[garyg1]

Do NOT take I-15. Do NOT take Las Vegas Blvd. Use Frank Sinatra and Industrial to get anywhere from Mandalay Bay all the way down to Circus Circus. On the busiest night with Las Vegas Blvd. a parking lot, I can be from Mandalay Bay poker room and into the Mirage poker room in 15 minutes using that back road system. Half of that time is driving, the other 7 1/2 minutes in walking from the self parking garages to and from the poker rooms. The only time I do not take that route is around 4 to 5 PM when all the local are getting off work and use that route themselves to back the traffic up at the intersection of Frank Sinatra and Industrial. I spent 7 days in vegas playing poker during new years weekend and was still amazed at the ease of traveling that route on a super busy holiday weekend. After 9PM I rarely see or pass more than a half dozen cars on that few minute drive between areas.