Las Vegas go hard or go home thread

[Angry Gorilla 1768]

18 hours ago, TXSooner518 said:

Cross-posting from golf thread:

Looking at some June Vegas golf, any thoughts on:

Reflection Bay

TPC Vegas

Bear's Best

Rio Secco

Bali Hai

We are also possibly looking at Paiute, hell of a deal for $185 for 36 holes, lunch, and rental clubs. 

Out of those, I have only played Bali Hai and Paiute.

 

Bali Hai isn't the best course and doesn't have a driving range, but it is nice enough and the convenience can't be beat.  It's more of a party course where you will see an attractive cart girl every other hole, bust may also be stuck behind a group of jerkoffs.  If you aren't going with real serious golfers it's a great course.

 

Paiute is great, but it a pretty long ride from the Strip.  If you are willing to go that far, check out Cascata.  It's expensive ($450 I think) but the course is amazing and about about the same distance or a little closer.  It was pretty wide open when we played as well.

 

I played TPC Summerlin which is right next to TPC Vegas and have heard they are pretty similar.  I think it's a great compromise is your group aren't all casual golfers and don't want to ride an hour each way to a nice course, and if they are all ultra serious and don't want the party atmosphere of Bali Hai.

[TXSooner518 2438]

Thanks! We aren't super serious, but had that impression off of Bali Hai also. 

I looked at Cascata, and it looks INCREDIBLE, but my skills and wallet can't justify close to that price tag. 

I'll look into Summerlin also, thanks again!!

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Pure Vegas, the upcoming Wynn Field Club in the end zone for Raiders games

[Angry Gorilla 1768]

Thanks! We aren't super serious, but had that impression off of Bali Hai also. 
I looked at Cascata, and it looks INCREDIBLE, but my skills and wallet can't justify close to that price tag. 
I'll look into Summerlin also, thanks again!!

Angel Park is in the same area as the TPC courses and is a good value. The TPC courses are better though.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Wynn Resorts will spend $200 million to remodel rooms at Wynn Las Vegas, the company announced Monday.

The delayed remodeling project at Wynn Las Vegas will begin in July and is expected to be completed by the beginning of 2022.

Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox told investors on an earnings conference call Monday that rooms hadn’t been remodeled at the property since 2010. He said the company had a plan to remodel rooms in 2019, but that was thwarted by the uncertainties of the COVID-19 breakout.

Maddox offered no details on what the remodeling would include.

“What we want to do is we want to come out of ‘21 and go into ’22 with brand-new room product and this is not just a soft refurb or rag job. This is a full remodel of these rooms and I think it’s really going to be a competitive edge for us going into 2022.”

Marilyn Spiegel, president of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore, said the company is focusing on building RevPAR — revenue per available room. For the first quarter of 2021, the average daily room rate at Wynn was $178 a night, 39.5 percent less than it was in 2020’s first quarter. RevPAR was at $108, 11.5 percent off 202o’s first quarter.

The company is working to keep rates and RevPAR higher to encourage guests who will spend more freely in Wynn restaurants and on retail items, and pay for entertainment and shows when those amenities return.

“It’s going to be a slow ramp-up. We’ll start in mid-July and finish by the end of the year,” Spiegel said during the call. “We’ve got so much to look forward to in 2022 and we want to be totally prepared for that.”

Maddox pointed out that the timing of the remodeling will be good for the company because Wynn really hasn’t used its new 400,000-square-foot conference center that opened in early 2020, but was shut down by COVID-19 restrictions in March of that year. Maddox said the company recently wrapped up hosting a 600-person show in the conference center and it was completed “without a hitch.”

A more intensive schedule will occur in the months ahead.

“While the back half of ‘21 looks good, ’22 is really strong,” he said.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/wynn-las-vegas-rooms-to-get-a-200m-makeover-2350819/

[wild_turkey 3159]

He said the company had a plan to remodel rooms in 2019, but that was thwarted by the uncertainties of the COVID-19 breakout.

