Off the Vegas Strip

[fieldsofdreams]

Congratulations that you have reached 3,000 posts on this thread! K.D. Matheson's work is simply stunning and beautiful, I can sense that I can touch him and pray to him like a regular Catholic saint! But no, it is a stone sculpture, and I find it wonderfully done. Great work!

[jbkayaker12]

Funny I never paid attention to the amount of posts here but thanks anyway. A couple of weeks ago I dropped by the Wetlands Park to check on the progress of the trails being added and took some photos.

[fieldsofdreams]

Huh, that looks like a somehow flat trail that is easy to walk (or even drive!) through in the process... And I truly like the brown hues of grass and trees blending in perfectly with the rock colors and the wooden walkway with a bridge to complete the experience. Is that park run by the Clark County government or by the state of Nevada?

[jbkayaker12]

It is the Clark County Wetlands Park, the park is almost 3,000 acres with the park maintenance staff continually adding trails. Only Wetlands Park vehicles can access the interior of the park for maintenance. Winter season now so naturally the vegetation will show brown/golden hues.

Anyway some of our meals lately @ Kabuki in Tivoli Village. Kabuki for a chain restaurant offers some of the best meals in Clark County and yes Billy absolutely adores the salad at Kabuki. Hehehe!

[jbkayaker12]

The talented Darren Criss performing @ a concert for military kids and families.


2013 Kids Inaugural Concert

[jbkayaker12]

Originally Posted by fieldsofdreams

K.D. Matheson's work is simply stunning and beautiful,....... But no, it is a stone sculpture, and I find it wonderfully done. Great work!

The medium used by the artist is cardboard not stone and yes it's a nice art piece.

[fieldsofdreams]

sometimes, my eyes tend to fool me into thinking what medium was used for such a wonderful art piece. I like that sculpture though, even though it's made out of cardboard...

[jbkayaker12]

At fastfood burger joint on the other side of town, excuse the date stamp, I did not realised it was on.

[fieldsofdreams]

Is that the same McDonald's I saw on one of your previous pics, with an interior that looks more like a five-star hotel than a fast food chain? What part of Clark County is that? I'd love to check that out myself...

[jbkayaker12]

Not the same Mickey D's, somewhere off the Strip. Anyway, just random shots on the drive out from Tivoli Village, a beautiful Winter day @ 55 degrees Fahrenheit.

[jbkayaker12]

MGM is spending heavily to renovate many of its properties and Mandalay Bay is one of those properties.

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..."Why embark on such an ambitious project now?

Coming out of this recession, the biggest question was: What does Mandalay Bay stand for, and how are we going to separate ourselves from the competition?

We have to create our own demand.

As we go back to redefining the resort experience, we knew there was a couple of elements we weren’t pristine at. There were some shortfalls, so we were able to reinvest in it.

What did you think was lacking?

We have a great entertainment footprint. We have the events center. We have the beach and our concerts, where you can sit out in your shorts under the stars and listen to great music. We have the House of Blues. But we didn’t have that A-list show. One of the things that frustrated all of us was seeing people catch cabs to go to another show somewhere else in town.

So we were fortunate to create the partnership with Cirque du Soleil and the Michael Jackson estate. On May 23, we’re going to open what we hope is one of the most amazing shows (a full-time-residency production dedicated to the King of Pop), not only in Las Vegas, but around the world. We think that’s really going to cement our entertainment.

The other long line getting out of here was going to find great nightlife. We did not have that. Many years ago, Mandalay Bay had Rumjungle, but that closed.

We went out on a search and came to an agreement with the Light Group, one of the leaders in nightlife. They partnered with Cirque du Soleil, and in March, we’re going to open Light (Cirque’s first standalone nightclub, which will feature acrobatic performers.) You’re going to have this experience that is above you and around you. It’s going to be very different.

What about the hotel rooms?

We have three hotels (Mandalay Bay, The Hotel and the Four Seasons). Some of the amenities at the Four Seasons weren’t up to snuff, so we did this amazing renovation. That was finished last month.

Another thing it didn’t have was a great lobby-lounge experience. We’re in the process of opening a lobby-lounge this spring where locals and power brokers can come. It will be indoor/outdoor with fire pits, like you’d find at Red Rock or Green Valley Ranch. That’s going to really cement our five-star level.



Vegas Inc - Mandalay Bay...

[desertpunk]

Adding to this will be a giant $3-6 billion Genting Resorts World development at the Echelon site and, oh lordy, a THIRD giant Ferris Wheel! Weird ol' Vegas is Back!

[CouchTater]

Does anyone know what's happened to jbkayaker12? I really enjoy his photos and notice he hasn't posted here in quite awhile and it shows "banned" under his name.

[FlavioZona5]

I definitely cant stop watching Vegas pictires. This new city has a unique vive.

[SkyIsland]

The trolls on this website were harassing jbkayaker12, but that doesn't explain why he was banned.

[Krases]

Hey I was browsing Jay's pics when I noticed he was banned. Was any reason give?

[MyGeorge]

bad attitude maybe.