Imagine if Treasure Island was still themed and not messed up like it is now post MGM detheming and Phil Ruffining it up. Would have made a cool hotel for the Raiders.
Let's spend money on changing names .. Instead of our Wonderful Public School System.These morons in the County are more focused on getting Golden shovels, Premium Seats in these Stadium's and whatever else they're getting on the side then the locals that live here.#BringBacktheMob
Harry Reid was one of the most crooked shady criminal politicians in U.S. history. His many children were left with millions $$$ Harry skimmed from taxpayers over 4 decades. Another lifetime gubment grifter who never started a private business all his life.
While I agree that the public school system is messed up, more money is not the answer like most things in life. I come from MN where the once great education system is failing. They have responded by throwing money at the problem, which has done nothing and outcomes continue to fall. We need to get back to common sense polices and remove certain elements from the school system all together and just focus on education. Not personal and political ideology. Or we will just keep lighting money on fire while the education system crumbles.
@@mkuslerMoney well spent and accounted for is the answer. Unfortunately money in the hands of greedy politicians is always spent on frivolous and useless things.If we actually spent money on the things that have been on the back burner for year's ,instead of wasting it on Name Changes, thing's would be a lot better.More Tree's,Shade,Seating & Security at major bus stops.Speed up the new school replacement program for the aging schools from the 60s
Last time in May the luxor cashout machine let's you give the extra to charity. It gives your bills back and let's you choose to give it to charity. I always give my 3 cents to charity. ❤
Yeah I think it was Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom who opened his big mouth on renaming Clark County. The cost would be extraordinary...money that needs to be spent helping its citizens. Similar to the Raiders season tickets display box....back in 1998 when I worked at the then LV Hilton (now Westgate), an Executive showed me a gift from the Bellagio (sent to all the local LV casino Execs) for the 'new' "O" show. It was a super deluxe display box with a VHS tape intro for the show. It was gorgeous. 😀
We stayed there on June 6th - The Durango - and we were lucky enough to have free rooms. Yes, these rooms are very expensive if you are paying for them yourself. But, I have to say, it was glorious to stay here - so plush, everything new. The shower was too die for. The beds and pillows were like sleeping on a cloud. However, we found that the restaurants at the Durago were very pricey for what you got for food. Pool area was also very nice. Casino floor, very clean and signs everywhere you walk. The bathrooms were like walking into Taj Mahal.
We visited the Durango on our last trip to Vegas in April. I was SO impressed. It's absolutely beautiful! We've switched our playing from MGM properties to Station properties. We're at Platinum level with Station and expect to advance to President level on our next trip in October. By next year same time, I expect we'll be at Chairman level and that we'll achieve that in far less time than it took us to achieve platinum level with the MGM...ahem...choke..."Rewards" players club. We're done with MGM nickle and diming us to death, with their horrible players club, their ever increasing resort fees, their fees for parking and now I hear they don't even serve top shelf drinks to their Platinum members, let alone the rest of their patrons.
We were at Bellagio around 2:30 am and only about half the slots were working. We overheard a woman complaining about waiting well over an hour for her payout, we didn't realize it was global. We went back to cosmo where we were staying and crashed for the night. Our flight left Friday night and had zero problems, so it cleared up quickly there.
Jackace does a great job with roulette strategy from a mathematician standpoint… People need to just stop playing triple zero, say NO!! Go play at station casinos or plaza single zero!
At our casino, patrons can drop their small amount tickets in boxes as they leave the casino and it goes to staff. The machines do round off one way or another to even number, (.03 cents to .05 cents). 🇨🇦 I mean the ticket cashing machines, not the slot machines.
@@mikehascats26sometimes it’s nice to help out minimum wage workers rather than give it to someone who has money to gamble. Just saying, no judgement. 😉
I thought Jacob was a little too harsh on Durango. I've stayed there twice (granted, these were comped). But it's nice staying in a room that's BRAND NEW. No dings on any furniture. Food Hall is very good. If the kids get bored, you could always take them somewhere on a daytrip. Maybe I'm just biased because they have much better vp than ANYWHERE on the strip. And I love Stations Casinos overall.
@@fantastiqueberliotz1209 and also just the whole concept of the BRIGHTNESS in the casino. Compare that with higher end places like Bellagio or the Wynn, the difference is literally night and day. They feel like dungeons compared to Durango.
The most overpriced hotel in Las Vegas is *definitely* the OYO, because even if the room were free I wouldn't stay there. I have been in the casino part of it, which is also not a feature. Every surface felt like it would be sticky, and if hepatitis had a smell I think you'd find it there.
In my experience when it comes to overpriced rooms in Vegas, it was actually at a hotel that many consider to be a budget hotel in Excalibur. When I stayed there in January of 2022, they charged me $150 a night ($300 total) before resort fees & this was just their basic room. In my view, the room should have cost half that because it was just above Motel 6 (but not as bad as OYO or Circus Circus) in terms of quality. What makes this worse was that it was not particularly busy in Vegas during my stay & I would think that given the fact that we were just coming out of the pandemic at the time that Excalibur would offer cheap rates to try to get more guests to stay there & recoup their losses. Now when it comes to budget hotels the next time I am in Vegas, the first choice will be the Rio mainly because I have Rio Rewards comp nights I can use & can also get Hyatt Rewards points for staying there.
Or heck, all these resorts have residencies. Let them come up with a weekend of their own: Have their favorite artists/friends perform, cater in some of their favorite restaurants, the possibilities are endless. Props to Resorts World for thinking outside the box.
Don't rename the county. Apply that money to develop mass transit from the airport to the strip. Place TITO collection boxes for the same purpose. Then visitors will feel they are contributing to something tangible and worthwhile!
