In downtown Las Vegas there is a hotel and casino that used to be Fitzgerald's, now it's "The D." Kind of a lousy name for a hotel/casino, but apparently it's now a "resort". As in "The D Resort". Still a lousy name.I liked the old place just fine, it had a fake/creepy Irish theme and a nice balcony bar upstairs that looked out on the Fremont Street Experience. It was a fun enough place, good dealers at least. I stayed there once years ago, the rooms were fine enough in a Howard Johnson-type way.
Last year, Fitzgeralds was bought out by the guys that own the Golden Gate. I haven't been there since, but these guys did a great job fixing up the old Golden Gate, so I'm optimistic here. They built the Long Bar, supposedly the longest bar in Nevada (and who am I to argue), which looks like a pretty cool place to hang out in the pictures. I'm also excited about Sigma Derby and "vintage" gaming on the second floor (Vegaschatter.com tell you what sigma derby is). If nothing else, the news coming out of the place makes me damn curious.
Oh, and Vegaschatter also reports that The D is hiring 100 party pit dancers. Which also makes me curious.
But I think I'll still call the place the Fitz.
