E-510: Circus Circus Maximus
Nov 10, 2024•47 min•Ep. 523
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Random Vegas
The original monorail was only a joint venture between MGM Grand and Bally’s. It opened in June of 1995. In the early 2000 it expanded to become the Las Vegas Monorail (vintagelasvegas.com)
TwitPic of the week
It isn’t anything historic except that it was the first incarnation of the Caesars Palace sign, shared by @summacorp. You can tell because it only uses 3 of the 4 pillars on the sign. Future versions added more sign boards and eventually grew to encompass 6 pillars of signage. It was never the tallest or the grandest, it’s just a great POV of a magnificent sign that captured my imagination.
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