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at least it's a dry heat?

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I live here, please feel free to ask questions.

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See if you can hit up the Bacchanal buffet if it's open.

Lokison posted...

I live here, please feel free to ask questions.

I'll take any restaurant recs, then i've still got one day to fill with things that i haven't decided on yet. Probably looking to do something outside the strip.

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Lokison posted...

I live here, please feel free to ask questions.

my wife wants to move there. Would you recommend?

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Drpooplol posted...

my wife wants to move there. Would you recommend?

better have a job lined up. Unless you like working in the casino industry. Thats basically the job market out here. Aside from from the 100s heat in three months out of the year. The weather is great here. If youre like me and sensitive to allergies and shit. Its gonna be a nightmare if you dont prepare properly. Im basically congested all year around. Also, dust is everywhere a lot. I swear have to dust my house every two days

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And for OP, go to Herbs and Rye during happy hour. Off the strip but the best steak house(imo) out here. HH you get half off steaks

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darkprince45 posted...

better have a job lined up. Unless you like working in the casino industry. Thats basically the job market out here. Aside from from the 100s heat in three months out of the year. The weather is great here. If youre like me and sensitive to allergies and shit. Its gonna be a nightmare if you dont prepare properly. Im basically congested all year around. Also, dust is everywhere a lot. I swear have to dust my house every two days

My job is fully remote and I can work anywhere in the US. She wants to sing and be close to her mom who lives there. She thinks she can find gigs out there

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I Like Toast posted...

I'll take any restaurant recs, then i've still got one day to fill with things that i haven't decided on yet. Probably looking to do something outside the strip.

What's your budget, what kind of food are you looking for, and where on the strip are you staying?

Main rule: Dont go to a buffet.
Drpooplol posted...

my wife wants to move there. Would you recommend?

Depends. What do you both do for work?

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darkprince45 posted...

better have a job lined up. Unless you like working in the casino industry. Thats basically the job market out here. Aside from from the 100s heat in three months out of the year. The weather is great here. If youre like me and sensitive to allergies and shit. Its gonna be a nightmare if you dont prepare properly. Im basically congested all year around. Also, dust is everywhere a lot. I swear have to dust my house every two days

Its actually got a great job market, just depends on if you have a good resume. Casino jobs are more entry level jobs, but the actual job industry out here is amazing depending on what skills you have.

Drpooplol posted...

My job is fully remote and I can work anywhere in the US. She wants to sing and be close to her mom who lives there. She thinks she can find gigs out there

Singing is hard to get into out here, but if she does move out here and wants to do that, I'd suggest applying at either a private club (NOT STRIP CLUB to be clear), or if she wants a major Casino go for The Orleans. Depends on what kind of singer she is though she might get into something as good as the Luxor.

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Lokison posted...

Its actually got a great job market, just depends on if you have a good resume. Casino jobs are more entry level jobs, but the actual job industry out here is amazing depending on what skills you have.

Not really. MGM itself accounts for 51 percent of all employment in Clark county

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darkprince45 posted...

Not really. MGM itself accounts for 51 percent of all employment in Clark county

Because of how much they own. They dont own just Casinos.

Edit; half the strip is MGM, including land. The other half is Caesars with about 8% owned by Treasure Island (which just bought Circus Circus from MGM). If you look outside Paradise, NV (the actual city of the strip) theres actually a lot of great jobs.

I do however consider places like Henderson and Summerlin parts of Las Vegas considering the post office recognizes those towns as such. Remember, Las Vegas isnt one town, it's like 12.

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Where do you think the employees are working at lol? Mgm properties

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darkprince45 posted...

Where do you think the employees are working at lol? Mgm properties

Read my edit; this isnt a debate. I'm educated on the subject.

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Ugh my car is parked in the sun right now.

Try out Forte if you like eastern European food. Best restaurant in town imo.
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If youre looking for something to do besides drink and gamble, Id recommend taking a short trip out to Red Rock canyon.

its easy hiking and stunningly beautiful


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TheGoldenEel posted...

If youre looking for something to do besides drink and gamble, Id recommend taking a short trip out to Red Rock canyon.

its easy hiking and stunningly beautiful

Red Rock is a great Casino too. It's more designed for locals than tourist so you avoid the "tourist tax" and they have almost everything youd want.

If you have the money I'd recommend Koi at Planet Hollywood, and taking a leisurely stroll around the Promenade (located next to the Flamingo).

Stratosphere is only fun if you plan to jump (at least 50 floors are locked off so dont be convinced it's that awesome)

Definitely check out the Bellagio, their displays are awesome.

Edit: also, the Hoover Dam, it's actually a great hike and you can see some really cool stuff.

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Lokison posted...

Stratosphere is only fun if you plan to jump

I did this once and now I can say that I did it

actual picture of me:



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Tag

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You all want to go to Vegas? Lets go to Vegas together lol

never been

tag, vegas fucking owns

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TheGoldenEel posted...