I always leave the change in the machines instead of donating to the casino where they get a tax break for their donation. Alternately, I leave it on top of the ticket redemption machine to make the next persons redemption to the next dollar.
The reason they make those vouchers cashable only at the cage is to discourage "silver miners" (bums who do nothing but circulate around the casinos looking for abandoned vouchers).
That's an added benefit. The real reason is they know most people won't bother cashing them so they either get to keep them or get the charity tax write-off
@@Milestomemories yep, and the casinos took a dim view back then too. Once at the SL in Reno I was checking VP payables, and a security guy accused me of "checking trays". He was ready to bounce me until I told him I was in town on business (true) and was a guest of the hotel. Whenever I find credits in a machine i want to play, i cash them out and set the voucher to the side. Not worth getting 86'd for a buck or two.
For the record, there are no direct descendants of William A. Clark, his last daughter Huguette died in 2011 at the age of 104. A little history about Huguette, you should know that for the last 30 years of her life she lived in a hospital room in New York, and that she maintained (paying employees who didn't even know what their boss looked like for several decades) several mansions including Bellosguardo in Santa Barbara, for over 50 years without ever setting foot in her mansions.
Stayed two nights at Durango comped. Beautiful room, much larger and nicer than Fountainbleu where I stayed in December. Casino is nice except for crowded slots which you've noted in the past and better odds than strip--3:2 blackjack and 10x odds craps with $10-15 minimums. Great quality food choices to and only 15 minutes from strip.
So, we landed this past Thursday night (Vdara. No check in issues) and popped on over to Aria to play but all TITO/ATM's were shuttered causing the line at the cage to stretch way back. Drunk people were not stoked. Friday seemed like MGM was back to normal. And you guys are right...Aria is ridiculousy expensive and we rarely receive any good comps there.
The Raiders had a rep in Oakland for a long time for being behind the times as Al Davis got older, so it’s funny that his son would carry on that tradition, albeit in a cool little box. Most season tix these days are sent via email or linked in an app.
I was booked for next week but I already canceled. Even if they are able to get everything back on track, there is SO much customer service to deal with. Just going to wait til Labor Day weekend now
You guys have a great show! Mark great point about the downtown deal I would do it just to experience Fremont area bucket list! Shawn big up for pointing that out about Aria I've been hearing the same! Went to Vegas first time last year for a bachelor party we loved it definitely going back!!!
Aria once was great and can be again, but they need a renovation and some more care. Cosmo is the best by far in that area. And it’s sort of central to Bellagio and Aria too and connected so that’s even better. Glad you enjoyed your first trip!
Yeah, I think The Aria is way over priced considering that many of their rooms are outdated now. I still love that place but I think their service has gone downhill, the last time I stayed there was back in 2022, I had to wait for like 2 hours to check into my room. I would also add Bellagio, The Costmo, FB and Resorts World.
15:48 That's exactly why they didn't pay. Now the word is out that MGM won't pay a ransom. Cyber criminals want their money. Now that the word is out there that MGM was willing to overspend to rebuild and suffer through the chaos to not pay the ransom, other hackers are probably going to view hacking MGM as a waste of time. Yes, MGM could have paid maybe 10 ransoms for what it cost them but, as someone in the IT community myself, I love that they didn't pay. It's basically giving the bad guys the double bird.
A couple years back I got a comp in the mail for 2 nights at the Golden gate hotel hands down it was the worst hotel room I've ever stayed in I left after 1 night
Hey guys ! I remember paying quite a bit for a room at the Venetian once but for the last 6 years I haven’t paid a penny for my suites at Bellagio or Aria . MGM has its issues but they definitely are giving me great comps. Glad they caught the hacker as he ruined my trip last September. I agree about the airport name …Las Vegas Intl airport sounds way better . Fun show as always gentlemen 😎😎😎
It is all in the Las Vegas Valley Landform, so we all live in "Las Vegas". I technically live in enterprise, Clark county but we write it as Las vegas on our mail.
I used to play the Dolly Parton slot all the time and it was the awesome. So many random bonuses and her singing. I have not seen it in awhile. Last time was at TI. I was just there a few days ago and it was gone. I wish they still had it.
100% agree re Aria. I wouldn't stay there again even if fully comped. Bad location, rooms are small, dark, dirty and dreary and the property is a bit depressing imo.
Ludacris played our Casino last year and it was NUTS! Sold Out! And he told the crowd he was coming inside to party after the show. He did not. But it was crazy inside because everyone from the show descended on the casino looking for him.
I have played both the Primm courses, and no they are not a fancy thing for high rollers. In fact, in the last 10 years at least they have been rather the opposite. It was a nicely designed golf destination at one point, but they seemingly do not have the water or maintenance budget to keep it looking and playing as originally designed. It has been a relative "bargain" course, making it worth the trip to avoid exorbitant Vegas golf prices. The layout is good and it still played ok, but lots of dormant grass, frequently one course or the other closed, and very firm, dry fairways. I never even knew MGM owned it. Any player tie ins would be with the Primm casinos, and if they did not sell it earlier im guessing it is because they did not have a buyer.
I always wondered why they never sold it but maybe no one way buying. Sad to hear it wasn’t maintained well. I once worked with the wife of a groundskeeper back in the early 2000s and they took a ton of pride in it then even if it wasn’t the busiest course.
Yeah my last stay there a couple of years ago was bad and I don’t have a desire to return until the rooms are redone. It’s tired at this point. Very tired.
They took off the donation options at the machines at mgm properties, at least all the ones I used in June. I used to just donate the change, shame on mgm for removing the donation option.
