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Gaming Industry News => Jays Gaming and Industry News => Topic started by: UNIMAN on May 02, 2015, 08:53:51 PM
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Took a ride to the strip to take one last look at the Riv. In Vegas for 60 years! Las Vegas Convention Center bought the property and plan to expand after the Riviera goes down. The old gal needs to go as does Slots-a-Fun and Circus Circus too. The Riviera was never one of my favorites but seeing an old icon go is still sad.
Saw lots of S2000 Barcrests in there. Wonder where they will end up?
Of course I brought my brass polish and put a shine on those Crazy Girls. :rotfl:
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Whens the auction ?
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No news of an auction yet. I will post it if it is scheduled to happen.
The Crazy Girls show is moving to The Planet Hollywood as is the brass statue in pic above.
I was surprised that all the gift shops were closed up. One would think there is a market for Riviera memorabilia at closing time?
I did see all in-casino progressives were set to minimum payout and nothing was incrementing. At 7pm Saturday they drew six names to share the $145,000 in "unclaimed" jackpots, which I assume were the in-house progressives. I had one entry in the drawing but didn't stick around. Hope my name wasn't drawn!
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Last time I was in Vegas I went in there for a bit, the casino was pretty empty. Then went accross to the circus circus. There was a lot of activity as most of the families with kids spend the day there while the kids are upstairs or in the adventuredome. There always seems to be activity on the circus circus, and they even have a section with old machines that work off dollar tokens. A lot of people like to play those as it is always busy everytime I go through there. They are to the right as you come in from the main front doors. Some of them are UNIS.
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I like to play blackjack..... but the Circus Circus has the most unfriendly player rules going.
I will probably wander through again and collect a $1 table token as I have recently started to collect these but otherwise I really could not be bothered.
They hit soft 17.
Aces split only once.
No double after split.
6:5 payouts
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Last time I was in Vegas I went in there for a bit, the casino was pretty empty. Then went accross to the circus circus. There was a lot of activity as most of the families with kids spend the day there while the kids are upstairs or in the adventuredome. There always seems to be activity on the circus circus, and they even have a section with old machines that work off dollar tokens. A lot of people like to play those as it is always busy everytime I go through there. They are to the right as you come in from the main front doors. Some of them are UNIS.
Fourteen Magnificent 7's to be exact. And they are still there!! The El Cortez has three Double Fourtunes and The D has one four reeler with progressive jackpot. Not that I'm counting. :Tongue_Out:
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Hey, I think I went out with two or three of those girls ! I seem to recognize them ................. from BEHIND, of course!! :24: :24:
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UPDATE:
No auction. Liquidation sale beginning May 14th, 9am-7pm and thereafter until everything sold. NO SLOTS INCLUDED. :hissyfit:
Not sure what happens to the slots??
Related story; http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/riviera-ends-60-years-strip-closes-good (http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/riviera-ends-60-years-strip-closes-good)
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Where is the liquidation being held ?
Whos going ?
What would you want to buy ?
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UPDATE:
No auction. Liquidation sale beginning May 14th, 9am-7pm and thereafter until everything sold. NO SLOTS INCLUDED. :hissyfit:
Not sure what happens to the slots??
Related story; [url]http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/riviera-ends-60-years-strip-closes-good[/url] ([url]http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/riviera-ends-60-years-strip-closes-good[/url])
Joey is probably still unloading them at his place........ :rotfl:
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Hey, I think I went out with two or three of those girls ! I seem to recognize them ................. from BEHIND, of course!! :24: :24:
from that angle they all look like they're sisters! :odie:
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Where is the liquidation being held ? ANSWER: At the casino.
Whos going ? ANSWER: Not me, at least on the first two days.
What would you want to buy ? ANSWER: Something slot related like toppers, etc.
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I'm fairly certain all of the slot stuff (well, maybe not stands) will be sold as they usually would. They can't bother dealing onesie-twosies at auction, as they can't bother with licenses, legality, etc. Most casinos do not have a NV gaming distributor license, only an operators license (meaning they cannot sell machines direct to ANYONE without going theough a distributor). A NV distributor license Is almost as rare as hens teeth, as it is very costly to obtain. Machines will be sold as a lot, with bid requests emailed to prospective buyers, just as they would do with lots of older, retired games.
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The 'sculpture'....It looks mostly bronze in the picture....except for highly polished brass ass?? :24:
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That was Unimans final tribute.... He was the midnight polisher
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I read the other day that the owner of the D and Las Vegas Club had mentioned that they were going to purchase some of the slot and relocate them to those casino's eventually.
