{"id":34762,"date":"2022-11-10T12:54:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T20:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=34762"},"modified":"2024-10-25T08:47:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:47:05","slug":"bellagio-grandstand-plans-for-f1-are-an-abomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/bellagio-grandstand-plans-for-f1-are-an-abomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellagio Grandstand Plans for F1 Are an Abomination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The degree to which Las Vegas is willing to bend over (including backwards) for a car race seems limitless.<\/p>\n

Need proof?<\/p>\n

Check out this abomination. MGM Resorts plans to build a grandstand atop Bellagio’s iconic lake for F1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. Gird your Dramamine.<\/p>\n

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If you’re not feeling nauseated, you may be a robot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seriously, WTF is going on? It’s like that idiot who threw cake at Mona Lisa.<\/p>\n

Are casinos so enamored by the financial windfall of F1 they’re willing to desecrate a beloved attraction, the Bellagio fountains, that’s been photographed by millions of tourists for decades and inspired millions more to visit Sin City?<\/p>\n

It’s a rhetorical question, of course, because that’s a hard yep.<\/p>\n

Casinos are also the same folks who put costumes or sports uniforms on statues, ruining photo ops for additional millions of people, apparently oblivious to the fact most visitors to Las Vegas couldn’t give a rat’s ass if the Raiders or Golden Knights are playing, or if a new pastry shop is opening.<\/p>\n

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Stop putting clothing on statues. Even if it’s pastry-related. (h\/t @JamesInLasVegas<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/cEfYa4j9cd<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n