I'd rather that money be put to better use in the county....education, homelessness, or just invest it. His reasoning is naff by stating that some big cities have the same county name as the city... Pretty weak. A lot of big cities are in a county differently named. And you did touch on that it -- Clark County is more than Las Vegas. Clark County has a population near 2.5 million, while the city has a 25-30% that. Kind of leaves the other 70-75% as a second thought. Plus no matter how much they think it'll cost, it'll cost more. As the project progresses, things will be uncovered that people will have overlooked and completely forgot. Should be a hard pass unless privately funded without taxes since it's just a vanity project, no return on that investment.
I was told at the cage that the US Mint was to blame. They would not provide the amount of coins Vegas needed. It sounded like BS at the time but it was unique way to blame someone else.
Durango is nice and I mean nice. Plenty of other high priced hotels. You pay $200 ish for Marriott or Hilton. Easy also to get in and out of the facility too.
The CrowdStrike kerfluffle let me live the American dream of getting paid for not working. And for those affected at casinos that day, it could have been worse, you could have been at an airport, trying to get a flight. Surprisingly, Southwest's systems are so antiquated they were not affected by the CrowdStrike fiasco. Go figure. Looking forward to my annual pilgramage to Las Vegas at Thanksgiving.
The golf course is called "Shadow Creek" not "Shadow Ridge." I've golfed Shadow Creek once. I was invited by my MGM casino host and you only can get out there by limo. It is an amazing course!
EDC Las Vegas always delivers awesome collectible boxes which your festival wristbands are snug secure in. I always wish more festivals did something like that. 🙂 I'm opposed to the county name change idea. There's more to the state of Nevada than just Vegas, including much of Clark County alone. I know there's San Bernardino Country, but it's different in that it was established all the way back in 1853 when only about five thousand people lived in the town of the same name at the time. Granted I haven't actually set foot there as of yet, but even though Durango's a beautiful resort from all the footage I've seen..............with it having few rooms right now and also being a relatively small casino overall, I have to imagine overcrowding is going to be a major concern there for the foreseeable future that can't help but kind of diminish the overall all-around experience there. I get Station Casinos probably wanted to be prudent in their investing and just wait and see what happens in its nascent form before considering potential Phases 2 and 3 of development/expansion.............but when there's not many rooms, its pretty small and its rates are what they are, I just don't feel it's worth it right now. Aria's obviously overpriced especially with most of its rooms being quite dated and it simply not feeling like a five-star resort at this time, but at the very least I've gotten complimentary two-night stays there via myVEGAS so there's that. Another extremely overpriced hotel is NoBu at Caesars. Obviously you both have stayed there and even filmed a room and hotel review, but its price point has always been a deterrent for me. It has some features which are nice, but they most certainly don't justify its leviathan price point.
They used to have similar slots to Whitney's that was themed on Michael Jackson... those were NICE!!! all the fun of MJJ and his music, without the eccentricities😂
Hi, guys. I can't agree more with the idea that knowing the odds or "math" of the games you play really makes you a better more confident player. For me, it makes it more fun. Those Raider tickets were awesome.
Naming stuff after politicians is just a bad idea. It's not like the first words to pop into people's minds for politicians are the words truthful and moral. Aria overpriced? B-But Aria has a cool iPad in their rooms! 😂 MGM used to have an option to donate TITO change to their charity, but that stopped long ago. I would do that if they brought it back.
Just take those small TITOs and put them into an Aristocrat game like Dragon Cash or Lighting Link and take a shot at the lucky chance…never know you could hit it big… or not lol
Surprised you guys didn't talk about the A's meeting a few days ago, and how Vital Vegas mentioned that there is STILL no funding for the A's relocation to LV.
McCarran wasn’t the best guy and Harry Reid had the sway to get it done before he died along with $7 million worth of donations from friends to pay for it.
Some of the atm machines do give change. There were a couple in front of the mgm grand cage which dispensed change. Maybe only these give change because it’s closer to the cage?
The guy Clark County is named after literally never seems to have stepped foot there. He was just some rich guy who bribed politicians and became a Senator from Montana. Totally agree on Aria being overpriced. I like going to Aria to gamble and eat but I always stay at Park MGM or Vdara because they’re cheaper and non-smoking.
Congrats on the 50k subscribers! As far as Durango goes, I agree 100% with Jacob about Durango being the most overpriced. It is a 4 star property, not 5 stars. The service, pool and amenities are average at best, and the view is terrible. Durango is in the worst area of Las Vegas and doesn't merit to charge the same price as higher end resorts in best parts of Vegas (centre strip). While Durango casino is a great place for locals, most locals do not book the hotel itself; tourists do. Tourists don't want to pay 5-star centre-strip SUITE kind of price to stay in a small room in a 4-star hotel that is far from all the Vegas action, in a place that mandates needing a car to go anywhere, with limited shopping and food options. Durango is following Tropicana's greedy pricing strategy which jeopardizes its future.
I think they purposely built the hotel small. They used this strategy before at both GVR and Red Rock. I suspect rates will eventually come down as the newness fades off and they’ll most likely build more rooms too. Over time it will probably come at the same level as Red Rock when it comes to rates. And the property will grow into more of a proper resort in the mean time as well.
@@Milestomemories I agree 100% but that strategy works if you have a solid MVP and a good business plan with a defined market segment! Durango has none of those: an identity crisis, pulling in all directions and hoping for the best. Lets not confuse Durango hotel with its casino. The casino will be successful. Question is all about the hotel portion. Durango has a small quiet boutique hotel connected to a contradictory large mega-resort type of busy casino. Its hotel targets tourists (who would spend money at the strip or downtown) but its casino targets locals who don't need a hotel room, so one doesn't fully feed the other. The hotel is not targeting people who want to stay on the strip or in big resorts, which leaves people who want smaller resorts for their low price, being quiet or personalized luxury. Problem is: Durango is none of these! It charges luxury-type room rates but unlike Red Rock it doesn't feel luxurious, nor offers luxurious amenities nor has many fancy food/entertainment options (but has tons of fast food...). Unlike GVR, it is not quiet either! Durango hotel needs a new market strategy or it will become either: (1) an obscure expensive place that doesn't get clients and only reaches max occupancy when other places get full, like Polo towers and Jockey Club or (2) The next Palace Station: Starting strong but nowadays struggling to break even and has to resort to giving huge discounts. Also I realized that I made a mistake: Durango is 5 stars, not 4. I guess I made that mistake because it gives 4-star vibes!
