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In my personal experience, Las Vegas also happens to be one of the nerdiest cities in America. The Luxor hotel and casino, one of the biggest and oldest on the
by buzzert 7y ago
In my personal experience, Las Vegas also happens to be one of the nerdiest cities in America. The Luxor hotel and casino, one of the biggest and oldest on the strip, is also one of the first major establishments to host e-sports events.
I’m also consistently impressed with how many comic book shops, card shops, retro video game shops and video game bars there are. Even for Japanese rhythm arcade games, a relatively obscure hobby that I enjoy, one of the best communities in the US was located in Las Vegas at a place called Gemini Arcade Palace. It has since closed down, but a couple others have already taken its place, and the community is stronger than ever.
I feel like this might be related to the “refreshing lack of class consciousness” the author mentioned in the article. Nobody faults anyone for being a nerd (or drag queen, or crackhead, etc.) in Las Vegas.
- vitaflo 7y agoAdd to the list, the Pinball Hall of Fame.
- taurath 7y agoThats because they're realizing that the boomer population is aging out of las vegas. Meanwhile the millenials are turning into prime spending age, and they're going wherevcer they want to go. They've been trying to get millenials in for at least the last 10 years with big name electronic artists and now also e-sports. For the most part it seems to be working. That said, I do tend to agree with you that overall that there's a bigger nerd market there per capita than most cities.