Anyone been to Vegas recently?

**gauchojake** · 03-22-23, 10:40 AM

If you love weed and vagrancy, you're gonna love Vegas

**gauchojake** · 03-22-23, 10:40 AM

But yes everything is back to normal.

**marcoloco** · 03-22-23, 11:36 AM

back to normal, even buffets have been returning

**Otters27** · 03-22-23, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by marcoloco

back to normal, even buffets have been returning

Buffets are back?

**DiggityDaggityDo** · 03-22-23, 02:16 PM

It’s just as trashy as it’s always been. Nothing has changed.

**BestPlay2day** · 03-22-23, 02:35 PM

Vegas is back to normal now. Things are a lot more expensive and if you want to eat at a nice restaurant you need to make reservations.

**VeggieDog** · 03-22-23, 03:07 PM

The strip is very ghetto now.

**JIBBBY** · 03-22-23, 03:20 PM

Thing of the past. Garbage now. Go to a local Indian casino instead and or gamble online.

**Ian** · 03-22-23, 03:37 PM

I haven't been to Vegas for a few years, but some friends just got back from a stay at the Cosmopolitan and they had a great time. From what I was told things are back to the way they were pre pandemic.

**hawkwind** · 03-22-23, 04:47 PM

Not what it once was !!! If you stay within the better Casinos & don't leave U will be fine !!! If U go out & about there are nothing but THUGS who will ROB U & attempt to K-K your Azz

**VeggieDog** · 03-22-23, 05:22 PM

Originally posted by hawkwind

Not what it once was !!! If you stay within the better Casinos & don't leave U will be fine !!! If U go out & about there are nothing but THUGS who will ROB U & attempt to K-K your Azz

Yep. There are a lot of incidents that don't make it into the daily news. Better to stay off-strip, like Red Rock, or South Point.

**pavyracer** · 03-22-23, 05:34 PM

It's not the same as it used to be. Now there is a lot of crime and poverty. They days of wealth are gone in Vegas.

**CanuckG** · 03-23-23, 12:11 AM

Going tomorrow. pavy is drunk - plenty of wealth there. Crime has risen a bit but in the ghetto areas for the most part.

**mjsuax13** · 03-23-23, 12:52 AM

Crime is high everywhere, not just Vegas. I think the weed smoking on the strip has attracted some unique people. It’s not your local stoner Brian Spicoli any longer…

Vegas is back to normal mostly. Always had sketchy people but show me a city that doesn’t. USA is a country struggling right now… no different here in Vegas. High costs, low wages.

Off strip: always fun. Red Rock, Rampart @ JW or South Point and Green Valley. Lots to do off strip.

As for the strip: Lots of restaurants only open Thursday - Sunday or have black out dates. A bit more expensive but what isn’t? The most noticeable thing to me is that hard to find $10 blackjack table is even harder to find. $25-$50 minimum almost everywhere now. I think Trop and The D still have $5 table games though. Cosmo, Wynn, Venetian, Aria and Bellagio have security crawling everywhere. They are doing solid convention business. The sketchy places are still sketch and will still be sketch after the next election and 10 years from now. I visit MGM properties weekly and feel safe. Circa downtown you can’t get in if you are riff raff. They check ID at the doors. Resorts World nice but they have a multiple lodging price points so you get a weird mix of people but still very nice. Over by old hard rock rough shape. Virgin Hotels- no clue how it’s surviving. MSGSphere almost in as well. Vegas is what you make it. Hit the Rhino and party. Cheers.

**manny24** · 03-23-23, 03:22 AM

say Hi to Lamar Odom

**JIBBBY** · 03-23-23, 11:44 AM

Atlantic City maybe the hotter spot now.

**flyingillini** · 03-23-23, 12:05 PM

I prefer gambling in Cambodia and Macau.

**milwaukee mike** · 03-23-23, 12:16 PM

the best comment is "vegas is what you make it"

greatest city in the world, but if you let the bums get you down, or stay in weird places, it's depressing

i prefer wynn/encore, venetian/palazzo, or bellagio/aria areas... they do get pricey though... was at the aria a couple weeks ago and MINIMUM for pai gow is $100/hand even during the day

**gauchojake** · 03-23-23, 12:29 PM

TI - 15$ BJ 3/2

Someone told me the old Hooters hotel has 10$ tables but that's not really my scene. Prefer classy joints like Ellis Island and The El Cortez.

**flyingillini** · 03-23-23, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by gauchojake

TI - 15$ BJ 3/2

Someone told me the old Hooters hotel has 10$ tables but that's not really my scene. Prefer classy joints like Ellis Island and The El Cortez.

Not everyone is a high roller like you Gaucho Loco, while i was at Freebirds daily you were at The Elephant Bar., must be nice!

**BetterBizness** · 03-23-23, 12:46 PM

Took wifey to a show and first thing we got hit with was 2 waters and a popcorn for $28.. .and they wanted a tip...

**milwaukee mike** · 03-23-23, 01:02 PM

Originally posted by BetterBizness

Took wifey to a show and first thing we got hit with was 2 waters and a popcorn for $28.. .and they wanted a tip...

to me waters are like other drinks in vegas, you're gonna play before/after the show, or go to your room, why waste money on something that's free/cheap everywhere else? and i go back to the dean martin line about water... "i'm thirsty not dirty"

**flyingillini** · 03-23-23, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by mjsuax13

Crime is high everywhere, not just Vegas. I think the weed smoking on the strip has attracted some unique people. It’s not your local stoner Brian Spicoli any longer…

Vegas is back to normal mostly. Always had sketchy people but show me a city that doesn’t. USA is a country struggling right now… no different here in Vegas. High costs, low wages.

