Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The World's Largest Gift Shop
Over at Living Las Vegas, Tami has just posted a review of The World's Largest Gift Shop, so I'm not going to waste space reviewing it. I am going to waste space posting some of the pictures that I took but Tami didn't use. It's an interesting shop, although, at 40,000 square feet, it's a lot smaller than, say Wall Drug, which boasts 76,000 square feet. Still, they have a copyright on the phrase, so they can use it all they want.
Here's a view of part of the place, that Tami left out. It's not as good as the shot she used, but hey, she used it. The General Store has some gift items, but mostly it's a place to buy convenience store stuff, plus there's a liquor store attached to it. Believe it or not, there aren't that many actual liquor stores in Nevada, because grocery stores can sell the stuff. Of course, there are no restrictions on hours of operation, either, so you can go to the local supermarket and get a case of booze any time you want one. So, the liquor store at Bonanza Gifts is a slight oddity.
You can also see a bit of the front of "Naughty Town," which is where bachelorette parties can be stocked with the naughty stuff that such a party requires. It isn't a full-blown adult toy store, which we do have a lot of in Vegas, but it is risque enough that they keep anyone under eighteen outside.
What you can't see is the Minnetonka Moccasin shop (yep) or the large gift shop that is just behind me in this photo. Try looking behind your monitor, maybe. It's humongous. To the right is a picture of a portion of the T-Shirt wall. This is just next to the CSI merchandise, which you can find pictured on Tami's posting.
A lot of what they have is pretty cheap, but not everything. For instance, a plastic replica of the iconic Welcome sign is over forty bucks, but I got one at Walgreens for thirty. Still, where else are you going to go for your bacon flavored mints? Your gag gifts? Your foul-mouthed parrots? Your seemingly infinite selection of Las Vegas themed merchandise? You can even get your picture taken with the King. You can't touch him, though. Being dead obviously makes one delicate.
The shop is on the Northwest corner of Sahara and Las Vegas Boulevard, on the North end of the Strip. If you want to read more, read Tami's post, or click the title of this post to go to the store's website.
Later, y'all
Steve
Here's a view of part of the place, that Tami left out. It's not as good as the shot she used, but hey, she used it. The General Store has some gift items, but mostly it's a place to buy convenience store stuff, plus there's a liquor store attached to it. Believe it or not, there aren't that many actual liquor stores in Nevada, because grocery stores can sell the stuff. Of course, there are no restrictions on hours of operation, either, so you can go to the local supermarket and get a case of booze any time you want one. So, the liquor store at Bonanza Gifts is a slight oddity.You can also see a bit of the front of "Naughty Town," which is where bachelorette parties can be stocked with the naughty stuff that such a party requires. It isn't a full-blown adult toy store, which we do have a lot of in Vegas, but it is risque enough that they keep anyone under eighteen outside.
A lot of what they have is pretty cheap, but not everything. For instance, a plastic replica of the iconic Welcome sign is over forty bucks, but I got one at Walgreens for thirty. Still, where else are you going to go for your bacon flavored mints? Your gag gifts? Your foul-mouthed parrots? Your seemingly infinite selection of Las Vegas themed merchandise? You can even get your picture taken with the King. You can't touch him, though. Being dead obviously makes one delicate. The shop is on the Northwest corner of Sahara and Las Vegas Boulevard, on the North end of the Strip. If you want to read more, read Tami's post, or click the title of this post to go to the store's website.
Later, y'all
Steve
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How many stores would constitute lots of liquor stores for you? In addition to the Lee's Liquor chainstores, I can count a couple dozen liquor stores within 5 miles of the Living-Las-Vegas.com office
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: September 30, 2009 8:26:00 PM PDT
: September 30, 2009 8:26:00 PM PDT
How many? Well, back outside of Nevada, but not in Utah, there would be a couple dozen liquor stores within half a mile of my house in a city the size of Las Vegas. There are liquor stores here, of course, they're just inside groceries and such. It's the stand-alone aspect that's somewhat unusual in Nevada.
Steve
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