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luminalflux posted:Edit: I've never really gambled either, should I start playing online poker to figure out how to play Texas Hold'Em or just not play poker at all while there? Vegas local/former tourist checking in. Poker - Yes, it's fun. Yes, most places have lessons. Yes, it can be a great way to make some easy cash when you're playing against a drunk Texan with more money than brains. THAT SAID - 95% of Vegas poker players are the biggest cunts you will ever have the displeasure of sharing oxygen with. They'll bitch if you take too long to make a move. They'll bitch if you play the "wrong" cards. They'll bitch if the dealer keeps having to tell you when to put blinds out. They're worse than a PMS'ing divorced secretary that used to be smoking hot 40 years ago and now just looks like life has given up on her. Seriously, I absolutely loving hate them all. I don't drink at all, but the pub at the Monte Carlo and the Triple 7 Restaurant at the Main Street Station downtown have fantastic microbrews. If you feel like spending a few bucks on a cab, the Ellis Island does microbrew beer and root beer, plus they have the best off-the-menu steak special anywhere.
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486 posted:awesome Thai restaurant called Komol. I can attest to how much 486 likes this place because he checks in there via Foursquare at least four times a day. It's getting kind of ridiculous at this point dude.
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Excalibur is a great place to stay. Don't stay at the Strat anymore if you can avoid it. Friends and family've told me a few times that they've had a lot of folks following them to their room, waiting by elevators, staring in at them at that carl's jr. across the street, etc. It sounds like it's getting kinda.. creepy and seedy. The area around the Strat is poo poo - there's no denying that - but they run some of the best daily poker tournaments in town. Plus with the rides on top of the tower, the under-21 crowd should be able to kill a decent amount of time there. Alas, there's nothing worthwhile around it, so expect to drive if you want to go anywhere.
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TheLing posted:Also i want to visit walmart (theres one 5 miles from rio) and eat at a mc donalds once(shouldn't be too hard to find right?) Stick around for a NASCAR race and you'll probably leave with a US passport.
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TheLing posted:For that part of the day i intend to just walk there and back, good excercise and i get to see the city more, and it's specifically walmart i'm intrested in visiting (read way too many stories about that place and i'm a retail worker back in Finland) Do you happen to know which Wal-Mart you're going to? I mean where it is/what cross streets? The closest one I can think of to the Rio would be Spring Mountain and Rainbow. That's a hefty uphill walk, but if you take Spring Mountain all the way up, at least you get to see Chinatown.
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Gatts posted:Otherwise I might just suck it and pay $650ish for a 3 star on the strip like the Rivera...that's a bad idea, right? Three star hotels are fine. If you spend more than 3 hours a day in your hotel room, you suck at Vegas.
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burnsep posted:I'm going to spend the weekend in Vegas in a couple of weeks, and I'm wondering about activities/shows/shopping etc. What are good areas for shopping (looking for upscale clothes, electronics and hiking gear)? What are good clubs for picking up girls, or what other places are good for meeting people who want to party? If you're on the strip, you've got four really good, mostly upscale malls you can window shop at - Crystals (City Center), Fashion Show Mall, Forum Shops (Caeser's Palace), and whatever the mall is called at Planet Hollywood. In all honesty, I spend almost zero time on the strip - I moved here five years ago and I think I've actually been to places on the strip about a dozen times. But those malls should cover what you're looking for. PrettyhateM posted:Ugh we are going this monday till thursday. Its not that I dont want to go, its just we planned on going with my girlfriends parents and they had to back out after we got rooms and tickets. So instead of losing 400 bucks on our deal, my girlfriend and I decided to still go on our own. The best way to limit your gambling is to only bring cash and your ID to the casino, and set a daily limit to how much you can lose. Leave the credit/debit cards back in the room. Shows will run $60 to $150 a ticket, depending on the show. It's definitely not the tourist season, but it's never empty. Downtown rules. The Griffin is slightly outside of the main downtown area (Fremont Street Experience). But if you're going over to that area, you may as well go across the street from the Griffin to Insert Coin(s).
