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I’m originally from Vegas
So when I saw this morning’s news story about how OJ Simpson allegedly robbed the Palace Station, I pretty much squealed with glee, knowing that I had just read the greatest news story of all time.
For those unfamiliar, the Palace Station is this little shitball casino about two miles from the Strip on Sahara Avenue that caters to locals — locals, in this case, meaning old people who like to join slot clubs. (A slot club — again, for those not from Vegas — is where you sign up at the casino and they give you this magnetic card, like a credit card. Then, every time you sit down to play a machine, you insert the card, and by playing you slowly rack up points that can be redeemed at the casino’s gift shop for keychains and satin jackets and shit. Meanwhile, the casino now has your mailing address and uses it to send you a bunch of junk mail. It’s a win-win!)
The Palace Station has a small pit of table games (including $2 Blackjack, if memory serves), a race and sports book, a not-altogether-terrible buffet, and a pretty darn good coffee shop. They also, apparently, have a small museum of sports memorabilia.
Which was robbed Thursday night.
Allegedly by OJ Simpson.
This might actually be worse than the time Dana Plato robbed that Blockbuster (also in Vegas — Flamingo and Jones, IIRC).
Entertaining!
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September 17th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Not a museum, really. The Juice and his boys made an appointment with a memorabilia collector who was staying at Palace Station, and turned it into a smash-and-grab.
I can’t decide which is more low rent.
September 17th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Either way, it’s the Palace Station. And that makes it funny.
It’s like pulling a daring daylight robbery at Slots-O-Fun.
September 20th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Even better since the juice had a gun they are charging him with kidnapping too! The possible jail time…Life HAHAHAHAHAH!
His next book “If I robbed him” has better pre-sales than HALO 3.
September 24th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
My little sister just turned 21 and we totally took her to Slots-O-Fun!!! And we bought her a yard long Pina Colada.
Don’t forget Palace Station has the Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant. Yummy. Of course the 99 cent margaritas of my youth are now $1.99 but still that’s pretty damn cheap.
September 25th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Good point.
I still say the worst thing about Portland is the lack of decent Mexican food. Possibly related to the lack of Mexicans.