I don’t recall if my set killed - it was extremely loud in the ballroom that night - but I was told later that when I referenced one of then-Councilwoman Lynette Boggs McDonald’s more infamous public quotes, she fired back from the audience with some profanity and maybe an obscene gesture.īut the best part of Texas Station was that it was right up the street from the Review-Journal offices, close enough for lunch, and it had a small but well-curated food court. Following Goodman’s example, I made sure I was properly prepared for the event by copious consumption of gin beforehand. The ballroom was also packed the night I was invited to roast then-Mayor Oscar Goodman.

Once, while working at Las Vegas CityLife before the turn of the millennium, I spent Christmas Day at the Texas Station with two friends from that paper, which is also sadly gone. The Texas Station opened in 1995, just three years after I first arrived in town as a reporter for the Las Vegas Sun. I’ve spent many hours at that casino over the years, for reasons personal and professional. I covered the opening of the Luxor on the Strip and attended the opening of Treasure Island and the Main Street Station downtown.īut the news that the Texas Station would close permanently and be demolished affected me differently, for reasons I still can’t explain. I even spent one night at the Glass Pool Inn.Īnd I’ve seen brand-new casinos, too. I once stayed in the iconic Sands tower before the late Sheldon Adelson blew it up to build The Venetian. I was there when Steve Wynn blew up the Dunes and definitely could have used an N95 mask. (Elizabeth Page Brumley /Las Vegas Review-Journal) been in Las Vegas a long time, and I’ve seen a lot of casinos come and go. North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee speaks during the annual State of the City address at Texas Station on Wednesday, Jan.

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