13:39 Who designs these rooms? This setting should have the chairs facing the table, and each other so you have a sit-down view out of the window, and can either eat, or play a game together. Why face the chairs toward the bed, because of the tv? The best room I've had in Vegas was at Caesar's Palace back in the 90's for $150 a night. We were placed in a newly renovated room with aqua green/blue design, and it had a jacuzzi in the room. It wasn't a suite, just a regular sized room, but it was done in a classy manner, the tub was integrated well, and didn't look out of place. I would bet that room now would be $300, but still a good deal for that level of quality, and don't get me started on the service which was also the best I've ever had at a casino. I wonder if Caesar's is still this good? New sub!👍😎✌🗽
Thats not the drama around Mr Beast going on right now that I thought you were going be talking about. Had no clue about this Vegas tv show drama. Looks like alot drama going on around him right now.
Yeah, it's become a town about greed! How much can we charge before patrons get upset, and won't come anymore? One thing keeping me away is the table minimums! $10/$15 min play on blackjack, and craps is way to much for my blood. I used to go with $3000 gambling money, and was comfortable at $3/$5 minimums, but 10/15, forget it!
Imagine if Treasure Island was still themed and not messed up like it is now post MGM detheming and Phil Ruffining it up. Would have made a cool hotel for the Raiders.
Let's spend money on changing names .. Instead of our Wonderful Public School System.These morons in the County are more focused on getting Golden shovels, Premium Seats in these Stadium's and whatever else they're getting on the side then the locals that live here.#BringBacktheMob
Harry Reid was one of the most crooked shady criminal politicians in U.S. history. His many children were left with millions $$$ Harry skimmed from taxpayers over 4 decades. Another lifetime gubment grifter who never started a private business all his life.
While I agree that the public school system is messed up, more money is not the answer like most things in life. I come from MN where the once great education system is failing. They have responded by throwing money at the problem, which has done nothing and outcomes continue to fall. We need to get back to common sense polices and remove certain elements from the school system all together and just focus on education. Not personal and political ideology. Or we will just keep lighting money on fire while the education system crumbles.
@@mkuslerMoney well spent and accounted for is the answer. Unfortunately money in the hands of greedy politicians is always spent on frivolous and useless things.If we actually spent money on the things that have been on the back burner for year's ,instead of wasting it on Name Changes, thing's would be a lot better.More Tree's,Shade,Seating & Security at major bus stops.Speed up the new school replacement program for the aging schools from the 60s
Booze, Balls, Bingo, and Builders. Pretty much all they care about.
Regarding the uncashed tickets, besides the cash tip, I leave those uncashed tickets to housekeeper upon checking out.
That’s a good idea!
I’ve done the same thing over the last several trips.
Last time in May the luxor cashout machine let's you give the extra to charity. It gives your bills back and let's you choose to give it to charity. I always give my 3 cents to charity. ❤
Yeah I think it was Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom who opened his big mouth on renaming Clark County. The cost would be extraordinary...money that needs to be spent helping its citizens. Similar to the Raiders season tickets display box....back in 1998 when I worked at the then LV Hilton (now Westgate), an Executive showed me a gift from the Bellagio (sent to all the local LV casino Execs) for the 'new' "O" show. It was a super deluxe display box with a VHS tape intro for the show. It was gorgeous. 😀
I wonder how many of those boxes for O still exist.
Who footed the bill for the fancy Harry Reid airport sign change? Should have named it Bugsy Seagal intl airport instead.. more credibility.
The guys name is TICK??!
@@edvaira6891 I know right?!
@@jerrysanders9101 Well they were both criminals so........
I've been going to Las Vegas for years and I have been calling it "Las Vegas" airport all this time!🤣
I do too haha
Congrats on your 50k! 🥳
Thank you
We stayed there on June 6th - The Durango - and we were lucky enough to have free rooms. Yes, these rooms are very expensive if you are paying for them yourself. But, I have to say, it was glorious to stay here - so plush, everything new. The shower was too die for. The beds and pillows were like sleeping on a cloud. However, we found that the restaurants at the Durago were very pricey for what you got for food. Pool area was also very nice. Casino floor, very clean and signs everywhere you walk. The bathrooms were like walking into Taj Mahal.
I agree, but I liked the food choices and found prices reasonable (I'm far from wealthy) but of course that's 100% subjective.
We visited the Durango on our last trip to Vegas in April. I was SO impressed. It's absolutely beautiful! We've switched our playing from MGM properties to Station properties. We're at Platinum level with Station and expect to advance to President level on our next trip in October. By next year same time, I expect we'll be at Chairman level and that we'll achieve that in far less time than it took us to achieve platinum level with the MGM...ahem...choke..."Rewards" players club. We're done with MGM nickle and diming us to death, with their horrible players club, their ever increasing resort fees, their fees for parking and now I hear they don't even serve top shelf drinks to their Platinum members, let alone the rest of their patrons.
Thanks for sharing - glad you had a great stay!
