We hadn’t been to Vegas in four or five years, and in some ways it has changed…not for the good. First of all, there are no more coins being inserted and coming out of the slots. They take bills only now, and if you wish to cash out or win, you get a printed ticket which can be cashed at a change booth. Takes a huge amount of fun out of playing. Big mistake as far as I can see. Prices in Las Vegas used to be so reasonable, that even residents would go down to the strip to eat good food. Vegas was known for cheap good food and rooms. No more! A bottle of water, which can be bought at any grocery store for less than 40 cents is $3 in Las Vegas. Not just in one or two places, but everywhere. $3 cups of coffee, and $3 Cokes, or $5 hot dogs are also everywhere. Prices, literally, are enough to cause most to shy away from the place in the future. At least me. A rather mediocre breakfast buffet at the Tropicana was $16.50, and a good one at Caesar’s was $18. Dinner buffet at the MGM was $26. All twice or more a reasonable price. We saw Circ de Soleile and had OK tickets for $165 each! That’s $330 for two to see a show. No water fountains anywhere, even at rest rooms. Got to sell that bottled water you know. Naturally, there isn’t a single clock anywhere. They don’t want you to know what time it is, because you may not gamble any longer. Weather was fine. 70 degrees in daytime. Nice in winter! As is my custom, I put a $100 dollar bill into a dollar slot at the MGM Grand and began playing. It got to $104, and I took my profits and left. 99% of the time, I do this and win. Bonnie found a $20 bill in the ladies room, so we left with a $24 profit. It is said that only 3% of people leave Vegas in the black.
Speaking of “black,” the place was literally flooded with blacks, in town for the big basketball game. They were everywhere, making everyone hate them. At all three buffets, tables of blacks were shouting and screaming and laughing so loudly, that it ruined the place for everyone else. They were all dressed to the nines with gold jewelry hanging around their necks, and all seemed to be very fat to me. They walked in bunches, and crowded everyone else off the sidewalk, as they shouted and laughed. Some of the weirdest costumes I have ever seen were on blacks, and especially females, who thought they were so damned smart and stylish. They were grossly fat, gaudy, and tasteless. I found myself laughing at all of them in their supposed wealth and disgusting conduct. We left Saturday morning, and I predicted to my wife that there would be a riot after the game on Sunday. There was…naturally. The Wynn casino was shut down, and mayhem, violence and destruction was in Las Vegas Sunday evening. We had dinner with a client of mine, who has three restaurants in Vegas, and he was very anxious for them to leave, which is repeating his wishes very mildly! If anyone wasn’t a pseudo racist before they came to Las Vegas last week, they were surely converted, even if they didn’t admit it. I was revolted. It made me remember my days in Filthydelphia, where I was mugged and left for dead by three black animals, and which race has destroyed a city, and just about everything they touch…even when they visit another city for a basketball game. Are these people drug dealers? They’re certainly not doctors, lawyers, stock brokers, teachers, or professionals, with their guttural slang speech and loud, boisterous manners. Where do the bucks come from to buy that jewelry, ugly clothes, and travel?