Las Vegas go hard or go home thread

[RPM 26318]

Rules.

Also, for the record, everything from the knees down is fucking shot. I'm in serious pain here.

[Underdog 28584]

Certainly would after a few blue drinks in the glass skull mugs from TI. 

[GreenspointTexas 9598]

Yikes

[pepper brooks 580]

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[pepper brooks 580]

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[RPM 26318]

Getting my old Harley tat covered.

Going with a Cutterman's pin.

Edited September 3, 2019 by RPM

[RPM 26318]

I don't leave until tomorrow afternoon, but right now I am up $800

[Angry Gorilla 1766]

On 8/30/2019 at 11:52 PM, Wally Pryor said:

One cool, sunrise pic from the Cosmo.  Wish I could take credit.

 

That's the view I usually see when I'm telling myself that if I chug a giant water and get 3 hours of sleep I'll be just fine for the Marquee pool party.

[burns_312 353]

Rules.
Also, for the record, everything from the knees down is fucking shot. I'm in serious pain here.

I feel like I’ve sat in the exact seat that she is sitting in. Whiskey Licker directly behind her about 15’?


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[RPM 26318]

3 hours ago, burns_312 said:

Whiskey Licker directly behind her about 15’?

Yup. They are building on to it hence the manlift and bare steel.

[burns_312 353]

8 hours ago, RPM said:

Yup. They are building on to it hence the manlift and bare steel.

Nice, I got fucked up drinking 32oz bourbon and waters from Whiskey Licker while listening to an 80's rock band at that open air stage on New Year's Day 2018. 

[RPM 26318]

I was hitting Tito's & 7 w/lime pretty hard. OK, final tally for the trip I would up $400 down. Should have left a day earlier. Of course when I was packing to come home I discovered I lost my car keys. Great... So I landed at DFW, rented a car to drive home and get my spare key then drove back to DFW to get my car. Think they fell out of my pocket on the flight to Vegas. My phone did, but I heard it fall and was able to find it between the seats. Key was probably under the phone.

[Armybrat 40824]

On 9/3/2019 at 3:56 PM, Angry Gorilla said:

That's the view I usually see when I'm telling myself that if I chug a giant water and get 3 hours of sleep I'll be just fine for the Marquee pool party.

Have one somewhere that I took from pretty close to your posted pic, except it was in the morning.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Some recent Las Vegas updates:

Sounds like a major shift is underway on housekeeping service on the Strip. I just stayed at Caesars Palace and for declining the daily service you receive a $10 resort credit. Didn’t see much of the cleaning crew on my floor during the entire stay. And now it looks like MGM properties are headed in the same direction.

The companies seem focused on driving labor costs down. Casino floor space is shifting slightly away from live dealer table games to electronic table games.

Also, for football fans, at Caesars Palace, every seat is booked on a typical Saturday/Sunday at the sports book. It’s dynamic pricing but I was quoted at $150 per seat on Saturday. Gone are the days of arriving early to secure somewhere to sit. So plan accordingly.

[Angry Gorilla 1766]

Have one somewhere that I took from pretty close to your posted pic, except it was in the morning.

I was talking about the morning too


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[Armybrat 40824]

1 hour ago, bigup2dahorns said:

Some recent Las Vegas updates:

Sounds like a major shift is underway on housekeeping service on the Strip. I just stayed at Caesars Palace and for declining the daily service you receive a $10 resort credit. Didn’t see much of the cleaning crew on my floor during the entire stay. And now it looks like MGM properties are headed in the same direction.

The companies seem focused on driving labor costs down. Casino floor space is shifting slightly away from live dealer table games to electronic table games.

Also, for football fans, at Caesars Palace, every seat is booked on a typical Saturday/Sunday at the sports book. It’s dynamic pricing but I was quoted at $150 per seat on Saturday. Gone are the days of arriving early to secure somewhere to sit. So plan accordingly.

Cheapskate fuckers should waive the whole resort fee gouge. 

