine. To see what I mean, go to http://www.treasureisland.com/pages/ent_tangerine.asp.

Post #174689 by tikipedia on Mon, Jul 25, 2005 8:57 PM