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Viva Vegas: Cigars Are Out, Laundry Still In

November 14, 2007 at 9:15 AM | by amandak | 3 Comments

Strange things have been going on in Vegas, just for a change. For example, The Venetian has been hosting the 12th annual "Big Smoke" event where cigar lovers come together to celebrate all things cigar. The funny part about it this time round is that because the smoking ban hit, all the Big Smoke participants had to wave their cigars around unlit. Who would've thought you can have a cigar convention without smoke?

But it's really a good thing that they weren't smoking away inside and making the towels and linen stinky, because the hotel laundry workers in Las Vegas have been considering a strike. It looks like your towels will continue to be washed now, with a tentative agreement reached with unions, except that employees at the Tropicana are still in negotiations. Might give a new meaning to the idea of recycling those towels.

[Photo: coba]

Related Stories:
· Big Smoke Evening Las Vegas [Cigar Aficionado]
· Las Vegas Union, Laundry Reach Pact [Houston Chronicle]
· Hotel Stories in Las Vegas [HotelChatter]

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  1. juliana

    HotelChatter Editor

    Smoking ban?

    I thought casino floors were exempt from this ban?  i know it applies to bars where they serve food and restaurants but I always thought the Vegas casinos were immune to this...
    November 14, 2007 at 9:42 AM
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  1. markj

    HotelChatter

    Smoking Ban in Vegas?

    Yeah I was just at Wynn in October and people were waving around cancer sticks of all types.

    Casino floors are definitely still smoke filled environments.

    November 14, 2007 at 10:37 AM
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  1. amandak

    HotelChatter Member

    Re: Viva Vegas: Cigars Are Out, Laundry Still In

    Hmm, I guess it was the convention areas and other rooms where they couldn't light up ... there were certainly endless pictures of Big Smoke attendees waving around unlit cigars and looking quite desparate :-)
    November 14, 2007 at 7:00 PM
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