Did Wynn predict the future? In 2019 they were worried about Covid uncertainties?

[Lurch 5931]

How? That’s like $40k per room!

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Did Wynn predict the future? In 2019 they were worried about Covid uncertainties?

Think the wording there not totally clear. The plan was hatched in 2019 to remodel and likely the remodel was to start in 2020 but then got suspended due to the pandemic.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

How? That’s like $40k per room!

I was on the call yesterday and the CEO was making a big deal about this remodel not being some half hearted or basic measure but rather some version of a full refresh for the rooms. They want it to be completed and ready for the anticipated 2022 full return of the convention/meeting business.

[closetojumping 62741]

I just did the long weekend in Vegas with my wife and we had a great time. It helps that we came home winners due to the craps table. 

Mon Ami Gabi, Bevette’s, Bardot, Piero’s and Bouchon were all excellent. Can’t lose with the French restaurants for brunch or dinner. Piero’s is a fun Italian joint that I look forward to visiting. 

The masks constantly and the plexiglass barriers make it a really different gambling experience for the worse. You not only can’t hear shit from the dealers, you more or less can’t hear shit from the person next to you. They say it is all coming down soon and they need it to in order for people to have a better time. 

I will say that right now, the strip has a much, much lower class of clientele circling throughout. Yeah, I said it. Tons of people completely trashing up the floors of the casinos, the walks, the elevators, you name it. Lot of fat asses wearing skin tight half shirts and dresses riding up their asses and dudes with face tats openly vaping weed in the casino and getting yelled at by employees. I mean, it was worse than visiting a gambling boat in Louisiana from that perspective. I’ve never seen it close to that miserable in terms of trashy people bouncing around everywhere.  Cab drivers, uber drivers and dealers all openly commented about it regarding Vegas “being back” and saying, yeah, traffic is back, but not good traffic. They’re claiming it’s people spending their free pandemic money on great deals from the casinos. I tend to view takes like that as overly simplistic, but whatever the fuck is going on, it is noticeable and stunning. 

Also, the cab and uber shortage is real. We walked from Bouchon in The Venetian to Aria on Saturday night with my wife in high heels as a result. The strip that evening was amazing. The entire walk reeked of weed. We witnessed two fights and my wife was catcalled by the riff and the raff probably 20 times. I found that part absurdly par for the course, and it confirmed to her that this Vegas isn’t normal Vegas. I’m not sure how often she’s been on the strip at night, so I don’t fully view that as confirmation to what I saw regarding people, but it certainly doesn’t dissuade my view either. In any event, if the taxi line hadn’t been 60 minutes at 10:30 pm, we’d never have walked the strip in the first place. 

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Good trip report. The plexiglass should be coming down all over the Strip soon. Not sure on the masks for the casino floor but at least mostly gone for the pool areas (weird posted rules for now).

The weed has been a burgeoning issue for awhile. Pretty much sucks. The riff-raff situation may possibly work itself out over time as room rates bump back up. Fingers crossed. The Wynn call actually addressed it and I will paraphrase and use my own interpretation of what they said: their own regular customers were fed up with the dregs of society over running the property, so management just bumped up the prices high enough and that has mostly fixed the glitch. The anticipated fall return of convention business could help in that regard as well.

[MidTexHorn 822]

Heading out the first weekend in June, staying in a comped room at Palazzo. People who gamble like me (couple thousand gambling bankroll max for the weekend) don't normally get comped rooms at places like Palazzo, so that tells you something about the clientele situation in Vegas right now. Expecting a bit of a shit show, given everything I've been hearing including the previous trip report. I've booked our group dinners at Mon Ami Gabi, Carbone and Momofuku, breakfast at Bouchon one morning and we have a pool cabana booked one day where we'll just eat breakfast and lunch at the pool. Gonna see Absinthe, second time for us but some in our group haven't see it yet.

