Life had better be damn beautiful at $145 admission per day

I intend to not come within three miles of the upcoming Get Drunk and Act Like a Moron While Getting Your Eardrums Blown Out Festival, but I realize that for some people, this will be heaven. It had better be, given what the downtown hotels are charging for rooms during the festival.

But what blows my mind is the admission fee!! $145 per day, and that doesn't even entitle you to see everything that goes on--some events require additional admission purchases. You don't even get chairs to sit on for most of the performances.

I guess in a town where you have to fork over a couple of hundies to hear Celine Dion warble for 75 minutes, this seems reasonable to some. To me--well, I could buy a LOT of CDs and beer for that. And while I'm listening to those CDs and drinking that beer, unlike at the festival, no one would throw up on me. Enjoy, everyone...at least the weather will be not too hot.

I was in town last year when that festival was going on.   

I think it pisses off the downtown casinos because it makes accessing them all but impossible except for the concert goers - none of whom are there to spend money at the casinos.    I parked at Main STreet Station and walked all the way down to El COrtez.....and it was a tomb inside.