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WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS

By
Real Estate Agent with Rosen&Company West

Truth is people have mixed emotions and misconceptions about Vegas.  To me it is one of the most exciting places on earth with a rich cultural history filled with some of the greatest cutting edge entertainers and big risk takers who went boom and bust and came back again. Vegas reflects the American Spirit - a spirit that is wild,violent and crazy.  Too many misguided characters in the press, the law, and politics are out to castrate and emasculate those of us who want to preserve our heritage.  They want to take away our freedom of choice in the guise of keeping us safe.   Life, which is filled with chance and circumstance is not supposed to be safe. Boom Towns which were the Centerpiece of westward expansion were never safe.  You got caught cheating in a card game, the guy you cheated could kill you dead right at the table and get away with it as long as there were witnesses on his side. The piano player kept right on playing and the cards got reshuffled. 

This place scares a lot of people.  I have friends who refuse to come out here because they are afraid they'll do some real dirty stuff that their wives or girlfriends will find out.  They are afraid of being exposed for who they really are - and in an extreme place such as this it is real easy to be exposed.  That famous slogan - "What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas," is like as knife that cuts both ways - bringing in the curious and the adventurous while keeping the faint-hearted, who might benefit from the experience at bay. People who are jealous of Vegas just don't have the guts to be part of it.      

With all of its Glitz andSpectacle Las Vegas is still the last American Boom Town.   We have events like the Great Tournament of Poker where fortunes can be made and lost in the blink of an eye. We have guys like Bob Stupak who came here with nothing but the clothes on his back and wound up building the Stratosphere - one of the worlds most spectacular structures.  It is a place where you can find anything you want, day or night.  Come on, come to Vegas and find all kinds of stuff that will satisfy even the most hedonistic and perverted urges - and that's a good thing. 

While other cities in this country were sleeping we were busy building mega resorts surrounded by some of the most interesting modern architecture in the world.  It is truly amazing what you see when you take the time to look at all the design and detail when strolling through places like The Belagio, The Wynn and The Venetian.  Our vision is to be the biggest, the best and the greatest of all the cities. That vision should never be allowed to die. God bless Oscar Goodman, the old Philly Mob lawyer who loves and understands that credo.   

Sure we went boom and bust in Real Estate - but that is the nature of this town.  We have reinvented ourselves many times over and we will do it again.  When the economy gets back on keel an the dust begins to settle people will flood back here for jobs, opportunity and excitement.  We will soon return as a major player not only in the Gaming Business but in other industries as well. 

I moved here in 1992 when things were shiny and new and the possibilities seemed endless.  People came in droves from places like California with lots of money to spend.  They set themselves up in nice lifestyles with pools, fountains and courtyards in places like Green Valley and Summerlin.  I wonder what the next wave of folks will be like? Probably a little more conservative - but as long as the piano player keeps on playing we'll have game going on.

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