Writing this on a flight back from Vegas where Susan and I just attended Day 1 of the Women 2.0 conference – I will write a longer blog post about that when not crammed into an economy class seat on Delta. The trip was another reminder of my love-hate relationship with Vegas. It is quintessentially American and condenses its best and worst.
It was built by gangsters and used to be run by them – now they have gone corporate. There is fantastic entertainment starting with the Cirque du Soleil shows. It is probably the least sustainable city (in the US) – huge fountains in front of the Bellagio in the desert. It appears soul sucking for many people working there, yet many of visitors are having a great time.
And then there is the latest entry in the love column: Tony Hsieh’s ultra ambitious downtown project which I first wrote about in the middle of last year. Unfortunately we did not make it down there but Tony gave a great update at the conference. The progress sounds amazing and so I suspect I will be coming back to Vegas soon to check it out in person.
What do you love and/or hate about Vegas?
![highlight](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7512f54c68bbc95d7c9b6d26b433e053.webp)
![Continuations logo](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fpapyrus_images%2Fe3f4eb1044178c979fd42b642565dbab.jpg&w=384&q=75)