E-368: Bourbon Mistakes

 Random Vegas  City Center cost $8.5 billion to build and was the most expensive project in the western world (@vegas_only)    Twitpic of the week    Welcome back to the 90s in Las Vegas.  A time apparently before MGM new that Asian gamblers didn’t like to walk under the head of a lion because it’s bad luck or some other superstition.  But for a time, there she anchored the corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd in all her oversized glory.  @summacorp provides even more context to this week’s winner, clocking that the MGM Marquee sign is shown under construction, which would date this picture early 94, after the introduction of the Hilton marquee was erected as the largest sign in the city and before MGM built a larger sign.    News MGM Buys and sells City Center Plaza Evolves Problems @Pinball Hall of Fame