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I’m an old and my baby bro and I are considering going to Vegas for the 2026 Super Bowl as neither of us have been there for that event.  This wasn’t on the bucket list, but is under consideration.  We have a hostess and, normally, get our rooms comped at the V/P.  Don’t know if that would extend to the Super Bowl.  Should we pursue this or is it folly?

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I’m an old and my baby bro and I are considering going to Vegas for the 2026 Super Bowl as neither of us have been there for that event.  This wasn’t on the bucket list, but is under consideration.  We have a hostess and, normally, get our rooms comped at the V/P.  Don’t know if that would extend to the Super Bowl.  Should we pursue this or is it folly?

Sure. If you have an established relationship with the casino it doesn’t hurt to ask about a future comp. They probably offer package deals including game tickets.
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13 hours ago, Harrison Stafford said:

I’m an old and my baby bro and I are considering going to Vegas for the 2026 Super Bowl as neither of us have been there for that event.  This wasn’t on the bucket list, but is under consideration.  We have a hostess and, normally, get our rooms comped at the V/P.  Don’t know if that would extend to the Super Bowl.  Should we pursue this or is it folly?

I assume you mean to watch it in Vegas since they are not hosting the actual game. 

Vegas Super Bowl weekend is pretty fun, all the casinos will have parties some will be invite only and others you can just get a ticket for usually they have open bar/food. I would reach out to your host for sure to see what you can get into. 

 

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Thinking about it, conferences and conventions are the lifeblood of Vegas. The only reason I sort of enjoyed the place on my last trip was the private parties where I was able to drink copious amounts of Pappy for free. Unless someone is footing the bill for a Vegas trip, you shouldn't go.

 

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We just got back from a long ass weekend. I'll let @closetojumping give his own thoughts, but in general...meh.

The food, was fucking fantastic, as always. Piero's still has it's fastball, although who knows how long that will last. Dan's in the Fontainebleau was fucking exceptional. And the Casino was nice, I'd consider staying there over the Aria, because it's new and nice and you take a ride everywhere you're going anyway.

The Aria...it's fine, but it needs a fucking facelift. The plates around the window buttons and lights literally fell off and was unattached. The sports book needs new, fully digital TV screens. It's clean, and all, but it's dated. One of the higher end casino's should never look dated for long, imo. 

Wizard of Oz at the Sphere was expensive, but worth the price of admission. Real cool. 

Other than that, our group might be done with Vegas. We'll see. When I got in, I ordered a double jack and diet coke, a double makers, and a red bull, from the bar by the Aria sports book. 92 dollars, before gratuity. The service by the hostess at the Aria book where we paid for seats, was shitty and inconsistent with the information we got from our concierge host. Just expensive and stale and inept from a city and hotel that are supposed to be built on hospitality, there certainly didn't seem to be a lot of fucking hospitality. 

Everyone else's complaints about vegas Ive read here and elsewhere seem pretty accurate. 

EDIT: Also, everyone should be sure to ask CloseToJumping on his experience with a cab driver who gaslit the fuck out of him. 

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4 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

We just got back from a long ass weekend. I'll let @closetojumping give his own thoughts, but in general...meh.

The food, was fucking fantastic, as always. Piero's still has it's fastball, although who knows how long that will last. Dan's in the Fontainebleau was fucking exceptional. And the Casino was nice, I'd consider staying there over the Aria, because it's new and nice and you take a ride everywhere you're going anyway.

The Aria...it's fine, but it needs a fucking facelift. The plates around the window buttons and lights literally fell off and was unattached. The sports book needs new, fully digital TV screens. It's clean, and all, but it's dated. One of the higher end casino's should never look dated for long, imo. 

Wizard of Oz at the Sphere was expensive, but worth the price of admission. Real cool. 

Other than that, our group might be done with Vegas. We'll see. When I got in, I ordered a double jack and diet coke, a double makers, and a red bull, from the bar by the Aria sports book. 92 dollars, before gratuity. The service by the hostess at the Aria book where we paid for seats, was shitty and inconsistent with the information we got from our concierge host. Just expensive and stale and inept from a city and hotel that are supposed to be built on hospitality, there certainly didn't seem to be a lot of fucking hospitality. 

