tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post8025701679576658562..comments2024-03-15T17:03:45.018-07:00Comments on Las Vegas Blog: Steve Friess' VEGAS HAPPENS HERE: Thanks, McCarran! and other airport musingsTHE STRIP PODCASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593322167326380577noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-54661846188482624322010-12-14T17:08:00.693-08:002010-12-14T17:08:00.693-08:00Palms twitter feed was advertising a free NYE casi...Palms twitter feed was advertising a free NYE casino party, wonder if it's the same setup, although interesting if they were charging some sort of cover and it involved the casino floor, as outside of few exceptions (Playboy club), I believe it's still against regulations to charge admission for most common casino areas.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190937282558817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-25994676088077185542010-12-14T16:58:33.312-08:002010-12-14T16:58:33.312-08:00From the looks of your photos, you arrived at the ...From the looks of your photos, you arrived at the southeast wing of the D gates. I could see a D7 sign in one of the shots. That wing has been closed for several months due to the reduced air traffic in Las Vegas.<br /><br />At times when all of the usual gates are occupied by other planes, McCarran will sometimes allow airlines to unload their passengers in the southeast wing so that people don't have to sit on the plane for a long time waiting for one of the gates in another "open" wing to free up. That's why you walked past the shuttered slot machines and stores.<br /><br />Once the plane is unloaded, it will be moved to one of the gates at another wing to be loaded for the outbound flight. Like mailing your license, it's another step McCarran takes to make people's trips easier. In a lot of other places you would have to sit on the plane for who knows how long until the assigned gate became free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-90480744527386963362010-12-14T07:57:38.829-08:002010-12-14T07:57:38.829-08:00sure beats experience I had at Newark Airport wher...sure beats experience I had at Newark Airport where I lost my glasses, which were in a case was labeled with my name and contact info. Made a number of frustrating calls to airline and airport. never got them back. an expensive loss.LinFromNJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-51458915251799341262010-12-14T04:30:55.974-08:002010-12-14T04:30:55.974-08:00Well for one thing, you would think they would upd...Well for one thing, you would think they would update their boilerplate to reflect the corporate renaming to MGM Resorts International.slickmvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137272809899553114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-23894002028647282882010-12-14T03:58:22.370-08:002010-12-14T03:58:22.370-08:00MGM MIRAGE, not MGM Resorts International.MGM MIRAGE, not MGM Resorts International.Jeff Simpsonnoreply@blogger.com