RSS
Home
Matchmaking in Las Vegas
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
.jpg)
Matchmaking in Las Vegas
Related Articles
Glamorous, Las Vegas, Nevada! This is the land of casinos, gambling, showgirls, and money, money, money. But there is another side of Vegas too. The side that tourist rarely see. That is the professional men and women who live in the residential neighborhoods, away from the famous Las Vegas Strip and who are looking for love. “It is easy to find a cocktail waitress, stripper, or call girl in Vegas,” one client told us, “but, not so easy to find a healthy relationship, with an intelligent, grounded, woman, looking for stability and commitment”. This is where the matchmaker comes into play.
I first expanded my San Francisco matchmaking company, Perfect Search, to Las Vegas when a client from the Bay Area bought a condo in Vegas and wanted to conduct his search there. Working as his personal headhunter, I began developing the Las Vegas territory, screening women who were hoping to join our candidate pool. I interviewed hundreds of candidates by setting up appointments in cafes, restaurants and lounges at the MGM Grand, Rio, Palms and Mandalay Bay casinos.
It didn’t take long to realize that the women in Las Vegas were a varied group of women, and as different as night is from day. I interviewed dancers, dealers, waitresses, models and divorcees, as well as managers, graphic designers, nurses, and lawyers. Some women were models, living part time in LA, coming to Vegas for weekend gigs, and some were Mormons, or rural girls, escaping from Utah or Nebraska, with dreams of stage and stardom. I met professionally trained dancers from New York, hired for the world class reviews, and university students attending UNLV, majoring in hotel and restaurant management. There were professional women who came during the housing boom, and executive level casino personnel who came for the casino jobs. But all had one thing in common, all were chasing dreams, and those dreams included finding true love.
One notable challenge as a matchmaker however was the transient nature of the population. It seemed that everyone was from somewhere else, and many were temporarily working in Vegas, staying long enough to earn a chunk of money before returning home. I was stood up, flaked on and blown off and, as one client explained it, experienced the reality of Flake Vegas. "This is the frustrating part of trying to find a committed relationship in Las Vegas." he explained, "Everyone is moving, and it is hard to find someone who really wants to settle down". Hundreds of thousands of professionals are recruited to work in management level jobs at the restaurants, casinos and nightlife venues, and yet at the same time, the city is teeming with grifters, gamblers, transients, strippers, models and movie stars. Mix it all together, and add a strained economy, and you have a real dating dilemma.
A matchmaker who scouts, screens and interviews a potential mate before a date, can take much of the gamble out of the equation. In a city like Las Vegas, dating can be a bust. With its’ unique history, culture, laws and economy, you can either hit the jackpot, or fold in defeat. A matchmaking service, who pre-qualifies someone before you meet can be your ace in the hole and can raise your odds for finding the serious contenders in the most important match of your life.
For more information, contact Melinda Maximova, matchmaker with Perfect Search melinda@theperfectsearch.com
Related Articles:
Add a Comment