[RPM 26318]

6 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Cheapskate fuckers should waive the whole resort fee gouge. 

Some of the downtown properties are waiving resort fees but charging $14.99 a day for wifi. Meanwhile, MGM just hiked theirs to $45.

Edited September 10, 2019 by RPM

[shakahorn 1645]

7 hours ago, RPM said:

Some of the downtown properties are waiving resort fees but charging $14.99 a day for wifi. Meanwhile, MGM just hiked theirs to $45.

With the possible (and I use that word very lightly) exception of the Golden Nugget, none of the downtown properties can be classified as "resorts."  They should just call them "dive fees."

[Angry Gorilla 1766]

10 hours ago, RPM said:

 Meanwhile, MGM just hiked theirs to $45.

Vegas is the only city that can get away with that.  If you are there on business, then you are probably expensing it and it doesn't really matter what they charge.  If you are there for pleasure, you're only in your room to catch a few hours of sleep and go into the trip with zero intention of using wifi so they can charge whatever they want and it won't scare you away.

[Landomatic 3813]

5 minutes ago, Angry Gorilla said:

Vegas is the only city that can get away with that.

Not true.  I just got back from Miami and paid this per night...

3% Occupancy Tax - $23.26

7% State Room Tax - $54.26

4% Local Room Tax - $31.01

Resort Fee - $40.00

Resort Fee Tax - $5.60

Over $150 per night in fees and taxes is borderline criminal.  I remember something similar last time I went to NYC.  Shit's spreading.

[pepper brooks 580]

I can tell you the Encore is definitely saving money on their air filtration system.  Damn near every square inch of the place from check in to the mall stores smells like a freaking dirty ash tray.  Don't get that at many of the other places that feature just as many smokers.  For whatever reason the Encore just seemed to not be up to snuff on their filtration.  It was definitely an issue for me.  

[Landomatic 3813]

7 minutes ago, pepper brooks said:

I can tell you the Encore is definitely saving money on their air filtration system.  Damn near every square inch of the place from check in to the mall stores smells like a freaking dirty ash tray.  Don't get that at many of the other places that feature just as many smokers.  For whatever reason the Encore just seemed to not be up to snuff on their filtration.  It was definitely an issue for me.  

And they used to have the cleanest air on the strip and it wasn't even close.  She just ain't the same since getting rid of ole Steve-o.

[pepper brooks 580]

Palazzo has much better system these days. Place smells like lavender. Does seems things at the encore are a bit less perfect than before Steve got #metood

[Armybrat 40824]

[Landomatic 3813]

2 hours ago, pepper brooks said:

Does seems things at the encore are a bit less perfect than before Steve got #metood

No doubt.  Couple of overly sensitive women had to ruin it for everyone.

[royiv 9268]

14 hours ago, Landomatic said:

Not true.  I just got back from Miami and paid this per night...

3% Occupancy Tax - $23.26

7% State Room Tax - $54.26

4% Local Room Tax - $31.01

Resort Fee - $40.00

Resort Fee Tax - $5.60

Over $150 per night in fees and taxes is borderline criminal.  I remember something similar last time I went to NYC.  Shit's spreading.

$775 per night room? Nice humblebrag.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

[Landomatic 3813]

2 hours ago, bigup2dahorns said:

 

Wonder if the Country Club is coming back too?  Used to love that place.  Started or ended just about every trip there for lunch.  Was always amazing food and service.  Last time we were there, Steve and his entourage were eating lunch a few tables away and the staff pretty much treated all of us all like we were with them.  Last truly great personal touch experience I had at the Wynn/Encore.  Ahhhh the good ole days.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Wonder if the Country Club is coming back too?  Used to love that place.

July 8 LVRJ:

Wynn Las Vegas announced Monday that a restaurant from culinary great Thomas Keller will open at the resort in fall 2020.

The restaurant will replace The Country Club at Wynn, but there’s no news on the scope of the new spot or even its name. Keller’s Bouchon Bistro has been a fixture at The Venetian since the Venezia Tower opened there in early 2004.

