Mark's Notebook

Goodbye Klondike! and good riddance!

On about the third night out on our road trip, we spent the night at the Klondike Hotel in Las Vegas. We're not particularly enamored of Las Vegas; about the only thing we like about it is that when you're leaving California, you'll see your last In-N-Out hamburger stand for thousands of miles. And after having visited Death Valley on a Saturday, we wanted to make sure that on Sunday morning we would be in a city where there might be a Calvary Chapel or some other Bible-teaching church we can attend.

I've already briefly told the story about our experience at the Klondike. I don't intend to rehash it. Suffice to say that we found the place disgusting in almost every way.

Anyway, today I found this nice little article about the Klondike's demise. The place closed down at the end of June, 2006, about three months after we stayed there, and nine months after the property was acquired by Royal Palm Las Vegas last September. Perhaps after the acquisition, the hotel just stopped taking care of anything at all. Maybe they were just biding their time until the wrecking ball hit.

Apparently the new owners plan to build 1200 condos, 900 hotel rooms, and a huge casino there. "Definitely five star," they say. As they all say.

http://www.rgtonline.com/Article.cfm?ArticleId=65787&CategoryName=Gaming

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Last updated Tuesday 13 May 2008