I spent one night in Las Vegas in June and met up with Finks Hall of Famer Matt Simo at his Henderson home. Matt is known as @Vegas_Matty in Sin City and is doing well as the co-founder for a high stakes gambling contest known as Footballcontest.com. The Glen Ellyn native has even been making recent appearances on commercial spots on 670 The Score, usually on Danny Parkins' afternoon show.
Simo lives in Henderson with his wife Jessika and daughter Ella. He's gone Vegas sports crazy as a season ticket holder for the Knights and Raiders. I drove by the Raiders' Allegiant Stadium on the south Strip. It is a huge black flying saucer on the far side of the freeway.
I was in town to see my sister compete in a Mrs. Nevada beauty pageant on the northern outskirts of town. Beforehand, I took Simo's suggestion to see the Mob Museum in Old Vegas. I found it ironic that I traveled all the way to Las Vegas to see the original brick wall with bullet holes from the St. Valentine's Day massacre, which occurred right here in Chicago on Clark Street.
The highlight of my trip turned out to be on my last stop south of the Strip when I saw the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign before returning to my hotel near the airport. A group of very young girls looking like they were enjoying a bachelorette party were taking pictures in front of the sign. On my way out of the parking lot, two of them flashed their bums at me revealing their G-strings. What happens in Vegas sometimes ends up on Dah Blog.
