Taking discarded parts from around the league and deploying them in new, successful ways is entrenched in Vegas’ DNA, and there are traces of it all over this year’s team.
Las Vegas Weekly
The Pinball Hall of Fame
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Christopher DeVargas Is there really pinball in there?”
A woman, still in her car, asks me that question as I walk through the parking lot of the new Pinball Hall of Fame location, on Las Vegas Boulevard near Mandalay Bay. She gestures to the building, painted with massive red letters shouting “PINBALL.”
“There are literally hundreds of pinball machines in there,” I tell her. “Some of them are 60, 70 years old, and you can play all of them.” Satisfied, the woman parks, gets out of her car and hustles inside.
Tim Arnold, the owner of the Pinball Hall of Fame and its sprawling assortment of new and vintage pinball machines, video arcade games and various mechanical amusements, has seen several impulsive visits like this one since the PHOF soft-opened in its new location less than a month ago. “We had a guy two nights ago who was up in an expensive restaurant on the top of the Mandalay Bay, looked out the window a
Either Way, You’re Toast
There are multiple ways to skin a cat, and at least two ways for the world’s most powerful central bank to paint itself into a corner when it comes to normalizing policy.
The Federal Reserve’s April meeting went according to script: Rates unchanged, asset purchases steady, and while the economy and labor market have “strengthened,” policy makers won’t be pulling back support any time soon. Chairman Jerome Powell had plenty of opportunities to make that clear in the presser, where right off the bat he was asked if it’s time to start talking about tapering. The answer: No.