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Originally posted by SolonJhee:
Guess I've had poor experiences there, but imo for staying at a casino (which I should have mention is what I meant), it's pretty much the bottom. I'm sure there are many worse places to stay but I've never stayed anywhere other than many different various casinos, on and off the strip.

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Excalibur, Circus Circus and most casinos on Fremont come to mind immediately as making Station casinos look like the Aria. Station casinos are obviously not on the same level as the major hotels on the strip, but as far as budget casinos, they are pretty darn good.

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Originally posted by nderdog:
Excalibur, Circus Circus and most casinos on Fremont come to mind immediately as making Station casinos look like the Aria. Station casinos are obviously not on the same level as the major hotels on the strip, but as far as budget casinos, they are pretty darn good.

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Lady Luck was cheap but cleanliness was an issue when I stayed there. (thin line of blood inside bathtub). Straosphere was average/above average when I was there. (desk clerk took forever checking us in)

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Originally posted by nderdog:
Excalibur, Circus Circus and most casinos on Fremont come to mind immediately as making Station casinos look like the Aria. Station casinos are obviously not on the same level as the major hotels on the strip, but as far as budget casinos, they are pretty darn good.

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Originally posted by Moxdragon:
How about dining options? I'm staying for a week at Circus Circus, and will be looking to try different places out.

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How about dining options? I'm staying for a week at Circus Circus, and will be looking to try different places out.

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Originally posted by majicman:
If you like buffets, I like the Paris Hotel one. I am sure there are better. I would ask Zeckk about eating places since he lives there!

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I dont live there but am only a 2 hour drive away and have frquented LV alot. I forget the name of the buffet- it's on the west side of the strip. Rio? I dont remember name but wow, what a selection-. it,s off one of the main avenues there, flamigo or trop. It's a lilittle pricey tho, liek $35 or $40 per person.

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Originally posted by revenger:
I dont live there but am only a 2 hour drive away and have frquented LV alot. I forget the name of the buffet- it's on the west side of the strip. Rio? I dont remember name but wow, what a selection-. it,s off one of the main avenues there, flamigo or trop. It's a lilittle pricey tho, liek $35 or $40 per person.

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Yeah, the Rio's international buffet is pretty good if you don't mind the price. Definitely worth it. I'll have to ask Nderwife for other ideas, since she's much more familiar with the area.

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Originally posted by Moxdragon:
How about dining options? I'm staying for a week at Circus Circus, and will be looking to try different places out.

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I plan on spending one night going to Chef Ramsey's Pub and Grill at Caesar's. If I'm going to spend $40 on a meal, you better believe it will be there.

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Originally posted by Eatatjoes:
So much good stuff to eat in Vegas. If you want variety, Caesars opened a new buffet. Want an all you can eat Brazilian steakhouse? Texas de brazil is very good. Just depends what you want to eat

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Just to add to this - The 24-hour cafe at Southpoint has a fantastic midnight menu where everything is under $4, and I'm talking about steak, ham steak, breakfast platters, etc. The quality of the food is definitely above the price.

The cafe in Hard Rock has a secret plate on the menu called the Gambler's Special - steak, buttered shrimp, side salad, garlic mashed potatoes for $7.77. Good quality meat there as well. Just be aware that most of the other options at this cafe are overpriced.

As for buffets - The Aria buffet and the Cosmopolitan buffets are the best, hands down. Biggest range of food, highest quality, and better ethnic options than just fried rice and a taco bar. Also, Aria buffet has an all-you-can-drink alcohol option at the buffet for $13, if you want to forget about your 0-3 start.

If you guys are coming from an area without an IN-N-OUT burger chain, I recommend eating at least one meal there. Same goes for Fukuburger if they end up having a meal truck near the convention area.

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Originally posted by Zeckk:

The cafe in Hard Rock has a secret plate on the menu called the Gambler's Special - steak, buttered shrimp, side salad, garlic mashed potatoes for $7.77. Good quality meat there as well. Just be aware that most of the other options at this cafe are overpriced.

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Originally posted by Bossium:
6 packs for $60 and free pack in minimaster right?
and they seem to have so many MMA drafts and sealed going on... so much product!

So whats the chances of ppl opening a good sealed pool and just getting up and leaving?

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Reason I ask, I'm in Pittsburgh, PA, and really want to go, but I'm looking at it and seeing the whole trip to cost roughly a grand depending if I go w/o someone.

If you were on a $1000 budget for this event, do you even see if being feasible?

Constructive thoughts are appreciated,
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Hotels, especially on the weekdays, are really cheap - sometimes a bit sketch on the outskirts...but still cheap. You can stay on the strip on the lower end hotels relatively cheap, too, depending on the time of year.

Food is about you making the right decisions, if you wanna pay $40-$50 for a buffet and be a fat **** then go for it, if you wanna find a subway and spend $4.99, you'll do just fine.

You can walk, so no car or taxi is needed so long as your hotel is near your event. If not, avoid taxis if possible. Recent article found that Vegas is the absolute worst place in the world for taxi drivers who purposely mislead and take longer routes to earn larger fares.

$1k is more than enough if you consider a 1 week trip, with $69-$89 / night hotels and $35.00 a day for food and no extras beyond that - ie avoid the craps tables.

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Originally posted by ogre:
How much do you anticipate going to this event will cost you?

Reason I ask, I'm in Pittsburgh, PA, and really want to go, but I'm looking at it and seeing the whole trip to cost roughly a grand depending if I go w/o someone.

If you were on a $1000 budget for this event, do you even see if being feasible?

Constructive thoughts are appreciated,
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100%. My wife is signing up, registering whatever she opens, taking what she gets passed, standing up and leaving. She has no idea how to play magic.

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can ppl open packs, rage cos they opened good cards and leave?
also, how hard is it for wives to register a pool? easy for me now, but dont want to p### the misses off sith complex chores....

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Originally posted by dwiz:
The cards you open aren't yours, so I think you'd get in trouble if you took what you opened. The cards passed to you are yours. Just have your wife open a couple packs with you and show her a deck reg sheet. Show her how they are sorted into colors on the sheet and she should do that. Put the cards in alphabetical order by color and mark them down on the sheet. I told her when she gets passed cards to "check" to make sure other people did it right, just don't worry about it, say it's fine. When she get passed cards to keep, just put the number from the "opened" column into the "played" column. Undecided right now if she'll drop or if a rando will be getting a free bye round one.

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Usually if you drop right away you get a loss for the first round.

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Originally posted by Zeckk:
As for buffets - The Aria buffet and the Cosmopolitan buffets are the best, hands down. Biggest range of food, highest quality, and better ethnic options than just fried rice and a taco bar. Also, Aria buffet has an all-you-can-drink alcohol option at the buffet for $13, if you want to forget about your 0-3 start.

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I second the Wicked Spoon (Cosmopolitan buffet). The shrimp and desserts are amazing. Best buffet I have ever been to. Caesar's is supposed to have the best rated buffet the last couple years.