Comments on: an american in paris, nevada – las vegas update 6. http://themerica.org/blog/archives/93 an MFA design thesis by dave gottwald Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:08:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dave http://themerica.org/blog/archives/93/comment-page-1#comment-105 dave Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:57:08 +0000 http://themerica.org/blog/archives/93#comment-105 yeah i agree, the raised ceiling and brighter, day-sky lighting is such a radical departure from the typical "dark, low, smokey" casino...and a positive break at that. for all the ways that the strip is diverse (on the outside), the interior casino floor areas are remarkably similar. yeah i agree, the raised ceiling and brighter, day-sky lighting is such a radical departure from the typical “dark, low, smokey” casino…and a positive break at that. for all the ways that the strip is diverse (on the outside), the interior casino floor areas are remarkably similar.

]]> By: jesterpb http://themerica.org/blog/archives/93/comment-page-1#comment-100 jesterpb Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:41:42 +0000 http://themerica.org/blog/archives/93#comment-100 Spot. On. My favorite post you've done so far. Excellent analysis of one of my favorite areas in LV. I could go point by point as to what impressed me, but I'd wind up quoting the whole piece. Outside of everything you've stated here, I'll add a complete tangent. The initial gambling area (where you see the Tower Feet), feels completely different to me than any other gambling area on the strip. Although it's quite large, it feels incredibly tiny, intimate. I think this is due to the raised ceiling and the brighter lighting. Two things that few (if any) other gambling areas have on the strip. I do love the low ceiling, smoky, crowded with machines and people, areas of the other casinos, but this one always relaxes me. comforts me. Like you state above, there's no reverence, just a sense of welcome, community, comfort. Spot. On.

My favorite post you’ve done so far. Excellent analysis of one of my favorite areas in LV. I could go point by point as to what impressed me, but I’d wind up quoting the whole piece.

Outside of everything you’ve stated here, I’ll add a complete tangent. The initial gambling area (where you see the Tower Feet), feels completely different to me than any other gambling area on the strip. Although it’s quite large, it feels incredibly tiny, intimate. I think this is due to the raised ceiling and the brighter lighting. Two things that few (if any) other gambling areas have on the strip.

I do love the low ceiling, smoky, crowded with machines and people, areas of the other casinos, but this one always relaxes me. comforts me. Like you state above, there’s no reverence, just a sense of welcome, community, comfort.

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