Originally posted by: Brent Kline
Sounds like a good trip Edso. At least you didn't get shut out on the slot tourney. And thanks for the update on the valet at Westgate.
Your welcome, Brent. I will also see about the parking at the sportsbook lot in 3 weeks. We never drove to that side last weekend.
Originally posted by: Edso
Your welcome, Brent. I will also see about the parking at the sportsbook lot in 3 weeks. We never drove to that side last weekend.
Historically, I've always used that back lot to park, and even on what you would expect to be a busy day (like a football Sunday), there have always been plenty of spaces.
I don't visit Westgate much, except when I have a sizable football bet to make and the lines have stabilized--sizable for me being $200 or more, at which point I save $10 when they have their -105 lines (Thursdays, mostly). Hey, free lunch.
Many years ago, the National Championship of the American Contract Bridge League was held there, and a bunch of friends and I formed a team and traveled to Vegas from SFO. I booked a room at the El Corpse, being a cheap SOB, while they booked a room on the 25th floor at the Hilton. We made it a point to alert each other by phone when it was an hour before game time to make sure no one overslept. They came down the elevator--24th--23rd--22nd--21st--etc. while I drove there from downtown and parked. I ALWAYS beat them into the tournament hall--by five minutes or more. So I tell people, on a crowded weekend, the upper floors of the tower are actually further away from the casino than downtown. LOL.
One of my friends had never gambled before and I saw him bleeding out hundreds at the crap table, not knowing what the bleep he was doing. I gently showed him the proper ways to bet and wouldn't ya know it, the shooter went on a 15-minute dice odyssey. My friend made $1800 :) I personally scored several hundred on Odyssey advantage play slots. Yay!
The elevators are much better now than when it was the Hilton, except the North tower ones. We just walk to the central set of elevators even when staying in the north tower. And forget using the elevator by the back entrance near the north parking garage, that one hasn't been operational in years.