Keller’s other restaurants include The French Laundry, Bouchon Bistro, Ad Hoc + Addendum and La Calenda, all in Yountville, California (in the Napa Valley), Per Se and TAK Room in New York and The Surf Club Restaurant in Miami. Keller also operates Bouchon Bakeries in Las Vegas, Yountville and New York.

[Armybrat 40824]

1 hour ago, Landomatic said:

Wonder if the Country Club is coming back too?  Used to love that place.  Started or ended just about every trip there for lunch.  Was always amazing food and service.  Last time we were there, Steve and his entourage were eating lunch a few tables away and the staff pretty much treated all of us all like we were with them.  Last truly great personal touch experience I had at the Wynn/Encore.  Ahhhh the good ole days.

We had breakfast by the window overlooking that waterfall about 10 years ago.

groundskeepers were spraying. green dye on the greens from a riding mower.

wife had excellent French toast, I had scrambled eggs & bacon plate.... plus orange juice skim milk & coffee. $62 + tip.

[Incredulity 11655]

13 hours ago, Armybrat said:

We had breakfast by the window overlooking that waterfall about 10 years ago.

groundskeepers were spraying. green dye on the greens from a riding mower.

wife had excellent French toast, I had scrambled eggs & bacon plate.... plus orange juice skim milk & coffee. $62 + tip.

it wasn't dye.  It's marker to show where they have sprayed.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

[Zone Read 299]

On 9/10/2019 at 2:09 PM, Landomatic said:

Not true.  I just got back from Miami and paid this per night...

3% Occupancy Tax - $23.26

7% State Room Tax - $54.26

4% Local Room Tax - $31.01

Resort Fee - $40.00

Resort Fee Tax - $5.60

Over $150 per night in fees and taxes is borderline criminal.  I remember something similar last time I went to NYC.  Shit's spreading.

DC Attorney General recently filed against Marriott Hotels for charging resort fees.  I would guess you'll see them gone in a few years and baked into the price of the room cost.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Eater Vegas:

David Chang, the chef behind Momofuku at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, has some big plans for his upcoming Majordomo Meat & Fish at the Palazzo. Next door, he plans to open a slider restaurant modeled after White Manna, the slider burger institution in New Jersey.

Chang calls the sliders Tastys, served on King’s Hawaiian bread, with a choice of a beef mix or Impossible meat, cheese, and grilled onions. Think of this as the gourmet version of the White Castle burger.

The restaurant opens next to Majordomo, taking over the Carnevino space at the resort. So far, he hasn’t settled on a name for the restaurant. Majordomo opens this winter.

The Momofuku mastermind and growing TV personality debuted his fried chicken restaurant Fuku in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The quick-service chain, which has multiple locations in the East Coast, is part of a new ground floor food hall called SocialEats in Santa Monica, rumored to be entertaining a location in Las Vegas.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

[pepper brooks 580]

On 9/16/2019 at 10:55 AM, bigup2dahorns said:

 

first place I ever stayed in Vegas circa summer 1992.  It was the Ramada San Remo back then, and it was about as low rent, $hithole a place as I had ever stayed in my then 21 years of life.  I think only a spring break trip to stay at the Days Inn in Destin Florida may have been worse.  Pretty sure when hooters took over they did noting more than put up some orange paint.  surprised hooters last as long as it did.  Speaking of which, how the heck do Ecalibur, Tropicana, Luxor and even Bally's stay open.  Those places are all absolute dogs.  

[Landomatic 3813]

2 hours ago, pepper brooks said:

Speaking of which, how the heck do Ecalibur, Tropicana, Luxor and even Bally's stay open.  Those places are all absolute dogs.  

Never underestimate to appeal of dirt cheap rooms to a bunch of fucking degenerate gamblers

[RPM 26318]

2 hours ago, Landomatic said:

Never underestimate to appeal of dirt cheap rooms to a bunch of fucking degenerate gamblers

Kept that city alive for decades.

