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Parting Shot send up the clowns SOME DIEHARDS GRUMBLED THAT WE LOST PART OF THE FUN AS THE STRIP���S FAMOUS THEMED HOTELS GREW PASS��. BUT WE HAVE A DEEPER REASON FOR GROWING UP. BY JOHN KATSILOMETES Executive 1: All right, gang. We have some choice property, approval to build a hotel, and a gaming license. First priority: How is this hotel-casino going to be themed? Executive 3: What about the moon? Moon Las Vegas, something like that. Executive 2: Tell your cab driver, ���Drive me to the moon! Let me play among the stars!��� Executive 1: I love the idea of moon rocks as poker chips. ���I���m putting all my rocks on red!��� Executive 3: Bartenders in space suits. Cocktail waitresses in��� skimpy space suits. Executive 2: Get spaced out at Moon Las Vegas! Launch into orbit! Executive 1: At Moon Las Vegas, you will feel weightless! Executive 2: Not just feel weightless. You will be weightless. We need the atmosphere at Moon Las Vegas to be as close to the atmosphere on the real moon as possible. Executive 3: We need a feasibility study. I���ll, um, float that idea. Executive 1: Funny. But is the moon a familiar enough concept for an international audience? Executive 2: I doubt it. No other country has landed men on the moon. Executive 1: I���m just thinking we should be more grounded, stay on this planet. Executive 3: Paris! Paris is a nice place. Executive 2: Paris is also a hotel about a mile from here. Executive 3: Ah. The Eiffel Tower. Forgot. Executive 2: Morocco, maybe? Or something with a very strong desert vibe, with camels and sand dunes. It���s a natural fit. Executive 1: You���ve just described two imploded casinos and one shuttered one. Executive 3: Rome is pretty. Italy? Great food. Great scenery. Executive 1: Great Caesars ghost, guys. Executive 2: Dang. And I was just about to suggest roving centurions and dancing fountains. Executive 3: What about Egypt? Executive 1: Like, say, a giant glass pyramid with a Sphinx at the entrance? Executive 2: You are being sarcastic, right? Executive 3: Ireland! Irish themes are very festive. Beer! Leprechauns! Executive 1: Now that is a Linq to a tired idea. Executive 2: You said that with a ���q.��� Executive 1: For good reason. Executive 3: How about a carnival for the entire family? With trapeze artists, high-wire acts, and midway games like Dime Pitch and Whac-A-Mole? Executive 1: Not far from here is a hotel with a giant clown���s face at the front���. Executive 2: We seem tapped out here. Executive 1: What about��� no theme? Executive 3: No theme? As in, just a beautiful resort full of amenities? Executive 1: With big, clean, comfortable rooms. Top-notch entertainment. Great food. Executive 2: And no moon rocks? Executive 1: Right. No moon rocks. No gimmicks. Just a great hotel-casino. Executive 3: We might have started a trend! Executive 1: Or just become aware of one���. V 132 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM 132_V_BOB_Closer_Spring13.indd 132 O nly in Vegas! ILLUSTRATION BY DANIEL O���LEARY A meeting among resort executives who have taken over the open swatch of land on the Strip across the Boulevard from the closed Sahara hotel-casino. 2/11/13 12:11 PM