72: Hanging Out on the Las Vegas Strip (and Why Las Vegas Locals Hate Doing So)

It’s a surprise to many Las Vegas tourists that a large number of Las Vegas locals hate hanging out on The Strip.  We, of course, do not belong to that category of Las Vegans.  We like visiting the coolest street in the USA. . .but understand why many locals don’t share our enthusiasm.

In this edition of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, we talk about our last couple of visits to The Strip and introduce a new “cast member” to the Living in Las Vegas Podcast!  Show notes:

• PHOTOS!
  (Halloween at Lavo)
• Weather (huh, not too bad) / LiLV Pool (Hey pool, you are dead to me)
• LiLV Stuff
  • Listener Line: 206.312.0105
  • Sign up of Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
• Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, introducing. . .T.R.
• Playing nice with other Las Vegas podcasts
• Palms, revisited
• Listener Email: Real Estate, CityCenter, a Motivational Shout-Out
• Hanging on the Las Vegas Strip
  • Hawaiian Tropic Zone
  • Tattoos
  • Value/Cost
  • CityCenter
  • Trash
  • Hard Rock Cafe
  • Halloween

Open Topic Discussion – November 1, 2009

In Boyd Gaming's Call, they said that Echelon would remain dormant for three to five years, but they wouldn't take down the construction already started: "We anticipate using or incorporating the structure that's already in place into the new project."
I don't know the cost of clearing the land compared to maintaining the construction hulk, but this is obviously detrimental to The Strip. Further, when the market recovers, it doesn't seem likely that Boyd would follow its original vision for the development.
Boyd should be a good citizen and remove the skeletons. We may see how much influence Steve Wynn has on the subject: "When told that Boyd wasn't going to do anything with Echelon until the next presidential election, Wynn became somewhat incredulous. He wants to see Echelon's unfinished steel structure disappear as much as he wants to see the Obama administration vacate the White House."

Echelon Could Use Some "Tarp" Assistance