So, I made my first trip to Vegas (im 27) this past week, wednesday til this AM. My buddy recently transferred to UNLV after being in and out of college in RI. I stayed at Hooters on Wed and Thurs because it was like 50 bucks a night. I stayed at the Econo Lodge on fri and sat for around 100 avg for those nights. Sunday I just stayed at my buddies cause of an early flight.
Here is what I thought. In all honesty, I wasn't BLOWN AWAY. Dont get me wrong, Vegas is great and I certainly didnt see everything, such as any shows or stay in a fancy hotel like the Wynn or Bellagio, but as an overall, I wasn't in amazement, although fairly close. Probably because of the hype ive had on it for 10+ years.
Hightlights: (no particular order)
-Seeing hookers on the street (I got such a kick out of it)
-Winning a poker tournament at the Venitian on Thursday. 76 people, 150 buck ante, $2500ish win. Felt great.
-Getting mad at my cab driver for taking the worst route ever, and then birating him
-Winning on Blackjack multiple times
-Seeing the insides of the Wynn, Caesars and the Bellagio. So nice inside, esp Wynn and Bellagio.
-The Rio's buffet!!!!
-Hanging out with a Cougar for 6 hours where I couldnt seal the deal...thought I could...
-Watching some homeless or just shitwreck guy who I think was selling coke wearing an Aikman jersey getting nearly handcuffed by the cops. I saw this guy 3 days straight in the same spot (not too far from Stratosphere, but away from the nice section) wearing the SAME AIKMAN jersey.
Other tidbits:
-I hate those guys who hand you those stupid flyers about buying girls or strippers because they make that smacking noise with the cards
-So many streets you can't cross that you have to go around and up and down just to get to the other side
-The price of food SUCKED! But I expected it
-I regret not seeing a show, but my buddy was broke.
-You really do have to get to a sports book on Sunday by 7:30 or maybe earlier.
-The sports book in Caesars had little to do in props. I didnt like that.
-Clubs are expensive, and not getting into PURE at Caesars do to the wait and my shoes sucked.
Still, overall, I had a great time and I'd do it again. Next time Id go out with a few people so that I could stay in one of the nice hotels and not pay millions of dollars to do so.
Where have you guys stayed?
Also, when is "off season" so maybe I could go then and stay at the Wynn...