Off strip: always fun. Red Rock, Rampart @ JW or South Point and Green Valley. Lots to do off strip.

As for the strip: Lots of restaurants only open Thursday - Sunday or have black out dates. A bit more expensive but what isn’t? The most noticeable thing to me is that hard to find $10 blackjack table is even harder to find. $25-$50 minimum almost everywhere now. I think Trop and The D still have $5 table games though. Cosmo, Wynn, Venetian, Aria and Bellagio have security crawling everywhere. They are doing solid convention business. The sketchy places are still sketch and will still be sketch after the next election and 10 years from now. I visit MGM properties weekly and feel safe. Circa downtown you can’t get in if you are riff raff. They check ID at the doors. Resorts World nice but they have a multiple lodging price points so you get a weird mix of people but still very nice. Over by old hard rock rough shape. Virgin Hotels- no clue how it’s surviving. MSGSphere almost in as well. Vegas is what you make it. Hit the Rhino and party. Cheers.

I like my crime ridden gambling haven much better than Vegas, not everyone can hang at a place like this. I go there 3-4 times a year, i will be back next week. I love this place but dangerous as hell.

Crimes in Shadows: Sihanoukville’s Grisly Reports, Pressure on Journalists

https://vodenglish.news/crimes-in-shadows-sihanoukvilles-grisly-reports-pressure-on-journalists/

Murders, kidnappings, corpses on the beach — news reports out of Sihanoukville paint a picture of violent and serious crime in the coastal city. But authorities are increasingly shutting down information about police work and pressuring journalists over negative stories, crime reporters say.

**marcoloco** · 03-23-23, 01:21 PM

Originally posted by Otters27

Buffets are back?

Yep

The Best Buffets in Las Vegas

https://vegas.eater.com/maps/best-buffets-casinos-las-vegas

A world of all-you-can-eat seafood dinners and bottomless brunch awaits inside the best buffets in Vegas

**JIBBBY** · 03-23-23, 01:35 PM

Originally posted by BetterBizness

Took wifey to a show and first thing we got hit with was 2 waters and a popcorn for $28.. .and they wanted a tip...

The sneaky additional hotel tax, service and other bogus charges when checking out aren't fun either.

**milwaukee mike** · 03-23-23, 01:57 PM

Originally posted by marcoloco

Yep
https://vegas.eater.com/maps/best-bu...inos-las-vegas

that buffet at caesars is good, but can you believe you have to make a reservation just to pay $80 for a buffet? when bally's had KING crab and lobster, then it made sense

**BetterBizness** · 03-23-23, 03:04 PM

Originally posted by JIBBBY

The sneaky additional hotel tax, service and other bogus charges when checking out aren't fun either.

Somewhere I saw someone booking the circus for like $29 a night but walking out with something closer to $99

**Optional** · 03-23-23, 03:16 PM

Originally posted by flyingillini

I like my crime ridden gambling haven much better than Vegas, not everyone can hang at a place like this. I go there 3-4 times a year, i will be back next week. I love this place but dangerous as hell.

https://vodenglish.news/crimes-in-sh...n-journalists/

A sampling of local crime reports emerging from the city over the past two years include at least six reported cases of bodies found either in public locations or washed up along the beach; 19 homicides, assaults or firearms cases; 11 cases of extortion and detention; and some other serious crimes.

Quaint that they consider those numbers alarming

**milwaukee mike** · 03-23-23, 03:37 PM

Originally posted by Optional

Quaint that they consider those numbers alarming

yeah in milwaukee we call that tuesday

**mjsuax13** · 03-23-23, 05:00 PM

Originally posted by flyingillini

I prefer gambling in Cambodia and Macau.

I want to get to Macau.

**mjsuax13** · 03-23-23, 05:01 PM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

the best comment is "vegas is what you make it"

greatest city in the world, but if you let the bums get you down, or stay in weird places, it's depressing

i prefer wynn/encore, venetian/palazzo, or bellagio/aria areas... they do get pricey though... was at the aria a couple weeks ago and MINIMUM for pai gow is $100/hand even during the day

100% Mike. I prefer pricing myself away from the shit too. Safer and better that way.

**mjsuax13** · 03-23-23, 05:03 PM

Originally posted by flyingillini

I like my crime ridden gambling haven much better than Vegas, not everyone can hang at a place like this. I go there 3-4 times a year, i will be back next week. I love this place but dangerous as hell.

https://vodenglish.news/crimes-in-sh...n-journalists/

I don’t have enough self control. I’d end up snorting something or banging some hooker I have no business being near. Maybe that’s fair game. LOL.

**d2bets** · 03-23-23, 05:54 PM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

that buffet at caesars is good, but can you believe you have to make a reservation just to pay $80 for a buffet? when bally's had KING crab and lobster, then it made sense

What else am I gonna do with $6k+ rewards points?

Next week going to Amalfi, Hell's Kitchen, and Striphouse PH. Really wanted Nobu, but nobody else does seafood type stuff.

I don't eat enough for a buffet. lol

**flyingillini** · 03-23-23, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by Optional

Quaint that they consider those numbers alarming

There is no laws there, it is much worse, it is an SEZ zone and the casinos are all illegal.