New and improved Vegas map

I do like the fact that the old map is now quite useful after looking at the new maps. Definitely keep it, they compliment each other well.

For whatever reason, I decided to look at some of these maps again.

I still like http://www.lasvegassun.com/history/map/ for it's historical interactiveness.



But there are features on the http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/condomap.htm site that I didn't even realize were there.

Click on the THE Maps link at the top of the page and you get a MENU of alternate maps, including:

Map of: Who serves Coke, who serves Pepsi.
Map of: Corporate casinos - Who owns what.
(Interesting. All Harrah's properties serve Pepsi. MGM, Belagio and City Center serve Coke, the other MGM properties serve Pepsi.)
Map of: Monorail, with proposed and approved expansions.
Map of: Downtown with monorail link. (That monorail link didn't fit on the monorail map, I guess!)
There are additional maps there. Check it out!

Very cool. The Corporate Casinos map looks like a monopoly board. I am surprised that Harrah's just doesn't implode IP, Flamingo and Bills, build a new megacomplex and call it Harrah's, leaving the casino at Harrah's open while they do the construction. That would also drive all of the foot traffic to the other side of the street (Caesar's) and maybe give them a bump. There's not a pile of land there but enough with the Harrah's future at the back to make a statement.

Boy -

There is the problem of the small independent hotel in the middle of the block you're talking about.

I've been meaning to make an original map for Vegas Click for about ten years now, and I've finally done it:

Vegas Click strip map

Of course I also link to the Wizard's map, and several others.

It's not bad! could be more readable, have interactive features, etc. Beats the pants off anything the Wizard came up with.

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I've finally done it.

Not a bad effort. Couple of suggestions: Extend the Monorail to the MGM Grand and include Koval and Audrie (including the dead end).

Interactive -- that's a good idea. I'll add that to my list, but my to-do list is already several years long...

Thanks for the reminder about the Monorail stop at the MGM Grand, which I completely forgot about! It also turns out that there's a stop at the Convention Center separate from the Hilton. So I added that too, which meant that I had to add the convention center itself.

With a map like this it's a struggle to provide enough info that it's useful without providing so much that it becomes cluttered and unfriendly. It's a balancing act. And one of those places I'm drawing the line is with Koval and Audrie. It would *really* screw up the map, for very little benefit. I don't think I can justify it, sorry. I'm trying to include only the most important stuff.

Didja notice the map has the brand-new bus line from the airport? I can't believe it took until Dec. 2010 for the geniuses at the bus agency to put in a route that goes directly from the airport to the strip. (Actually, it was probably pressure from the taxi lobby that prevented such a route before now.) I probably have the only strip map at present that includes that bus route.