Hi all ,

I'm a new member to the forum .
Lou hooked me up with this fine site . We call him Coney Island Lou in NY .
Back in 2003 a few friends and I stayed at Lady Luck for like $25 bucks a night in the tower rooms and ate and drank for free for five nights. I loved that place and the atmosphere of surrounding Freemont St. Last few visits I stayed with a friend who has a place off Tropicana ave. . Anyway is there any word on the property being sold or turned into condos or another hotel ? Figured you all could give me the word on that .

Benzee

Officially, renovations are still being made and it's just a matter of time before it opens again. From my viewpoint it doesn't seem like much is happening there. My guess is that they are waiting until downtown starts to take off and then they will resell the place and make money.

There is a website dedicated to answering your question. While it is loaded with info, there aren't many answers. It's been a while since I've been to the site, but it didn't have much for answers when I was there. Find a website called bebacksoon.info and they will have the official word on what is happening.

And welcome to Las Vegas. I hope you can find some good info and share some of your own thoughts here.

Hi there ,
Thannks JMT for the info and the welcome !!

Benzee

Lady Luck has a sign-up on there website for them to update you when they have any new info . I signed up months age and haven't recieved anything yet.

This week , the City Council is scheduled to consider an agreement between the city and CIM LL Las Vegas LLC, an offshoot of the Hollywood-based development company that recently invested $25 million in the Lady Luck property. CIM is working with the company that bought the property in 2005, led by Andrew Donner of Las Vegas.

The agreement calls on CIM to deliver a financing plan and outline schedules for construction on the project and identify a timeline to select an operator for the hotel and casino by the end of August. Then in November, city planners want to see a master plan for the hotel and the area around it.

This could mean that financing is in place for the exctensive renovations that will be required to bring this aging building up to Vegas standards, even for downtown. Anything is better than the black hole that defines this hotel and boarded up casino, which has been closed since Feb 2006.

Hey Benzee, even the bebacksoon website has shut down and is now a domain squatting site.

freemont street is vegas's ace in the hole,,,when the old time regulars (not the high rollers) are fed up with being flushed out of the high price hotels on the strip, when the comps and the deals disapear,,, the people that built this town will be heading down to old time vegas,,(freemont) they might not have diamonds that twinkle,,, but do have fried twinkies, where your grandmother gets all excited winning 30 bucks on wheel of fortune,,, and a foot long hot dog for 99cents , those days will return , while Frank and Dean might be gone,,, 4 queens , binions, etc are still there (LETS SUPPORT FREEMONT,,,SAVE THE REAL VEGAS,,,) then you will see the deals back on the strip

Frank and Dean and Sammy moved downtown! The Rat Pack Is Back show moved from the Greek Isles to the P)laza.

I hope Vegas doesn't need to play it's ace in the hole. I hope thses troubled times are just another bump in the road.

I do like downtown, but I have a hard time supporting it with the enthusiam you mentioned. I pushed to save the old Fremont St before they turned it into an outdoor mall. I'm not a big supporter of the Fremont Street Experience. Downtown is not the place for 6 minute wonders and I think the whole FSE is too commercial.

what comes around goes around,,, downtowns all across the country are making a comeback,,, 'miami south beach was crack haven in the 80's, now try booking a room at one of those hotels from the 30's and 40's . look at the new hotels being built on the strip,, where is the neon lights,,, they seem all very dull,,, sooner or later the vegas of old will be the place to be , a good idea whould be to put some resident condo's and street cafe's , and coffee shops,,, and declare it a historical location

I hope you are right. That seems to be the general direction they are going. Also they are trying various types of bars other than just a place for tourists to get drunk.

don't ge me wrong,, the strip is one of the best destinations in the country,,,with city center and all the other new hotels i am sure the rates will be coming down,,,i just hope that they remember who the players were that built this town, i will always use vegas as my top vacation ,,,, i just want freemont and the old vegas to keep around

Hi all,

Pain getting back on here but now I'm the prime time gang so hello again .
Any news on the Lady Luck property

Benzee

The newer tower has been open all this time and is still open as a Time Share only. The old tower and casino are still down.

Hey There ,
Thasnks JMT , got my password and all straightned out .
Does the new tower have amenities such as that awful ( I loved it though) buffet or is it strictly timeshare rooms

Benzee

Strictly rooms, as far as I know.

I'm glad you got your sign in straightend out. I'll get rid of that other ID when I get a chance.