Daily Archives: November 6, 2009

Dead Nightclubs Sleep in Las Vegas

Our choking economy has exacted its toll on many Las Vegas nightclubs that were once beacons the entertainment mecca of the world:  Ice, The Hop, Empire Ballroom, Puff, and Red Room Saloon, to name but a few of the more prominent ones.

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Death, Google and Las Vegas Proves to be Deadly Cocktail

Google search results for “Las Vegas” + death is 31,800,000

Google search results for “Las Vegas” + dead is 21,900,000

Google search results for “Las Vegas” + suicide is 15,800,000

Google search results for “Las Vegas” + murder is 4,860,000 

And how can we forget Nic Cage’s line in Leaving Las Vegas:  “I came here to drink myself to death.”  Or, writer Charles Marowitz commenting on celebrity impersonators:  “The dead are everywhere in Las Vegas- and they are thriving.”

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