I did this once and now I can say that I did it

actual picture of me:

Legit? That's awesome. Maybe TC can be the next one.

Oh TC, small favor. Buy some Astor Chocolate from a store lol. It's the company I work for and the whole reason I know the strip. It's good quality; just a wee bit expensive. Feel free not to though lol.

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I'll tell you anything you need to know. I've sunk 150 hours into New Vegas, so I'm kind of an expert

jk jk. Have fun!
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Lokison posted...

What's your budget, what kind of food are you looking for, and where on the strip are you staying?

i'll be at rio mostly, i'm splurging excessively on this trip so budget isn't too much of a concern but i don't want to pay like $80 a meal every time. And i'll eat most anything besides fish.

TheGoldenEel posted...

Id recommend taking a short trip out to Red Rock canyon.

i'm taking a helicopter to the grand canyon...hoping they give us some time to hike around, but since it's a tour i'm a little worried it will only be like 30 minutes. Was thinking about maybe driving up to bryce in utah. but man if the heat is going to be this bad >_>

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Lokison posted...

Legit? That's awesome. Maybe TC can be the next one.

i'm going solo and i'm 85% sure i do not have the balls to do it without someone edging me on. It was something I looked into in an attempt to conquer my fear of heights though and still something i'm considering.

I really want to get the nerve to skydive one day and I thought this could be a middle ground since i trust the cables more than a parachute. And less distance obviously.

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I Like Toast posted...

i'm taking a helicopter to the grand canyon...hoping they give us some time to hike around, but since it's a tour i'm a little worried it will only be like 30 minutes. Was thinking about maybe driving up to bryce in utah. but man if the heat is going to be this bad >_>

Fwiw red rock canyon is literally just outside the Vegas city limits so like a 15-20 minute drive from the strip. A lot more convenient than those other options

Look up pics on google, its well worth an afternoon imo

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I Like Toast posted...

i'll be at rio mostly, i'm splurging excessively on this trip so budget isn't too much of a concern but i don't want to pay like $80 a meal every time. And i'll eat most anything besides fish.

With that in mind try Koi. It's really good and not that expensive. Depending on who you are, getting the alcoholic version of a Baja Blast from Taco Bell is cool. I've never been to Hit's amazing but an old friend of mine used that to propose to his wife so I assume its amazing.

i'm taking a helicopter to the grand canyon...hoping they give us some time to hike around, but since it's a tour i'm a little worried it will only be like 30 minutes. Was thinking about maybe driving up to bryce in utah. but man if the heat is going to be this bad >_>

I believe the whole trip is about 1.5 hours, but I hear its beautiful. Theres also the option to go shoot a freakin' mini gun if that's up your ally

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I Like Toast posted...

i'm going solo and i'm 85% sure i do not have the balls to do it without someone edging me on. It was something I looked into in an attempt to conquer my fear of heights though and still something i'm considering.

I really want to get the nerve to skydive one day and I thought this could be a middle ground since i trust the cables more than a parachute. And less distance obviously.

I know this is akward AF, but I'll go with you if you REALLY want to do it. Although I'm like, 99% sure doing it with a fellow CEman would be even worse than doing it alone

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if you want to avoid the tourists too, hit up Mount Charleston. I like it more than red rock tbh. Plus the restaurant up there is decent

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Drpooplol posted...

My job is fully remote and I can work anywhere in the US. She wants to sing and be close to her mom who lives there. She thinks she can find gigs out there

your wife would be perfect for the brothels

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I was just there two weeks ago for bachelor party

Had a suite at the Rio. It fucking SUCKED. One of the shower drains was clogged the whole three days. And they never did room service the whole three days either. When we complained, they said they were understaffed.

Also, if you plan on going to a buffet, I'd recommend calling to see if it's reserve only. We tried going to the bacchinal buffet at Caesars palace only to find out it's reserve only

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I Like Toast posted...

i'm going solo and i'm 85% sure i do not have the balls to do it without someone edging me on. It was something I looked into in an attempt to conquer my fear of heights though and still something i'm considering.

I really want to get the nerve to skydive one day and I thought this could be a middle ground since i trust the cables more than a parachute. And less distance obviously.

I went with my younger sister and Im pretty sure I would have chickened out if she hadnt jumped first

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vegas in the summer sucks so hard, Im glad they moved WSOP to september through november

I Like Toast posted...

i'll be at rio mostly

try and splurge a little more if you can and get a better location. i was at luxor last time (second farthest south) and even that was far for me. big pain in the ass to have to factor in that much walking (even though i know im gonna be walking, it's still extremely limiting to your options)

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PatrickMahomes posted...

try and splurge a little more if you can and get a better location. i was at luxor last time (second farthest south) and even that was far for me. big pain in the ass to have to factor in that much walking (even though i know im gonna be walking, it's still extremely limiting to your options)

At least you can walk through Luxor to Excalibur to make the trip (slightly) more air conditioned. The best way walk through the strip is through casinos.

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TheGoldenEel posted...