[Agent 13 314]

6 hours ago, pepper brooks said:

first place I ever stayed in Vegas circa summer 1992.  It was the Ramada San Remo back then, and it was about as low rent, $hithole a place as I had ever stayed in my then 21 years of life.  I think only a spring break trip to stay at the Days Inn in Destin Florida may have been worse.  Pretty sure when hooters took over they did noting more than put up some orange paint.  surprised hooters last as long as it did.  Speaking of which, how the heck do Ecalibur, Tropicana, Luxor and even Bally's stay open.  Those places are all absolute dogs.  

San Remo in 1989. God it was abysmal. Tried not to be there at all.

[Underdog 28584]

White Manna in Vegas?  FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

[TXSooner518 2438]

On 9/30/2019 at 3:18 PM, pepper brooks said:

first place I ever stayed in Vegas circa summer 1992.  It was the Ramada San Remo back then, and it was about as low rent, $hithole a place as I had ever stayed in my then 21 years of life.  I think only a spring break trip to stay at the Days Inn in Destin Florida may have been worse.  Pretty sure when hooters took over they did noting more than put up some orange paint.  surprised hooters last as long as it did.  Speaking of which, how the heck do Ecalibur, Tropicana, Luxor and even Bally's stay open.  Those places are all absolute dogs.  

Can't lump those properties in with Hooters. Trop and Bally's specifically have both had major renovations done. Actually feels modern and clean in both casinos, and the renovated rooms at Bally's are completely fine, with a perfect strip location. 

[squib 1120]

Been here since Monday, doing a little work and having a little fun. Staying at the Linq casino/hotel and have really liked it. Location is fantastic and the space is fairly modern. The sports book area is my new favorite. A huge departure from those massive walls of displays with a old cigar smokers all lined up in front. Check it out next time you are in town. 

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Opening tomorrow, one mile north of Fremont Street

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — It's the first for the state. It looks like a bar or brewery, but you can see behind the bar stool, bongs instead of bottles.

It's Nevada's first cannabis tasting lounge, and the staff is high on excitement.

While the state hasn't given the green light on these lounges, NuWu is on sovereign tribal land, and subject to tribal authority. That's why come Saturday, customers will be able to light up.

"In Nevada, it is the first," said Alfreda Mitre, a Paiute Tribe Councilwoman. "So we are looking foreword to providing this experience to our customers."

An experience she says will mirror a craft brewery or wine tasting room. Flights are designed for cannabis connoisseurs to sample products.

Waiters will be offering smoking and vaporizing options, along with edibles to customers inside.

But what about safety concerns? Mitre says NuWu will be monitoring.

"There is a time limit that will be in place," she said. "We do have budtenders that will be able to gently nudge the customer when they think their needs will be met."

NuWu may be the only lounge in Southern Nevada for the next few years.

While the city passed an ordinance allowing lounges earlier this year, Governor Sisolak signed Assembly Bill 533 in June that in part, created a two-year hold on lounge licensing so research could be done.

In a statement, the Governor's Office said in part:

"The cannabis control board...will strictly regulate the cannabis industry to protect public health and safety, as well as create a stable, predictable business environment to promote economic growth."

In the meantime, Mitre says NuWu is happy to fill in the gap and show how it can be done.

A spokesman for the City of Las Vegas says no cannabis lounges will open in the city, until the CCB has its findings.

NuWu says its staff members will also be working with Uber, Lyft and taxi services to make sure no one will be getting behind the wheel after partaking.

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

Wynn golf update (LA Times):

Wynn Las Vegas will debut its newly re-imagined golf course, which will be one of the most expensive places to play in America, on Oct. 11. The $550-a-round luxury experience will include lithium battery-powered golf carts, caddies and even Rolls-Royce cars that can fetch its high-rolling, off-property guests. It will also be the only golf course on the Strip, a feature that Wynn President Marilyn Spiegel says sets the casino resort apart from every other in Vegas.

