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BrandonFG

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« on: January 03, 2012, 01:52:21 PM »
Hello, Las Vegas Hotel and Casino...the hotel where LMaD and some Wheel episodes taped changes its name.

No, that doesn't sound generic at ALL!
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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2012, 03:59:33 PM »
Quote from: fostergray82 on January 03, 2012, 01:52:21 PM
Hello, Las Vegas Hotel and Casino...the hotel where LMaD and some Wheel episodes taped changes its name.

No, that doesn't sound generic at ALL!
It was...an awful hotel. Went there to walk around for kicks - it was....just not up to date.
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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2012, 04:07:50 PM »
Can you guess where I'm calling from?
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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2012, 10:50:14 PM »
It's still a better choice than what its counterpart over in Atlantic City changed its name to when they lost the Hilton franchise around the same time..."ACH". Because (especially in this economy) everyone wants to gamble their money away in a place that sounds like a bank...

OBGameShow: Both "Yahtzee" and "Trump Card" taped at what was then known as Trump's Castle casino in AC...later re-branded as the Trump Marina, and earlier this year changed names (and owners) yet again to become the Golden Nugget...which was also the original name of the aforementioned AC Hilton back when it opened in the late 70s. Confused yet?
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2012, 02:04:21 AM »
Nice to know it's not just the mid- and low-end chains that change names and lose franchises repeatedly (in reference to the Atlantic City example above).

The next town over had a Super 8 that changed to Days Inn less than a year after opening. It went independent in 2010, but their sign is still in the shape of a Days Inn sign.
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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2012, 02:33:43 AM »
The Las Vegas Hilton frequently went by the abbreviation "LVH", so as generic as the new name is, I believe part of the intention was to keep the LVH nickname.
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« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2012, 09:55:37 AM »
Quote from: Twentington on January 04, 2012, 02:04:21 AM
The next town over had a Super 8 that changed to Days Inn less than a year after opening. It went independent in 2010, but their sign is still in the shape of a Days Inn sign.
In Lansing, there's a cheap hotel that only bothered to change one letter when they lost the franchise. It's now "Dad's Inn".
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« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2012, 10:26:03 AM »
In Norfolk, there's a "premiere" hotel that's changed it's name no less than 7 times in its 50-year history, 6 in the last 20 years alone.

-Opened in the 60s as the Golden Triangle
-Became a Holiday Inn in the late-70s/early-80s
-Changed to a Howard Johnson in the mid-90s
-Then became the "Hotel Norfolk" a few years later
-Then a Clarion Inn a few more years later
-Turned into a Radisson another c. 2005
-It was a Crowne Plaza in the late-2000s

I drove past it the other day, and there's a sign that reads "Norfolk Plaza Hotel" or something like that. I wouldn't be surprised if I missed a name change that happened sometime between 1995 and 2005. C. 1996, former (Charlotte) Hornets owner George Shinn wanted to bring an NHL franchise to the city*, and the proposed arena would've gone over the hotel site. Even though Shinn's notorious for being a shady character, part of me would've loved to see Norfolk get a Big-4 sports franchise.

*/"Name The Big-4 Teams Norfolk Was in the Running For" is another popular local game
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« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2012, 11:46:59 PM »
Quote from: Matt Ottinger on January 04, 2012, 09:55:37 AM
In Lansing, there's a cheap hotel that only bothered to change one letter when they lost the franchise. It's now "Dad's Inn".
In West Hollywood we have a "Daddy's Inn". I don't suppose there is any connection, do you?
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« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2012, 11:52:55 PM »
Quote from: chris319 on January 04, 2012, 11:46:59 PM
In West Hollywood we have a "Daddy's Inn".
Is that the name of a business, or a declarative statement, though? :)
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« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2012, 12:24:41 AM »
Quote from: clemon79 on January 04, 2012, 11:52:55 PM
Quote from: chris319 on January 04, 2012, 11:46:59 PM
In West Hollywood we have a "Daddy's Inn".
Is that the name of a business, or a declarative statement, though? :)

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« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2012, 10:03:40 AM »
A new casino is opening in AC in the spring. It's called "Revel". Do you pronounce that "re-VELL" or "REH-vel"? That's gonna confuse a lot of people....
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« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2012, 10:37:19 AM »
Quote from: davemackey on January 05, 2012, 10:03:40 AM
A new casino is opening in AC in the spring. It's called "Revel". Do you pronounce that "re-VELL" or "REH-vel"? That's gonna confuse a lot of people....
And I hear the band Live is performing at the opening...
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« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2012, 11:42:24 AM »
Quote from: chris319 on January 04, 2012, 11:46:59 PM
Quote from: Matt Ottinger on January 04, 2012, 09:55:37 AM
In Lansing, there's a cheap hotel that only bothered to change one letter when they lost the franchise. It's now "Dad's Inn".
In West Hollywood we have a "Daddy's Inn". I don't suppose there is any connection, do you?
Is it owned by Bob Barker?
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« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2012, 01:18:51 PM »
For personal amusement, I wanted to see how the Days Inn/Dads Inn sign was altered. As usual, the internet didn't disappoint: http://www.flickr.com/photos/92726077@N00/4589578133/in/photostream/

On the OT, here's a a video from Vegas Fox 5 on the name change: http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/16432128/its-the-end-for-las-vegas-hilton
« Last Edit: January 05, 2012, 01:23:22 PM by Hastin »
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