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PrettyhateM posted:Thanks for the info, I know it was sorta touched on in this thread. But is there anything that is a must see while on the strip? We plan on walking around, but dont know what casinos are a "can't miss". Depends on what you mean by "can't miss". - If you just want "nice", Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, Aria, Cosmopolitan and the Wynn are your best bets. - If you want cool decor, then it's Venetian, Caeser's Palace, Mirage and the Luxor. Edit: And the Paris. Really like that place. - The MGM is cool to walk around since it's so.loving.big, but there's really no redeeming value beyond that. - NY NY has a section that feels like walking around the streets of NYC. - The Tropicana is old Vegas, but they just dumped a shitton of money into it very recently and gave it a nice facelift. - Downtown is downtown and the best place to people watch. - If you want to go to a place where girls who would normally rank as a 9 look like they're a 6, check out the Palms. - If you want to watch as truckers awkwardly try to pick up hookers, then go to the Wild Wild West. - You can basically skip Imperial Palace, O'Shea's, Flamingo and Casino Royale altogether. - Circus Circus is nice if you enjoy watching unsupervised children run around. - Ellis Island is a poo poo hole, but they have the best steak special in town (it's not on the menu, but trust me... $8 for a great steak, salad, potato, veggies and a glass of their micro brew beer or root beer.) I'm in a foul mood today since Pep Boys hosed up my brakes, so forgive me if I seem jaded.
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DrPain posted:Excuse me sir, but I am a card carrying member of the Ellis Island Passport Players Club. True, but ever since they bought the Village Pub chain, you can get the same steak special and micro brews (not sure about the ribs) without dealing with the meth addicts at the actual Ellis Island. But who am I to talk about shitholes? I spent two nights this week at the Poker Palace.
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janitorx posted:We are planning on staying downtown for our yearly Vegas trip after spending the last two mostly downtown. I think the only reason we'll leave downtown this time is to see Big Elvis at Bill's, and possibly hit the Double down/Hofbrauhaus near the Hardrock. Nice. I only did Frankie's once, and that was to eat Fukuburger. But I definitely liked the vibe in there. The Double Down is a loving diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive and I love it. Great place to see some good lesser-known touring bands. Don't bother with local Vegas bands. They're all terrible. There are two cool places right next to the Griffin that are pretty rad: The Beauty Bar and Don't Tell Mama. Beauty Bar has decent DJs in there some nights, so check event calendars online to see what's going on. Don't Tell Mama is a piano bar where they encourage people to be rowdy and sing along. Maybe not a great place for a bunch of drunk guys who want to talk about football, but definitely fun if you want to embarrass your buddy and make him sing Rocket Man over and over again. For microbrews, Main Street Station (downtown) has a really good selection and they've won a ton of awards for their brews. We've talked about Ellis Island/Village Pub, so that's another option. Or if you're in the mood to drive, Tenaya Creek usually has a really good selection of their own brews, and the link will show you places around town where you can get their beer on tap. I should also point out that I don't drink. I just spend a lot of time with drunks. Seriously... lots of time.
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JustinMorgan posted:As far as the hotels' actual rooms go, I doubt we would be spending much time in the room, but does anyone have any reccomendations? Advantages to staying in any particular hotel? Ya know, I read/post on a few different message boards, and it seems like every time Vegas comes up, people are like "Dudebro, you gotta spend the money and get a suite at Bellagio or Wynn. Forserious it's totally worth the extra cash." And I always try to be the voice of reason and remind people that if they're spending more than four hours a day in their room, they suck at Vegas. But I end up getting shouted down and just let people waste their money. Imperial Palace is a great location, TI, Flamingo, Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Bally's are all decently cheap options in a good, central location. Don't even bother looking at Circus Circus, Stratosphere or Palace Station. The south end of the Strip is, in my opinion, vastly underrated. Rooms at the Tropicana can be had for cheap, they just dumped a bunch of money into the place for renovations, and it's on the corner with Excalibur, NY NY, and MGM, as well as walking distance to Mandalay Bay and Luxor.
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Absinthe is supposed to be the next great show. Never seen it, but it's getting great great reviews.
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486 posted:Those casinos are pretty spread out, you'd spend more of your trip on the bus or more of your money on cabs than anywhere else. I think a rental car would be worth the investment if you're set on seeing all of those places Especially if you're doing every Station casino. The drive from Aliante to Sunset to Red Rock to Boulder would bankrupt you. Don't get me wrong - I love Station casinos and do 99% of my gaming there, but they're for locals who drive themselves there. Not the tourists getting there from the strip.
