Last week when I first tweeted news that O’Sheas was being closed as part of the great Linq construction, I got a lot of questions, testimonials, and eulogies about beer pong. So I asked Rick Mazer (I’m too tired to retype his entire title, but he’s in charge of CZR’s Center Strip properties) what was happening. He said don’t, worry, beer pong’s safe, and I said, looks like I’ve got a quick, fun Vegas Seven piece:
When the details of Caesars Entertainment’s $550 million Linq were announced last week, most people were riveted by what the project promises to bring to Vegas in June 2013: 200,000 square feet of outdoor dining and shopping, a new name and appearance for the Imperial Palace, and a 550-foot sky wheel (Caesars doesn’t want us to say “Ferris,” so … OK) as an anchor.
It just goes to show that if customers like something enough, casinos will keep on offering it. Usually.
Its not that the customers like it, its simply that Beer Pong brings in over a million dollars a year.
The area is to be turned into a massive Arcade Area. Various booths and attractions and lines for the Ferris, oops… Sky Wheel. Well, Vegas is largely gawkers and strollers rather than gamblers now anyway. Go clubbing, get drunk, go strolling, get drunk, go to a pool party, get drunk … after you sober up,,, ride a ferris wheel. I sure hope the riders only get on that Ferris wheel AFTER they sober up!