I remember they had a TV tournament at Primm, world series of golf Phil Ivey flew there in his helicopter. Back when cool things happened in vegas
We were at Bellagio around 2:30 am and only about half the slots were working. We overheard a woman complaining about waiting well over an hour for her payout, we didn't realize it was global. We went back to cosmo where we were staying and crashed for the night. Our flight left Friday night and had zero problems, so it cleared up quickly there.
Yeah I think the casinos figured it out pretty quickly. They had a lot of practice last year at crisis management. 😂
Jackace does a great job with roulette strategy from a mathematician standpoint…
People need to just stop playing triple zero, say NO!! Go play at station casinos or plaza single zero!
At our casino, patrons can drop their small amount tickets in boxes as they leave the casino and it goes to staff. The machines do round off one way or another to even number, (.03 cents to .05 cents). 🇨🇦 I mean the ticket cashing machines, not the slot machines.
just give it to a stranger who is playing slots
@@mikehascats26sometimes it’s nice to help out minimum wage workers rather than give it to someone who has money to gamble. Just saying, no judgement. 😉
That is a cool idea
I thought Jacob was a little too harsh on Durango. I've stayed there twice (granted, these were comped). But it's nice staying in a room that's BRAND NEW. No dings on any furniture. Food Hall is very good. If the kids get bored, you could always take them somewhere on a daytrip. Maybe I'm just biased because they have much better vp than ANYWHERE on the strip. And I love Stations Casinos overall.
Totally agree with you. And yes, they offer lots of VP with great pay scales for us VP players.
@@fantastiqueberliotz1209 and also just the whole concept of the BRIGHTNESS in the casino. Compare that with higher end places like Bellagio or the Wynn, the difference is literally night and day. They feel like dungeons compared to Durango.
The Aces also had an incredible Season Ticket box - opens to a built in highlight video, and has a drawer with cards, poker chips and dice.
Wow that’s impressive. I wonder what the cost/budget is on these.
The most overpriced hotel in Las Vegas is *definitely* the OYO, because even if the room were free I wouldn't stay there. I have been in the casino part of it, which is also not a feature. Every surface felt like it would be sticky, and if hepatitis had a smell I think you'd find it there.
Hey now - the OYO is a treasure! For 22 year olds...
In my experience when it comes to overpriced rooms in Vegas, it was actually at a hotel that many consider to be a budget hotel in Excalibur. When I stayed there in January of 2022, they charged me $150 a night ($300 total) before resort fees & this was just their basic room. In my view, the room should have cost half that because it was just above Motel 6 (but not as bad as OYO or Circus Circus) in terms of quality. What makes this worse was that it was not particularly busy in Vegas during my stay & I would think that given the fact that we were just coming out of the pandemic at the time that Excalibur would offer cheap rates to try to get more guests to stay there & recoup their losses. Now when it comes to budget hotels the next time I am in Vegas, the first choice will be the Rio mainly because I have Rio Rewards comp nights I can use & can also get Hyatt Rewards points for staying there.
Or heck, all these resorts have residencies. Let them come up with a weekend of their own: Have their favorite artists/friends perform, cater in some of their favorite restaurants, the possibilities are endless. Props to Resorts World for thinking outside the box.
Don't rename the county. Apply that money to develop mass transit from the airport to the strip. Place TITO collection boxes for the same purpose. Then visitors will feel they are contributing to something tangible and worthwhile!
I always leave the change in the machines instead of donating to the casino where they get a tax break for their donation.
Alternately, I leave it on top of the ticket redemption machine to make the next persons redemption to the next dollar.
The reason they make those vouchers cashable only at the cage is to discourage "silver miners" (bums who do nothing but circulate around the casinos looking for abandoned vouchers).
That's an added benefit. The real reason is they know most people won't bother cashing them so they either get to keep them or get the charity tax write-off
I used to know one back in the coin days. Would just walk and discretely sweep the hoppers for any left behind coins. Would often find stuff!
@@Milestomemories yep, and the casinos took a dim view back then too. Once at the SL in Reno I was checking VP payables, and a security guy accused me of "checking trays". He was ready to bounce me until I told him I was in town on business (true) and was a guest of the hotel. Whenever I find credits in a machine i want to play, i cash them out and set the voucher to the side. Not worth getting 86'd for a buck or two.
For the record, there are no direct descendants of William A. Clark, his last daughter Huguette died in 2011 at the age of 104.
A little history about Huguette, you should know that for the last 30 years of her life she lived in a hospital room in New York, and that she maintained (paying employees who didn't even know what their boss looked like for several decades) several mansions including Bellosguardo in Santa Barbara, for over 50 years without ever setting foot in her mansions.
Tic was one that was against naming it Las Vegas International.
Stayed two nights at Durango comped. Beautiful room, much larger and nicer than Fountainbleu where I stayed in December. Casino is nice except for crowded slots which you've noted in the past and better odds than strip--3:2 blackjack and 10x odds craps with $10-15 minimums. Great quality food choices to and only 15 minutes from strip.
🎉🎉🎉 Hey! You guys hit 50K🎉🎉🎉
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So, we landed this past Thursday night (Vdara. No check in issues) and popped on over to Aria to play but all TITO/ATM's were shuttered causing the line at the cage to stretch way back. Drunk people were not stoked. Friday seemed like MGM was back to normal. And you guys are right...Aria is ridiculousy expensive and we rarely receive any good comps there.
Have never understood the love for Aria myself.
The golf course in north las Vegas is called Shadow Creek.
Yes it is! I said the name of a local High School. 🤦♂️
The Raiders had a rep in Oakland for a long time for being behind the times as Al Davis got older, so it’s funny that his son would carry on that tradition, albeit in a cool little box. Most season tix these days are sent via email or linked in an app.
Yup - didn't look like you could even use those tickets though. I didn't see a barcode etc. at least
I was planning to be in Vegas this week, but was booked on Delta. So I'm home insted.