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When booking a hotel, make sure to check (either on the travel site or elsewhere on the net) for resort fees. There are plenty of places that seem like they're a good deal, then you get stuck with a $15/night fee for the amenities.
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Satisfaction Guaranteed posted:Any cheap tournaments of note? Or low stakes tables? http://www.allvegaspoker.com/tournaments.php There are low stakes tables all over the place, especially off the strip. The Tropicana tournament - if it runs (they may or may not have enough people signed up) - is a good cheap tournament. The Luxor game is usually decent as well. quote:Also, any good attractions around the Palace? Everything, really. Actually the Forum Shops at Caeser's is my favorite place to people-watch in Vegas. quote:Really out there question: I'm OBSESSED with the book and movie "Casino" are there any tours based on it? The Mob Experience at the Trop is the best I can think of right now. The Mob Museum doesn't open until the 14th.
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Satisfaction Guaranteed posted:2 more questions: Most hotels will let you leave your bags with the bell desk if you tell them you're a guest and waiting for family to arrive. That shouldn't be a problem. There are a ton of ranges around Vegas for shooting. There are even a few that let you do fully automatic weapons. I would just Google gun ranges in Vegas, price shop, and see which place looks the most interesting. Or, stop by the TFR forum and see if a local is willing to take you out. I'd volunteer but I have to mooch off my buddies as it is.
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tuckfard posted:For my bachelor party this summer my friends are deciding between TI, PH, and MC, which are more or less the same price. Any recommendations? Whichever is the cheapest. You're going to spend about 3 hours a night in that room. Who gives a gently caress what it's like?
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glu posted:Treasure Island has a free show, I believe it's a few times a night called Sirens of TI ... which is widely considered one of the worst shows - for free or not - in existence. The rest of your suggestions are pretty solid, but I would never even dream of sending someone to witness that visual abortion.
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KronicD posted:I'll be going back to Las Vegas for the fourth time very soon (mid July). This time I'll be there for 17 days total as I'm speaking at a few conferences. So one major thing is on my mind this time, good food. Albertson's, Smiths, Vons and Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market are all the major grocery store chains in town. We also have the Fresh & Easy and other natural-type stores, but none of those are 24 hours. There's also Sunflower Market, which isn't close to the strip and probably not worth the extra cab fare, but I know a few people who swear by that place for produce. As for liquor stores - I don't drink, but Lee's Discount Liquors has been voted Best In Vegas by the Review Journal for the last like 210801832 years in a row.
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Fists Up posted:Those cards you pre fill with however much US Dollars you need and act just like an ATM card. ATM fees in the casino are a minimum of $5. I've seen as high as $10 in strip clubs.
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486 posted:More like 10% at strip club ATMs I suppose I should defer to your expertise on the matter. Your entire Foursquare feed is strip clubs and Komol.
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JustinMorgan posted:I see all these Starbucks in Vegas...any chance there's a Dunkin Donuts on/ near the strip? There are none on the "strip" if you're only counting the area between Mandalay Bay and the Stratosphere. But there is one on Las Vegas Blvd S at the outlet mall at Warm Springs. There's also one inside the Fremont casino downtown. For some reason, Dunks just doesn't work out here. They keep shutting down, or never opening in the first place.
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KeviNguyen posted:Walking from the airport to Luxor; doable? Let's see: Over 100 degrees Couple of miles lovely part of the city No easy way to walk out of the airport
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I'll answer what I can quickly before going to work.insider posted:1) I am super paranoid on etiquette and not looking like a fool. The first bet I want to make at Vegas is going to a roulette table and throwing down $100 on black. I'm not sure even how to make this bet because I read that roulette chips are different and gives you roulette specific chips to use. Can anyone explain? Easy enough. Just put the $100 on the table and ask for one black. Most roulette chips are different than normal casino chips but they still have the typical $5 $25 and $100 chips on the table. If they look at you funny, just tell them it's going on black/going on the outside. They'll know. quote:3) Poker. I love playing poker online, but I have literally played poker with actual chips maybe twice in my life at house games. I hold my own online but using actual chips scares me for some reason. Can anyone just give me a brief run down for someone who has pretty much exclusively played online? How do I get seat at a table, buy in, etc. When you get to the poker room, there's a podium and a manager who takes care of everything. There should be a big board telling you what games are going on, but you can always ask. If there's an open seat, they'll seat you right away. Otherwise, your name gets put on a waiting list. You buy your chips from the manager, and he'll tell you what table to go to. It's pretty simple, in all honesty. quote:5) Sports books. Is it as easy as going up to the window and playing the over/under for X football game? Yeah more or less. The games will typically be listed like: 1001 Broncos 51.5 +130 1002 Patriots -4.5 -145 1003 Saints -1.5 -110 1004 Dogshit 70 -105 etc... The first four digit number is the number of the game/team you're betting on. Just say "I'll take 1001 over the total for $x". Most sports book employees will ask/double-check if there's any question. Just double-check that you're betting on the entire game and not just the first half. Most sports book employees are pretty friendly. I say 'Most' because the sports book employees at Green Valley Ranch are all cunts. You won't have to worry about them though since they're waaaaaaaaaaaaaay off the strip. I just like to vent.