“The next closest good golf course is 45 minutes away,” Spiegel said. “We know there’s a strong relationship between golf and gambling [in the casino], and a lot of gambling goes on between players on the golf course.”

Golf has been absent from Wynn and the Strip since 2017 when then-Chief Executive Steve Wynn shuttered the course to replace it with Wynn Paradise Park. The plan was to create a sprawling hotel, convention center and entertainment venue whose focal point would be a grand lake with a white sand beach and water skiing. Not long after the bulldozers moved in, Wynn resigned in 2018 amid sexual misconduct allegations, which he denies.

“Not only did we notice we lost 16,000 rounds of golf out there, 70% of which were cash, but we lost probably $10 million to $15 million worth of domestic casino business,” Wynn Resorts Chief Executive Matt Maddox said on an earnings call last year discussing the decision to scrap the lake.

“We weren’t really interested in building a large public swimming pool for the Las Vegas Strip,” Maddox said. “Now … we can put our golf course back in as an amenity.”

Maddox and his team wasted no time recruiting golf course architect Tom Fazio and son Logan to design the Wynn’s new course. The par-70 routing plays slightly shorter than Fazio’s original 2005 design but incorporates hundreds of mature trees, new greens, tees, eight entirely new holes — and a cash prize for anyone who lands a hole-in-one on No. 18.

Much of the impetus to reconstruct the golf course was rooted in Wynn’s customer demographics, Spiegel said.

“When you look at table games, the players are predominantly male, and our golf course skews the same way,” Spiegel said, adding that Wynn’s customers “are typically a group of guys who come to gamble and play golf and didn’t have a lot to do while their partners were in the spa. We brought the golf course back for them.”

Wynn’s management is also mindful that nearly a quarter of all Las Vegas visitors are Southern California residents.

“We want to make it easy for golfers who seek a luxury experience to come here. There are amazing golf courses in L.A., but every golfer wants to play a new course. And playing golf here will be more than just meeting your buddies for a Saturday round at home.”

Earlier this month, Wynn re-instituted free parking for all guests, a move that many hope will begin a trend throughout the city.

Next year, the resort will debut new restaurants from chef Thomas Keller overlooking the 18th green, and a contemporary Mexican concept from chef Enrique Olvera, adding to a fine-dining mix that already includes the well-regarded Costa Di Mare and SW Steakhouse.

“We’d never create a ho-hum golf experience at Wynn,” Spiegel said. “We take huge pride in everything we do, and we’ve done the same thing with the golf course. Imagine coming off the course and having a Thomas Keller steak or hamburger here. This is going to be a flawless experience.”

Info: Green fee costs $550, including forecaddies and cart. Golfers with a room reservation at Wynn Las Vegas or Encore can secure tee times 90 days in advance. Nonresort guests can reserve tee times 30 days in advance. Tee times: (702) 770-4653.

[RPM 26318]

NuWu gonna clean up. A 2 year headstart on the competition.

[6th Street 6390]

If any of you fools are going for CES, get your reservations in fast. My conference rate at Bellagio was $648/night + taxes and resort fees which comes out to almost $800. 

[drifter379 1106]

Sports book advice needed. First of all I’m not a gambler at all. But I’m in Vegas for the weekend and would like to watch the game tomorrow. How do I go about doing that at a sports book and not make an ass of my self for being clueless about the process?
Can I just grab a seat order drinks and watch the game or do I have to put money down?

[cactusflinthead 27598]

4 minutes ago, drifter379 said:

Sports book advice needed. First of all I’m not a gambler at all. But I’m in Vegas for the weekend and would like to watch the game tomorrow. How do I go about doing that at a sports book and not make an ass of my self for being clueless about the process?
Can I just grab a seat order drinks and watch the game or do I have to put money down?

Unless you are ready to part with money for no particular reason go there as an observer. If you have to gamble to stay then consider it a cover charge. 

 

Edited October 5, 2019 by cactusflinthead