Las Vegas Attractions Also Offer Fun for Children

As a vacation spot that bills itself as an adult playground and has the nickname Sin City, Las Vegas poses a challenge for visitors who bring children. A perception that stubbornly persists is that the casino gambler town has somehow made itself into a "family destination."

Indeed, that was a notion promoted in the early 1990s with the building of a handful of casino-hotels that had the feel of theme parks, such as the Camelot-style Excalibur and the MGM Grand Casino, which did have a theme park that's now gone. But one has to look no further than the advertising catchphrase "What happens here, stays here" to realize that the G-rated, family-friendly pitch has been ditched.

Still, recent tourism surveys show about 9 percent of the folks who travel to Vegas have someone in their party under 21, the legal age for gambling in Nevada, and it's astounding to see during summer-evening strolls along Las Vegas Boulevard how many people bring children, even toddlers. The online gambling casino that predated the ill-conceived rush to theme-park motifs was Circus Circus, with its pink big top and circus performances. It still has an amusement park, a five-acre indoor layout called Adventuredome.

June 6, 2006
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com    Previous Page | Internet Gambling | Top Online Casinos | Submit News!

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