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Old Posted Dec 17, 2009, 4:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Denson View Post
My first visit was in 1986, and I was expecting a classy city. But as someone else said, it was pretty cheesy and low class. I went back in 1990 and it was a little better, but not much. I was there again last April (just for a couple of hours), and obviously it had really changed, at least the strip.

In 1986 we stayed at the Flamingo Hilton, and in 1990 we stayed at the Barbary Coast. Anyone know right off hand if those two hotels are still there?
Both are still there. Flamingo is no longer a Hilton, but it's still doing well, and has been recently updated. Barbary Coast is now Bill's Gamling Hal, and it looks pretty much how it did 20 years ago.

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