yea, i know. i blame it on the rowdy Brits - Vegas sent them to the end of the strip!at least it's next to the liquor store & airport. and we've still got the Rodeo cowboys @ closeby MGM to kick their unruly English arses....
as for costs, Mark, Mirage was $56. MGM is $50. Luxor & Disneyland & NYNY are $33. i'm guessing Tropicana will be $25ish?
Lou, we'll be across the street @ Mandalay, if yáll want to join us & split a $5 cab ride & drink in Red Square from the frozen vodka bar.
Pinky, Mandalay is where Gail likes to stay when we're in Vegas during the summer. She's a kid at heart and loves the pool area there.
The frozen bar at Red Square is great for a vodka sampler mit caviar and I had a great chicken kiev at the restaurant. Gail is making noise about going this year but I don't know, it's too early to tell. I've already warned her about youze guys
Lou Figueroa
) i took KK9 to Red Square, and i can't remember if that shot of vodka was $38? or $58? (it was obviously effective) the red vodka penne chicken pasta was great too in the dark aura.
Mandalay's been my favorite for 10 yrs. till i discovered the penthouse @ Mirage. Aria & Cosmo don't suck either. Mandalay has THE BEST POOLS - of course we'll be there in December....
we stayed @ Mandalay in 2011 for Mosconi @ MGM. the rodeo @ MGM had 50% of their cowboys staying @ Mandalay. there were hats everywhere! (it was hot....
i've stayed at Luxor maybe 5 or 6 times. the Towers are newer, but you don't have the effect of the vaulted ceilings & see the sun glistening off of Mandalay's gold windows every morning & walk out of your room into the open casino floor filled w/ Egyptian sculptures. but for $33/night - i'd be booking Luxor over Tropicana & hopping the free tram to Mandalay, Excalibur, NYNY, etc.
tell Gail to bring a cowboy hat & boots!
I think the package was 140 for the 4 days in 2013.... now it's 175.
Mirage, and any other Mlife hotel gets cheaper, the more you use it. I go a couple times a year for the last 30+, so in my opinion, they should be $20 a night....lol.
I was a fight fanatic in the late 70's ,80's and 90's.... saw them all.... and back then you could stay at Ceasars or the Flamingo for free.
But the Trop....? I just cannot imagine how anything could best the Mirage for this event.
Somebody screwed up, IMO
Harrah's would of been a better choice, IMO....and as far a buffet goes for breakfast, they're hard to beat.
Hell why not move the MC to the Fremont downtown. That way the Brits could fit right in.
hehehehehe - so true! Golden Nugget redid their rooms a few years ago & i hear they are fantastic. however, i think they should all stay at Strat & we see if they can "hang" from 104 floors...?
8-Ball: I have not stayed at the Trop in probably 10 years, and I'm sure the rooms are great, but walking through that casino makes me feel like I'm at Circus Circus. They obviously did'nt focus much on the casino for the renovation.
omg - i HATE Circus Circus! it's a ROUND room with NO DOORS!
The Flamingo was recently renovated as well, and is night and day different than it was....the Trop, to me still looks like its set in the 60's.
yes, my Chicago rep was @ Flamingo in late JAN. stays there & Cosmo. he RAVED about the upfits. and of course, the birds.
tickets secured... i love watching a massacre.. thats why i love the mosconi cup these days
