This would bring in many customers, who would line up hours before to pick up a number to get into the buffet.”īut all that came to a screeching halt on June 16, 1998. We had a $1.49 buffet, 99 cents (senior nights), and a Friday night all-you-can-eat crab/seafood buffet. Our customers were the best, and we still had many of the same regulars 37 years later. “Back then, everyone was like family, customers included,” she said. (Las Vegas Review-Journal archive photo)įor Terri Penuelas, the former Gold Strike Inn & Casino was more than just a place where she worked for nearly four decades. An inside view from the hotel in the days following the fire.
