Tropicanna Ground Surveillance
I'm a Downtown, Fleamont, and Boulder kinda guy who refuses to get near the strip except an occasional Sunday drinking sojourn to the West side of town. Even then I bypass the strip by taking the DI arterial. I really prefer downtown because you can park and walk.
There's such ado about Trop I decided to break my own rules and see for myself. I waited untill 7 pm thinking I would miss the rush hour traffic. That was a correct call until I got over the I 15 bridge, then total gridlock. I ended up pulling into the Wild West parking lot and walked West to Arville. A bus had just stopped at the corner of Industrial. That same bus finally passed me on foot at the corner of Valley View. That's how fucked up the traffic was at 7:30pm and that's exactly why I never get near the strip. As I got to the underpass, I saw the problem: they're working on the sewer line.
I was glad the traffic conditions dictated I do a reconnaisance on foot. It would be foolheardy to attempt one mounted unless you have a driver. You get a better feel for the lay of the land and a great opportunity for observation of the activity. And there was indeed, plenty of activity, eight targets on my first sortie. None of them as young and ravashing as some would have you believe. But certainly younger and better looking than the Fleamont Street crack hoes I'm accoustomed to. I'd guess all of them in their twenties.
My first stop on the return was Ocean's 11 bar. I thought this might be a convenient "can I use dah baffroom?" or "gimme a glass a waddah" kinda place. No such luck. Just three limo drivers having an after work toddie or, more likely, an on their way to work pick me up.
Next stop the "Stop and Rob". Saw a couple of pimps playing the slots. One of their charges made a pit stop to drop off her tribute. She wanted to stay and play for a while but big daddy would have none of this. He's was gentille enough to give her five for a soda and sent her back to work.
Burger King is next. This is a great observation post. Unobstructed fields of fire from the I 15 overpass to the railroad underpass. And I'm not the only one who's concluded this. Another pimp is here supervising his charge(s) from afar, complete with the latest radio/telecommunications equipment. I get a coke (Coca-Cola) and sit ringside. What a show! Four girls working nearby, two on each side of the street. Pimps hanging from the balconies of the Budget Suites (just like they do from the Sunflower at 15th and Fremont).
A pickup pulls into the Burger King lot and parks right in front facing Trop. A six month pregnant, either mulado or mexican, hops in. Ten minutes later she hops out and heads for the Stop and Rob. A cute black one is at the bus stop across the street in front of the Mexican drive by. Some black dude engages her in conversation. After a few minutes, Big Daddy Pimp gets on his star wars talking device and very loudly asks her "wach ya doin ragging wit dat ....... get yo black ass back to work". With that, I continued my patrol East.
Wild West: Two with pimps at the bar. One knockout Crazy Horse quality girl with an older gentleman in the lounge area. Both of them totally out of place in this joint. It's now close to 9pm and I decide to remount. Traffic is still bad and I discover you can use the parking lots all the way from Industrial to Valley View without getting on Trop. A good E & E route. I circled the zone a few times and by now all the activity was gone. I'll return for a 4 AM patrol.
Conclusions: A target rich enviornment and as Wastrel speculates, well supervised with Kalifornian licensed Cadillacs. I, like 10safeOsory, was on a clandestine surveillance mission and did not talk with any of them. I'll save that for my next patrol. As far as a sweep is concerned, I'm changing my speculation about Metro's methodology. The terrain is not conducive to a Fremont Street style assault. Traffic is already way too fucked up. That would really get the wrath of casino mogul's wives. This calls for a massive bike patrol roundup backed up with several CCDC busses to transport them back to the Kalifornia border (no strain on the local system). Or better yet, have those vice detectives earn their keep for a change and quietly bust all those pimps on some loitering charges. Then again, that's too easy and may violate someone's civil rights?
Share the wealth - bus some of those Trop hos downtown
[QUOTE=Vegas Ken]And, some of the hottest ones were not picked up at all during the whole hour! You would never see that in downtown area. A reasonable looking girl is snatched in 15 seconds flat.[/QUOTE]Oh, man, truer words have never been spoken! LOL.
SW safety might be an issue and I'm sure monger demographics are better on Trop. Also LE probably would not tolerate it for long, but any one of the hotter Trop girls could make a lot of quick money walking a street like Ogden or any of the side streets in that vicinity. Much easier, safer access for mongers there than along most parts of the congested Trop.
I'm typically in Vegas between Thursdays and Mondays, so maybe I'm missing some higher quality downtown girls who are caught up in sweeps (as one poster recently mentioned) but I sure haven't seen anything as hot downtown as I saw on Trop on my last visit. I'll be back again this weekend and am happy to hear the action on Trop is still going strong - even though there are signs of an imminent crackdown.
