Tech
War Child
Well since the Las Vegas shows are SOLD OUT now I was wondering if people going to one or both shows have booked there hotels yet? I'm just being nosy is all
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Mr. BAW
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Yes...we booked ours last week... We have tix for the first show but we booked our room directly through a hotel so its refundable in if we don't go or if "things change"..
4U2Play
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Book your rooms asap, it's a weekend, prices will jump.
MGM is relatively affordable, actually.
Reason is they have over 5,000 rooms to fill every night - one of the largest hotels on the planet.
Or else, try the Motel 6 across the street, even better prices there.
MGM is relatively affordable, actually.
Reason is they have over 5,000 rooms to fill every night - one of the largest hotels on the planet.
Or else, try the Motel 6 across the street, even better prices there.
schnazdoodle
The Fly
I checked through MGM and they gave me hotel rooms that were 350 a night PER room!! Relatively affordable?!
I need to look for something a bit more affordable for two nights because my friend and I have tickets to both shows... "nosebleeds" and GAs...
I need to look for something a bit more affordable for two nights because my friend and I have tickets to both shows... "nosebleeds" and GAs...
go to tripreservations.com and also lasvegas.com
but you have to pay 100% in advance on them.
First, check each hotel's web site, sign up for their email specials, because you only have to pay the one night's deposit on them. The best rate I saw a few days ago was still at the Las Vegas Hilton, which is a nice place to stay, and the last stop on the monorail that goes right to the MGM.
but you have to pay 100% in advance on them.
First, check each hotel's web site, sign up for their email specials, because you only have to pay the one night's deposit on them. The best rate I saw a few days ago was still at the Las Vegas Hilton, which is a nice place to stay, and the last stop on the monorail that goes right to the MGM.
Some great rates on here:-
http://www1.mobissimo.com/travel/search_hotels.php
Riviera for $78 per night?
http://www1.mobissimo.com/travel/search_hotels.php
Riviera for $78 per night?
No spoken words
Blue Crack Supplier
The Las Vegas Hilton is actually a good option. Nice hotel, not too crazy there, and not too far from the strip.
skjuls
Refugee
considering I get a lot of deals for Vegas thru the mail, I may wait.
MGM I wouldn't want to stay there. It's huge!
I've stayed at the Flamingo and almost got lost to my room.
I felt I was in the movie The Shining because the hall just got longer and longer.
LOL!
Yes, it's the weekend but good deals will be available.
MGM I wouldn't want to stay there. It's huge!
I've stayed at the Flamingo and almost got lost to my room.
I felt I was in the movie The Shining because the hall just got longer and longer.
LOL!
Yes, it's the weekend but good deals will be available.
vegas has hotels?
nbcrusader
Blue Crack Addict
Also remember that many of the hotel/casinos on the east side of the Strip have access to the new monorail in Las Vegas. It runs to the MGM, giving you easy, cheap access to the venue.
theoeiii
Acrobat
I disagree. I used to think that staying at a crappy hotel was ok in Vegas, I mean, how often would you be there, right? Wrong. For me there are some essentials.
1. Clean bed spreads that at least appear to be newer than 1974. The Tropicana is not the place to stay if you're into this type of thing like I am. I don't want to have to bring a sleeping bag to a hotel.
2. A hip crowd. (That's a PC way of writing - "hot girls") The first time I went to LV, I stayed at the Circus Circus for $35/night. I cannot disuade you enough from doing this...unless of course, you like hundreds of crying, obese 12 yr olds in sweat suits waiting in the (crappy) buffet line. Hard Rock and the Palms are my favorites, but the MGM, Mandalay, Bellagio, Venetian, Mirage, Luxor, Rio, Treasure Island, Alladin, Paris, New York, and I'm sure the Wynn, aren't far behind. (Incidentally, I hate Caesars Palace too but for that's a whole different post entirely...)
3. A poker room. That's just me though - without poker, I'm subject to losing a bundle playing games of chance (blackjack, roullette....um...war - no, seriously, war), rather than a game of skill. If gambling isn't a vice, I guess this one doesn't matter for you. (By the way, MGM just added a very nice 30-odd table poker room.)
4. Spa. There are some truly amazing Spa's in Las Vegas. Each one, if you're staying at that hotel runs around $20-30 for a day pass. Sound like a lot? Sure. But when you're hung over from a 36-hour bender, it's worth every single penny. Trust me on this one.
If anyone is doing Vegas for the first time and wants some advice, I love to give it. It's my favorite city that I've ever been to, and I wouldn't have missed these shows for anything!
