Is Vegas dying?

So here I am in sin city. What happens here stays here...but really...not much is happening here. Is is possible that this is a dying town?

It seems impossible that a place like Vegas would do well during these tough economic times but there is massive amounts of construction happening and yet the town seems empty. There is this massive push by the MGM to create a new landscape for Vegas which involves condos and new hotel space but as we wandered through the hotels, they are disturbingly empty. The high stakes room had two people in it....two. The casino workers looked so bored, tables were empty and it was surprisingly not very smokey in the casino's. Is it because it's a Thursday night or is it because people can't afford to feed their families why would they spend hundreds on a decadent vacation like Vegas?

I tried to sweet talk the guy behind the front desk to upgrade our room, I told him Rachael and I were on our honeymoon and he didn't even blink, his response was sorry, we are trying to make money, not give stuff away. Rachael however did blink when I announced we were on our honeymoon....which we are not. I had to try. We did end up paying $10 more for a higher floor....we are on the 30th floor and it's a spectacular view.

I love people watching here...some people just plain make me feel better about myself....others make me feel quite inferior. As we wandered through the Bellagio the woman there were dressed the nine's and smelled expensive as we walked past them. Then in comparison we went to Bill's something.....the old Barbary Coast and the clientele there were the ones that made me feel really....well pretty. Such a different crowd.

What's with all the ladies walking through the hotels in 3 inch heels....don't they know where they are? Are we so superficial that we can't be comfortable as we wander and throw our money into machines hoping to hit it big?

I'm off to bed...I'm so messed up on the time....in Minnesota it's 12:30am, Phoenix it's 11:30pm and here in Vegas it's only 10:30....my body is so confused.