Worst of Las Vegas 2021

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Nastiest Parking Garage - THE FLAMINGO

When things began to recover after the initial wave of COVID-19, many of us in the industry hoped that casino bean-counters would finally wisen up and keep guest parking free of charge. Yeah, right. Eventually, nearly every major resort restored those insipid fees. Aging properties like Bally's, Paris, Planet Hollywood, LINQ, and the Flamingo reach right into your pocket upon arrival, snatching anywhere from $12 to $24 a day for the privilege of arriving by car. But ask what they're doing to maintain those facilities, and you're likely to get a few darting eyes and some lame-ass excuse. Nearly every Caesars-owned property has repulsive parking facilities, but Flamingo is by far the worst.

Biggest Pain In The Ass - BROKEN ESCALATORS/ELEVATORS

The complaints have gone on for years...and so have the excuses. "They're too expensive to maintain" (then why install them at all?). "Sand and dirt ruin the mechanisms" (it's 2022....we flew to the moon fifty years ago and still can't address that problem?). No matter where you go, inside or out, garages, overhead walkways, casinos, hotels, the airport, and shopping malls all feature the latest in technology....the world-famous LAS VEGAS BROKEN ESCALATOR. Lately, elevators have wanted their share of the notoriety, so they've decided to stop working as well.

Listen, I've been to nations that most people have never heard of, and their escalators and elevators work just fine. Same with the tiniest airports and much less famous cities in our own country. It's really not that hard to service these things. Now the Las Vegas airport has decided to eliminate moving walkways...due to the expense of keeping them working. The sheer stupidity of it made the news.

Is this how we treat our paying guests? Apparently so. And just like with the nasty-ass parking garages, the money to maintain them is going straight into somebody's bank account...instead of where it belongs.

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