Heading to Vegas -- Need non-poker suggestions (beer, women, music)

[ElSapo]

So, finally, after multiple failed attempts, my friends and I have hotel reservations, time off and plane tickets. For 7/8 of us, that probably means we will actually be in Las Vegas for April 1-4. The eighth guy has an apparent tendancy to miss flights.

I can find the right low limit games for these guys by searching the archives, but I'm looking for some advice on the rest of the trip.

I've been to Vegas a couple of times, and spent most of my time playing poker so I don't know too much about bars/clubs, etc... Basically you're talking about eight guys who like to drink and hit on women. But everything I've seen in Vegas has thus far been huge clubs, and for several that's not really our scene. Doesn't have to be a dive bar, but something slightly calmer than whatever new club and whichever hot casino. Nobody's rich, but none of us are hitting town broke (though we may leave that way).

Anyways, all suggestions are appreciated. Strip clubs, restaurants, bars, clubs, all of it. We're there for April 1-4, and I'm sure there's more going on at night than the strip.

Thanks,

El Sapo

[slamdunkpro]

Check out The Beach across from the Convention Center. Girls Girls Girls!

[WDC]

Haven't looked in quite a while but this site used to have a whiole bunch of good information.

http://www.lasvegastaxi.com/

[MicroBob]

"Heading to Vegas -- Need non-poker suggestions (beer, women, music) "


beer, women, music... i think these are all good ideas!!

[jayadd]

if your going with a bunch of guys the only suggestion i can give you is go to lasvegas.com and check out the VIP package i did it for a bachelor party in Nov it was so worth it. We went to RA at the luxor and Ghost bar Palms and light(bellagio). Also check out coyote ugly but get there before 8pm casue no cover very nice looking bartenders and very flirtatious. Easiest hook up is Palms thats where the youngins hang out and get hammered. Got to love MTV....
Good show to check out is Blue Man group but expensivve tickets. What we did was everyone through in $50 and we went to the roulette table put it on red and hit so we went and got tickets. We tried it again the next night for extra cash for another show and lost so maybe not a good idea....
Good luck

[oddjob]

i'm also not into clubs, so when i'm not playing poker, i like hanging out at the sahara. cheaper games then the strip, and there seems to be a lot of young attractive folk the last couple times i was tehre, but more down to earth then the hardrock/club scene. they're hanging at teh sahara for god sakes. so play some cheap bj or craps, drink free booze, and chat it up with folk.

[ZeroGee]

Vegas is all about the clubs. If you're looking just to talk to women, V-bar ain't too bad for that in the Venetian. Much smaller. If you're looking to "hook up," learn how to do it in a club. If you can't hook up in a club in Vegas, you won't have much luck ... anywhere else in the world, for that matter.

[Ulysses]

FWIW, I find it pretty easy to talk to women at the tables. Find a group playing craps or blackjack and having a good time and it's usually pretty easy to get a conversation going. As for clubs, I find the more mellow places easier to actually talk to someone. Like Drai's. Drai's rules.

[limon]

if you're gonna do the everyone pitches in on one bet thing i suggest a hand of blackjack, better odds. as far as chicks try ghostbar...thats where my wife goes to meet chicks.

[J.A.Sucker]

you gotta love the cheap bj's... as for the craps, hey, man, whatever you're into is cool with me, though not my style.