Fwiw red rock canyon is literally just outside the Vegas city limits so like a 15-20 minute drive from the strip. A lot more convenient than those other options

for the day i'm considering i'll have a porsche 718 as my rental so......being close is not an advantage but yeah, looks gorgeous and similar to bryce.

Lokison posted...

I believe the whole trip is about 1.5 hours, but I hear its beautiful. Theres also the option to go shoot a freakin' mini gun if that's up your ally

i did see some of those when i was looking at options but ended up passing.


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Lokison posted...

At least you can walk through Luxor to Excalibur to make the trip (slightly) more air conditioned. The best way walk through the strip is through casinos.

That's exactly what we did. Never did figure out the outdoor path from luxor to excalibur or vice versa.

We probably would've gone indoors anyways, heat blows

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PatrickMahomes posted...

try and splurge a little more if you can and get a better location. i was at luxor last time (second farthest south) and even that was far for me. big pain in the ass to have to factor in that much walking (even though i know im gonna be walking, it's still extremely limiting to your options)

hotels are already booked >:|, honestly i just picked there because i'm going to see pen and teller >_>

i'll just take a lyft/uber if need be, but once the sun is down i don't mind the walk. But yeah in the heat it's going to suck which is why i'm generally looking for things in the day outside the strip then strip shit for the night.

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PatrickMahomes posted...

That's exactly what we did. Never did figure out the outdoor path from luxor to excalibur or vice versa.

We probably would've gone indoors anyways, heat blows

Yea, it can get up to 120f here around 15:00. Worst time of year to be a chocolate delivery dude lol.

I Like Toast posted...

for the day i'm considering i'll have a porsche 718 as my rental so......being close is not an advantage but yeah, looks gorgeous and similar to bryce.

i did see some of those when i was looking at options but ended up passing.

Theres also 2 ziplines here. One at the Linq (as well as the worlds largest ferris wheel with an open bar) and one at Freemont. I HIGHLY suggest hitting up Fremont. It's the original strip. To bad you missed First Friday. It's a free festival every first friday of the month.

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Fascinating, isnt it?

Rio is still decent. If you like older rock shit, def hit up KISS golf. The guy fieri restaurant in there was decent as well. Youre also not far from hash house. Make sure you eat there for breakfast.

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There's also a zipline at the Rio that connects the two towers. It's a two seater zipline, and it isn't very thrilling but you get a decent view. there's usually groupons for it.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

There's also a zipline at the Rio that connects the two towers. It's a two seater zipline, and it isn't very thrilling but you get a decent view. there's usually groupons for it.

Oh shit. Second one is at rio isnt it? I swore there was one at the Linq

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yeah rio has one, i'll probably give it a whirl because why not.

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So understanding you want more indoor activities for the day, look up the schedule for the Circus Circus shows. They're 100% free and its like a mini Cirque show.

If you want a Cirque show, "O" is easily the best hands down.

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I Like Toast posted...

hotels are already booked >:|, honestly i just picked there because i'm going to see pen and teller >_>

i'll just take a lyft/uber if need be, but once the sun is down i don't mind the walk. But yeah in the heat it's going to suck which is why i'm generally looking for things in the day outside the strip then strip shit for the night.

I Like Toast posted...

i'll have a porsche 718 as my rental

I did not see this part, that makes Rio a somewhat better option. Heard the rooms can still be hit or miss either way, but having a car will offset a lot of the location stuff. I've never driven on the strip but I have to assume there's a way you can park somewhere for a meal, accidentally get drunk, and leave your car where it's at for the night while you uber home.

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PatrickMahomes posted...

I did not see this part, that makes Rio a somewhat better option. Heard the rooms can still be hit or miss either way, but having a car will offset a lot of the location stuff. I've never driven on the strip but I have to assume there's a way you can park somewhere for a meal, accidentally get drunk, and leave your car where it's at for the night while you uber home.

i'll have a few rentals throughout a challenger, a shelby gt500, and the porsche. The shelby will actually be used for a road trip to sante fe to visit some family.

i also have one night at lame ass trump tower because i trusted priceline and they owned me. Basically vegas for a few days, sante fe for a few days, back to vegas for a day then red eye flight home.

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Yeah not sure about a Linq zipline but i haven't been for a while. The wheel is aight, I went on a work thing once there.

Good thing you have a rental cuz my friends that have visited here recently have been having to wait longer than usual for ride share pick ups. Like 30-50 minutes longer.
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oof, i was hoping to use rideshare for anything down the strip. i've been there once a long time ago and driving on the strip is nerve wrecking >_> it's about the only time i've felt unsafe in a car. And the only time i felt unsafe in a car that wasn't because of weather.

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Lokison posted...

So understanding you want more indoor activities for the day, look up the schedule for the Circus Circus shows. They're 100% free and its like a mini Cirque show.

If you want a Cirque show, "O" is easily the best hands down.

I saw the nudy Cirque at NY NY and it was awesome! I'll never forget the topless fishbowl.
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