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The Maxim Hotel and Casino on Flamingo Road at dusk in 1977 with its sign lit

Lunch at the Maxim: Remembering the Maxim Hotel...

Brad Goldberg

The Maxim on Flamingo Road was almost called the Baby Grand. Sixteen years later, I was eating lunch there while helping open the next MGM Grand.

Lunch at the Maxim: Remembering the Maxim Hotel...

Brad Goldberg

The Maxim on Flamingo Road was almost called the Baby Grand. Sixteen years later, I was eating lunch there while helping open the next MGM Grand.

Ben Stepman Hyundai Henderson commercial playing on a 1990s console TV in a wood-paneled living room

In Henderson, Of Course: The Las Vegas Commerci...

Brad Goldberg

Ben Stepman's "In Henderson, of course." GMF Motors and "If I can finance him, and I will." JJ, the King of Beepers. Nobody sang, and the whole valley still knows...

In Henderson, Of Course: The Las Vegas Commerci...

Brad Goldberg

Ben Stepman's "In Henderson, of course." GMF Motors and "If I can finance him, and I will." JJ, the King of Beepers. Nobody sang, and the whole valley still knows...

The Drink and Eat Too flower sign lit in neon at dusk on Harmon Avenue in Las Vegas

Seventy-Five East Harmon: When Vegas Nightlife ...

Brad Goldberg

Before the casinos figured out nightlife, one street off the Strip held it. Paul Anka's Jubilation, the Shark Club, and Drink and Eat Too, and the men who built what...

Seventy-Five East Harmon: When Vegas Nightlife ...

Brad Goldberg

Before the casinos figured out nightlife, one street off the Strip held it. Paul Anka's Jubilation, the Shark Club, and Drink and Eat Too, and the men who built what...

Scandia Family Fun Center miniature golf course and Victorian clubhouse in Las Vegas, 1995

A Pocket Full of Quarters: The Las Vegas That R...

Brad Goldberg

Scandia and Mary K's were where Las Vegas kids grew up. Six acres on Sirius Avenue, an arcade in a strip mall, and a pocket full of quarters that never...

A Pocket Full of Quarters: The Las Vegas That R...

Brad Goldberg

Scandia and Mary K's were where Las Vegas kids grew up. Six acres on Sirius Avenue, an arcade in a strip mall, and a pocket full of quarters that never...

Fremont casino marquee blazing at night in downtown Las Vegas

The 4 a.m. Town: Notes on the Las Vegas That Do...

Brad Goldberg

Most cities sleep. This one re-staffs. A field report from the after-midnight Las Vegas that runs the place: the dealers, line cooks, EMTs, valets, and bartenders who treat 4 a.m....

The 4 a.m. Town: Notes on the Las Vegas That Do...

Brad Goldberg

Most cities sleep. This one re-staffs. A field report from the after-midnight Las Vegas that runs the place: the dealers, line cooks, EMTs, valets, and bartenders who treat 4 a.m....

Fremont Street Las Vegas at night in 1952 with Golden Nugget and Vegas Vic neon signs

Born Before 725: When One Area Code Held the Wh...

Brad Goldberg

There are two kinds of phone numbers in this valley. A short history of 702, the 2014 overlay that redrew the line, and the shirt for everyone who was here...

Born Before 725: When One Area Code Held the Wh...

Brad Goldberg

There are two kinds of phone numbers in this valley. A short history of 702, the 2014 overlay that redrew the line, and the shirt for everyone who was here...