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insider posted:Thanks. Exactly what I was looking for. Glad I could help. I'm slightly more caffeinated/coherent now so if any of my answers don't make sense or if you have other questions, just let me know. Podothehobbit posted:3 other goons and I are heading to Vegas in 3 weeks and splitting a suite at the Venetian. I definitely appreciate this thread and i'm looking forward to playing my first Craps game ever although i'll probably be playing a fair share of Pai Gow poker to stretch the gambling fund. If any Vegas goons/experts have any suggestions on fun/food/entertainment around the area i'd love to hear it! The Venetian is connected to the Palazzo. Apparently there's a rare book store there that has some rare Shakespeare manuscript for $250k, or an original printing of the Origin of Species for $60k. I haven't gone to check it out yet, but it sounds really interesting. Yes I'm a loving nerd. I don't care.
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in_cahoots posted:Does anyone have a preference between the Imperial and the Stratosphere? The Strat is about $10 more per night and we're really shooting for the best sub-$50 hotel we can find. IP is a significantly better location. Strat has a decent poker room and very good tournaments, plus the cool poo poo at the top of the tower. As a tourist, assuming these are the only two choices, I'd go with IP.
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flymonkey posted:Hey thread, a friend and I are planning to go to Vegas over Thanksgiving weekend. Problem is, we're both under 21 (but over 18). We'll be staying for 2 nights, and since it's my friend's first time there, I'm not too sure what to do. Is just wandering around the Strip, the various shops, and a show enough for two nights of entertainment? I've been to Vegas a good amount of times, but it was as a kid and I just spent most of my time sitting and staring at slot machines while my parents played blackjack and craps. There are hotels in Vegas that allow people under 21 to book rooms?
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TheBuilder posted:I just finished a meal at Jean Georges at Aria: sucked butt. Did you have to pay extra for that last bit?
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jerkstore77 posted:Looking for sportsbook recommendations for March Madness. For years, we would just get up early and park ourselves at the Venetian since it was easiest to find a seat, but last year they had this new thing where you couldn't sit unless you had a ticket and you only got a ticket after betting some huge amount on the games. We ended up off the stip at the LV Hilton where they have a huge arena and tons of seats but its off the strip which kind of sucks. Have all the sportsbooks adopted this ticket thing? Can't speak to March Madness specifically, but I'd be very surprised if this was commonplace. You can't get comped drinks in books without a ticket (sometimes they just want to see that you've made a bet, other times you have to ask at the sports book window for a drink ticket), but I've sat and watched the NFL many Sundays - in a seat without a ticket - at LVH, the Palms, the Orleans (not recommended), half the Station casinos in town, and a handful of places on the strip. Never been asked to show a ticket once.
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I think the bottom line here, that we can all agree on, is that EDM is loving terrible and should be abolished. If anyone was debating taking a last-minute trip to Vegas this weekend, do it! The porn awards are in town, and that always makes the sight-seeing that much more... interesting.
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Meow Cadet posted:Now we're thinking of driving to Vegas from Sacramento area in the Spring. Don't want to take I-5 or 99, looking at maybe 395 to Barstow and 15 over to Vegas, or taking 95 and staying in Nevada mostly. Any thoughts? We'd probably do an overnight, either in Bishop or Tonopah respectively. Just looking for scenery and a change of pace. I haven't made that drive to/from Sacramento, but keep this in mind if you take the 95: In those more rural areas, the 95 is the main road in some towns, which means significantly slower speeds and stop lights. Cops LOVE to give tickets. I heard this from some friends who took the 95 north before venturing off to Boise.
