{"id":17237,"date":"2017-04-16T23:24:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T06:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=17237"},"modified":"2017-04-16T23:42:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T06:42:26","slug":"vital-vegas-podcast-vegas-tricks-ellis-island-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/vital-vegas-podcast-vegas-tricks-ellis-island-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"Vital Vegas Podcast, Episode 47: Las Vegas Tricks, Ellis Island and &#8220;Casino&#8221;"},"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>It&rsquo;s one of our most rambly podcast episodes, ever, so gird your loins. It&rsquo;s not like you&rsquo;re using them for anything else.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, we learn a trick to avoid disappointment when interacting with a Las Vegas prostitute, and it&rsquo;s all downhill from there.<\/p>\n<p>We also talk about changes at Ellis Island, Monte Carlo&rsquo;s evolution, progress at the Neon Museum expansion, The Dome at Downtown Container Park, casino credit lines and other awful ideas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17238\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-17238 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Ellis Island casino\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ellis_island_update1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This parking area at Ellis Island casino will soon be The Front Yard. The good news is you don&rsquo;t have to mow it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even in our intoxicated stupor, we share all the latest Sin City news, including stories about paid parking at Cosmopolitan (paid self-park starts May 16), LAX nightclub will become an eSports arena, roulette is making a comeback, &ldquo;Men of the Strip&rdquo; is coming to Tropicana and Plaza has finally laid its Beer Garden to rest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17239\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-17239 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Plaza Beer Garden closed\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/plaza_beer_garden_closed.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaza&rsquo;s Beer Garden was a noble experiment, much like the time we purchased Spanx.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this week&rsquo;s episode, there&rsquo;s also history (Riviera opened April 20, 1955) and a listicle about &ldquo;Casino,&rdquo; one of the best movies ever made in relation to whacking.<\/p>\n<p>In a world starving for fun, the Vital Vegas Podcast is an all-you-can-listen buffet of succulent Las Vegas sustenance. 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