A Sad Day in Sin City

I spent a good chunk of the day watching shows about Las Vegas on the Travel Channel. I went there about six years ago, and loved every minute of it. I was pining for Vegas this afternoon... So it's kind of odd that I stumbled across this article tonight.

It's the end of an era in Vegas. Binion's Horseshoe was one of the oldest casinos in Vegas, in the old part of town (Fremont Street, if you're familiar with the city. It's where "Vegas Vic," the famous neon waving cowboy is).

If you've ever watched the million dollar World Championship of Poker on TV, that's Binion's. My Binion's story doesn't involve playing cards, it involves BINGO cards. On our Vegas Vacation, Rich and I discovered that Binion's was one of the casinos that held BINGO 24 hours a day. So we played at 4 a.m. at Binon's. Rich won, I think about $25. I didn't win squat, but felt better for having played BINGO at a real casino instead of just at the Kirksville Shrine Club. It was like a minor-league ballplayer getting called up to "the show," and even though he struck out, he still could tell all his pals about the time he played in the majors.

I know.... pretty sad.