Delta is a hot mess this week.
I was booked for next week but I already canceled. Even if they are able to get everything back on track, there is SO much customer service to deal with. Just going to wait til Labor Day weekend now
That sucks - hopefully they give everyone something for their meltdown
@@FlyLikeDove sometimes it is just easier to cut bait and move onto the next one for sure
Hey Shawn, when Mark said the Raiders are terrible. You should have said “Go Lions?”
Glass houses 😂
Hahaha
How many Superbowls have the Lions won?
@@pb51-d8f
As many as the Las Vegas Raiders
I was gonna add - I would know haha
I add all my change vouchers with my cash tip at the end of my stay. It’s probably $10-$20 bucks after five or more days of gaming.
T off at 7 was great guys the place was so nice and primm was the spot....nice channel take care friends😊
The Coyote Springs golf course is more remote than the Primm courses….it’s North of town…absolutely nothing nearby.
Agree with property value-for-money list. It is a moving target.
Safety is my first priority.
You guys have a great show! Mark great point about the downtown deal I would do it just to experience Fremont area bucket list! Shawn big up for pointing that out about Aria I've been hearing the same! Went to Vegas first time last year for a bachelor party we loved it definitely going back!!!
Like to hear what you both think about the balcony suites!!?!
Aria once was great and can be again, but they need a renovation and some more care. Cosmo is the best by far in that area. And it’s sort of central to Bellagio and Aria too and connected so that’s even better. Glad you enjoyed your first trip!
Bachelor parties are (almost) always a blast in Vegas. Glad you had a good trip!
They should have a little fun and put some UFO easter eggs around the airport in honor of Harry.
Love you guys, luda is still touring going to see him @ Monroe county Fair in Michigan
Have a great time!
The Michael Jackson slots were one of my favorite. Hopefully, the Whitney Houston slots will be just as much fun.
Yeah, I think The Aria is way over priced considering that many of their rooms are outdated now. I still love that place but I think their service has gone downhill, the last time I stayed there was back in 2022, I had to wait for like 2 hours to check into my room. I would also add Bellagio, The Costmo, FB and Resorts World.
15:48 That's exactly why they didn't pay. Now the word is out that MGM won't pay a ransom. Cyber criminals want their money. Now that the word is out there that MGM was willing to overspend to rebuild and suffer through the chaos to not pay the ransom, other hackers are probably going to view hacking MGM as a waste of time. Yes, MGM could have paid maybe 10 ransoms for what it cost them but, as someone in the IT community myself, I love that they didn't pay. It's basically giving the bad guys the double bird.
I'm okay when a celebrity singer slot goes away but I was heartbroken when the Elvira slot machines vanished.
Those were great!
A couple years back I got a comp in the mail for 2 nights at the Golden gate hotel hands down it was the worst hotel room I've ever stayed in I left after 1 night
Haven't stayed there but have stayed at Circus circus. Is it really worse than Circus circus?
@@tomvu1470 probably a lot louder haha
Hey guys ! I remember paying quite a bit for a room at the Venetian once but for the last 6 years I haven’t paid a penny for my suites at Bellagio or Aria . MGM has its issues but they definitely are giving me great comps. Glad they caught the hacker as he ruined my trip last September. I agree about the airport name …Las Vegas Intl airport sounds way better . Fun show as always gentlemen 😎😎😎
It is all in the Las Vegas Valley Landform, so we all live in "Las Vegas". I technically live in enterprise, Clark county but we write it as Las vegas on our mail.
Clark County to Las Vegas County is a great idea, but 7 mil. could be spent better until the economy stabilizes in 3 years or so.
I used to play the Dolly Parton slot all the time and it was the awesome. So many random bonuses and her singing. I have not seen it in awhile. Last time was at TI. I was just there a few days ago and it was gone. I wish they still had it.
100% agree re Aria. I wouldn't stay there again even if fully comped. Bad location, rooms are small, dark, dirty and dreary and the property is a bit depressing imo.
We stayed at the Apache in November for 3 nights. We wanted the old school feel.
I definitely need to stay there. Love the vibe from what I’ve seen even if it isn’t the fanciest.
Ludacris played our Casino last year and it was NUTS! Sold Out! And he told the crowd he was coming inside to party after the show. He did not. But it was crazy inside because everyone from the show descended on the casino looking for him.
Local Casinos here in PalmSprings offer you to donate the change to charity which I do every time, good for the community.
You guys are funny! I mean that in a good way!! Love the contents of your videos. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Jean!
Thank you - glad you enjoy the videos!
This was very informative 👏 👌 ❤❤❤ Great job yall !!!!
I will never call it Harry Reid airport.... It McCarran
I have always, and will always just call it Vegas airport lol
Bless your heart. Grow up .
No one important cares
I’ll never call it Costco
It’s price club
Call it what you want. Facts be facts. It Harry Reid.
Just got back from Vegas biggest disappointment was the buffet at Bellagio. Disgusting buffet. That use to be great big disappointment .
That buffet really went to hell a few years ago.
Sad to hear. I haven’t been in a couple of years. Thankfully Wynn still is great and has maintained their quality. Expensive though.
@@Milestomemories ya Wynn's is very good but it's gone way up in price.
I have once a trip and always train properly to do maximum damage!
Yeah their buffet is really bad
I have played both the Primm courses, and no they are not a fancy thing for high rollers. In fact, in the last 10 years at least they have been rather the opposite. It was a nicely designed golf destination at one point, but they seemingly do not have the water or maintenance budget to keep it looking and playing as originally designed. It has been a relative "bargain" course, making it worth the trip to avoid exorbitant Vegas golf prices. The layout is good and it still played ok, but lots of dormant grass, frequently one course or the other closed, and very firm, dry fairways. I never even knew MGM owned it. Any player tie ins would be with the Primm casinos, and if they did not sell it earlier im guessing it is because they did not have a buyer.