1. Clean bed spreads that at least appear to be newer than 1974. The Tropicana is not the place to stay if you're into this type of thing like I am. I don't want to have to bring a sleeping bag to a hotel.
2. A hip crowd. (That's a PC way of writing - "hot girls") The first time I went to LV, I stayed at the Circus Circus for $35/night. I cannot disuade you enough from doing this...unless of course, you like hundreds of crying, obese 12 yr olds in sweat suits waiting in the (crappy) buffet line. Hard Rock and the Palms are my favorites, but the MGM, Mandalay, Bellagio, Venetian, Mirage, Luxor, Rio, Treasure Island, Alladin, Paris, New York, and I'm sure the Wynn, aren't far behind. (Incidentally, I hate Caesars Palace too but for that's a whole different post entirely...)
3. A poker room. That's just me though - without poker, I'm subject to losing a bundle playing games of chance (blackjack, roullette....um...war - no, seriously, war), rather than a game of skill. If gambling isn't a vice, I guess this one doesn't matter for you. (By the way, MGM just added a very nice 30-odd table poker room.)
4. Spa. There are some truly amazing Spa's in Las Vegas. Each one, if you're staying at that hotel runs around $20-30 for a day pass. Sound like a lot? Sure. But when you're hung over from a 36-hour bender, it's worth every single penny. Trust me on this one.
If anyone is doing Vegas for the first time and wants some advice, I love to give it. It's my favorite city that I've ever been to, and I wouldn't have missed these shows for anything!
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
Who knew?Headache in a Suitcase said:
Next thing someone is gonna tell me they have prime rib buffets.
beegee
Neon Zebra
i don't mean to go totally off topic, theoeiii
but how do you figure blackjack isn't a game of skill.
but how do you figure blackjack isn't a game of skill.
HappyFatBono
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Where Are The Best (Most Affordable) Places To Stay?
"... on a budget, I would suggest Luxor or Excalibur. Then you are a VERY short walk to Mandalay Bay, NY NY, Tropicana and MGM. VERY nice corner to be on. You can now walk INSIDE between Excalibur, Luxor and Mandalay Bay. It is like one HUGE hotel."
Where Are The Best (Most Affordable) Places To Stay?
"... on a budget, I would suggest Luxor or Excalibur. Then you are a VERY short walk to Mandalay Bay, NY NY, Tropicana and MGM. VERY nice corner to be on. You can now walk INSIDE between Excalibur, Luxor and Mandalay Bay. It is like one HUGE hotel."
beegee
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luxor "most affordable?"
HappyFatBono
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bonosgirl84 said:luxor "most affordable?"
Do you have affordable recommendations where to stay then?
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beegee
Neon Zebra
to be honest, i haven't really looked. my sweetie works for harrah's, so that's what we're looking at right now. harrah's, rio and caesers. (harrah's recently bought caesers) he gets employee rates at those places. but i expect it will still be pretty high.
i would check out the station casinos. sunset station is in henderson, right across from the mall. it's a great place. it's beautiful, but that doesn't really help, i suppose, unless you have a car while you're visiting. texas station is nice too. all of the station casinos are nice. downtown isn't the greatest area, but it's not exactly the worst, either. but again, transportation could be a problem if you don't have your own vehicle. traveling by cab back and forth would probably cost you almost as much as a room would.
it's a huge weekend that weekend. any place on the strip is going to be outrageously expensive. period. the only thing i can suggest, if the rates are too high, is bunking up with other fans. get a nice big suite with some other people and split the cost. or call one of the semi-nice places and ask about group rates. places like treasure island, or excalibur. tropicana, bally's, newyork newyork.
i don't know what to say. it's going to be expensive no matter what.
i would check out the station casinos. sunset station is in henderson, right across from the mall. it's a great place. it's beautiful, but that doesn't really help, i suppose, unless you have a car while you're visiting. texas station is nice too. all of the station casinos are nice. downtown isn't the greatest area, but it's not exactly the worst, either. but again, transportation could be a problem if you don't have your own vehicle. traveling by cab back and forth would probably cost you almost as much as a room would.
it's a huge weekend that weekend. any place on the strip is going to be outrageously expensive. period. the only thing i can suggest, if the rates are too high, is bunking up with other fans. get a nice big suite with some other people and split the cost. or call one of the semi-nice places and ask about group rates. places like treasure island, or excalibur. tropicana, bally's, newyork newyork.
i don't know what to say. it's going to be expensive no matter what.