If anyone has any cool new bar or restaurant recommendations, I'm listening. It's been a couple years.

[TXSooner518 2438]

Yeah, we were there April 18-25 and would mirror what CTJ said. We still had a great time overall, but "noticeable and stunning" would be very accurate. 

We added The Henry (Cosmo) to our rotation, and really liked it. It's open for late night and breakfast/brunch. I had a short rib benedict that was awesome and my wife had a brioche French toast that was ginormous and delish. 

Restaurants on the fly were also pretty tricky. We wanted to do Yardbird at the V, I busted my tournament, so we tried to get added to the list and literally they wouldn't take any more names and it was like 715 with them closing at 10. We booked a next-night reservation. We enjoyed it, but was tough after a full day drinking and sunning at the pool, so need another shot at some point. 

We ate at:

Grand Lux
Mon Ami Gabi
Secret Pizza
Yardbird
Peppermill
Wicked Spoon
Gordon Ramsay Pub
The Henry
Andiamo
Bouchon

and didn't have a single bad meal or experience.

Def check out Circa downtown!

Edited May 11, 2021 by TXSooner518

[hornbri 1399]

37 minutes ago, MidTexHorn said:

Heading out the first weekend in June, staying in a comped room at Palazzo. People who gamble like me (couple thousand gambling bankroll max for the weekend) don't normally get comped rooms at places like Palazzo, so that tells you something about the clientele situation in Vegas right now. Expecting a bit of a shit show, given everything I've been hearing including the previous trip report. I've booked our group dinners at Mon Ami Gabi, Carbone and Momofuku, breakfast at Bouchon one morning and we have a pool cabana booked one day where we'll just eat breakfast and lunch at the pool. Gonna see Absinthe, second time for us but some in our group haven't see it yet.

If anyone has any cool new bar or restaurant recommendations, I'm listening. It's been a couple years.

We are going the 2nd weekend in June and have some similar plans (rooms at Aria, booked Bouchon, Jaleo, Picasso, Majordomo, and a cabana one day.

I made a reservation for skybar one evening for a new bar experience ( I hav been once before and it is a really great view). 

[Angry Gorilla 1768]

1 hour ago, MidTexHorn said:

Gonna see Absinthe, second time for us but some in our group haven't see it yet.

I've seen it 3 times.  They cycle through acts, so there will be ones you haven't seen.  The Gazillionaire comedy is pretty much the same though.

[MidTexHorn 822]

2 hours ago, Angry Gorilla said:

I've seen it 3 times.  They cycle through acts, so there will be ones you haven't seen.  The Gazillionaire comedy is pretty much the same though.

That's fine. I'll be drunk. I'll laugh and be entertained I'm sure. With my shitty gambling luck, the $200 ticket for 75 minutes of entertainment is a bargain.

[MidTexHorn 822]

Anyone done Beauty & Essex at Cosmopolitan. Seems like a place the chicks might dig.

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

7 hours ago, MidTexHorn said:

 Gonna see Absinthe, second time for us but some in our group haven't see it yet.

If anyone has any cool new bar or restaurant recommendations, I'm listening. It's been a couple years.

Wife and I have seen it twice; second time was on the front row.  I was the "Republican" for the Gazillionaire.

 

[MirrOlure 14787]

Taking “family” (wife, adult sons and girlfriends) over the July 4th weekend, and planning to stay at Caesars.

Any input on choosing one tower over the others? We do plan to gamble, and also spend at least a half day at a pool.

[Angry Gorilla 1768]

20 hours ago, MidTexHorn said:

Anyone done Beauty & Essex at Cosmopolitan. Seems like a place the chicks might dig.

I love Beauty & Essex, and chicks definitely dig it.

[Zwylde 812]

4 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

Taking “family” (wife, adult sons and girlfriends) over the July 4th weekend, and planning to stay at Caesars.

