Hotels - Plaza

Plaza.

Biff's Pleasure Palace (if you've ever seen the Back to the Future Movies...)

One of my all-time favorite "Vintage Vegas" properties. (This, Circus Circus, El Cortez, etc.)

That's probably why it's in so many movies and music videos, because it's got that old Las Vegas charm.

Old slots, destination-worthy carpet, 70's vibes, a former giant martini glass pool (now turned Steakhouse) - it's old school Vegas, the way it should be!

The perfect Las Vegas photo.

Favorite Memory: Fireworks Fridays.

In the summer.

No.

This carpet, tres magnifique!

At a time when we used to have a hamster (Stella!), this slot was very relevant.

We used to drive from Salt Lake City to Vegas for a holiday weekend - and on more than one occasion we'd get home and the hamster would be missing.

Every time we'd find her under the stove, looking like some kind of wiry-mad scientist-time traveler.

She was always ok - just crazy.

For a while they used to have this 1970's photo op, but it's gone now.

Glad I took a picture of it!

#vintage slots

I don't think I've seen this one anywhere else in Vegas.

The casino don't want you to know when to hold 'em, nor when to fold 'em.

Yes, obviously.

Just look at the picture above this one.

Pretty much every music video ever, has been filmed under those lights.

Favorite Memory: Carousel Bar

This thing is so cool.

I love being able to sit outside on Fremont in the heat and people watch.

One of my all-time favorites.

That used to be a martini glass swimming pool. Very Vegas.

See?

The perfect Plaza Las Vegas photo.

Nowhere I'd rather be.

The (literally brillant idea) Popcorn Cart, that was there for about 7 minutes ever.

Gone.

Glad I took a picture of it!

If you're thinking about it, don't!

Cherries.

Smoke free section.

The only actually designated areas like this town, that I know of, are here and Park MGM. 

It's the opposite of those slot areas at the Airport, where you go into a glass cube and they allow smoking inside there while playing slots, specifically.

Las Vegas is all about that balance!

Hey, we ate dinner up there once!

They're not good, but they're fun!

The turd emojii as a mascot is very, what's the word, apropos!

Love the murals on the building, one of the coolest parts of Fremont Street, in my opinion.

Something about low ceilings and making magic...

Wheel. Of.

Dissapointment.

Nothing.

Etc.

This chandelier vs. the Cosmo, or Park MGM, or Caesars, etc.

What a beauty.

Some of the best casino carpet in all of Las Vegas.

By far.

Win what you see.

See, if you see nothing, you win nothing!

I love these types of displays that extend past the slot machines.

Put goofy shit up on the walls, add banners, make it fully immersive.

That's how I want to set my house up!

Favorite Memory: This is Blackjack

One time we were playing craps, and a guy walked up and was about to set his money down to buy in and he asked "is this craps?" - I instinctively turned to him and said "Hey this is Blackjack" - he goes oh, and then turned around and walked off.

I still make that same joke there to this day.

Oh, and the dealer who said to give the dice "a little love blow" before rolling them.

I still make that joke too.

Favorite Memory: DMV Bingo

Oh man, the Bingo here is so much worse than I expected.

It combines all the elements of being at the DMV, with taking a computerized test in High School.

As with all things Vegas, you should definitely try it once so you can say you've experienced it, but man it's whack.

And don't worry, it also costs like $50 (when it should be like $5 for what it is), in case you were worried there was anything good about it.

Of course they sell Bingo Daubers (the stamp things) outside the room, so you can go in and it's all played out on a computer screen, with no paper to stamp...

WTF is this shit?

If you get tired of "almost winning" on the slots, just come up here and you can "almost win" on Bingo too!

Where they make the bullshit.

Welcome to your State Test in High School, or I mean the DMV. No sorry, $50 Bingo.

Either way, no talking.

And no fun.

#stardog

I actually like Plaza's marketing materials the best out of any property in Vegas.

I think they do the best job of capturing that Vintage Vegas aesthetic. 

She lands on Silver Strike, gets O69.

The very next spin, I land on Silver Strike, also get O69.

Coincidence? I think not.

That's why you never leave a winning machine without giving one more spin "for good measure"!

Why. Won't. You. Land. On. The. Stupid. Payline.???

Favorite Memory: Hotel Stay + Oscar's Steakhouse

Been coming to Vegas for a loooong time, was probably pretty overdue to stay here (at Biff's Pleasure Palace).

Fun fact - we stayed on the 4th floor (of the other building that I didn't even know existed), which is the lowest hotel floor we've ever stayed on in Vegas out of 22 different Strip/Fremont hotels.

The accommodations were exactly what I would have expected. I mean just check out that luxurious 19" flat screen tv!

This room felt straight out of the 1970's - like what they would have thought was super nice, back then. Makes for a fun and unique experience, like stepping back in time. 

Side note: this room had the hardest blasting air conditioning I've ever experienced in a Vegas hotel room!

Literally like sleeping in the Minus-5 Ice Bar, if you've ever been...

Ready for a night out on the town!

The dome at Oscar's - we'll be eating there momentarily.

5th floor Rooftop/Pool/Pickleball Deck.

Cool view of the Canopy.

Ok good, nobody sporting their tighty-whities standing in the window at Golden Gate, this time good.

Fun fact: we learned you can open those windows at Golden Gate directly out to Fremont Street, somebody had them open during a concert nonetheless.

Literally how would anyone be able to sleep there?

I guess someday we'll try it and find out - will let you know what we find!

That's the tower we stayed in (South).

Driven by that hundreds of times, never knew it was part of the Plaza.

I always thought the Plaza was just the one building at the end of the Canopy that's Biff's Pleasure Palace in all the movies.

#datenight at Oscar's

Really solid food here, and the atmosphere in the dome is definitely one of the coolest in town!

Plus their napkins are better quality than the sheets in the hotel room, if you're wondering.

Her favorite thing in the world is getting dressed up and going to a fancy dinner.

And she doesn't ask for much!

Should have ordered a few more of these, just to break the tops with a spoon, you know - for stress relief purposes.