Tech
War Child
Wow. Very interesting info. thanks for the input. I still haven't looked yet but I have to since I have tickets. Darn I hate this, I have to go ahead and reserve a hotel (better do it now at the rates that I've seen) and I just had to pay my dentist a whole lot of money for my teeth! Today is "lets put all this on my credit card shall we day 
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Today is "lets put all this on my credit card shall we day "theoeiii
Acrobat
bonosgirl84 said:
Wow is that you're picture? Meet me at the tables and I'll show you how fast you can drop a couple Benjies!
Actually, I do play black jack once in a while. Thing is you can play it perfectly (which I do, of course), but still lose your shirt. Split 88 against a six, get two 3's double them both, and still lose.
I can't keep a count for that long. I start off with it going pretty well, until I get distracted (usually by drinks or cute girls - the true roots of evil).
ultrraviolette
Refugee
Stratosphere and Circus Circus are pretty affordable, you can take the Monorail to MGM
beegee
Neon Zebra
theoeiii said:
haha. it's fiona apple. i'm actually much prettier.
i love blackjack. hell, i love gambling period. i can't imagine living in a place where it isn't part of life. i know what you mean about the counting, though. it's lucky breaks when you get a dealer who counts as she flips.
but i agree that playing by the rules doesn't always matter. sometimes it's just about pure instinct. and it's always about pure luck.
"very short walk to Mandalay Bay." It has a free monorail on the outside from Excalibur, Luxor to Mandalay, and on the inside you do just have a "short walk" via shops on the inside. Luxor is actually very nice, the rooms are nice in the new towers, I don't like the sideways elevators in the pyramid rooms, or the rooms, they're small, but the tower rooms are really nice, and if by chance you ever do an upgrade to the suites, they are huge, the living rooms, bathrooms and bedrooms were the size of a big apt.
Ballys is reasonable and the rooms are also big, and its on the monorail to the MGM. The San Remo is directly across the street from the MGM, and it's ok. There's walkways over the streets from Tropicana, NY NY, etc. all to the MGM. I like Paris the best because it's the best fake France there could ever be, and great food everywhere in there, and "We Will Rock You" is really a wonderful show. I'm staying at the MGM however, they have really nice rooms in the towers.
Stratosphere and Circus Circus aren't on the monorail, if you aren't driving, you'd be better off taking the bus or a cab, there's also a trolley that goes down the strip stopping at each hotel, than walking all the way up to Paradise to get on the monorail. Circus Circus is really for RV campers and little kids, but since we're all going to be at the MGM anyway, it hardly matters where you hang your hat as long as it's clean.
I imagine U2 will be in the penthouse at the MGM, or maybe not there at all, just flying in each night? Hope they stay, I'd like to see them playing craps. Every show I go to there, Billboards, concerts, the stars are always playing craps late at night.
Ballys is reasonable and the rooms are also big, and its on the monorail to the MGM. The San Remo is directly across the street from the MGM, and it's ok. There's walkways over the streets from Tropicana, NY NY, etc. all to the MGM. I like Paris the best because it's the best fake France there could ever be, and great food everywhere in there, and "We Will Rock You" is really a wonderful show. I'm staying at the MGM however, they have really nice rooms in the towers.
Stratosphere and Circus Circus aren't on the monorail, if you aren't driving, you'd be better off taking the bus or a cab, there's also a trolley that goes down the strip stopping at each hotel, than walking all the way up to Paradise to get on the monorail. Circus Circus is really for RV campers and little kids, but since we're all going to be at the MGM anyway, it hardly matters where you hang your hat as long as it's clean.
I imagine U2 will be in the penthouse at the MGM, or maybe not there at all, just flying in each night? Hope they stay, I'd like to see them playing craps. Every show I go to there, Billboards, concerts, the stars are always playing craps late at night.
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Joshua_Tree_Hugger
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What's the capacity of the MGM grand?
martha
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bonosgirl84 said:i'm actually much prettier.
I happen to know this is true.
beegee
Neon Zebra
martha!!
i was thinking of you this weekend. do you guys come out for river run?
i was thinking of you this weekend. do you guys come out for river run?
martha
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No. We were in Searchlight though, putting new roofs on sheds. The roads were indeed lousy with bikes.
There's this girl who works at a market near me who looks so much like you I'm still not sure she's not you.
There's this girl who works at a market near me who looks so much like you I'm still not sure she's not you.
beegee
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i have a twin! 
Cleasai
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oh reeeeeeeeally? 
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