Perhaps 'old vegas' is reffering to the very older casino's around Freemont Street. The Gold Nugget, built in the 60's? Not what I would consider handicap accessable, but they try. . .
Freemont Street is interesting at night. There is a 3 block long overhead LED lit screen, it used to play a sort of movie every 20 - 30 minutes, but now is left on all the time with interesting things to look at. Now there are also zip lines for those inclined to fly above the street. My son pointed out that we should go back to our hotel, as that girl was not wearing much (he is 10) and I was thinking she is wearing a tatoo? What is wrong with that?
Parking is a challenge around the 4 Queens / freemont street, but I park at the 4 queens as it is very close to what I wanted to see, and has the overhead TV show right at their front door. The elevator is barely large enough for my wheelchair, but I did manage. The parking garage is not made for larger cars.
Have you seen the Stratosphere? It is a 765' tall tower, with a roller coaster on top! Interesting, but I did not visit this year. My friends went to the top and rode it. Not for me.
Hover Dam used to be a long tour, where you take a elevator inside the dam down to the power production level, and could see the tubes that are 26' diameter with water rushing through to the generators. However the last time I went in 2002 or so, the tour was little more than a balcony overlooking the turbine level, and you could look at them from a great distance. They no longer gave the hard hat tour, where you could see well into the bowls of the dam project. So yes it is great for someone in a wheelchair, or needing to take extra time to see it all.
Looking up from the dam to the new bridge along highway 95 would be of interest enough to me to take the tour.
AS for the other shows. You might want to check out the canals at Venician Casino. Also check out the painted ceilings, and buildings made to look like Venice Italy. They have gondola rides there, and it is on the second floor, above the casino. They have a 15 story parking garage, I was amazed at the view, I drove and parked at the top level (under a expansion of the hotel, so you do not actually reach a roof level) and looked out to the east, where I had friends who grew up in Las Vegas in the 70's and 80's.
Across the street is another attraction, where they have a pirate ship show every hour or so. There is another casino with water shows, ect. This is the 'new' part of the strip, very expensive hotels, wide isles, easy for wheelchair access, meets all the modern building codes, and very well lit. Not to much smoke in the air, as ventilation is excellent, air conditioning is very comfortable.
The 'Strip' is the name of Las Vegas Blvd. It runs north to south. At the south end, it connects to the airport and nothing much is south of there tourist wise. North it goes past many of the new casinos then a residential / industrial area, then to the older section of town, with the smaller casino's and Freemont Street. North of Freemont street there is another freeway, then the town of "North Las Vegas". I have not been to North Las Vegas.
I usually stayed at the Silverton, a lower cost casino/ hotel and campground that is a bit south of the airport and west of I 15, so off the beaten path.
Another attraction is the Rio. It has nightly shows above the casino - sort of monte gra theme. Every hour or so. They also have a impressive buffett, very expensive, but has lobster, crab legs, ect. I think it was around $35 back in 2002, the last time I went to the Rio.
Have fun there!
Fred.
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