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ANOTHER UPDATE: :buttwiggle: Crazy Girls :buttwiggle: customs, lights, stage props, computers, etc. STOLEN when their rental truck was hot wired and stolen. Truck was recovered but their stuff is gone.
So, be on the lookout for their "PHALLIC COUCH" that was among the missing!! Yes, that's right, a couch shaped liked a man's genitallia is on the loose somewhere in Vegas or maybe heading out of state! A must have for any household I expect the thieves will find a black market for their prize! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Only in Vegas people!!!
http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/norm-clarke/phallic-couch-among-items-stolen-crazy-girls (http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/norm-clarke/phallic-couch-among-items-stolen-crazy-girls)
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On another note, I may take a ride next Saturday and see what the Riv has left. Often times misc. toppers and slot glass is left behind. A few years back when they brought down The El Rancho my brother-in-law was in charge of the demo. My wife was in Vegas at the time(I wasn't :hissyfit:) and he took her threw it days before the implosion. She saw stacks of Bally EM glass and brought a reel glass home for me that made a nice picture frame. There was also piles of stainless bowls, resturant items like salt & pepper, sugar jars, etc. Coin counting machines too.
Usually the prices they have at these sales are a bit steep. I remember the Sahara wanting $50 a piece for cig burned slot chairs. But they had some glass too. Fun to look.
I'll post pics if I go.
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I went to the stardust auction and things like bedsheets and drapes were selling for more than what new would have gone for. I am sure everything was laundered but the eww factor of buying used hotel sheets was not cool.
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I went to the stardust auction and things like bedsheets and drapes were selling for more than what new would have gone for. I am sure everything was laundered but the eww factor of buying used hotel sheets was not cool.
My wife volunteers for the Las Vegas NSPCA dog shelter. She walks dogs and takes them to adoption events. She also tries to get donation blankets from hotels to be used by the shelter in dog kennels, especially in the winter. That's about all I would use a hotel sheet for!
Our local motel has made donations in the past! Very nice.
Speaking of hotel laundry, here's a good story! The contracts for cleaning hotel blankets and sheets are really sought after. The cleaning company who wins gets hit with dye bombs sewn into, say, a towel and when it's washed in bulk, an entire load is destroyed! Laundry Service sabotage!!
http://www.vegasinc.com/business/2013/nov/01/mystery-unsolved-who-sabotaging-strips-sheets-and-/ (http://www.vegasinc.com/business/2013/nov/01/mystery-unsolved-who-sabotaging-strips-sheets-and-/)
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Well, remember Junkman (member here)??? That's what he did/dies. It's not pretty tryi g to get rid of 140 sets of cyputlery or 75 lamps, but that is the path chosen for some. I'm sure there's some profit in. It somewhere, otherwise, people would not be bidding against anyone, lol (you know how the auction thing goes). For the most part, I really see these casino liquidations as a spot for restaurateurs, caterers, etc.
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Went to the Riviera sale today. For the first four days, today was day three, it costs $10 a head just to get in. Also a 10% buyers premium and 8% sales tax!
Not much in the way of slot stuff. Lots of stands and chairs, thats's about it. Did check out a few back rooms and found two progressive signs for video poker. About 6' long each and they had Mikhon meters in them. Opened one up to see how much Mikhon stuff they had. Just meters and power supply, so no boards. And no supremes laying around either.
All chairs were $75, a bit steep if you ask me. Except for the one Wheel Of Fortune chair I found. In excellent condition with no wear at all! Can't understand why it was still there. Thinking they just brought it out of hiding from somewhere. No other chairs were embroidered, all plane.
So I bought the WOF chair for $75 and a metal duplex slot stand for $50. Most wooden slot stands had edge damage.
Asked a fellow running the show if they had any slot glass, etc. His answer was, Oh, they'll be pulling more stuff out of storage rooms each day." Well, I don't have the time to check each day! Wish I had scoped out the slot tech,s workshop location when the casino was open! :duh:
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Well, remember Junkman (member here)??? That's what he did/dies. It's not pretty tryi g to get rid of 140 sets of cyputlery or 75 lamps, but that is the path chosen for some. I'm sure there's some profit in. It somewhere, otherwise, people would not be bidding against anyone, lol (you know how the auction thing goes). For the most part, I really see these casino liquidations as a spot for restaurateurs, caterers, etc.
Hit the nail on the head. Saw a lot of small restaurateurs looking at large kitchen items.
Many individuals buying up furniture, small frig's and tv's.
There were also a couple of guys buying the round set of slot stands that hold about 8-10 slots. They were metal and were marked $150 a set. A lot of disassembly required!
Maybe I saw "Junkman" and didn't even know it.