Paris Casino – Las Vegas, Nevada

Disposable income. This shot was taken pre-2008 with an estimate, at that time, of around 35 million visitors a year to Las Vegas. Last year there were over 40 million visitors, but they are spending less. Our facade in the desert continues.

The photo also documents what was a suggestion of an appropriate streetscape (trees have been replanted with smaller/younger specimens) that provided for walking in our summer months (the area occupies only a 160′ stretch of a 2500′ block and a 5000′ super block). Too bad the guardrail on the planter was placed at the outer edge of the bench. Go ahead and stand a minute (see showtimes), but please move on inside and spend some money if you want to sit..

Original photograph – © P. Fenkell