Any input on choosing one tower over the others? We do plan to gamble, and also spend at least a half day at a pool.

Just got back from Caesars.  Palace Tower is by far the farthest from the main entrance so VERY long walks back from the Strip etc.  However, it is merely feet from the Pool entrance.  The line starts forming at 8:30am for the 9:00am opening.  By 10:00am chairs will be hard to come by be prepared to empty your bank account if you are drinking.  If you don't want to fight the morning crowd, it appeared as though if you waited until about 2 or so, the morning rush of people began to slowly filter out and chairs were easier to find.  Hopefully they will have removed the ridiculous mask requirement when not in pool by then.  

 

And totally agree on the Strip clientele and smell.  I love Vegas for the people watching but it was significantly different this year.  

Edited May 12, 2021 by Zwylde

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

 

For the surly 1 percenters, here you go:

https://www.wynnsocial.com/wfc

 

Edited May 12, 2021 by Francisco 2.0

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Park MGM plexiglass uninstall underway

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

LAS VEGAS, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts International ("MGM Resorts") (NYSE: MGM) announced today that the Nevada Gaming Control Board has approved a return to 100 percent occupancy and no social distancing on the gaming floors located inside the company's Las Vegas Strip properties. Those properties include:

Bellagio Resort & Casino
ARIA Resort & Casino
MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Park MGM
The Mirage Hotel & Casino
New York-New York Hotel & Casino
Luxor Hotel and Casino
Excalibur Hotel & Casino

"This is yet another major milestone in Las Vegas' incredible recovery and a testament to the importance of vaccination in the effort to fully reopen our community," said MGM Resorts CEO & President Bill Hornbuckle. "We will continue working to vaccinate as many people as possible and remain vigilant with health and safety protocols designed to protect our employees, guests and community. This vital work must continue for us to defeat this virus, and MGM Resorts is committed to doing our part to get it done."

The waiver was granted based on MGM Resorts' work to vaccinate its workforce and applies only to gaming floors. Current 80 percent occupancy restrictions and three-feet social distancing policies remain in effect outside of the gaming floors, including at restaurants, pools and other non-gaming areas and activities. Additional health and safety protocols will continue, including applicable mask mandates, based on regulatory requirements and expert guidance.

MGM Resorts has made vaccinating its workforce, partners and the surrounding community one of its top priorities and has taken comprehensive steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The company's ongoing vaccination efforts include:

ON-SITE VACCINATIONS: MGM Resorts piloted the Las Vegas Strip's first on-site vaccine clinic for employees, using Community Ambulance as its provider at no cost to employees. Located inside the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, MGM Resorts' clinic has vaccinated thousands of employees, their families, third-party partners and entertainers. MGM Resorts has also partnered with Community Ambulance to do pop-up vaccine clinics at every one of its Las Vegas properties to remove even more barriers for employees to receive the vaccine.

VACCINE INCENTIVE CAMPAIGN: To further increase vaccination rates among its employees, MGM Resorts launched the internal "Show Your Vaxx" incentive campaign. By uploading their CDC vaccination cards into MGM Resorts' internal portal, employees are entered into drawings for a chance to win a variety of prizes, including show tickets, restaurant vouchers, spa vouchers, hotel stays/experiences and cash. The program is designed to reward employees who have been vaccinated with both monetary prizes and the chance to enjoy the very best that MGM Resorts has to offer, free of charge.

VACCINE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN: As employees became eligible for vaccination, MGM Resorts launched an internal education campaign, "Get the Facts About the Vaxx" – a robust employee-focused campaign designed to emphasize the importance of vaccination to the community's health and economic recovery. The campaign featured video content and testimonials from community and company leaders promoting the benefits of vaccination and its role as an essential tool for defeating COVID-19.

https://investors.mgmresorts.com/investors/news-releases/press-release-details/2021/MGM-Resorts-Returning-To-Full-Gaming-Floor-Occupancy-At-Las-Vegas-Properties/default.aspx?prop_code=corp

[Grumpy Camel 2]

Headed out to Caesars this weekend.  Just me and my wife this trip, so not expecting to do anything crazy. 

