Comments on: La Concha Motel, Las Vegas http://www.beltstl.com/2005/11/la-concha-motel-las-vegas/ Built Environment in Layman's Terms Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:32:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Anonymous http://www.beltstl.com/2005/11/la-concha-motel-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Anonymous Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:02:00 +0000 http://www.beltstl.com/?p=48#comment-627 In 2003 I booked my room in the La Concha lobby and stayed in the El Moracco.. I am thankful to have seen such an historic Las Vegas location before being torn down! Add the Stardust to that list too! The La Concha lobby was preserved and is now being re-assembled as the Visitors Center for the Neon Museum! I cant wait to get back and see that! In 2003 I booked my room in the La Concha lobby and stayed in the El Moracco.. I am thankful to have seen such an historic Las Vegas location before being torn down! Add the Stardust to that list too! The La Concha lobby was preserved and is now being re-assembled as the Visitors Center for the Neon Museum! I cant wait to get back and see that!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.beltstl.com/2005/11/la-concha-motel-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Anonymous Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.beltstl.com/?p=48#comment-404 I stayed at The La Concha Motel the day before I got married back in 1998. The lobby was and still is a beautiful piece of architecture that deserves preservation (and thanks to the Neon Museum, will. One can hope that The El Morocco will somehow join The La Concha.<br/><br/>The newer the buildings, the less the character. I miss old Vegas. I stayed at The La Concha Motel the day before I got married back in 1998. The lobby was and still is a beautiful piece of architecture that deserves preservation (and thanks to the Neon Museum, will. One can hope that The El Morocco will somehow join The La Concha.

The newer the buildings, the less the character. I miss old Vegas.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.beltstl.com/2005/11/la-concha-motel-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Anonymous Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:27:00 +0000 http://www.beltstl.com/?p=48#comment-77 It's such a shame that the El Morocco and La Concha are essentially gone now, except for the lobby buildings. In the past 3 years, we have seen such strip motels as VAGABOND INN, TAM O'SHANTER MOTEL, ALGIERS, and just recently, WESTWARD HO, close to make way for the next mega resort or high rise condo. I personally have stayed at several of these little "ma and pa" motels on the strip, and they were fun, affordable, and easy to get in and out of. The only mistake these "Vintage Vegas" buildings ever made was that their location was just too good. Any strip frontage property located from the Riviera Hotel down to the corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd is priced like there was 100 tons of real gold underneath every square foot of that desert sand ! Hopefully, they will be able to preserve the El Morocco and La Concha lobbys. I also remember there used to be a very neat La Concha marquee sign outside the motel. Hopefully, that has been saved....or will be saved as well. It's just a shame that future visitors will not be able to enjoy a stay in the heart of the strip in those affordable little motels that were so numerous back in the 60's and 70's. It truly was classic Vegas. Glenn from Illinois It’s such a shame that the El Morocco and La Concha are essentially gone now, except for the lobby buildings. In the past 3 years, we have seen such strip motels as VAGABOND INN, TAM O’SHANTER MOTEL, ALGIERS, and just recently, WESTWARD HO, close to make way for the next mega resort or high rise condo. I personally have stayed at several of these little “ma and pa” motels on the strip, and they were fun, affordable, and easy to get in and out of. The only mistake these “Vintage Vegas” buildings ever made was that their location was just too good. Any strip frontage property located from the Riviera Hotel down to the corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd is priced like there was 100 tons of real gold underneath every square foot of that desert sand ! Hopefully, they will be able to preserve the El Morocco and La Concha lobbys. I also remember there used to be a very neat La Concha marquee sign outside the motel. Hopefully, that has been saved….or will be saved as well. It’s just a shame that future visitors will not be able to enjoy a stay in the heart of the strip in those affordable little motels that were so numerous back in the 60′s and 70′s. It truly was classic Vegas. Glenn from Illinois

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