I always wondered why they never sold it but maybe no one way buying. Sad to hear it wasn’t maintained well. I once worked with the wife of a groundskeeper back in the early 2000s and they took a ton of pride in it then even if it wasn’t the busiest course.
Aria sucks I had to change rooms 3 times before settling on one that still had issues.
Yeah my last stay there a couple of years ago was bad and I don’t have a desire to return until the rooms are redone. It’s tired at this point. Very tired.
They took off the donation options at the machines at mgm properties, at least all the ones I used in June. I used to just donate the change, shame on mgm for removing the donation option.
That blows
Most overpriced rooms (usually) in Vegas, The Paris. Small rooms, technologically outdated.
I'd rather that money be put to better use in the county....education, homelessness, or just invest it. His reasoning is naff by stating that some big cities have the same county name as the city... Pretty weak. A lot of big cities are in a county differently named. And you did touch on that it -- Clark County is more than Las Vegas. Clark County has a population near 2.5 million, while the city has a 25-30% that. Kind of leaves the other 70-75% as a second thought.
Plus no matter how much they think it'll cost, it'll cost more. As the project progresses, things will be uncovered that people will have overlooked and completely forgot. Should be a hard pass unless privately funded without taxes since it's just a vanity project, no return on that investment.
Thank you for pronouncing "Delano" correctly. Much appreciated for us proper noun OCD folks.
Thank you to our co-hosts Mark and Shawn for this Tuesday edition. Sounds like L V survived better than most the Crowdstrike crash
Thanks Fred!
I was told at the cage that the US Mint was to blame. They would not provide the amount of coins Vegas needed. It sounded like BS at the time but it was unique way to blame someone else.
I could see it being a problem in peak covid but I think they just kept running with it after that
Durango is nice and I mean nice. Plenty of other high priced hotels. You pay $200 ish for Marriott or Hilton. Easy also to get in and out of the facility too.
The CrowdStrike kerfluffle let me live the American dream of getting paid for not working. And for those affected at casinos that day, it could have been worse, you could have been at an airport, trying to get a flight. Surprisingly, Southwest's systems are so antiquated they were not affected by the CrowdStrike fiasco. Go figure. Looking forward to my annual pilgramage to Las Vegas at Thanksgiving.
Southwest had their meltdown because of old tech last year and avoid it because of old tech this year. Kind of wild
I loved when they had the Michael Jackson slot machine. I loved the music!
The golf course is called "Shadow Creek" not "Shadow Ridge." I've golfed Shadow Creek once. I was invited by my MGM casino host and you only can get out there by limo. It is an amazing course!
Had a buddy that golfed it and said it was amazing
EDC Las Vegas always delivers awesome collectible boxes which your festival wristbands are snug secure in. I always wish more festivals did something like that. 🙂
I'm opposed to the county name change idea. There's more to the state of Nevada than just Vegas, including much of Clark County alone. I know there's San Bernardino Country, but it's different in that it was established all the way back in 1853 when only about five thousand people lived in the town of the same name at the time.
Granted I haven't actually set foot there as of yet, but even though Durango's a beautiful resort from all the footage I've seen..............with it having few rooms right now and also being a relatively small casino overall, I have to imagine overcrowding is going to be a major concern there for the foreseeable future that can't help but kind of diminish the overall all-around experience there. I get Station Casinos probably wanted to be prudent in their investing and just wait and see what happens in its nascent form before considering potential Phases 2 and 3 of development/expansion.............but when there's not many rooms, its pretty small and its rates are what they are, I just don't feel it's worth it right now.
Aria's obviously overpriced especially with most of its rooms being quite dated and it simply not feeling like a five-star resort at this time, but at the very least I've gotten complimentary two-night stays there via myVEGAS so there's that.
Another extremely overpriced hotel is NoBu at Caesars. Obviously you both have stayed there and even filmed a room and hotel review, but its price point has always been a deterrent for me. It has some features which are nice, but they most certainly don't justify its leviathan price point.
i flew out of LAS the day after everything went down. jetblue not affected. flight left on time. betmgm was down for a bit tho
Glad you got out alright!
They used to have similar slots to Whitney's that was themed on Michael Jackson... those were NICE!!! all the fun of MJJ and his music, without the eccentricities😂
Congrats on 50K!!!!
Thanks Frank
Actually, The Strip is in Paradise
Some of it is.
No Clark County is the Name and we know the Strip is Paradise it's on the reservation
Casino managers seen Superman III & Richard Prior method of fractional cents.😂
Carson city is it's own county?! Let's try that.
Congrats on 50k subs!!!
Thank you!
A raiders music box should be the sound of gunfire it would suit their fandom.
Surprised you didn't cover the Vital Vegas article about the A's not having any money
Is that news? I always thought they were near broke haha
Hi, guys. I can't agree more with the idea that knowing the odds or "math" of the games you play really makes you a better more confident player. For me, it makes it more fun. Those Raider tickets were awesome.
Naming stuff after politicians is just a bad idea. It's not like the first words to pop into people's minds for politicians are the words truthful and moral. Aria overpriced? B-But Aria has a cool iPad in their rooms! 😂 MGM used to have an option to donate TITO change to their charity, but that stopped long ago. I would do that if they brought it back.
Just change the city name to Clark, NV. Then it won't cost the county anything.
There's only a dozen states that have a clark county
I didn't think that Durango price was that high. It's a nice room.
Maybe a bit for a Sunday evening but not out of this world for sure.
