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First Annual Trippies Awarded

LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas travel guide VegasTripping.com has announced the winners of 'The Trippies - 1st Annual Readers Poll Awards.' Readers selected from five nominees in 14 categories, with voters hailing from nearly every continent. Categories included 'best' and 'worst' "Overall Joint," "Food," "Casino Tables," "Slots," "Video Poker," "News Story," "Implosion Rumor," "Actress In A Las Vegas TV Show," "Actor in a Las Vegas TV Show," "Las Vegas Book," "Entertainer," "Show," as well as "Biggest Vegas Pet Peeve" and "Las Vegas Person of the Year."

The overall winner of the 2005 Trippies awards was Wynn Las Vegas, which won top honors in nearly every category it was nominated. The new Steve Wynn resort, Wynn Las Vegas tied another Wynn creation Bellagio for "Best Joint" honors after only 6 months since it's grand opening. Conversely, the venerable Big Top on the Strip, Circus-Circus took home the dubious distinction of being "Worst Overall Joint" and "Worst Food".

VegasTripping readers voted The Golden Nugget downtown as having the "Best Table Games" while Palms took "Best Slots" honors. Las Vegas' McCarran Airport terminal brought the "Worst Slots in Vegas" Award in for a perfect landing. In the Entertainment category, Cirque du Soleil's "O" (Bellagio) won "Best Show" as Mr. Las Vegas himself, Wayne Newton was voted "Best Entertainer".

In addition to being the gaming capital of the world, Las Vegas is also known as the implosion capital of the world, and VegasTripping readers believe that "Ballys Las Vegas" should be spared the wrecking ball and medieval castle Excalibur (opened in 1990) should be imploded instead.

NBC's "Las Vegas" swept the Vegas TV awards with nods going to Vanessa Marcil, James Caan and "Las Vegas" itself for Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Vegas TV Show.

Readers also selected "Rising Prices" as their biggest Pet Peeve of 2005. The days of cheap rooms and cheap eats are gone, replaced by luxury suites and couture dining served up by celebrity chefs.

The 2005 Trippies Awards were dedicated to the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson who's seminal tome "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas" won "Best Vegas Book" in a landslide.

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