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Downtown revisited

September 8th, 2008 by Dave

Since I’ve been downtown on other business lately, I’ve had the opportunity to update, at last, the Downtown Las Vegas Casino Carpet Gallery. There are some neat things happening down there, and some not-so-neat things.

My favorite “new” carpet (since the last time I’d taken pictures) has to be the California’s: it puts a new, tropical spin on the floral thing. It’s nearly a perfect match for the place’s Hawaiian orientation–maybe a spare turtle or two would make it absolutely apropos:
California
The worst floor covering–it’s not even a carpet–has to be the Western. There’s a Strip of remnants from the Plaza recarpet, then faux-oak laminate or something:
Western
It certainly fits the property, which must be in the running for “most downmarket” casino in town.
See these and much more in the Downtown Las Vegas Casino Carpet Gallery.

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David G. Schwartz

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He's the Director of the Center for Gaming Research at UNLV and has a Ph.D. in United States history from UCLA. He's also taught a range of subjects, running the gamut from hospitality security to gambling history to writing creative non-fiction.

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