I\u2019m a huge fan of \u201cThe Price Is Right.\u201d In fact, I\u2019ve traveled to California several times to try to get on the show. I got to see both Bob Barker and Drew Carey, but alas, I\u2019ve never been picked to come on down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you don\u2019t want to go to California, or if you\u2019re in Vegas anyway, you can get a good taste of “TPIR” at Bally\u2019s Jubilee Theater, with the stage version of the show (when it\u2019s running; currently, it\u2019s not). <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The show plays during the afternoon, so it won\u2019t interfere with your Vegas nightlife. Think of it as a scaled-down version of the real thing. They do pick members of the audience to come on down, they do play the actual games that you will recognize from TV, and they even have their own version of the big wheel for the Showcase Showdown. (Grumpy old man alert: One of my pet peeves in life is the confusion surrounding this. The \u201cbig wheel\u201d is the Showcase Showdown, but what most people refer to as the Showcase Showdown (i.e., the final head-to-head matchup) is simply called \u201cThe Showcase.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main difference between this version and the real thing is the size of the prizes. When playing the pricing games, you bid on big prizes and packages just like they do on TV, but your prize for winning is only one smaller item, as opposed to the larger items or the entire prize package. For example, for correctly guessing the price of the car, you might win a TV instead of the car. Still, if you can walk out of a Vegas casino with a prize like that, on top of an hour or so of entertainment, that\u2019s a winning day indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other big difference is that you don\u2019t play every round yourself. In other words, in the TV version, out of the first four contestants to bid on a prize, the winner gets to come on stage and play a game for another prize. In Vegas, once the first winner is determined, a different contestant is selected to play a game on stage and additional people are chosen to participate in the Showcase Showdown and in the Showcase. This has the benefit of allowing more people to play, thus increasing your chances of getting picked to come on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019re even the smallest fan of \u201cTPIR,\u201d you\u2019ll thoroughly enjoy the Vegas version, even if you don\u2019t walk away a winner. Just don\u2019t expect it to be exactly like it is on TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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