text: Visiting Binions is like visiting your grandma in a nursing home You do not really want to go because it is depressing but you know it is your grandma so you really want tonnMy husband and I are HUGE fans of Vegas lore We cried bitter tears the day the Sands was torn down and our heart aches a little whenever one of the original casinos are torn down to make way for the new megaresort plexesnnFor those of you who are not Vegasobsessed Binions was once the shiznit of gambling in Vegas it was known as the Horseshoe back then Unlike other casinos in the s it did not focus on shows or acts and they did not have a highroller sectionit was truly a casino that focused on the gambler It had the first M display on the floor and it hosted the World Series of Poker back in the day The stories behind Binions the drama the legends and the tragedies can fill an entire book and havennSo of course we had to make a pilgrimage to Binions nnAnd like I said it was like visiting your grandmother in the nursing home It was rundown and depressing yet there were moments and glimmers of what she must have been like back in the day Most of the sparkle and wit is gone but you can tell that it was once there