I REMEMBER WHEN WE WOULD FLY IN TO LAS VEGAS ... WE STAYED AT THR TROPICANA HOTEL, BUT MY MOM WOULD PUT US ALL IN A CAB AND GO BOWLING AT THE SHOWBOAT HOTEL CASINO, WHILE DAD GAMBLED AT THE TROP..... YEAR'S LATER WHEN I GOT MARRIED AND VISITED LAS VEGAS ... WE WOULD BRING OUR BOWLING BALLS WITH US. WE COULD'NT WAIT TO GO BOWLING ON THEIR FAMOUS LANES. THEY WOULD HAVE TELEVISED BOWLING TOURANAMENTS ON ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS .... ALSO THE BUFFET WAS FANTASTIC DURING THIS TIME OF THE SHOWBOAT ... THE INTERIOR DECOR WAS LIKE BEING INSIDE AN OLD FASHION RIVERBOAT ....FUN PLACE, GOOD MACHINES AND REMEMBER THE GIANT ONE POUND HAMBURGER IN THE COFFEE SHOP? ... IT WAS THE SIZE OF A BIG APPLE PIE! .... WHEN IT FIRST OPENED THEY HAD A MINIATURE PUTT GOLF COURSE AND THE POOL RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY ... THE BIG TOWER SIGN WAS LATER RE-LOCATED TO PRIMM NEVADA ... SHOW US YOUR SHOWBOAT STUFF & YOUR STORIES FROM THIS LONG GONE OLD SCHOOL CASINO .... TAKE CARE .... RICH BURGEL