Originally Posted by monet View Post
Originally Posted by redietz View Post
I think Wikipedia has it as "Binion's Horseshoe" up until 2004. The Wikipedia article is a little schizophrenic, as it calls it "Binion's" for awhile, then calls it "The Horseshoe" a couple of times later in the article. I think horse players referred to it "The Horseshoe" more often. Thinking back, a friend of mine who's in all of the big horse tournaments referred to it as "The Horseshoe." I think sports players more often called it "Binion's."
You can call it whatever you want.
Call it the Mint for all I care.
I was just saying that for many of us, who basically lived there, in the late 80's on up always called it the Shoe.
But it's like maxpen and the way he rubberbands his money.
Everyone does things different.
Personally, I miss the elegance of the Baccarat Pit... not the Mini one but that was cool in it's own way too.
Oh and the way the Magum... that's the MGM for people in the know... had their single zero roulette all set up like they do in France.
Of course that was when the witch would fly around and the lion's head would eat your soul.

They redesigned that just for the international travelers who feared for their souls. Unbelievable.

I dropped into Binion's probably three or four times a week during the 90-100 days of football seasons back in the late 80's and 90's.

I was thinking of staying at the Apache for a day or two just for history's sake in July. I see they have dial phones and all that for the retro look. It's better than the old Gold Spike, where you had to pick up your dial phone at check-in.