Everyone else's complaints about vegas Ive read here and elsewhere seem pretty accurate. 

Yeah, we just did a weekend at the Aria for the Eagles show at the Sphere on Saturday night.

The Aria is....fine.  It's dated, and definitely starting to look a bit run down in places.  And on our floor/hallway, some assholes smoked a shitload of weed in their room, and it stunk up the whole hall for the entire weekend.  Our room was fine, but the hallway stank. 

Food was great, across the board, although we need to break out of our routine -- we keep going back to places we love, like Lotus of Siam, Din Tai Fung, and Bouchon.  We actually prefer staying at the Palazzo (it's usually better-located for the concerts we come to town for), but the price difference was like $300 a night, and that just seemed stupid.

LV sure didn't seem dead to us, plenty of crowds, but then, losing 5-10% really doesn't thin the crowds much, it just crushes the profit margin.

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah, we just did a weekend at the Aria for the Eagles show at the Sphere on Saturday night.

The Aria is....fine.  It's dated, and definitely starting to look a bit run down in places.  And on our floor/hallway, some assholes smoked a shitload of weed in their room, and it stunk up the whole hall for the entire weekend.  Our room was fine, but the hallway stank. 

Food was great, across the board, although we need to break out of our routine -- we keep going back to places we love, like Lotus of Siam, Din Tai Fung, and Bouchon.  We actually prefer staying at the Palazzo (it's usually better-located for the concerts we come to town for), but the price difference was like $300 a night, and that just seemed stupid.

LV sure didn't seem dead to us, plenty of crowds, but then, losing 5-10% really doesn't thin the crowds much, it just crushes the profit margin.

We had brunch on Friday at Bouchon, and it still crushes it. Just ridiculously good. We haven't ventured to Lotus of Siam in a couple years, we opted for Bazaar Mar on our free night. That was...one of the most overpriced meals I've ever had in Las Vegas for what we got. Pretty disappointing from a Jose Andres joint. If you go avoid the tasting menu like the fucking plague. 

One funny thing, is there was the Marine Corps formal ball or something on...Thursday night? Think it was Thursday. Anyway, I'm riding down the elevator with these two young marines, full dress, and one of their dates. Couldn't have been older than 22. She's drinking from a cup, and offers a sip to the other guy who isn't her date. "Want a sip of my roadie?" He, as one does, asks what's in the cup? "Oh, it's mountain dew and tequila." He looks confused. I can't help myself and go "A classic pairing." He's too young to know better, and looks at me and goes "really?" to which I respond "Absolutely fucking not" and execute my perfectly timed exit from the elevator. 

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30 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

We had brunch on Friday at Bouchon, and it still crushes it. Just ridiculously good. We haven't ventured to Lotus of Siam in a couple years, we opted for Bazaar Mar on our free night. That was...one of the most overpriced meals I've ever had in Las Vegas for what we got. Pretty disappointing from a Jose Andres joint. If you go avoid the tasting menu like the fucking plague. 

One funny thing, is there was the Marine Corps formal ball or something on...Thursday night? Think it was Thursday. Anyway, I'm riding down the elevator with these two young marines, full dress, and one of their dates. Couldn't have been older than 22. She's drinking from a cup, and offers a sip to the other guy who isn't her date. "Want a sip of my roadie?" He, as one does, asks what's in the cup? "Oh, it's mountain dew and tequila." He looks confused. I can't help myself and go "A classic pairing." He's too young to know better, and looks at me and goes "really?" to which I respond "Absolutely fucking not" and execute my perfectly timed my exit from the elevator. 

Appreciate the advice on Bazaar Mar, we've thought about it.  And Bouchon is kind of a "must" for us.  The meticulously perfect execution of simple things is amazing.  The quiche florentine is one of the most amazing things I've eaten.  Keller's scrambled eggs are what I try to imitate at home.

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