Look Down! Casino Carpets Have Their Own Online “Hall of Fame”
Casino carpeting features intricate designs, wild colors.
It’s nice to know I am not the only person fascinated with the over-the-top colorful designs on casino carpets. I have to confess that while walking through a casino or down a hotel hallway, I have been known to run into people - as well as inanimate objects – because I am so focused on what’s under my feet. The exhuberant colors and the intricate patterns never cease to entertain me.
Well, David G. Schwartz, who writes extensively about Las Vegas, gambling, and history has several photo pages on his website, The Die is Cast, devoted to current and defunct carpets at casinos throughout the U.S. Who knew? His gallery organizes the carpet photos mostly by location but if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you’ll find his “Hall of Fame” page which features extinct carpets as well as extinct casinos…think Stardust and the Aladdin among others.
Schwartz is the Director of the Center for Gaming Research at UNLV and has a Ph.D. in United States history from UCLA. Check out his website for lots of fascinating information. After spending some time on his website, I definitely plan on purchasing his book, Roll the Bones, A History of Gambling.
Oh, and the carpet pictured above? You can find it in all it’s dashing purple glory – at Cliff Castle Casino in Camp Verde, Arizona!
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Tags: carpet design, casino design, Cliff Castle, Las Vegas, UNLV
