Back from Sin City

Ken and I got back from Las Vegas, where there was the huge NAB Convention. While there are bigger conventions in Vegas, this was big enough for me.
Last time I went (a year ago) I was more sheltered from the filth of the city than this time. Because we had our own car on the last trip, we just drove to the center and back to the hotel, and didn’t do much else. But this time we walked from the Sahara hotel to the convention center and back. A 3/4 mile walk with over a couple dozen newspaper style dispensing machines filled w/ porn. One day we walked down to another hotel that had an Ansel Adams exhibit. But that walk took us through the heart of the city, which wasn’t very pleasant. People standing on the street handing out porn cards to get you to go into night clubs and whatnot (I’m assuming that’s what it was—I was tempted to take it and rip it up and throw it away, but just ignored it and kept walking, or looked in the eyes of those handing it out with a good frown…)
I was thankful to get out of there, and glad I made it before the fire and brimstone fell. But it did show me how merciful God is, and, eventhough He is grieved by this, He still allows people time to turn to Him.
Riding the monorail (which isn’t that smooth) they were giving some statistics. Overall, 40 million people visit, of which, 87% gamble. And, those that gable, spend on average around $600. That was the end of the stats, but if you do the math, it’s over 20 billion spent. And they didn’t say how much money was won in that time by those people (or lost.)
The time spent in the NAB Convention, however, was a profitable time. A lot of ideas for new equipment, but nothing concrete just yet.