One morning on the inclinator in the Luxor in Vegas, a guy told me that the real action was not on the strip but out at the Red Rock Casino. He said that the Red Rock Casino was the place where the locals go to play poker. Plus, he said that it was a fantastic casino and that it made everything on the strip look like a dump.

Well, it sounded interesting. So, since we were planing to go rock climbing at Red Rock Springs, we decided to stop in at the casino.

Well, the casino was nice enough. There were slot machines, Keno, poker, craps, roulette, bingo, bowling, a movie theater, a pool, a bar, a restaurant, a hotel and a Star Bucks. With the exception of bingo, everything seemed to be standard casino fare. I really didn’t see anything that made me go “Wow, this is a happenen place!”

The bingo parlor should have been my first clue. Who goes to a casino to play bingo? After all, you can play bingo in just about any town in the US so why play it at a casino? Why? Because the bingo tables will accommodate a wheel chair.

At the Luxor, we saw people of all ages but not once did we see a walker or an oxygen bottle. The Red Rock, however, was full of seniors with walkers and oxygen bottles. So, when the guy told me that Red Rock is where all the locals go to gamble, he was correct. In fact, it looked like the bus stopped at the home and loaded them up for a trip to the casino.

Now, understand, there were some young adults at the casino but they were a minority. And, the casino was nice enough but it could very easily be a Michigan casino.

Red Rock Casino. Nice but nothing special.