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I've never understood the idea of a bachelor party spending a shitton on one or two hotel rooms in Vegas. Doesn't it make more sense for everyone to get their own room so they have a place to take a random girl at the end of the night?
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DavidAlltheTime posted:Hello, Bill's is undergoing a major construction project and is closed for the year. The default 'Cheap but good location' hotel is the Quad (formerly the Imperial Palace). As a local, I hate driving there because the parking garage is basically guaranteed death, but it's got basically everything you're looking for. The Tropicana, which is way off at the south end of the strip just dumped a bunch of money into renovations, too, though I think they still have the cheap-o rooms (garden rooms, if I remember right - 3 story motel style rooms that are pretty awful). Planet Hollywood is a good spot too, though I'm not sure what their going rate is these days. I'm sure there are other options too, but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
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Tim Whatley posted:Leaving for Vegas in the morning. Boston to Vegas, no stop. Also definitely going to visit the Pinball Museum. Wanted to check out the Titanic exhibit if anybody knows it's cool or not? No idea about the Titanic exhibit, but I moved from Somerville to Vegas about 6.5 years ago. This place is like a whole different loving world than Boston.
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CatchrNdRy posted:Is there a good suggestion for an interesting quirky place (off strip is fine) that isn't a steakhouse or preferably not a chain? The attendeees run the gamut from wild to very domesticated. It's a small chain, but Hash House a Go Go is always good.
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bobula posted:Trying to do a quick Vegas trip this weekend, Saturday-Monday. I can find cheap as hell rooms for Sunday night, but I'm not having as much luck for Saturday night (trying to spend $100.) Is there a conference in town or something? Friday and Saturday night rates are always crazy because of all the weekenders from California that pour into town. I'm not sure $100 is possible unless you go to a Motel 6.
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BulimicGoat posted:Hey, it just so happens my parents are looking at those three spots (RR, GVR, M) for their next stay. I've only ever been on the strip and Gold Coast, so what are your thoughts on those three properties? Which would you recommend? Green Valley Ranch has some of the worst employees on the face of the earth. I'd recommend the M just because it's the newest of the three.
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Oliax posted:So to move the conversation away from hotel rates and mini-golf - which is definitely awesome - for a moment, does anyone have meaningful experience with different strip clubs in LV that they would be willing to share? I don't know what's standard and what isn't, but if a black girl at Little Darlings says "I'll take care of you if you guess what country I'm from" with a wink, the answer is Eritrea.
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Douche4Sale posted:Thoughts on some of the better sports books in Vegas? I've been to both Caesar's and Rio's and found them to be good, but I don't have a lot to compare them too, especially for football season. I've got comped rooms at Luxor this weekend and was thinking of hitting up a book for pro and/or college football. I assume the Luxor's will be terrible, but I've heard MGM or Mandalay Bay would be a decent/close alternative. Any other places I should consider that have specific pros (better comps, atmosphere, etc) to going? Tropicana just re-did theirs not too long ago. Huge, bright, gorgeous LED screens and a good amount of chairs. Never been there for NFL games though so I can't say how busy it gets on Sundays. That's assuming you're staying within walking distance of the Luxor. LVH constantly has the best lines, prop bets, parlays, etc. That's a decent cab ride from Luxor though.
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Duke Chin posted:I'm going to be in Vegas for only the second time in my brief 37 year old life this weekend, and my question to you folks is: I am a dumb who didn't pay attention to when his flight comes in compared to the other 7 dudes so I have a good four hours to kill before they all get in - However there is a Bruins game on in the interim: anybody know of a good place where I could probably catch said hockey game? And/or if you have any other good ideas for a time-kill between 5-9p on a thurs. As a former Bostonian living in Vegas, it's hard to find any place that's truly dedicated to hockey. Your best bet is to find a sports book and grab an empty seat that has it's own TV. A little channel surfing and you should find the game. If you're more mobile, you can try Hammer and Ales on Russell at Valley View. It's sort of a defacto Boston bar, but I've only ever seen Sox games there. No idea if they have the NHL TV package.
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