Originally posted by: Mark
I think Vegas still has value it's just not in the gambling. My solution was to quit giving Vegas anything other than casual play and I am having a better time in Vegas than I did in the early 00s. It's amazing all the fun one can have when not glued to a Video Poker machine 12 hours a day or more on their "vacation". I get better comps than I did back in the day via MyVegas and then MGM Rewards gives me free nights at the lower end resorts for simply cycling the MyVegas free slot play through the machines and using their dining comps. Currently, you can get up to $200 in free slot play per-trip through MyVegas.
Hell a couple using MyVegas could get four nights a month free at any MGM resort in Vegas including weekends. Back in the day Ceasers would stash even their Diamond players in the cheapest rooms they had in their budget properties and you could forget trying to stay on the weekend. I recall many nights spent in the old 1970s era rooms in the Flamingo in the early 2000s where the room phones were bolted to the nightstand to keep people from stealing them. Then they would tell you to visit the Diamond lounge where you were treated to a big bowl of stale greasey potato chips and the smallest cans of soda and bottles of water they could find. As far as I'm concerned, I wouldn't want to go back to the good old days.
I have plenty of friends who play slots and video poker. I can't imagine doing that, but that's just me. Much of my fun in Vegas comes from sitting at a blackjack table with friends, or strangers, meeting people from all around the World.
