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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: BrandonFG on January 03, 2012, 01:52:21 PM
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Hello, Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (http://"http://www.lvrj.com/business/las-vegas-hilton-will-take-on-new-moniker-today-136579893.html")...the hotel where LMaD and some Wheel episodes taped changes its name.
No, that doesn't sound generic at ALL!
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Hello, Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (http://"http://www.lvrj.com/business/las-vegas-hilton-will-take-on-new-moniker-today-136579893.html")...the hotel where LMaD and some Wheel episodes taped changes its name.
No, that doesn't sound generic at ALL!
It was...an awful hotel. Went there to walk around for kicks - it was....just not up to date.
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Can you guess where I'm calling from?
The LasVegasHotelandCasino
I know it's hard to hear...
-Jason
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It's still a better choice than what its counterpart over in Atlantic City changed its name to when they lost the Hilton franchise around the same time..."ACH". Because (especially in this economy) everyone wants to gamble their money away in a place that sounds like a bank...
OBGameShow: Both "Yahtzee" and "Trump Card" taped at what was then known as Trump's Castle casino in AC...later re-branded as the Trump Marina, and earlier this year changed names (and owners) yet again to become the Golden Nugget...which was also the original name of the aforementioned AC Hilton back when it opened in the late 70s. Confused yet?
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Nice to know it's not just the mid- and low-end chains that change names and lose franchises repeatedly (in reference to the Atlantic City example above).
The next town over had a Super 8 that changed to Days Inn less than a year after opening. It went independent in 2010, but their sign is still in the shape of a Days Inn sign.
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The Las Vegas Hilton frequently went by the abbreviation "LVH", so as generic as the new name is, I believe part of the intention was to keep the LVH nickname.
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The next town over had a Super 8 that changed to Days Inn less than a year after opening. It went independent in 2010, but their sign is still in the shape of a Days Inn sign.
In Lansing, there's a cheap hotel that only bothered to change one letter when they lost the franchise. It's now "Dad's Inn".
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In Norfolk, there's a "premiere" hotel that's changed it's name no less than 7 times in its 50-year history, 6 in the last 20 years alone.
-Opened in the 60s as the Golden Triangle
-Became a Holiday Inn in the late-70s/early-80s
-Changed to a Howard Johnson in the mid-90s
-Then became the "Hotel Norfolk" a few years later
-Then a Clarion Inn a few more years later
-Turned into a Radisson another c. 2005
-It was a Crowne Plaza in the late-2000s
I drove past it the other day, and there's a sign that reads "Norfolk Plaza Hotel" or something like that. I wouldn't be surprised if I missed a name change that happened sometime between 1995 and 2005. C. 1996, former (Charlotte) Hornets owner George Shinn wanted to bring an NHL franchise to the city*, and the proposed arena would've gone over the hotel site. Even though Shinn's notorious for being a shady character, part of me would've loved to see Norfolk get a Big-4 sports franchise.
*/"Name The Big-4 Teams Norfolk Was in the Running For" is another popular local game
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In Lansing, there's a cheap hotel that only bothered to change one letter when they lost the franchise. It's now "Dad's Inn".
In West Hollywood we have a "Daddy's Inn". I don't suppose there is any connection, do you?
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In West Hollywood we have a "Daddy's Inn".
Is that the name of a business, or a declarative statement, though? :)
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In West Hollywood we have a "Daddy's Inn".
Is that the name of a business, or a declarative statement, though? :)
+5
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A new casino is opening in AC in the spring. It's called "Revel". Do you pronounce that "re-VELL" or "REH-vel"? That's gonna confuse a lot of people....
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A new casino is opening in AC in the spring. It's called "Revel". Do you pronounce that "re-VELL" or "REH-vel"? That's gonna confuse a lot of people....
And I hear the band Live is performing at the opening...
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In Lansing, there's a cheap hotel that only bothered to change one letter when they lost the franchise. It's now "Dad's Inn".
In West Hollywood we have a "Daddy's Inn". I don't suppose there is any connection, do you?
Is it owned by Bob Barker?
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For personal amusement, I wanted to see how the Days Inn/Dads Inn sign was altered. As usual, the internet didn't disappoint: http://www.flickr.com/photos/92726077@N00/4589578133/in/photostream/
On the OT, here's a a video from Vegas Fox 5 on the name change: http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/16432128/its-the-end-for-las-vegas-hilton
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Might as well plug a site heavy on local (to me) content: http://notfoolinganybody.com/ (http://"http://notfoolinganybody.com/") Two of my personal favorites are the non-local (http://"http://notfoolinganybody.com/94ttexpress/") and the local one (http://"http://notfoolinganybody.com/19tuptim/"). The latter is very good.
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For personal amusement, I wanted to see how the Days Inn/Dads Inn sign was altered. As usual, the internet didn't disappoint: http://www.flickr.com/photos/92726077@N00/4589578133/in/photostream/
I couldn't remember whether they bothered adding the apostrophe or not. So...not.
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I wish I could find a picture...but:
A hair supply store opened down the street from me a few months ago; I pass it every day on the way to work.