Im not liking the reports of "different" clientele currently occupying the Strip.  Will report back next week.

[DeepEastTexas 644]

On 5/11/2021 at 8:09 AM, closetojumping said:

The masks constantly and the plexiglass barriers make it a really different gambling experience for the worse. You not only can’t hear shit from the dealers, you more or less can’t hear shit from the person next to you. They say it is all coming down soon and they need it to in order for people to have a better time. 

I will say that right now, the strip has a much, much lower class of clientele circling throughout. Yeah, I said it. Tons of people completely trashing up the floors of the casinos, the walks, the elevators, you name it. Lot of fat asses wearing skin tight half shirts and dresses riding up their asses and dudes with face tats openly vaping weed in the casino and getting yelled at by employees. I mean, it was worse than visiting a gambling boat in Louisiana from that perspective. I’ve never seen it close to that miserable in terms of trashy people bouncing around everywhere.  Cab drivers, uber drivers and dealers all openly commented about it regarding Vegas “being back” and saying, yeah, traffic is back, but not good traffic. They’re claiming it’s people spending their free pandemic money on great deals from the casinos. I tend to view takes like that as overly simplistic, but whatever the fuck is going on, it is noticeable and stunning. 

Also, the cab and uber shortage is real. We walked from Bouchon in The Venetian to Aria on Saturday night with my wife in high heels as a result. The strip that evening was amazing. The entire walk reeked of weed. We witnessed two fights and my wife was catcalled by the riff and the raff probably 20 times. I found that part absurdly par for the course, and it confirmed to her that this Vegas isn’t normal Vegas. I’m not sure how often she’s been on the strip at night, so I don’t fully view that as confirmation to what I saw regarding people, but it certainly doesn’t dissuade my view either. In any event, if the taxi line hadn’t been 60 minutes at 10:30 pm, we’d never have walked the strip in the first place. 

All of this.  Fucking all of it.  I could have just as easily written that review word for word....other than the part about the wife. 

I went the weekend of the Masters back in April with 8 other friends, and it was just a low class experience on the strip.  So much weed, and like you said, several guys getting into scraps.  Some of our crew stayed at Nomad at the Park MGM and others stayed at the Cromwell.  The walk between the two was intolerable over the course of the weekend.

Spent most of Saturday downtown at Circa watching the Masters.  That Sports Book is amazing.  The casino...high dollar.  Table minimums on Craps was $25 everywhere in Circa.  That's insane.  Freemont was more enjoyable than the Strip.

Really enjoyed Cannery Casino away from the Strip and downtown.  $5 tables, and a good time.  Fun dealers on the Craps tables.

Uber trip report is accurate.  Took forever to get Uber/Lyft rides, and in some cases, they got cancelled.  Drivers I talked to said the same thing you mentioned.  Traffic is back, not the good kind.  Drivers won't come back to drive for Uber/Lyft because they're still collecting benefits. 

Places we ate:

EAT - downtown; really good breakfast spot.  I really enjoyed, affordable and very good.

Joe's in Caesars - always a go to for our crew.  They wouldn't seat more than 4 at a table, but we managed. 

Bavette's - really good, in the Park MGM

Giada at the Cromwell - good, pricey, but good.  Nice breakfast spot.

[hornbri 1399]

On 5/11/2021 at 9:43 AM, bigup2dahorns said:

The weed has been a burgeoning issue for awhile. Pretty much sucks. 

Curious on this, why is it much different than the smoke smell that has always been all over Vegas. Is it that the smell is that bad, or is the issue that the class of people who partake is different?

Trying to get at what the true issue is (I say this as a surly poster who also likes weed). 

[MidTexHorn 822]

Cross posting this from the Gambling board just in case someone here doesn't visit there.