Just take those small TITOs and put them into an Aristocrat game like Dragon Cash or Lighting Link and take a shot at the lucky chance…never know you could hit it big… or not lol
Will the WH slot be like the Dean Martin slot with an animated mouth singing.?
If Chicago can be in Cook County, Vegas can be in Clark.
Surprised you guys didn't talk about the A's meeting a few days ago, and how Vital Vegas mentioned that there is STILL no funding for the A's relocation to LV.
So much this week! We have it on the list for the next show.
Why did they change the airport name?
McCarran wasn’t the best guy and Harry Reid had the sway to get it done before he died along with $7 million worth of donations from friends to pay for it.
Great show guys
Thanks - glad you enjoyed!
Mark would know about having a historically bad football team
Haha yes he would. 😂
Very, very true haha
Goto Laughlin it’s less crazy over there and you have the river to chill
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Some of the atm machines do give change. There were a couple in front of the mgm grand cage which dispensed change. Maybe only these give change because it’s closer to the cage?
Maybe. It’s rare to find one at any casino these days that does. Even the smaller local ones.
Does the Whitney slot sing I will always love you every time you put money in it?
It actually started at the OLD Flamingo in Laughlin.... They wanted her back for years!!
I’m in Tonopah, NV right now, $232 for one night at the Ramada!!!! In the middle of nowhere! Probably should’ve gone over to the clown hotel.
The guy Clark County is named after literally never seems to have stepped foot there. He was just some rich guy who bribed politicians and became a Senator from Montana. Totally agree on Aria being overpriced. I like going to Aria to gamble and eat but I always stay at Park MGM or Vdara because they’re cheaper and non-smoking.
Congrats on the 50k subscribers!
As far as Durango goes, I agree 100% with Jacob about Durango being the most overpriced. It is a 4 star property, not 5 stars. The service, pool and amenities are average at best, and the view is terrible. Durango is in the worst area of Las Vegas and doesn't merit to charge the same price as higher end resorts in best parts of Vegas (centre strip). While Durango casino is a great place for locals, most locals do not book the hotel itself; tourists do. Tourists don't want to pay 5-star centre-strip SUITE kind of price to stay in a small room in a 4-star hotel that is far from all the Vegas action, in a place that mandates needing a car to go anywhere, with limited shopping and food options. Durango is following Tropicana's greedy pricing strategy which jeopardizes its future.
I think they purposely built the hotel small. They used this strategy before at both GVR and Red Rock. I suspect rates will eventually come down as the newness fades off and they’ll most likely build more rooms too. Over time it will probably come at the same level as Red Rock when it comes to rates. And the property will grow into more of a proper resort in the mean time as well.
@@Milestomemories I agree 100% but that strategy works if you have a solid MVP and a good business plan with a defined market segment! Durango has none of those: an identity crisis, pulling in all directions and hoping for the best. Lets not confuse Durango hotel with its casino. The casino will be successful. Question is all about the hotel portion. Durango has a small quiet boutique hotel connected to a contradictory large mega-resort type of busy casino. Its hotel targets tourists (who would spend money at the strip or downtown) but its casino targets locals who don't need a hotel room, so one doesn't fully feed the other. The hotel is not targeting people who want to stay on the strip or in big resorts, which leaves people who want smaller resorts for their low price, being quiet or personalized luxury. Problem is: Durango is none of these! It charges luxury-type room rates but unlike Red Rock it doesn't feel luxurious, nor offers luxurious amenities nor has many fancy food/entertainment options (but has tons of fast food...). Unlike GVR, it is not quiet either! Durango hotel needs a new market strategy or it will become either:
(1) an obscure expensive place that doesn't get clients and only reaches max occupancy when other places get full, like Polo towers and Jockey Club
or (2) The next Palace Station: Starting strong but nowadays struggling to break even and has to resort to giving huge discounts.
Also I realized that I made a mistake: Durango is 5 stars, not 4. I guess I made that mistake because it gives 4-star vibes!
13:39 Who designs these rooms? This setting should have the chairs facing the table, and each other so you have a sit-down view out of the window, and can either eat, or play a game together. Why face the chairs toward the bed, because of the tv? The best room I've had in Vegas was at Caesar's Palace back in the 90's for $150 a night. We were placed in a newly renovated room with aqua green/blue design, and it had a jacuzzi in the room. It wasn't a suite, just a regular sized room, but it was done in a classy manner, the tub was integrated well, and didn't look out of place. I would bet that room now would be $300, but still a good deal for that level of quality, and don't get me started on the service which was also the best I've ever had at a casino. I wonder if Caesar's is still this good? New sub!👍😎✌🗽
Aria sky suites are great. I have no issue for the 2 bedroom penthouse at aria sky suites BUT the other tower is unacceptable in my opinion
I love the Raiders treasure chest
It’s so great!
In my casino they have boxes to give it to charity
Thats not the drama around Mr Beast going on right now that I thought you were going be talking about. Had no clue about this Vegas tv show drama. Looks like alot drama going on around him right now.
Right! I thought the same thing. Gotta be careful with the "T"s.
I thought the same thing when He said Mr. BEAST! Lot of info coming out lately about Him!
I hope others come forward about the conditions of the filming. They lost my undergarments and medications, I have yet to receive them.
@andrewreisinger6860
The “T” is for “touching kids”.
^ If you’re underage, you’re probably not getting your underwear back.
I love the Aria, Classy but calm. Not snotty like Wynn and Venetian.
I am slowly losing my love for Vegas. The change cash out shananigans piss me off.
Yeah, it's become a town about greed! How much can we charge before patrons get upset, and won't come anymore? One thing keeping me away is the table minimums! $10/$15 min play on blackjack, and craps is way to much for my blood. I used to go with $3000 gambling money, and was comfortable at $3/$5 minimums, but 10/15, forget it!