Mice have longer sperm than elephants. This was today’s thing you will never see in a Las Vegas Review-Journal story about the Rio. You’re welcome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOne of the best pieces of news out of Rio is the return of Wine Cellar Manager Hung Nguyen. It took a minute, but that “well Hung” joke finally paid off.<\/p>\n
Nguyen (pronounced “win”) is a legend at the Wine Cellar, and stuck it out at Rio for several years while the Wine Cellar’s future was being decided. It never reopened after the pandemic, but Nguyen believed it would return, so he slugged it out in whatever venue needed him, including VooDoo Steak and, wait for it, Starbucks.<\/p>\n
Nguyen has an encyclopedic knowledge of wine and his laugh is infectious. If Rio could figure out a way to bottle Hung Nguyen, they’d make bank.<\/p>\nHung Nguyen is a Las Vegas institution and must be protected at all costs, despite this serious face which is nothing like the actual Hung Nguyen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThere’s a lot more happening at Rio, but we do not “take notes,” per se.<\/p>\n
One of the more startling changes at Rio is overhead. As the ceiling is getting a facelift, it’s helpful to view this side-by-side comparison of fresh paint and 30 years of cigarette smoke.<\/p>\nIf you don’t think it’s time to end smoking in casinos, you shouldn’t be allowed to vote, procreate or operate a motor vehicle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWe trust new Rio president Patrick Miller will hit the ground running and Rio will be smoke-free like Park MGM before you know it! Just kidding. Don’t get us started.<\/p>\n
We’re rooting for Rio, and Dreamscape has been making a lot of great decisions and investing in what many considered a lost cause. While Rio’s reputation was a smidge tarnished in recent years due to neglect, the ongoing transformation is bound to change some minds, as it did ours, about the prospects of success for this once-beloved off-Strip underdog.<\/p>\n
More to come!<\/p>\n
Which might be Spermo’s catchphrase, come to think of it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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