Heading to Vegas in a few weeks, staying at Palazzo. Taking my sister and her daughter (no pics) and want to show them a good time for their first Vegas trip. I have dinners, shows, pool cabana, etc. plans taken care of. I'll gamble at Palazzo and other places on the Strip, but I would like to get them some gambling experience for low dollars. They don't have much money and will be scared off by high minimums. Would like to take them somewhere that's fun, reasonably nice and not too gross, hopefully a short cab ride from the Palazzo, that has low table limits. I've heard that limits under $25 are pretty much impossible to find on the Strip right now and even hard to find downtown. I'm thinking some sort of nicer locals place maybe.

Ideas?

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Cross posting this from the Gambling board just in case someone here doesn't visit there.

Heading to Vegas in a few weeks, staying at Palazzo. Taking my sister and her daughter (no pics) and want to show them a good time for their first Vegas trip. I have dinners, shows, pool cabana, etc. plans taken care of. I'll gamble at Palazzo and other places on the Strip, but I would like to get them some gambling experience for low dollars. They don't have much money and will be scared off by high minimums. Would like to take them somewhere that's fun, reasonably nice and not too gross, hopefully a short cab ride from the Palazzo, that has low table limits. I've heard that limits under $25 are pretty much impossible to find on the Strip right now and even hard to find downtown. I'm thinking some sort of nicer locals place maybe.

Ideas?

Ellis Island casino. Not too far away, lower limits, friendly dealers, really fun place. It’s a locals favorite. And they make their own beer on site.

[SizzleChest 8284]

I’m going in two weeks (Thurs-Sat).  MGM, so good to see they’ll be opened 100%.  Buddy’s host is taking care of all our transportation needs, so we’re going to try and hit some restaurants off the strip and we won’t have to worry about a 2 hour wait to or from McCarran.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Curious on this, why is it much different than the smoke smell that has always been all over Vegas. Is it that the smell is that bad, or is the issue that the class of people who partake is different?
Trying to get at what the true issue is (I say this as a surly poster who also likes weed). 

I think the distinction is that previously there was little to no smell of smoke when walking outside on the Strip and that has changed drastically and smells bad. Yes inside the casinos typically smelled of cigarette smoke.

They are working on passing some legislation to have smoking lounges for the weed, so perhaps the whole situation will improve at some point.

[DeepEastTexas 644]

38 minutes ago, bigup2dahorns said:

I think the distinction is that previously there was little to no smell of smoke when walking outside on the Strip and that has changed drastically and smells bad. Yes inside the casinos typically smelled of cigarette smoke.

They are working on passing some legislation to have smoking lounges for the weed, so perhaps the whole situation will improve at some point.

I agree with this.  It was one thing to have people smoking on the strip, but I never noticed the smell or the clouds of smoke.  This last time with the weed being so dominant, it's literally all I could smell from the pedestrian bridge at Cosmo to Caesars.  The class of people are different as well.  The smell in the casinos off the strip was overwhelming too.  

[DeepEastTexas 644]

3 hours ago, MidTexHorn said:

Cross posting this from the Gambling board just in case someone here doesn't visit there.

Heading to Vegas in a few weeks, staying at Palazzo. Taking my sister and her daughter (no pics) and want to show them a good time for their first Vegas trip. I have dinners, shows, pool cabana, etc. plans taken care of. I'll gamble at Palazzo and other places on the Strip, but I would like to get them some gambling experience for low dollars. They don't have much money and will be scared off by high minimums. Would like to take them somewhere that's fun, reasonably nice and not too gross, hopefully a short cab ride from the Palazzo, that has low table limits. I've heard that limits under $25 are pretty much impossible to find on the Strip right now and even hard to find downtown. I'm thinking some sort of nicer locals place maybe.

Ideas?

Look up Cannery.  I really enjoyed playing there.  $5 Craps tables that went up to $10 after 8pm.  Lower minimums around the casino on other games too.

