tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post1070685216559108682..comments2024-03-15T17:03:45.018-07:00Comments on Las Vegas Blog: Steve Friess' VEGAS HAPPENS HERE: That Big Thing I've Been Hinting At...THE STRIP PODCASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593322167326380577noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-49050427537502857272008-03-10T14:24:00.000-07:002008-03-10T14:24:00.000-07:00This is really fantastic! Our household collects a...This is really fantastic! Our household collects art and we have bought a number of pieces from galleries in Las Vegas. There are some fantastic artists who show in Las Vegas and some good galleries there... and the quality will only improve as the city becomes more and more identified with the best contemporary artists. Just this weekend we were at the Bellagio and saw some tourists enthralled with the Chihuly store... this will only get better as more people see great art and want to learn more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-60330925236724789122008-03-09T18:10:00.000-07:002008-03-09T18:10:00.000-07:00Which is exactly why modern art can work as an att...Which is exactly why modern art can work as an attraction in Vegas. You pick up interest from both those who appreciate and from those who go, "$7 mil for that crap? I wouldn't give you ten bucks for it." I can just imagine the visitors going home and telling the friends, "We went to that there City Center place and they had all this weird stuff they called 'art.' You gotta go check it out!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-64500999630813688492008-03-08T08:50:00.000-08:002008-03-08T08:50:00.000-08:00Uhh, $7 million for a piece of art? Really? THis i...Uhh, $7 million for a piece of art? Really? THis is progress?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com