The week it opened, I read the awning, which said: HAIR SUPPLY AND WINGS.
The week after that: HAIR SUPPLY AND WIXGS, with a big black X over the N in WINGS.
The week after that: HAIR SUPPLY AND WINGS, with a big paper bag taped over the N.
The week after that: HAIR SUPPLY AND WI_GS, with the N actually cut out of the awning, leaving a rectangular hole in its place.
The week after that: no awning.
The week after that: HAIR SUPPLY AND WIGS.
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C. 1996, former (Charlotte) Hornets owner George Shinn wanted to bring an NHL franchise to the city*, and the proposed arena would've gone over the hotel site. Even though Shinn's notorious for being a shady character, part of me would've loved to see Norfolk get a Big-4 sports franchise.
*/"Name The Big-4 Teams Norfolk Was in the Running For" is another popular local game
Only if John Brophy was the coach, sir...
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The week after that: HAIR SUPPLY AND WIGS.
I liked it better when it seemed possible to pick up a couple dozen wings with extra hot sauce along with my styling mousse.
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The week after that: HAIR SUPPLY AND WIGS.
I liked it better when it seemed possible to pick up a couple dozen wings with extra hot sauce along with my styling mousse.
Too brain fried right now to think of a good Air Supply joke, so feel free to make your own.
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I'm reminded of the bagel/rotisserie chicken place in my hometown that turned into a laundromat but they forgot to clear the sign.
Or here you go, ETA: Although unrelated I'm reminded of a few other sign deals- the first I saw in the next town over (it's the hometown of Giants receiver Victor Cruz...I'll leave it to you to look for it, lol). There was a place that opened up that was called "Main Hot Grill and Diner." There's a Hot Grill in my hometown (rather famous in the area- one all the way one), and I guess they got wind of it and made them change it. So then they made a sloppy edit to the awning that looked like they just cut it out the word "food" out of a magazine- not the same font, squished letters, you get the idea- and placed it over "hot". (they then changed the sign again to reflect the doner kebab they sell- at least they were better with that. makes sense, too, considering that it's one of the biggest Arabic enclaves in the Northeast, why not promote an Arabic dish, right?)
Then there were these two places in my hometown. One is a bar, one a hot dog place. The bar was known as, of all things, "The Bar". Yeah. The new owners who bought it a couple years ago changed the name to "The Rock", but didn't bother paying for the sign change (as the owners of The Bar, who bought it from an Irish pub owner I figure- the name was Shamrock's before) and instead opted to slap some white plastic covering over the sign that says "The Bar". What they didn't count on was the fact that the plastic wouldn't cover the sign when it was lit at night. To remedy it they covered it with what looks like gray cardboard and just left it there. (The establishment also has one of the older names of it labelscarred onto the entrance- can't people get these things cleaned when stuff like this happens? Am I crazy?)
The hot dog place opened up a couple years ago with the name "Mutts Hut". Not to be confused with the famous hot dog joint behind this link. (http://"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutt%27s_Hut") Needless to say there was a legal battle and the owners of the famous place won and the owners of the not so famous place had to change the name. So they (I guess) painted over the Mutts Hut sign with yellow paint and put the new name of the place, "Red Hots", on it. Which is fine- except at night when the Mutts Hut sign bleeds through.
I don't know what possesses me to tell you these things but...
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Might as well plug a site heavy on local (to me) content: http://notfoolinganybody.com/ (http://"http://notfoolinganybody.com/")
My favorite is the Ponderosa that's now a funeral home. (Not the only one — I found a Bonanza in Columbus also became one.) Shame they haven't updated the site in 8 years.
As for sloppy conversions, a former A&W in the Bay City Mall was "H&W" for a year or two. I never ate there, but I remember that the drink cups looked like just regular ol' Dixie or Solo cups you'd buy at Walmart.
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The best conversion I ever saw was in my old college town of Williamsport, PA - there was a donut shop called "DONUTS DELITE" - A little creative letter dropping and the establishment became "DONUT DELI"
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The best conversion I ever saw was in my old college town of Williamsport, PA - there was a donut shop called "DONUTS DELITE" - A little creative letter dropping and the establishment became "DONUT DELI"
You're right, that is a good one.
A barely converted A&W in Flushing, MI is now known as the "Flushing A" (http://"http://flushinga.com/") which amuses me every time I visit.
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In late August 1997, a certain motel in Washington, PA had been the "Best Western Washington Motor Inn" when I made the reservation, but when I got there, they had obviously just lost the franchise, and were now "A Washington Motor Inn" (with a giant "A" instead of the Best Western logo on the signage).
I see online that they're still in business, now as just "Washington Motor Inn."
It was in that motel that I, bored with everything that was available on TV, wished that something exciting would be on instead. Taking one more flip around the channels, I landed on CNN and discovered that my wish had been granted. And that's how I killed Princess Diana.
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As for sloppy conversions, a former A&W in the Bay City Mall was "H&W" for a year or two. I never ate there, but I remember that the drink cups looked like just regular ol' Dixie or Solo cups you'd buy at Walmart.
A lot of places do that. Why are you surprised?
