NCAA tournament starts right on the 17th I believe---rates are high almost everywhere....room rates and resort fees and high rental car prices just seem to be the norm anymore. There are select weeks rates are heap but for the most part Las Vegas is like all other places what ever the traffic will bare. We still visit 6 times a year but it pricing it's way right out of the market...way too much competition out there today. Nothing replaces Las Vegas but with price increase along with airfares it not as good as it looked before.