One of the original Mecca’s of Poker … Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel … has been sold to “TLC Casino Enterprises Inc.” for $32 Million in cash.

That’s right. Cash.

I don’t know about you, but I am going to be hanging outside of Binion’s today, looking for someone carrying a large briefcase. I’m going to grab that thing and run like hell. If I grab the right case, I will finally be able to see a concert at The Pearl.

Anyway … MTR Gaming Group (the current owners of Binion’s) say that they plan to get out of Vegas, and focus on their core properties in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. That’s right. I said West Virginia.

Apparently the “Fuck Your Sister Gamblin’ Hall & Hotel” is really taking off. And I hear that the comped moonshine is second to none.

The “good” news is that all of the employees at Binion’s will be retained.

Not even TLC Casino Enterprises is heartless enough to fire 78 year old cocktail waitresses.

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I chased ghosts with him, ate fruit with him, took giant pills with him that made us stronger and faster (I’m pretty sure it was methamphetamine), and even chased little pink women with him.

Ah, those were the good old days.

The days when Pacman was a scrawny, affable, dot-eating little fucker.

My how times have changed.

Looking back, I think the signs were there all along. He started taking the big pills earlier and earlier in the game, and before you knew it … he just couldn’t function without them.

I probably should have said something. But I didn’t. And look what has happened.

A bouncer who was shot and said his left ankle was bitten by Adam “Pacman” Jones in a strip club melee sued the suspended NFL player and other members of his entourage for damages Monday.

The suit for an unspecified amount was filed with the Clark County District Court on behalf of Aaron Cudworth three days after the Tennessee Titans’ cornerback surrendered in Las Vegas on two felony charges of coercion and posted $20,000 in bail.

The melee at Minxx Gentleman’s Club during NBA All-Star weekend was sparked after Jones threw cash from a plastic trash bag on stage to “make it rain” for dancers as tips, according to the suit.

When two dancers began to fight over the cash at about 4:30 a.m., Jones grabbed one by the hair and punched her in the face two or three times, the suit says.

In related news, Donkey Kong was caught blowing johns in the New Frontier bathroom for $5 in quarters … which he used to play Sigma Derby.

Let this be a warning to you all. This is the kind of shit that happens when you neglect your video games.

Not terribly interesting, but this is the current progress of a few works in progress as of yesterday.

Above, where all of those cranes are … is the Fontainebleau. It’s still just a giant pit.

This is Encore:

This is The Palazzo:

And this is City Center:

Compelling photos? No.

But if you are halfway across the country wondering about the current status of the projects … isn’t it nice to have a Monorail-riding, camera-toting idiot like VegasRex keeping you up to date on such exciting Las Vegas matters as cranes, scaffolding, cement-mixers, welding, and drywall?

You’re welcome.

As if I didn’t already have enough reasons for only frequenting hotels built after the The Crusades, today I was given another one.While the elevator repairman was busy shooting up in the bathroom of the Gold Spike, the $2.00 he paid the homeless guy to “go over to the Fitz and see if those elevators look okay” just didn’t do the trick.

Three people are recovering after the elevator they were riding in malfunctioned and fell 26 floors.

It happened at the Fitzgeralds Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Safety mechanisms prevented the elevator from hitting the ground floor.

Nine people were in the elevator at the time as well as a cart full of luggage. Fire officials think the elevator may have been overloaded when the accident happened.

I had no idea that Rosie O’Donnel was at Fitzgerald’s this weekend.

There, I used it first!!!

I hope I soiled it, tarnished it, and made it so unclean that they will no longer want it.

Having beaten the utterly nonsensical “What Happens in Vegas Stays In Vegas!” slogan into the ground to the point that it gives me a serious migraine every time I hear it, the City of Las Vegas has applied for a trademark for a new slogan. And the new slogan will be …… “Your Vegas is Showing!”

Fuck!

Can’t we just not have a slogan?

It’s bad enough that people scream “Vegas Baby!” the minute they jump off the airplane (thank you “Swingers” … assholes), and then scream it every 5 minutes thereafter like a bunch of alcoholics with Tourette’s … but now every time you do something perceived as wild and/or crazy, people will turn to you and say “Your Vegas is Showing!”

Oh Ha Ha … Motherfucking … HA!!!!!!!

Really, its not cute and/or funny, but that’s not going to stop everyone from saying it on cue.

Why not a practical slogan, like “Las Vegas … We’re Sorry about that NBA All-Star Thing”.

Because it’s not corny and stupid enough for a Vegas slogan, that’s why.

This is Las Vegas. We don’t need a slogan. You come here for the booze, shows, gambling, strippers and whores.

That shit sells itself.

Goofy slogans just annoy people with discernible IQ’s.

Nonetheless, very soon you are going to be hearing “Your Vegas is Showing!”.

Don’t say you weren’t warned.

Feel free to take the OFFICIAL NEW SLOGAN POLL.