[hornbri 1399]

That’s crazy. I had not imagined it was that predominant but it I guess it makes sense. 

[conVINCEd 21469]

I’m pro-legalization, imbibe on occasion, and the Strip smelling like a stoner’s apartment makes me not want to go.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

 

 

 

[SydneyCarton 48108]

17 hours ago, DeepEastTexas said:

 

Spent most of Saturday downtown at Circa watching the Masters.  That Sports Book is amazing.  The casino...high dollar.  Table minimums on Craps was $25 everywhere in Circa.  That's insane.  Freemont was more enjoyable than the Strip.

 

EATS is fucking great. We were there a few years back. Enjoyed the trivia cards during breakfast. 

 

@closetojumping

 

This might be worth it. We can reserve a both of 6 for $1500, which is obviously pricey, but gives us a lot more flexability. I'm not sure we'd have more than 6 guys at a time. Downsides are we can't roll back to our rooms for breaks or whatever. Per chair is $175, we could just get a whole row. 

https://www.circalasvegas.com/sportsbook/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=sportsbook



 

Edited May 13, 2021 by SydneyCarton

[MidTexHorn 822]

23 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

EATS is fucking great. We were there a few years back. Enjoyed the trivia cards during breakfast. 

 

@closetojumping

 

This might be worth it. We can reserve a both of 6 for $1500, which is obviously pricey, but gives us a lot more flexability. I'm not sure we'd have more than 6 guys at a time. Downsides are we can't roll back to our rooms for breaks or whatever. Per chair is $175, we could just get a whole row. 

https://www.circalasvegas.com/sportsbook/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=sportsbook



 

What dates are $1,500 for a booth? Any clue on if you can book for March Madness yet or when they open that up?

[SydneyCarton 48108]

2 minutes ago, MidTexHorn said:

What dates are $1,500 for a booth? Any clue on if you can book for March Madness yet or when they open that up?

I mean, I was looking at fall dates for college football, and went as far as November and some of the booths were already listed as sold out. So, I don't see why you can't go see about march. 

[MidTexHorn 822]

12 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I mean, I was looking at fall dates for college football, and went as far as November and some of the booths were already listed as sold out. So, I don't see why you can't go see about march. 

Went and checked. They are just taking inquiries that far out. No pricing info.

[threesheets 1673]

On 5/11/2021 at 8:09 AM, closetojumping said:

I just did the long weekend in Vegas with my wife and we had a great time. It helps that we came home winners due to the craps table. 

Mon Ami Gabi, Bevette’s, Bardot, Piero’s and Bouchon were all excellent. Can’t lose with the French restaurants for brunch or dinner. Piero’s is a fun Italian joint that I look forward to visiting. 

The masks constantly and the plexiglass barriers make it a really different gambling experience for the worse. You not only can’t hear shit from the dealers, you more or less can’t hear shit from the person next to you. They say it is all coming down soon and they need it to in order for people to have a better time. 

I will say that right now, the strip has a much, much lower class of clientele circling throughout. Yeah, I said it. Tons of people completely trashing up the floors of the casinos, the walks, the elevators, you name it. Lot of fat asses wearing skin tight half shirts and dresses riding up their asses and dudes with face tats openly vaping weed in the casino and getting yelled at by employees. I mean, it was worse than visiting a gambling boat in Louisiana from that perspective. I’ve never seen it close to that miserable in terms of trashy people bouncing around everywhere.  Cab drivers, uber drivers and dealers all openly commented about it regarding Vegas “being back” and saying, yeah, traffic is back, but not good traffic. They’re claiming it’s people spending their free pandemic money on great deals from the casinos. I tend to view takes like that as overly simplistic, but whatever the fuck is going on, it is noticeable and stunning. 

