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Thread: Radar: Best Week to come to Vegas?

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    Radar
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    Radar: Best Week to come to Vegas?

    I am planning a weeks trip to Vegas either 5-11 or 12-18 of December.

    Which week is best to come? I hear things are really slow at this time of year.

    Should I book myself or look for some packaged deal with a casino?

    Is there any big conventions in town during that time?

    Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

    Radar

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    Parker
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    Parker: Re: Best Week to come to Vegas?

    > I am planning a weeks trip to Vegas either
    > 5-11 or 12-18 of December.

    The National Finals Rodeo is Dec 3-12. This is like, one of the biggest rodeos in the world.

    > Which week is best to come? I hear things
    > are really slow at this time of year.

    Once the rodeo leaves town, Vegas is a ghost town until after Christmas, when the buildup to New Year's Eve starts.

    > Should I book myself or look for some
    > packaged deal with a casino?

    Check the casino websites. Also download Travelaxe (www.travelaxe.com), install it and use it. It queries about a dozen online booking agencies at once. It is also free.

    > Is there any big conventions in town during
    > that time?

    Just the aforementioned rodeo.


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    Victoria
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    Victoria: Re: Best Week to come to Vegas?

    Depends upon your play and strategy.
    I happen to love rodeo week. Never been near a rodeo in my life, but everyone in Vegas is a cowboy/girl, places can be crowded and higher bet spreads are pretty common. Get yourself a Stetson, cover up that NY accent (I did), making casual friends is easy and just join the crowd at the table.
    In other words cover is easier than the following week where places will be emptier and the bets lower.
    That is my blackjack point of view. If you are redchipping at places where cover is not that important, you may want the slow week when betting limits will be lower.

    Now if you are planning on spending time at the finest restaurants and shows. They will all be going on during Rodeo but after that week many showrooms close for renovation for the Christmas season and so do some of the restaurants. It is a popular time to give employees vacations because things are slower.

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    Radar
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    Radar: Can't Get Much Bigger than that! Thanks *NM*


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    Radar
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    Radar: My Play is Mixed

    I play mostly red, with occasional sessions of green.

    Probably the week after sounds better for me, eh?

    Probably be easier getting a room, as well.

    Thanks...

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    Clown
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    Clown: Re: Best Week to come to Vegas?

    I am coming to Vegas mid-December, before Christmas. Does anyone know if it gets busy on the Christmas weekend? I have been searching for and found some great hotel rates:

    Harrah's ($40), Riviera ($34), Imperial Palace ($40) all have the cheapest rooms right there on their websites. San Remo is dirt cheap, something like thirty bucks.

    Friday/Saturdays are more expensive.

    Anything downtown is a total bargain at this time.

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    Parker
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    Parker: I'm dreaming of a quiet Christmas . . .

    > I am coming to Vegas mid-December, before
    > Christmas. Does anyone know if it gets busy
    > on the Christmas weekend?

    Not really. Christmas in not a big holiday in Las Vegas. Too family oriented, I guess. It is generally no busier than a non-holiday weekend. And of course, there are no conventions in town.

    After Christmas, the excitement level begins to build toward New Year's Eve, which is one of the biggest holidays in Las Vegas. The other biggest holiday weekend isn't even a holiday: Superbowl weekend.

    Christmas in Las Vegas is a little, well, weird. Christmas carols over casino PA systems, dealers wearing Santa caps, a huge Christmas tree in the middle of the Fremont St. Experience, . . . . it all seems kind of twisted to me. But hey, this is Vegas, baby.

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    Battery
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    Battery: Re: I'm dreaming of a quiet Christmas . . .

    > Christmas in Las Vegas is a little, well,
    > weird. Christmas carols over casino PA
    > systems, dealers wearing Santa caps, a huge
    > Christmas tree in the middle of the Fremont
    > St. Experience, . . . . it all seems kind of
    > twisted to me. But hey, this is Vegas, baby.

    I stayed at the Horseshoe in the middle of December last year and made a post about it when I returned home. In order to be politically correct, the "powers that be" are limited in what Christmas carols you hear as you travel up and down Fremont Street.

    It doesn't take too long before you get very tired of listening to Here Comes Santa Claus, Jingle Bell Rock, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and a few others.

    The giant Christmas tree was great.

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    mr bojangles
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    mr bojangles: What carols are banned . .

    Hey battery

    I am real tired right now ( i'll gte my excuse in ealry LOL ) but I can't hink what carols the powers that be have banned. Do you get the 'rat pack' type carols ?

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    Saboteur
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    Saboteur: Traditional vs religious-themed

    I think Battery is saying that LV avoids the more "religious" Christmas music, like "Away in a Manger". So, you get to hear "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" instead.

    Maybe it's the fear of complaint by patrons not of the Christian bent. Or maybe it's fear of complaint by patrons who are of the Christian bent. Maybe casinos just don't want to remind patrons that the kid who grew up to have the Roman centurions cast lots for His robe while he was dying was born at about this time of year. "Oh, yeah. THAT guy!"

    Maybe it's all of the above.

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    Clown
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    Clown: Re: What carols are banned . .

    I guess they ban all the real Christian carols about baby Jesus and so forth, so as not to appear "insensitive" to religious minorities. I was looking forward to a Christmas-away-from-Christmas holiday, looks like even in Vegas I might not get that. Perhaps I'll go to Tehran next year, or somewhere else in the Axis of Evil.

    Do you reckon that wearing a stupid riendeer hat and a red nose will throw off a little heat at the tables? How about a Santa suit? I could get the waitresses to sit on my knee...

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    Sun Runner
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    Sun Runner: Re: What carols are banned . .

    > I guess they ban all the real Christian
    > carols about baby Jesus and so forth, so as
    > not to appear "insensitive" to
    > religious minorities.

    I never understood why it would be insensitive to the religious minorities to play the Christmas songs about Jesus .. on Christmas.

    It's still Christmas .. the celebrated birthday of .. Christ.

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    Battery
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    Battery: Re: Traditional vs religious-themed

    > I think Battery is saying that LV avoids the
    > more "religious" Christmas music,
    > like "Away in a Manger". So, you
    > get to hear "Grandma Got Run Over by a
    > Reindeer" instead.

    > Maybe it's the fear of complaint by patrons
    > not of the Christian bent. Or maybe it's
    > fear of complaint by patrons who are of
    > the Christian bent. Maybe casinos just don't
    > want to remind patrons that the kid who grew
    > up to have the Roman centurions cast lots
    > for His robe while he was dying was born at
    > about this time of year. "Oh, yeah.
    > THAT guy!"

    > Maybe it's all of the above.

    You have it 100% correct. It also why we are all encouraged to wish each other "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". It's not just a Las Vegas thing.

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