[wilsol70]

Hey,
I'm with an Irish Travel TV series that's following 3 guys who roadtrip across the US in search of the quirky, wild, traditional and fun. We're going to be shooting in Vegas in late September/early October... anyone out there have any suggestions for adventurous things to do or see in ? Any cool events on at that time? Any zany ideas for local things we can have these guys do? Obviously, gambling will be a part of it, but we want more. So:
If you have any inside track for being able to film in any casino,
or
If you can offer a mock-job that we can film the guys working at to earn travel money after they've lost everything in the casino,
let me know.
(Could be good publicity for your business... large viewership in Ireland and the UK.)
Thanks!

[jfkIII]

How about selling real estate in a really bad market????

[ParkTwain]

THE STRIP

Towel boy at Rehab poolside events at the Hard Rock (uh, expect to be wait-listed)

Greeter at tattoo parlor in The Palms (visible tattoos required)

Repair technician for computer-controlled fountain nozzles at Bellagio resort

Highwire technician for Le Reve show at Wynn Las Vegas resort

Hand out flyers on Strip sidewalks for "Models To Your Room" services (hint: no English language required)
-or-
Driver for "mobile billboard" truck along the Strip, mostly displaying "Models To Your Room" services (valid driver's license required)

Exterior window-washer at the Stratosphere (hint: no English language required)

Occupy a cart selling useless items ("therapeutic scented hand cream") at Fashion Show Mall or (worse, outdoors) at Las Vegas Outlet Mall

"Wine angel" (ride harness and cables up and down tower of wine) inside the Aureole restaurant at Mandalay Bay (maximum weight restriction)

Shark feeding technician at Mandalay Bay (hint: no prior experience required)
-or-
Cleaning technician for lions display at MGM Grand (hint: no prior experience required)

Laundry technician for Zumanity (adult) show at New York New York


DOWNTOWN

Condom vending machine jobber for El Cortez and Gold Spike hotels

Light bulb replacement technician at Fremont Street Experience

Maid at Blue Angel hotel (weekly rentals) (hint: no English language required)

Licensed pigeon exterminator, for parking lot behind Gambler's Book Shop


ELSEWHERE

Housing demolition worker, to make way for new private residence for Steve Wynn, near intersection of Alta and Campbell

Car wash detailer (hint: no English language required)

Bouncer at a strip club (shaved head, goatee, and extensive musculature required)
-or-
Sales clerk at store selling exotic dancer apparel (located NEXT to strip club) (female preferred)

Technician who replaces billboards for "female revues" on taxicabs

Las Vegas city worker who counts the homeless population for a certain number of city blocks (conducted for a few days every 6 months)

Las Vegas city worker "overseeing" convicted teen perps sentenced to remediate their own public graffiti

Luggage cart collector at McCarran airport parking garage (hint: no English language required)

Automobile repossessor, Maryland Pkwy at Sierra Vista area

Technician who empties rancid swimming pool water at abandoned suburban homes not yet in foreclosure (hint: no English language required)

Go-fer to emplace (sometimes retrieve) real estate agency "For Sale" signs in front yards of residences

Go-fer to emplace (sometimes retrieve) road construction pylons throughout city

Go-fer to emplace (never retrieve) local election billboard trailers on vacant lots throughout city

[wilsol70]

wow,
well done on the job suggestions... i'm speechless.

now, any ideas for how to get permission to shoot video in a casino? You MUST know a GM somewhere!

L

[yellowsnow]

What casino should you use? Why the Irish one.....Fitzgeralds!

[guinnessjim]

you should contrast the life of the strip w/ the solitude of the desert.

many places w/in a short drive (w/in hours) that offer stunning desert and arid mountain landscapes...very stark contrast to the green of ireland.

get some mountain bikes, or go boating on lake mead, or climb up in the spring moutains and see the bristle cone pines (some are thousands of years old).

nothing like a good sweaty climb to flush out the sins of the previous night (esp. if the sweat is mostly tequila)!

[Chest Rockwell]

Park - nice list, but they speak English in Ireland. Why do you feel the need to point out the jobs that don't require English? Is there an immigration agenda in there somewhere?

[ParkTwain]

I had a lot of fun coming up with that list off the top of my head. ( I have no firsthand knowledge of any of those jobs.)

Mentioning "no English language required" is a hint of the skill level involved in the job, in my opinion. I do know from an in-law that you don't have to speak English to be a dishwasher at the Imperial Palace!

Also, be aware that there are persons native to Ireland for whom English is not their first language. English is today not the "first official language" in Ireland.

Irish language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Chest Rockwell]

English is overrated anyway! I know this because my English degree is hardly worth the paper it's printed on!

Just don't call me a Gaelic, whatever you do!

Top o' the morning!

[jfkIII]

Erin NO braugh!

Nice work, PT, on the list.