It's not often you can use the word dry to describe a Las Vegas landmark, but tourists hoping to cruise along the Venetian hotel-casino's indoor canals are finding them tapped out.The waterways were emptied earlier this month for the first time since the casino opened in 2001. When the canals reopen in mid-October, the water will once again appear to sparkle below the hotel's trompe-l'oeil sky.On Thursday, piped-in Italian music echoed off cement mixers and construction tools strewn around the bottom of the canals that meander through the hotel's shopping mall.Tourists leaned over ornate stone and iron railings, frowning at the gray concrete. Normally, the waterways course with 280,000 gallons of water. It would take a garden hose 65 days to fill them.Click <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/sep/19/canals-run-dry-venetian-first-time/" >here</a> for the full story.Before ... After ... -- Edited by Mben on Friday 20th of September 2013 10:23:45 AM
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