{"id":28869,"date":"2021-08-21T17:25:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T00:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=28869"},"modified":"2021-08-21T17:44:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T00:44:51","slug":"evel-knievel-museum-making-the-jump-to-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/evel-knievel-museum-making-the-jump-to-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Evel Knievel Museum Making the Jump to Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A museum devoted to daredevil and occasional asshat Evil Knievel is moving from Topeka to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

The museum will reportedly be located in downtown’s Art’s District (1001 S. 1st Street), courtesy of Las Vegas developer J. Dapper, who seemed like a cool guy that time we met him. Hear more from Dapper on the Plaza’s podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the deal for the museum’s move, first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, isn’t finalized, it’s being described as “imminent.”<\/p>\n

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Evel Knievel still holds the Guinness World Record for most bones broken in a lifetime, 433.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Evel Knievel, of course, was a pop culture icon who thrilled audiences around the world during his heyday in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

We love Evel Knievel most for two things: 1) He jumped (sorry, attempted to jump) the fountains at Caesars Palace. 2) He died at age 69.<\/p>\n

Reminder: If jokes about death or 69 offend you, you’re reading the wrong blog.<\/p>\n

Evel Knievel had many successful jumps, but his fame was largely based upon spectacular fails.<\/p>\n

His last big jump was supposed to be in 1977, where he would jump over a tank of sharks for a T.V. special. During rehearsals, he crashed (shocker) and was injured. This sad final hurrah<\/a> led to the phrase “jumped the shark,” along with Fonzi’s jump on “Happy Days.”<\/p>\n

The Evel Knievel Museum in Topeka, Kansas opened in 2017.<\/p>\n

We trust it has lasted so long because what the hell else do people have to do in Topeka, Kansas?<\/p>\n

Las Vegas, of course, is a little different. There are lots of diversions, including a number of world-class museums.<\/p>\n

Still, it looks like Dapper’s taking his chances on Evel Knievel and his legacy.<\/p>\n

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Evel Knievel was proof positive gravity can be a jerk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The museum in Topeka<\/a> is said to have one of the largest collections of Knievel memorabilia anywhere.<\/p>\n

The museum features all manner of Knievel goodies, including his battered costumes and helmets, Knievel-branded products (at one point, the guy was on everything) and even the steam-powered rocket used in his doomed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon.<\/p>\n

Like so many of our heroes, Knievel was seriously flawed<\/a>, some would say irredeemably. He was investigated for any number of shady acts, he was a tax dodger, assaulted a movie studio executive with a baseball bat and was reportedly an anti-Semite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas, however, is pretty good at compartmentalizing. For example, we glamorize killers like Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Tony Spilotro and Benny Binion.<\/p>\n

In fact, there’s already an homage to Evel Knievel in the form of a pizza restaurant, Evel Pie, on Fremont Street.<\/p>\n

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Fun fact: Evel Pie doesn’t serve, you know, pie. The pizza, however, is awesome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Evel Knievel made a lasting impact on our culture, as well as more than a few landing ramps, so we look forward to seeing this new downtown offering when it arrives in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

The museum space will also include a restaurant, which had better mean there will also be a bar. So, yeah, we’re ready to take the leap.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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