Going to vegas ...Need help or advice from my fellow tb'ers!!

line6bassist · #1 06-07-2011, 09:29 PM

going one week for fun and work ...what to do?? I really dont want to spend alot of money nor gamble..any good venues with live music? thanks TB

line6bassist · #2 06-11-2011, 08:08 AM

anyone?

SoonerMatt · #3 06-11-2011, 10:03 AM

Last time I was in Vegas I gambled, partied, and woke up in Orange County. I'd recommend going that route

Atoz · #4 06-11-2011, 11:44 PM

I'd like to know, too. I'm headed there tomorrow on business.

Downunderwonder · #5 06-12-2011, 12:16 AM

Super cheao meals at casino buffets.

You can never win..... If you do "win" it's just a temporary distortion of time and space and you'll lose more later. If you can never win it's not fun or exiting, quid pro quo, it's not fun. It is only fun if you think you can win, start again at the top and read again and again until it sinks in.....

SoonerMatt · #6 06-12-2011, 12:29 AM

As a bit of serious advice, bring a watch with you. There are no clocks in the casinos or buffets and there's seriously so much going on that you'll easily lose track of time.

If you can afford it, Penn & Teller put on an awesome show.

elgecko · #7 06-12-2011, 12:43 AM

There seems to be live music in every lounge, in every hotel in Vegas. Usually cover bands.

If I were headed to Vegas and didn't want to spend money, I go to Red Rock Canyon for some hiking/climbing or head to Bootleg Canyon for some downhill mountain biking! Maybe check out the Hoover Dam?

line6bassist · #8 06-12-2011, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SoonerMatt

As a bit of serious advice, bring a watch with you. There are no clocks in the casinos or buffets and there's seriously so much going on that you'll easily lose track of time.

If you can afford it, Penn & Teller put on an awesome show.

very good advice....thanks

MJ5150 · #9 06-12-2011, 09:18 AM

Where are you staying?

Some of the hotel buffets offer a 24 buffet hour pass for $40-50. It really depends on where you are staying as to which one you pick. Most agree the Paris hotel has the best buffet, but the lines can be long especially for the people with the pass.

Meals aren't all that cheap down there either, unless you go into old town.

-Mike

john grey · #10 06-12-2011, 10:07 AM

The Luxor used to have a "game area" at the very top. It was designed for those "too young to gamble" but it had some fun things and VERY new games. Often things yet to be released. Most every place has a buffet: some better than others.

Vegas pawn shops USED to be THE place to get stuff. I got a wonderful 12string there for very little. But as it got to be even more metro, the pawn shops got hip to a lot of things......Stil,l going to the Pawn shops is a thing I would still put on the list. they may have something that may blow your mind. I just wouldn't expect the deals they had in the 80's.

MakiSupaStar · #11 06-12-2011, 10:28 AM

Cirque De Solei 'O' is amazing and worth the money. If you play golf there are some great courses out there. Fun waterslide parks. The Rio buffet is phenomenonal. There are great bands rolling through all the time (get a weekly rag to figure out where) and this includes intimate after hours shows. Some some amazing after hours shows when I was there to see Phish. Rollercoasters. Giant pools to get drunk in, with lots of hot chicks. I forget which hotel it is, but there's a hotel that allows all the strippers to lay out topless (as well as any other hot chick too). There's also plenty of adult entertainment in Vegas too.

**JdoubleH** · #12 06-12-2011, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Cirque De Solei 'O' is amazing and worth the money. If you play golf there are some great courses out there. Fun waterslide parks. The Rio buffet is phenomenonal. There are great bands rolling through all the time (get a weekly rag to figure out where) and this includes intimate after hours shows. Some some amazing after hours shows when I was there to see Phish. Rollercoasters. Giant pools to get drunk in, with lots of hot chicks. I forget which hotel it is, but there's a hotel that allows all the strippers to lay out topless (as well as any other hot chick too). There's also plenty of adult entertainment in Vegas too.

Mandalay Bay has an adults only pool / cabana area. Hoping to attend a few IT conventions there on the company dime this year (again). Food and drink prices are ridiculous down that end if the strip. So I usually take advantage of vendor sales rep hospitality for anything I can't expense. Fremont Street is much more reasonable for eating and drinking out of my own pocket. It is also is a must see after dark.

line6bassist · #13 06-12-2011, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

Where are you staying?

Some of the hotel buffets offer a 24 buffet hour pass for $40-50. It really depends on where you are staying as to which one you pick. Most agree the Paris hotel has the best buffet, but the lines can be long especially for the people with the pass.

Meals aren't all that cheap down there either, unless you go into old town.

-Mike

ill be staying at treasure island.....ive been to vegas before and was strictly business and didnt have much to play around...but this time they gave us a couple of days to explore.

so im just looking for inexpensive ways to go out and have fun. the paris hotel buffet sounds cool...

Jay Ralston · #14 06-12-2011, 11:22 AM

My Mom and step Dad live in Vegas and are V.I.P.'s at all of the casinos because they do nothing but gamble. Personally, I can't stand to gamble so when I go out there to visit, I ride all of the roller coaster rides, watch a few shows and eat like a king. You can also go on helicopter tours of the Grand Canyon or the Vegas area, visit the Hoover Dam, rent some ATV's or dirt bikes and go riding in the surrounding areas or even rent some jet ski's and ride them at the lake. Vegas also has some really nice restaurants off of the strip too. There is a local carwash on Tropicana where all of the strippers go to get their cars washed. It's fun to go there and ask them math or history questions.