Tropicana Gets Salsa-ier

My experience of Las Vegas is limited to two business trips about two or three years ago, which included a self-guided tour of various hotels and casinos in broad daylight (i.e., somewhat depressing to be honest; not for the lack of fun but for the never-ending stream of people at the slot machines at 7:00 am). There are two kinds of casinos: The nostalgic ones that hold on to the gritty glory days of the 1960s, 70s and 80s like The Flamingo, Harrah’s and The Sands with all of their decor and graphics show their age; and then there are the new age casinos like Wynn, Rio and The Venetian, with completely tricked out decor and clean carpets. Tropicana, originally established in 1957 falls in the former group but will soon, in 2010, join the latter as it is completely renovated by its n