Casino

“Everything and anything you want to do, you can do in Las Vegas” – Drew Carey Walking on a night in Vegas, you would imagine partying the twenty-four hours ahead of you, or probably go into a casino for the rest of the night. In my case, it was the total opposite. My night in Vegas would be full of adrenaline and pretty sightseeing. From all the cities in the world, I chose Las Vegas to describe because its a city I absolutely adore. A city where you can shut your reality, and go into a total…

Stay at Caesar’s Palace for Vegas-Style Luxury Las Vegas is a destination on nearly everyone’s bucket list. Iconic landmarks like The Strip, the Eiffel Tower replica, and the Bellagio’s fountains are famous the world over. And so are the casinos, especially those in the larger hotels. And there is perhaps no hotel more well-known, and more intrinsically “Vegas,” than Caesar’s Palace. The luxury accommodations cater to everyone from budget weekenders to high rollers. And while there are countless…

the 26 story MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada was occupied by approximately 5000 people when a tragic fire broke out in the restaurant known as “The Deli” as a result of a ground fault in the wall killing 85 people. A major contributor to the deaths was combustible furnishings, interior finishes, foam padding and moldings, air supply, and a very large undivided area that allowed for rapid fire spread and heavy smoke. Construction of the hotel and casino began in 1972 and was…

overwhelming abundance of success in the film industry. In this essay I will discuss how the director Martin Scorsese uses certain techniques such as long tracking shots, freeze frames and the structure of his films in the films like “Goodfellas” and “Casino”. I will discuss and analyse these cinematic techniques and explain how this is then used to engage his audience to an extent that keeps them eager to watch. Long tracking shots. When the name ‘Scorsese’ is mentioned, a series of cinematic…

Stock Market Junkies: Addiction, “Casino Culture”, and the Dangers of Wall Street Who knows why people do it? Is it the allure of the suit and tie culture of the business world? Do they make gambling look fanciful or sexy? These questions provide important questions on why people tend to give their money to stockbrokers in the hope that they will win the lottery on Wall Street. In American society, the tendency to seek a “pot of gold” at the end of every rainbow is an important way to…

STUDY CASE 18 ARTICLE’ NAME : Las Vegas, Nevada, USA AUTHOR : John Swarbrooke and Susan Horner 1.0 SUMMARY OVERVIEW Las Vegas, Nevada , USA was well known as a place of gambling center around the world. Las vegas in other word was called“The Meadows” in Spanish known as being an oasis-like valley because attracted Spanish travellers on their own way Los Angeles during the gold rush. Based on my reading, Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority information stated that reason for visiting…

ago, I had the chance to hang out with a high school buddy of mine, whom I had not seen in a while. He texted me asking if I was interesting in making a trip to the L’auberge Casino, for his girlfriend had just recently turned twenty-one and was interested in trying out her new legal freedom. I had not been to the casino since my twenty-first birthday, about ten months ago, so I decided that playing with the slot machines would not hurt. As the time to leave came, I hopped in my car, left my…

Bond, James Bond. The infamous phrase heard from the James Bond series. The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming; who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Ian Fleming once stated, “I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.” In the nearly 50 years since he first appeared on the big screen, James Bond’s character has evolved…

James Bond films are, and always have been, more similar than innovative. Even in the 1960s they were portrayed as superheroes who wore street clothes instead of colorful tights and mantles He ran, jumped from building to building, drove over broken bridges, jumped from a helicopter and fell in the garbage truck without even getting a scratch on to his body, popular in action cinema at that moment and amped them up with more beautiful locations, bigger explosions, with loud and thundering music.…

wealthy through crimes whereby greed and violence would counter loyalty and trust amongst another, causing a breakdown between multiple characters to a result of arrest. These features can are evident in three of Scorsese’s major films; GoodFellas, Casino and Wolf of Wall Street. In GoodFellas viewers are position to see the gangsters as ‘anti – hero’s’ meaning although they live a life of crime viewers still like them (Bond, 2010). Viewers are placed to be treated as an observer rather than be…