{"id":45924,"date":"2025-12-31T17:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=45924"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:15:19","slug":"plaza-scores-viral-jackpot-with-funniest-vegas-video-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/plaza-scores-viral-jackpot-with-funniest-vegas-video-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaza Scores Viral Jackpot With Funniest Vegas Video of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hilariously mesmerizing video featuring two drunks battling an escalator at Plaza casino has been dubbed the &#8220;Funniest Las Vegas Video of 2025.&#8221; We should know, we dubbed it that.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told the video has been viewed more than 18 million times on Instagram to-date.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got the exclusive backstory about this glorious sliver of jaw-dropping Las Vegas shitfacery, which should definitely be a word, especially given the fact it could be used to describe misadventures across Las Vegas pretty much every hour of every day forever.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45925\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45925 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/leonardo_escalators-845x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/leonardo_escalators-845x563.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/leonardo_escalators-924x615.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/leonardo_escalators-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/leonardo_escalators-306x204.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/leonardo_escalators-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/leonardo_escalators.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun fact: Early Leonardo da Vinci sketches included drunk tourists falling down escalators.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, back in August 2025, a couple of folks had an incident involving an escalator at downtown&#8217;s Plaza casino.<\/p>\n<p>The escalator goes up from the casino floor to Oscar&#8217;s Steakhouse. (The restaurant was closed on the day of the incident, by the way.)<\/p>\n<p>While the escalator goes up, riders on the escalator sometimes don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Enter our hapless, well, intoxicants.<\/p>\n<p>These folks were wasted, blitzed, hammered, trashed, loaded, plastered, soused, pickled, buzzed, tipsy, inebriated, deep into their cups, three sheets to the wind, feeling no pain and long pour confident.<\/p>\n<p>Then this happened.<\/p>\n<p>The original video posted by Plaza didn&#8217;t include the Benny Hill theme, but it&#8217;s a simple fact anything set against the Benny Hill theme is funnier, so we added it. With Plaza&#8217;s permission, of course.<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-xsvtwlypwim\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;ch-ua &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts &#039;none&#039;;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-xsvtwlypwim\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XSvTWLYPWiM?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XSvTWLYPWiM?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.casino.org\\\/vitalvegas\\\/plaza-scores-viral-jackpot-with-funniest-vegas-video-of-2025\\\/#arve-youtube-xsvtwlypwim\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/XSvTWLYPWiM?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>We have watched this video approximately 200 times.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, it&#8217;s better than anything A.I. could create, and A.I. is pretty good at creating absurd videos.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the incident, which caused no serious injuries, Plaza was contacted by a lawyer. Shocker.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer said the couple was going to sue Plaza because their clients had been injured by a defective escalator.<\/p>\n<p>At which point the surveillance team at Plaza found the above video and shared it with the lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Upon review, the lawyer for the couple nearly ruptured a major internal organ from laughing.<\/p>\n<p>The problem clearly wasn&#8217;t related to the escalator.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, the video could&#8217;ve disappeared, filed away in some digital warehouse like that crate at the end of &#8220;Raiders of the Lost Ark.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But, no. Plaza made a move. In one of the smartest casino marketing moves of this century, they offered the couple $1,000 to be able to share the video.<\/p>\n<p>Given that they had zero legal grounds to sue Plaza, the couple agreed, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas casinos are a frequent backdrop for viral videos, usually involving fights of some sort, but it&#8217;s rare for a casino to be the one sharing the video.<\/p>\n<p>Props to Plaza and its CEO, Jonathan Jossel, for the foresight to recognize a marketing opportunity when they saw one, and for putting their money where their mouths were to secure permission to show the video, now destined for Internet immortality.<\/p>\n<p>Casinos and their lawyers tend to take things way too seriously.<\/p>\n<p>They sometimes forget they&#8217;re in the business of fun.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">This video is undeniably fun, an antidote to the endlessly mind-numbing drivel most casinos shart out in their social media streams. How the most exciting places on Earth consistently churn out such a joyless sludge of uninspired dreck is a mystery. Don\u2019t get us started.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terrible casino social marketing isn\u2019t harmless\u2014it trains people to ignore your brand. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gzgzb3SnEK\">https:\/\/t.co\/gzgzb3SnEK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/2006093545028083991?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many lessons were learned through the catharsis of that couple&#8217;s aborted escalator ride at Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>One, when you&#8217;re drunk, maybe use the elevator.<\/p>\n<p>Two, remember, everything is on video in Las Vegas. Except in restrooms, which is where all the really freaky stuff happens.<\/p>\n<p>Three, sometimes it might seem like you&#8217;re helping, but you&#8217;re not.<\/p>\n<p>Four, only one blog gets the inside scoop you yearn for.<\/p>\n<p>Five, we&#8217;re always going to make it about us. You&#8217;ll survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hilariously mesmerizing video featuring two drunks battling an escalator at Plaza casino has been dubbed the &#8220;Funniest Las Vegas Video of 2025.&#8221; We should know, we dubbed it that. We&#8217;re told the video has been viewed more than 18 million times on Instagram to-date. 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