Fremont Street Experience - 80's Arcade Compilation

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Fremont Street Experience - 80's Arcade Compilation

Hey guys,

I was in Las Vegas this past week and stumbled across something cool on Fremont St. They are running an 80's theme right now and part of the show is the video I shot; a compilation of some 80's arcade game footage. Thought you might like to see it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETKgVAZ4DQ

Also they had this hanging in front of one of the stages...

Enjoy,

Chris

 

[ArcadeMaze]

Very cool. Hopefully those are all weather reproductions or it doesn't rain there very often.

ArcadeMaze!

 

[AlkalineJay]

That is so friggan cool. I was just there last month, but saw a diff show. I prolly would have messed my pants had I seen that haha

 

[avidgeek]

Damn that street is E M P T Y!!!! I've never seen it that desolate.

 

[DLP]

Very cool. Hopefully those are all weather reproductions or it doesn't rain there very often.

ArcadeMaze!

I've been to Vegas about 40 times in my life and I've never seen it rain! lol

 

[AlkalineJay]

Very cool. Hopefully those are all weather reproductions or it doesn't rain there very often.

ArcadeMaze!

Before I went, I was having a conversation with my dad about that same thing. He told me to look around the streets and I will notice there are no drain sewers on the streets because it rarely ever rains there. Sure enough, no sewers lol

 

[DLP]

Before I went, I was having a conversation with my dad about that same thing. He told me to look around the streets and I will notice there are no drain sewers on the streets because it rarely ever rains there. Sure enough, no sewers lol

Also on the Strip, they have outside escalators, which would probably not work too well if they got wet. hehe

 

[ArcadeMaze]

Heh, my bad. I figure if a game is sitting outside, it will probably get rained on.

ArcadeMaze!

 

[back2the80s]

That was pretty sweet thanks for posting! Funny part was the only guy yell and clapping by himself at the end and no one else really paying attention?

 

[SuperGunGuru]

Also on the Strip, they have outside escalators, which would probably not work too well if they got wet. hehe

Haha yeah I was wondering that myself when I was in Vegas for the first time last November.

 

[eXidy]

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Pretty awesome and I really liked the Castlevania music during the NES stuff.

I actually posted this on my fb

Jon

 

[LeeB99]

The last TWO times that I went, it rained BOTH times. There was standing water on the streets the first time, and the last time the parking garage FLOODED at the hotel that our friends were staying at. The good news was that it was during November, and it snowed in the mountains nearby. I was able to go Skiing on the fresh snow on the first day the ski resort opened for the season...

Lee

 

[SideTrackTap]

Damn that street is E M P T Y!!!! I've never seen it that desolate.

This was the 1a show. It had pretty much cleared out by then. The 9p-12a shows were a lot busier.

 

[Spunkmeyer]

First time I went to Vegas (August 2003) we had a torrential downpour on the Strip that maybe lasted 15 minutes. Flooded the streets completely... but rapidly evaporated.

On-topic, that was a very cool video. Thanks for recording/sharing it!

 

[LeeB99]

Yes, the video was VERY COOL. I have never been to Freemont street since it is in the "old" part of Vegas. My wife likes to stick around the "south end" of the strip...

Lee

 

[SaminVA]

I've been to Vegas about 40 times in my life and I've never seen it rain! lol

Vegas has flood tunnels that run under many of the casinos. When I was their in 2000, our tour bus driver told us about the year the Flamingo was flooded out, don't remember the year but they do get some gully washers. I had no idea homeless people were living in these tunnels.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/10/eveningnews/main6761415.shtml

 

[LeeB99]

I really do wish that I could go check this out in person. Any idea how long this will be going on for?

 

[SideTrackTap]

Thanks guys! Glad you enjoyed it.

I really do wish that I could go check this out in person. Any idea how long this will be going on for?

The only thing I could find on the website is that the shows I saw were running though June according to their June schedule. It's part of the "Nina Blackwood's Absolutely 80's" theme/show right now.

In addition, the portion I filmed was only shown after two (I think) of the main performances (i.e. Queen, or KISS). I wanna say the 8p show and the 1a show (1a is the one I shot, and I think I originally saw the 8p)

http://www.vegasexperience.com/

Chris

 

[darthphunk]

This was AWESOME

 

[Les Manley]

I've been to Vegas about 40 times in my life and I've never seen it rain! lol

I have been there twice and it rained once. You would have thought it was monsoon season by people's reactions. They closed down everything...all the pools, anything outside. It was a drizzle at best, but by people's reactions, everyone thought they were going to drown.