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Museum Monday: Games of Chance at SFO Airport

12/11/16
If, by chance, you’ve got some time before or between flights at San Francisco International Airport, you’re in luck. That’s because the SFO Museum has just kicked off a new exhibition featuring more than sixty examples of early gambling devices, including the first automatic payout, three reel slot machine.     According to the exhibition →

The PDX Carpet – now a jam & a parade leader

03/21/15
The carpet at Portland International Airport gained cult status long before the announcement that the flooring was being replaced. T-shirts, water bottles, caps, socks, a beer and other souvenirs bearing a copy of the carpet pattern were created and the airport recently announced the distribution of large patches of the original flooring to local companies →

Drink up: liquor store opens in baggage claim at Las Vegas airport

11/09/12
Smoking lounges, children’s play areas, an aviation museum and 1600 slot machines are among the popular passenger amenities at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. This week there’s a brand new amenity for arriving passengers who are ready to party: a liquor store in the baggage claim area in Terminal 1. Called the Liquor Library, →

Souvenir Sunday at McCarran Int’l Airport

08/19/12
It’s Souvenir Sunday, the day StuckatTheAirport.com looks at fun and inexpensive gifts for sale in airport gift shops. This week’s souvenirs comes from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, where you can not only gamble (there are gaming machines throughout the airport), but find a a gambling-themed souvenir in just about every gift shop. →

Happy Souvenir Sunday from: McCarran Int’l Airport in Las Vegas

01/24/10
It’s Souvenir Sunday! And it’s the traditional day to unpack and look over the fun, inexpensive souvenirs we’ve picked up at airports. This week: McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas (LAS). Add a hotel and those guys trying to press nightclub advertisement cards into your hands and you’ve pretty much got the whole city experience →