“Where else but in Las Vegas would a concierge desk have a guest request a bathtub full of goat’s milk (the hotel didn’t comply) and another call for a stuffed gorilla to surprise the guest’s beloved?In the city that never blushes, outlandish requests and earnest largesse are the order of the day, every day, dozens of times a day. (Nothing lewd, mind you. If it’s not legal, the concierge desk won’t do it.)
“We call them ‘wow’ moments,” says Lee Ann Pearce, concierge supervisor at the Wynn Las Vegas, referring to the most challenging and colorful requests. If you can imagine it, the Wynn’s 28 concierges have probably heard it. They handle an average of 1,000 calls a day.
At the Hard Rock, where the hip and trendy gravitate, more bizarre requests have crossed the desk, including a request for Oompa Loompas at a party. Yes, they managed to find actors to do this. No, it wasn’t anything dirty.
Another strange and memorable request: “One guy called us and ordered a mariachi band to follow him around the casino all night while he gambled,” says longtime concierge Esteban Rey.” (via latimes.com)
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