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Las Vegas is a newness machine, and we’ve gathered a few new offerings at The Linq shopping promenade, including girthy public art, a free museum, Chinese tacos and more.<\/p>\n

First up, murals! Apparently, the Linq has partnered with a group called I.S.I. Group (Industry Supporting Industry), and they’ve arranged for a number of murals all along the Linq’s promenade. While it’s likely they were commissioned to make unoccupied storefronts more appealing, they actually add a nice element to the district.<\/p>\n

\"Linq<\/a>
Proof that public art is sometimes polarizing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I.S.I. Group<\/a> is a local arts collective, whatever that might mean. Here’s an interview<\/a> with one of the founders of I.S.I. Group if you’re into that kind of thing.<\/p>\n

\"Linq<\/a>
This is as close as you’re going to get to a political statement in The Linq’s mural collection, and we’re not even sure what the statement might be.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s nothing too edgy about the murals at The Linq, but middle-of-the-road is probably best given the vast swath of humanity that meanders its way down The Linq to see, and sometimes even ride, the High Roller, the world’s tallest Ferris wheel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Linq<\/a>
See all the murals we could find in our photo gallery, below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we were doing our own meandering, we stumbled upon another new offering at The Linq, a sort of Caesars Entertainment fun book. Caesars Entertainment is the company that owns The Linq and the surrounding hotel-casinos.<\/p>\n

The coupon book has offerings from The Quad, Harrah’s Las Vegas, Flamingo and The Linq. The deals range from 2-for-1 and other cocktail discounts, match play and even a free admission to the Auto Collections at The Quad, an attraction that’s highly recommended for people who love cars or the people who love car lovers.<\/p>\n

\"Linq<\/a>
Maybe we should have put “fun” in quotation marks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you don’t see people distributing the fun books, stop by The Linq’s concierge office. They seem to know everything.<\/p>\n

Speaking of free museum admissions, because “segue” is our middle name, the Polaroid Fotobar store at The Linq has made the wise decision to drop the fee for its upstairs Polaroid Museum.<\/p>\n

While we couldn’t recommend this lightweight exhibit when there was a charge (even at five bucks), we can heartily recommend it for free.<\/p>\n

\"Fotobar<\/a>
Sorry, but Fotobar has no actual bar. Insert sad trombone here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The museum has several classic Polaroid cameras and some history of this formerly-popular form of photography.<\/p>\n

\"Polariod<\/a>
There’s also this big-ass camera. It’s a Polaroid 20×24 camera, and if you try to lift it, you will get an instant hernia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s also some weird enclosure with foil balloons floating around. We are a blog, not an art critic.<\/p>\n

\"Polaroid<\/a>
Do not head scratch anywhere near this installation. It will telegraph the fact you failed art appreciation in college.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s more information about the Polaroid Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moving on, there have been some changes to F.A.M.E. (Food, Art, Music, Entertainment), the Asian food court. Apparently, some of the Asian food wasn’t going over all that well, so F.A.M.E. now serves up pizza and tacos.<\/p>\n

In an Asian food court.<\/p>\n

\"FAME<\/a>
Quite possibly Sin City’s first Asian taco stand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ve tried both the Chinese food at F.A.M.E. and the pizza, and we actually recommend the pizza. Las Vegas doesn’t live by society’s rules.<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a>
Damn tasty stuff. You go, Asian pizza chefs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Check out our photo gallery to see the menus at Pizza Buddha and Gangnam Taco Bar. We are not making those names up, and we really, really hope they’re being ironic.<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a>
Note: Serving pizzas in woks doesn’t make it Asian fare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also on the food front, there is absolutely nothing new to report at Tilted Kilt. We just needed to mention Tilted Kilt so we can share this photo.<\/p>\n

\"Tilted<\/a>
The aforementioned kilts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Newness at The Linq often takes the form of street performers. You never know what you’ll see. There are often Taiko drum performances outside F.A.M.E., as well as random dancers and musicians who appear to have no set schedule.<\/p>\n

\"Linq<\/a>
This Las Vegas blog does love it some free.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our final find during our most recent visit to The Linq wasn’t actually at The Linq.<\/p>\n

At the south end of Flamingo (that’s the Cromwell side), we discovered a young woman, Timmea, selling High Roller tickets. While the lines aren’t especially long at the High Roller a lot of the time, when they are, this is a convenient way to skip the ticket line at the High Roller ticket office.<\/p>\n

\"High<\/a>
We’d much rather get our High Roller ticket from Timmea than stand in line, any day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Timmea said there are remote ticket-sellers outside Flamingo from noon to 8:00 p.m. Handy, and a great way to market the wheel to folks who might not necessarily turn into The Linq.<\/p>\n

The Linq seems consistently filled with visitors, so we trust it’s been successful overall (albeit with a few unfortunate hiccups in the mix).<\/p>\n

If you haven’t been to The Linq yet, check out our walk-through<\/a>. There’s a lot to see and do and drink. And especially that last thing.<\/p>\n

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