{"id":1198,"date":"2013-09-03T12:12:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T19:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2019-08-09T23:36:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T06:36:13","slug":"at-the-corner-of-seedy-and-charming-fun-citys-pink-motel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/at-the-corner-of-seedy-and-charming-fun-citys-pink-motel\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Corner of Seedy and Charming: Fun City&#8217;s Pink Motel"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Sometimes, when you&rsquo;re in Las Vegas, you just want to try something new. Something offbeat. Something where you might end up with a communicable disease just from using a hand towel. Well, Fun City&rsquo;s pink motel might just do the trick. Figuratively speaking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1199\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pink_motel1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1199 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Charming! At this distance, anyway.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pink_motel1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charming! At this distance, anyway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This little slice of Vegas kitsch can be found on Las Vegas Boulevard, just north of the former Sahara Hotel, near the Stratosphere.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ve passed by it a hundred times without noticing the pink motel, but this time, we just had to stop.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1200\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pink_motel2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1200 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"This Las Vegas blog is not responsible for loss, injury or staff infections resulting from a stay at Fun City.\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pink_motel2.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are a Las Vegas blog, so we prefer to focus on the charming parts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&rsquo;d call Fun City&rsquo;s pink motel a hidden gem, but it&rsquo;s actually rather famous.<\/p>\n<p>It was featured in &ldquo;Vegas Vacation.&rdquo; A tenant at the site, the Chapel of the Bells, is where the Griswalds got remarried in the 1997 comedy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1201\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pink_motel9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1201 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Home of the Las Vegas quickie.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pink_motel9.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Home of the Las Vegas quickie. Wedding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pink motel is also a popular spot for wedding photographers. As long as you don&rsquo;t venture too close, the places has a photogenic, old-Vegas feel. We peeked our head into a room, and let&rsquo;s just say the exterior is where all the charm is kept at Fun City.<\/p>\n<p>As you might imagine, the rooms at Fun City are dirt cheap. But the pink motel is less about being a place to stay, and more about being a uniquely Vegas photo op.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1202\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pink_motel5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1202 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"The perfect spot for some wedding party pics. The groomsmen can even wear matching Kevlar vests!\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pink_motel5.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The perfect spot for some wedding party pics. The groomsmen can even wear matching Kevlar vests!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, if you do dare a stay, there&rsquo;s an unexpected bonus: Strippers who commute to Vegas to work weekends before flying back to L.A. often choose Fun City, so you never know who you might meet.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, maybe you&rsquo;re an adventurous spirit who values free wi-fi (all the guest rooms have it) more than personal safety. Maybe you prefer vending machines over room service. Maybe you really just love the color pink. If so, Fun City&rsquo;s pink motel might just be the Las Vegas dive for you. Sorry, the pink motel might be the &ldquo;vintage Las Vegas experience&rdquo; for you.<\/p>\n<p>Update (8\/9\/19): Well, this sucks. During our most recent visit to the pink motel, we were distraught to see the pinkness has disappeared. The doors are now red. Yawn.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22106\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-22106 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"red motel\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/red_motels.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Everything is ruined.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[flagallery gid=13]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, when you&rsquo;re in Las Vegas, you just want to try something new. Something offbeat. Something where you might end up with a communicable disease just from using a hand towel. Well, Fun City&rsquo;s pink motel might just do the trick. Figuratively speaking. 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