A Woman Is Suing A Vegas Bar Over Its Mechanical Penis On November 22nd of last year, an Illinois woman named Amber Zabran walked into the Nerd — a bar at Neonopolis on Fremont Street with old arcade cabinets, cosmic bowling, and, in place of a mechanical bull, a mechanical penis — and asked to ride it near closing time. She says she paid, climbed on, and was never asked to sign a waiver. She says the ride started slow and sped up. She says her ankle caught underneath the main portion of the attraction, and she was thrown off and hurt. She's suing for negligence, vicarious liability, and negligent hiring, retention and supervision, seeking medical expenses and lost wages. She has requested a jury trial. The part that gets us isn't that the ride exists, it's Vegas, of course it exists or even that somebody got hurt on it. It's that a device whose entire design brief is go fast, throw people off was running on Fremont Street without a waiver. Also this week: we defend Formula 1 shutting down the Strip, which the local news won't do, and explain why two kilometres of flat-out throttle beats whatever Miami thinks it has. A ghost hunter bought the underground Cold War mansion, listed at $18 million, sold at $4.55 million, and is turning it into a museum. The Pentagon stood up a four-star command for autonomous weapons and handed the 120-day study to Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich. And the ACLU lost its challenge to the Strip selfie ban, so we propose a fix requiring no new laws at all. Drew, Slider and Mental. Three guys who actually live here. ⏱ IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 Cold open00:49 The intro read01:18 In defense of F1 shutting down the Strip01:40 Monaco, Baku, and why Miami is an autocross01:58 The deal runs through 203703:24 A ghost hunter bought the underground doomsday mansion05:32 The Nerd has something else instead06:26 The lawsuit: no waiver, and an ankle in the wrong place08:09 What's funnier? that it exists, or that nobody wrote a waiver10:28 Secretary Hegseth has announced some things11:08 Project Meridian and the Autonomous Warfare Command11:32 Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich walk into a Pentagon13:35 "I'd rather the killer robots be American"14:56 Walled cities met the catapult. Armies met the Gatling gun.15:58 The red line on the flight line, and the dog that never sleeps16:17 Nobody has ever fat-fingered a badge number into a database19:40 How long until a company fields its own robot army20:39 Remember the Strip selfie ban?21:24 The ACLU lost. The judge said it isn't too broad.22:50 Our solution requires no new laws: cattle prods23:07 Or just put sunscreens over the bridges25:44 The bridges exist so you stop getting run over26:20 The house always gets a cut27:33 Pro F1, and getting better at it every single year28:21 With a ten-year deal, the Flamingo bridge goes permanent29:11 The verdicts 🎰 ABOUT SIN CITY SPIN Three longtime Las Vegas friends: Drew Masur, Jason "Slider" LeDuc and Christian "Mental" Ward, with an irreverent, sharp, real-world take on the week's headlines. The Weekly Absurdity Rundown, from Vegas to the void. We live here. We're not reading you a brochure. 💬 TELL US WE'RE WRONG Disagree, correct our math, or find out where the good tacos are.📧 sincityspin.podcast@gmail.com📱 Text us: (702) 721-7328Facebook · Instagram · Reddit · the thing formerly known as Twitter 🔗 WHAT WE READ Woman injured on mechanical ride at Fremont bar — Review-JournalNerd Bar at Neonopolis sued — Vital VegasBagans buys the Underground House for $4.55M — KTNVF1 and LVCVA extend through 2037 — Review-JournalAutonomous Warfare Command and Project Meridian — Defense DailyACLU loses the bridge selfie ban challenge — Nevada Independent Subscribe if you live here. Subscribe if you're visiting. Ride at your own risk. #LasVegas #Vegas #FremontStreet #F1 #LasVegasGrandPrix #ZakBagans #UndergroundHouse #ProjectMeridian #AutonomousWeapons #StripSelfieBan #VegasPodcast #SinCitySpin
