Vegas bound. Any ideas?

[Huggy]

I have had as much fun at Slots-A-Fun -- a dinky little place up on the north end of the strip -- as anywhere else in Las Vegas. During the mid-morning/afternoon, their craps table has (or had, it's been a year or two) $1 minimums. You stand on the sidewalk to shoot ... absolutely a blast. Take $20 with you, bet the pass line, and drink Heineken all afternoon and enjoy yourself.

Damn, makes me want to hit up Travelocity!

Haven't been to Vegas in years but man have I wasted plenty of hours at Slots-A-Fun drinking the coldest beer on the strip!

 

[Ace]

I have had as much fun at Slots-A-Fun -- a dinky little place up on the north end of the strip -- as anywhere else in Las Vegas. During the mid-morning/afternoon, their craps table has (or had, it's been a year or two) $1 minimums. You stand on the sidewalk to shoot ... absolutely a blast. Take $20 with you, bet the pass line, and drink Heineken all afternoon and enjoy yourself.

Damn, makes me want to hit up Travelocity!

Haven't been to Vegas in years but man have I wasted plenty of hours at Slots-A-Fun drinking the coldest beer on the strip!

Pet Peeve of mine. Why is "coldest beer in town" a selling point? Freezing is not a good temperature to serve beer.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

I have had as much fun at Slots-A-Fun -- a dinky little place up on the north end of the strip -- as anywhere else in Las Vegas. During the mid-morning/afternoon, their craps table has (or had, it's been a year or two) $1 minimums. You stand on the sidewalk to shoot ... absolutely a blast. Take $20 with you, bet the pass line, and drink Heineken all afternoon and enjoy yourself.

Damn, makes me want to hit up Travelocity!

Haven't been to Vegas in years but man have I wasted plenty of hours at Slots-A-Fun drinking the coldest beer on the strip!

Pet Peeve of mine. Why is "coldest beer in town" a selling point? Freezing is not a good temperature to serve beer.

Yes, but there are compensating factors when it's 114 degrees in July in a town with too, too many outdoor swimming pools. Dry heat, my ass.

 

[Ace]

I have had as much fun at Slots-A-Fun -- a dinky little place up on the north end of the strip -- as anywhere else in Las Vegas. During the mid-morning/afternoon, their craps table has (or had, it's been a year or two) $1 minimums. You stand on the sidewalk to shoot ... absolutely a blast. Take $20 with you, bet the pass line, and drink Heineken all afternoon and enjoy yourself.

Damn, makes me want to hit up Travelocity!

Haven't been to Vegas in years but man have I wasted plenty of hours at Slots-A-Fun drinking the coldest beer on the strip!

Pet Peeve of mine. Why is "coldest beer in town" a selling point? Freezing is not a good temperature to serve beer.

Yes, but there are compensating factors when it's 114 degrees in July in a town with too, too many outdoor swimming pools. Dry heat, my ass.

I'll give you that.

 

[maberger]

just to stir it up, do we know what kind of room the guy had at the palazzo? my back-of-the-envelope calculation had him at $1380 in comps (100 hands hour/40 percent house edge back in comps). maybe he stayed in a two-bedroom suite or something. Course hge may have actually run much more money through pit than what i calculated (100 hands an hour pretty conservative guess).

as for offers, i must literally receive six a week between MGM Mirage and Harrahs between snail mail and email -- i haven't been in vegas since last june, so there's still a lot of mailing going on.

for the guy with the wedding at casears, the good news is if he stays at ballys he can gamble at caesars and still benefit. i don't know if bill's takes total rewards or not.

Your formula was quasi-legitimate, back in the day. Unfortunately, the likes of Adelson now laugh at it. His stores are VERY well-positioned for convention business, for which the room rates are held at smash-and-grab levels. I have relations who've worked for Adelson, and he does not hire morons, but his attitude towards the decent middle-high-market customer is currently very high-handed, and he needs to be taken down a peg or three.

thanks for the comps update -- t'is true my formula comes from years back.


for some reason, i've never really liked the venetian. maybe it was adelson's anti-unionism, maybe his "i'm building a better hotel than the bellagio at a third the price," (i was a steve wynn guy when i started going to vegas; loved how his hotels ran and the fact that his employees were always happy. there was a certain feel to the mirage and then bellagio that has since been 'corporated out'), didn't like his slot club (where i spend most of my money) -- maybe just the rooms themselves. if you're creating 'suites' why the heck are the bedrooms in front?

i don't know, seemed to me all he did was take Bellagio's concept and market it down -- probably very smart for his convention clientele. And i love Emeril's food as much as the next guy, but he's no Sirio Maccioni or Jean-Georges Vongerichten. and yes i know, i'm an elitist douchebag.

 

[Huggy]

I have had as much fun at Slots-A-Fun -- a dinky little place up on the north end of the strip -- as anywhere else in Las Vegas. During the mid-morning/afternoon, their craps table has (or had, it's been a year or two) $1 minimums. You stand on the sidewalk to shoot ... absolutely a blast. Take $20 with you, bet the pass line, and drink Heineken all afternoon and enjoy yourself.

