I just got back this morning and I have to say they are very well run. I have been to vegas many times before but I'm usually on the other end of the strip. It's the biggest I've been a part of and everyone there knows what there doing and keeps things moving. Not to mention everyone as usual with the apa was incredibly nice, Sure you have a few bad eggs but it is few and very far between. I was only their for master division. I played well and we got knocked out of the 3rd round. Just a few notes for anyone who hasn't gone since they changed location.
1) I stayed at the stratosphere and I'm glad we did. We really liked it there. The rooms were nice. people were very friendly. a lot of good restaurants on site (which is important to my wife and I) great swimming pool. Everything was perfect to me and we travel a lot. It was only a $10 cab ride or 15 min walk to the westgate. It's only a 5 min walk to to the monorail to head down town and a 10 min cab ride to freemont street. Not to mention there was a soul food restaurant across the street that was amazing. My wife and I were the only white people in the place but no one blinked an eye when we walked in and the food was so damn good I wouldn't have cared if they did lol the westgate looked nice enough but I felt the restaurant choices weren't for us and the one place we did eat the food and service was terrible. Everyone said the rooms were nice though.
2)Don't fly spirit airlines...just don't ! enough said
3) venders .. there were a nice amount of venders. it's amazing how many of the same venders I saw on the east coast event I see at the west coast lo
4)The monorail is the goods. Takes you from the strat down to the mgm in 10 mins. It's comfortable .. cheaper then a cab and a pass last's 24 hours. Definitely a good idea if you want to head down town drinking.
5) I think one of my few complaints about the tournament was the table situation. Valleys.. Most of the tables rolled bad. I'm sure from sitting on carpet for a week before I got there. I don't make excuses but I had to adjust to the valley cue ball .... It's not very consistent in my opinion. I did adjust and played well but that cue ball is just funky lol the other thing was some tournaments you had to pay and some you didn't. Masters you had to play $1 a game. I get paying for your practice tables but either the tournament tables are free when your playing in the tournament or they're not. It shouldn't be some where between. charge me a greens fee and make the players wear some kind of badge when they're in tournament arena's ... I would be cool with that.
6) The apa rented out the whole pool area and had a monster party twice that week. Good times and the pool area was beautiful.
7) had to edit to add The mini's lol how could I forget that. I didn't play in any. They sold out 24 hours in advance and believe me they sell immediately when they come available. They have a tournament desk that only deals with them and 2 huge screens telling you what is coming up in the next 24 hours. People buy in not even knowing if they could play and then sell them off if they can. People wait in front of that desk all damn day for this. the second the director says one is available someone yells I'll take it before it comes out there mouth lol
looking forward to going again and I still say apa masters is the best league format a round. the long races give you a chance to catch a stroke and let 2 strong players battle.
1) I stayed at the stratosphere and I'm glad we did. We really liked it there. The rooms were nice. people were very friendly. a lot of good restaurants on site (which is important to my wife and I) great swimming pool. Everything was perfect to me and we travel a lot. It was only a $10 cab ride or 15 min walk to the westgate. It's only a 5 min walk to to the monorail to head down town and a 10 min cab ride to freemont street. Not to mention there was a soul food restaurant across the street that was amazing. My wife and I were the only white people in the place but no one blinked an eye when we walked in and the food was so damn good I wouldn't have cared if they did lol the westgate looked nice enough but I felt the restaurant choices weren't for us and the one place we did eat the food and service was terrible. Everyone said the rooms were nice though.
2)Don't fly spirit airlines...just don't ! enough said
3) venders .. there were a nice amount of venders. it's amazing how many of the same venders I saw on the east coast event I see at the west coast lo
4)The monorail is the goods. Takes you from the strat down to the mgm in 10 mins. It's comfortable .. cheaper then a cab and a pass last's 24 hours. Definitely a good idea if you want to head down town drinking.
5) I think one of my few complaints about the tournament was the table situation. Valleys.. Most of the tables rolled bad. I'm sure from sitting on carpet for a week before I got there. I don't make excuses but I had to adjust to the valley cue ball .... It's not very consistent in my opinion. I did adjust and played well but that cue ball is just funky lol the other thing was some tournaments you had to pay and some you didn't. Masters you had to play $1 a game. I get paying for your practice tables but either the tournament tables are free when your playing in the tournament or they're not. It shouldn't be some where between. charge me a greens fee and make the players wear some kind of badge when they're in tournament arena's ... I would be cool with that.
6) The apa rented out the whole pool area and had a monster party twice that week. Good times and the pool area was beautiful.
7) had to edit to add The mini's lol how could I forget that. I didn't play in any. They sold out 24 hours in advance and believe me they sell immediately when they come available. They have a tournament desk that only deals with them and 2 huge screens telling you what is coming up in the next 24 hours. People buy in not even knowing if they could play and then sell them off if they can. People wait in front of that desk all damn day for this. the second the director says one is available someone yells I'll take it before it comes out there mouth lol
looking forward to going again and I still say apa masters is the best league format a round. the long races give you a chance to catch a stroke and let 2 strong players battle.
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