Originally posted by: Neil Black
I just experienced the 6-7pm Golden Gate madness of having an open bar and handing out envelopes of freeplay to every One club member who shows up with ID and card in hand. It's total organized madness for the first 15 minutes, and after that it's just a crowded room of people and machines. They take your One card at the players club and then you wait a minute or two before they call your name to pick it up along with a golden envelope. My freeplay ticket inside (careful opening it so as to not destroy the ticket) was for $25, and was quickly eaten by a slot machine with pretty lights and explosion sounds. I would have used it on VP at the bar but too many people crowding it made that a bad choice . I don't know if the voucher is only good for 6-7pm, but it may be. The open bar sticks to the basics for the most part-two ingredients or less it seems, and who can blame them. Must have had 8 bartenders working. I opted for bourbon neat (Larceny). Couldn't stand how loud it was in there so I left to use my Pop Up Pizza LVA coupon at the Plaza. Is Derek Stevens on a mission to make everyone deaf? So that's my experience. Good, but unnecessarily loud.
I have always wanted to throw some play to one of the Derekville casinos, even if it's just using an LVA coupon or two, but I can't stand it in there. Just too bleepity blanking loud. It's deeply unpleasant, and I at least can't get used to it; evidently, others can.
The 4Q and the Plaza are better places to gamble and stay anyway.