Also, the cab and uber shortage is real. We walked from Bouchon in The Venetian to Aria on Saturday night with my wife in high heels as a result. The strip that evening was amazing. The entire walk reeked of weed. We witnessed two fights and my wife was catcalled by the riff and the raff probably 20 times. I found that part absurdly par for the course, and it confirmed to her that this Vegas isn’t normal Vegas. I’m not sure how often she’s been on the strip at night, so I don’t fully view that as confirmation to what I saw regarding people, but it certainly doesn’t dissuade my view either. In any event, if the taxi line hadn’t been 60 minutes at 10:30 pm, we’d never have walked the strip in the first place. 

I just read that sitting on the tarmac about to head that way for a soccer showcase with my oldest.  FML.

[RPM 26322]

3 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 

$12k isn't going to get you nosebleed endzone seats for the KC game.

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

20 minutes ago, RPM said:

$12k isn't going to get you nosebleed endzone seats for the KC game.

Some years back people were openly questioning on Shag why the Raiders would even bother to move to Vegas.  Not a pro town, they said.  Will be a flop.  People would rather gamble.

$12K tickets for the first game of the season against the Ravens (a good team, to be fair) is proof that the market wanted this product.  Plus add in the Wynn Field Club (my God, what kind of money is that gonna generate) and other kinds of casino tie-ins it's no wonder the NFL was giddy about this move.  They are going to print money.  Imagine if the Raiders were worth a shit.

It's not going to be Raiders fans paying these kinds of prices, but fans of visiting teams.  When the schedule came out yesterday, my wife was bummed that the Cowboys game was going to be in Arlington; had it been in Vegas, she wanted to go.  

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Just now, Francisco 2.0 said:

It's not going to be Raiders fans paying these kinds of prices, but fans of visiting teams.  When the schedule came out yesterday, my wife was bummed that the Cowboys game was going to be in Arlington; had it been in Vegas, she wanted to go. 

Local Raiders fans are going to be sol. It's going to be 98% out of town high rollers/corporate/fans.

[DeepEastTexas 644]

3 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

EATS is fucking great. We were there a few years back. Enjoyed the trivia cards during breakfast. 

 

@closetojumping

 

This might be worth it. We can reserve a both of 6 for $1500, which is obviously pricey, but gives us a lot more flexability. I'm not sure we'd have more than 6 guys at a time. Downsides are we can't roll back to our rooms for breaks or whatever. Per chair is $175, we could just get a whole row. 

https://www.circalasvegas.com/sportsbook/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=sportsbook



 

We didn't pay anything to watch the Masters there.  I sat 4 seats in on the third row of that section under the green odds TV.  Booths were still reserved, but they didn't say shit to us about sitting anywhere else.

Really cool place, just pricey.

[SydneyCarton 48108]

7 minutes ago, DeepEastTexas said:

We didn't pay anything to watch the Masters there.  I sat 4 seats in on the third row of that section under the green odds TV.  Booths were still reserved, but they didn't say shit to us about sitting anywhere else.

Really cool place, just pricey.

College and NFL season are different animals. Usually I'm at a sports book by 6 am to reserve seats for us at a place that is first come first serve. 

[DeepEastTexas 644]

2 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

College and NFL season are different animals. Usually I'm at a sports book by 6 am to reserve seats for us at a place that is first come first serve. 

Gotcha.  I figured March Madness would be different, but since it was April, I wasn't even thinking about football.  They sure as shit don't show futbol.  I asked about El Classico, since it was being played while we were there, and they wouldn't show it.  The United Tottenham match the next day was a "no go" too. 

[SydneyCarton 48108]

Just now, DeepEastTexas said:

Gotcha.  I figured March Madness would be different, but since it was April, I wasn't even thinking about football.  They sure as shit don't show futbol.  I asked about El Classico, since it was being played while we were there, and they wouldn't show it.  The United Tottenham match the next day was a "no go" too. 

That's strange. The Aria absolutely shows soccer matches when were there and sometimes F1 racing as well.