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As for sloppy conversions, a former A&W in the Bay City Mall was "H&W" for a year or two. I never ate there, but I remember that the drink cups looked like just regular ol' Dixie or Solo cups you'd buy at Walmart.
A lot of places do that. Why are you surprised?
Now are we talking about generic-looking soft drink cups or something more like the red plastic cups that you find in fraternities and Toby Keith albums?
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Another one from Williamsport...
Hardee's restaurant - It closed, and reopened as "Tami's Fast Fixin's", closed, and reopened AGAIN, as Hardee's
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Now are we talking about generic-looking soft drink cups or something more like the red plastic cups that you find in fraternities and Toby Keith albums?
The latter. They didn't even look like generic fast food cups. It literally just looked like they darted across the street to Dollar Tree to buy a bag of cups.
I also remember a food stand at the (now torn down) Livonia Mall having an office style coffee maker (http://www.rlappleton.com/portal/images/products/coffee_maker_100_cup.jpg) and a stack of styrofoam cups. Not even big, restaurant style cups — it literally looked just like the stereotypical office coffee maker. I don't know which was more pathetic — that or the former Sbarro pizzeria on the other side of the mall that had "LaBarro's" written crudely on a banner over the still-lit-up Sbarro sign.
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A place in my hometown did something similar. For years they were a Bonanza franchise. They went local and changed to 'heartland steak and buffet'. Years later they reverted to being Bonanza again, but they only lasted a couple more years.
I suspect people's expectations were tempered when they saw how much Bonanza had changed since the intial conversion.
As our other Sioux Falls resident may attest too, a former Taco Bell (original motif) is now Nicks Gyros. I meant to take a picture before moving but didn't have the time.
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Here's one for you- there was this one place near the mall I shop at most often. Years ago it was a Roy Rogers. It was closed and became a Burger King years later. The Burger King eventually closed as well and was replaced by a mortgage lender's office- keeping the Burger King sign post AND the drive-thru window. There's an Entenmann's bakery outlet that occupies the store now- I don't know if the drive thru window is still there. Another one involves a gas station with the Woroco brand (anybody else heard of Woroco outside of the area) that used to be a Shell and can still be identified as such due to a sloppy paint job on the Shell sign that lets it bleed through.
One I wish I took pictures of was this one establishment that currently houses a Peruvian restaurant about six blocks away from me. For years, it was Domino's. When Domino's closed it became "Dom No's". Domino's went after them and they had to change the name. So ends part one.
Part two comes later. A green awning was hung over the pizza place that became "Nick's", then "Fela's". After the restaurant became the Peruvian restaurant, there was a sign in the window that identified it as such. However, they failed to indicate that on the sign, so the place was called "Fogon's Pizzeria" on the outside and "El Fogon" on the window. Yeah.
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Another one from Williamsport...
Hardee's restaurant - It closed, and reopened as "Tami's Fast Fixin's", closed, and reopened AGAIN, as Hardee's
Oddly enough, that's actually happening out here, except the former Hardee's was a Dunkin Donuts... and will reopen as a Hardee's.
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I can probably guarantee I'm the only person on this board who can say the Hardee's they worked at in high school eventually became a food establishment that featured muskrat.
/I was going to put "muskrat restaurant" but that could have meant muskrats came there to eat. They wouldn't have got much business anyway from the local muskrats, they were too far away from the river.
//The McDonald's became an art supply store.
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/I was going to put "muskrat restaurant" but that could have meant muskrats came there to eat. They wouldn't have got much business anyway from the local muskrats, they were too far away from the river.
The food wasn't bad, but having that stupid Captain and Tennille song on an endless loop is what killed it.
//The McDonald's became an art supply store.
We had one that became a used car dealer.
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Matt Ottinger wrote:
The food wasn't bad, but having that stupid Captain and Tennille song on an endless loop is what killed it.
I can't imagine telling your patrons to shop around would be good for business (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rraiqec67J0)
(Certainly you didn't have some other song in mind, now? And what's the deal with those muffs on the sleeves anyhow?)
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Another one from Williamsport...
Hardee's restaurant - It closed, and reopened as "Tami's Fast Fixin's", closed, and reopened AGAIN, as Hardee's
Oddly enough, that's actually happening out here, except the former Hardee's was a Dunkin Donuts... and will reopen as a Hardee's.
I'll see your Hardee's->Dunkin' Donuts->Hardee's and raise you the Burger Chef->Hardee's->Burger King->Hardee's in Hazel Park.
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I'll see your Hardee's->Dunkin' Donuts->Hardee's and raise you the Burger Chef->Hardee's->Burger King->Hardee's in Hazel Park.
I fold.
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The Burger King eventually closed as well and was replaced by a mortgage lender's office- keeping the Burger King sign post AND the drive-thru window.
"Can I get a refinance, a line of credit and a double burger with bacon?"
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The Burger King eventually closed as well and was replaced by a mortgage lender's office- keeping the Burger King sign post AND the drive-thru window.
"Can I get a refinance, a line of credit and a double burger with bacon?"
"No thanks, I don't need a drink. I'm already underwater."