Readers familiar with the Vegas Strip will have noticed the changing of casino names. This was done to provide a certain amount of legal cover (since the real casinos might not look kindly upon accusations of getting friendly with a guy like Nicky Agnelli) and allow for certain deviations from reality when necessary. Just assume that Daniel Faust's Vegas is a slightly skewed version of our own, glimpsed through a smoky glass. That said, every location mentioned in The Long Way Down is a real place you can visit, with the exception of the Tiger's Garden. Probably.