Damn, makes me want to hit up Travelocity!

Haven't been to Vegas in years but man have I wasted plenty of hours at Slots-A-Fun drinking the coldest beer on the strip!

Pet Peeve of mine. Why is "coldest beer in town" a selling point? Freezing is not a good temperature to serve beer.

Yes, but there are compensating factors when it's 114 degrees in July in a town with too, too many outdoor swimming pools. Dry heat, my ass.

Indeed, first time I went there it was the middle of August.

 

[playthrough]

I have had as much fun at Slots-A-Fun -- a dinky little place up on the north end of the strip -- as anywhere else in Las Vegas. During the mid-morning/afternoon, their craps table has (or had, it's been a year or two) $1 minimums. You stand on the sidewalk to shoot ... absolutely a blast. Take $20 with you, bet the pass line, and drink Heineken all afternoon and enjoy yourself.

Damn, makes me want to hit up Travelocity!

Haven't been to Vegas in years but man have I wasted plenty of hours at Slots-A-Fun drinking the coldest beer on the strip!

Does Slots-A-Fun still have slots that pay out in actual coins? They did on my last run. Now that's old school.

 

[mustangj17]

I have had as much fun at Slots-A-Fun -- a dinky little place up on the north end of the strip -- as anywhere else in Las Vegas. During the mid-morning/afternoon, their craps table has (or had, it's been a year or two) $1 minimums. You stand on the sidewalk to shoot ... absolutely a blast. Take $20 with you, bet the pass line, and drink Heineken all afternoon and enjoy yourself.

Damn, makes me want to hit up Travelocity!

Haven't been to Vegas in years but man have I wasted plenty of hours at Slots-A-Fun drinking the coldest beer on the strip!

Does Slots-A-Fun still have slots that pay out in actual coins? They did on my last run. Now that's old school.

I think Fitzgerald's had some of those when I visited the gaming floor in 2009.

 

[TwoGloves]

I have had as much fun at Slots-A-Fun -- a dinky little place up on the north end of the strip -- as anywhere else in Las Vegas. During the mid-morning/afternoon, their craps table has (or had, it's been a year or two) $1 minimums. You stand on the sidewalk to shoot ... absolutely a blast. Take $20 with you, bet the pass line, and drink Heineken all afternoon and enjoy yourself.

Damn, makes me want to hit up Travelocity!

Haven't been to Vegas in years but man have I wasted plenty of hours at Slots-A-Fun drinking the coldest beer on the strip!

Pet Peeve of mine. Why is "coldest beer in town" a selling point? Freezing is not a good temperature to serve beer.

Yes, but there are compensating factors when it's 114 degrees in July in a town with too, too many outdoor swimming pools. Dry heat, my ass.

An oven is dry heat and I don't want to inside one.

 

[CradleRobber]

Re: the food deals Peytons place originally inquired about when starting this thread a year ago:

I searched all 21 pages and couldn't find any reference to Restaurant.com. Maybe it's just such common knowledge these days that nobody needed to mention it?

For those who may be unfamiliar, Restaurant.com sells "gift certificates" from restaurants all over the country, including some of the most popular ones in Vegas. For example, a $50 certificate usually sells for $25, but they're always circulating a promo code for anywhere from 60 to 90 percent off, so you end up getting these certificates for a few bucks. They usually require a minimum of two entrees for $50 and larger certificates, and 18 percent gratuity is tacked on before the discount, but it equates to a killer deal every time.

My lady and I were able to eat at three of the nicest restaurants in Vegas last summer and it simply wouldn't have been possible without Restaurant.com. I swear by them now.

 

[TwoGloves]

Re: the food deals Peytons place originally inquired about when starting this thread a year ago:

I searched all 21 pages and couldn't find any reference to Restaurant.com. Maybe it's just such common knowledge these days that nobody needed to mention it?

For those who may be unfamiliar, Restaurant.com sells "gift certificates" from restaurants all over the country, including some of the most popular ones in Vegas. For example, a $50 certificate usually sells for $25, but they're always circulating a promo code for anywhere from 60 to 90 percent off, so you end up getting these certificates for a few bucks. They usually require a minimum of two entrees for $50 and larger certificates, and 18 percent gratuity is tacked on before the discount, but it equates to a killer deal every time.

My lady and I were able to eat at three of the nicest restaurants in Vegas last summer and it simply wouldn't have been possible without Restaurant.com. I swear by them now.

We used one yesterday at home. Paid $3 for a $25 certificate and got $40 bucks worth of food for $20 after the tip and $10 extra we had to spend. Great deal.

 

[mustangj17]

if you visit slickdeals.com you can get even greater discounts. I get $10 gift cards to the local coney island for .80 cents. I can use them once a month... I do this all the time.


Anyway, the reason I come back to the thread is to ask a flight question. I want to check my bags in online before I go because it is $10 cheaper. But I bought my flight through Priceline and not my airline. My airline is spirit (yikes) can I still check in my bags?