Comments on: End of an Era: Rio Walls Off Former Buffet to Make Way for Food Hall //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/end-of-an-era-rio-walls-off-former-buffet-to-make-way-for-food-hall/ Essential Las Vegas News, Tips, Deals and WTF. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:58:25 +0000 hourly 1 //wordpress.org/?v=6.4 Comments on: End of an Era: Rio Walls Off Former Buffet to Make Way for Food Hall //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/end-of-an-era-rio-walls-off-former-buffet-to-make-way-for-food-hall/#comment-481647 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:10:47 +0000 //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/?p=36283#comment-481647 You are so wrong on the locals needing a new “food court”. The buffets are still more a major draw and the Rio is making a huge blunder getting rid of theirs. Just means I know where “NOT” to go and visit. South Point has way more to offer and there are others in that are in the same mix.

]]> Comments on: End of an Era: Rio Walls Off Former Buffet to Make Way for Food Hall //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/end-of-an-era-rio-walls-off-former-buffet-to-make-way-for-food-hall/#comment-438239 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 10:00:28 +0000 //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/?p=36283#comment-438239 In reply to Rob.

Rio isn’t being demolished. If the ballpark happens there, it will be next to Rio.

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I agree. I would visit Vegas and stay at different hotels but would always make a trip over to Mandalay Bay for Bayside Buffet because it was on the quite side, fairly cheap and I liked the scenery around it but I wouldn’t go out of my way for a food hall now a days.

]]> Comments on: End of an Era: Rio Walls Off Former Buffet to Make Way for Food Hall //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/end-of-an-era-rio-walls-off-former-buffet-to-make-way-for-food-hall/#comment-437733 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 01:28:23 +0000 //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/?p=36283#comment-437733 The Rio opened in 1990 and in the mid 90’s I worked at American Printing and sold printing to the Rio. Occasionally I would eat at the buffet for lunch and it was delicious and it cost $5.99. This was before the Seafood Buffet. The casino was always crowded and lots of fun in the 90’s. Caesars Entertainment bought the Rio around 2000 and it gradually started going downhill.

]]> Comments on: End of an Era: Rio Walls Off Former Buffet to Make Way for Food Hall //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/end-of-an-era-rio-walls-off-former-buffet-to-make-way-for-food-hall/#comment-437677 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:48:32 +0000 //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/?p=36283#comment-437677 The last time I was in Rio (several years ago now) was because the buffet got us over there. So it may have lost money, but it did bring in foot traffic. I see no reason to head over to Rio at this point and and get the feeling that Caesars really doesn’t care.

]]> Comments on: End of an Era: Rio Walls Off Former Buffet to Make Way for Food Hall //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/end-of-an-era-rio-walls-off-former-buffet-to-make-way-for-food-hall/#comment-437636 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:24:18 +0000 //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/?p=36283#comment-437636 Sad. My friends and I used to go the Rio twice every trip…once for the Carnival World and the next night for the Seafood. We ate like kings. I get that they need to change but this a sign of “ah, remember when…”. Good stuff Scott.

]]> Comments on: End of an Era: Rio Walls Off Former Buffet to Make Way for Food Hall //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/end-of-an-era-rio-walls-off-former-buffet-to-make-way-for-food-hall/#comment-437609 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:33:59 +0000 //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/?p=36283#comment-437609 We used to stay at the Rio religiously back in the early 2000s and through about 2016, when it became apparent that Caesars didn’t like the property one bit. It went from a really cool off strip joint to an empty husk. I was at the Grand opening and it is sad to see it go in toilet like this.

]]> Comments on: End of an Era: Rio Walls Off Former Buffet to Make Way for Food Hall //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/end-of-an-era-rio-walls-off-former-buffet-to-make-way-for-food-hall/#comment-437570 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 06:12:34 +0000 //www.cgqmltxe.shop/vitalvegas/?p=36283#comment-437570 Food hall, a fancy way of saving a food court. Admittedly, there are some food courts that are better than what you associate with the 1990s mall food court. It’s not all Panda Express in food halls, as we’ve seen. I know, stigma. You can’t sell a $25 burger to a food court customer. Call it a food hall, and jackpot!
Lipstick on a pig, for the most part.
Good for Rio. You need places for people to eat. Buffets lose money, but they drive traffic. How many people are going to go out of their way to go to Rio because they have a kick ass food hall? Four per month. Fact. I’m not sure what it will take to convince me Rio is worth my time at this point, but I know it ain’t a modern food hall. Bring back the classic food haul. (See what I did there?)

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