{"id":5628,"date":"2011-01-20T15:12:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T23:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=5628"},"modified":"2013-08-12T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T17:40:32","slug":"pro-casino-pressure-mounting-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/pro-casino-pressure-mounting-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Best-kept secret in Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best-kept secret in Vegas<\/strong>. It’s the pool deck at Cosmopolitan<\/strong>, according to an S&G<\/em> reader who visited it after dark and found but four patrons hanging out on its shores. The missus and I checked it last night and, sure enough, we practically had the place to ourselves. Perhaps customers mistake it for one of those exclusive, douchebag-centric pools like Encore Beach Club<\/strong>. If so, they’re missing out on<\/p>\n

a nice scene and some splendid views of the Strip below.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Cosmo continues to garner<\/a> mostly rave reviews<\/a>. Even the rooms, which left me somewhat “meh,” are generating verbal somersaults. The resort’s “stacked” design (which enables one to bypass the casino floor entirely) may not find many emulators — tradition dies hard around here — but it’s extremely pedestrian-friendly. After one too many treks across the interminable acreage of the MGM Grand<\/strong> casino floor, I cannot understate what an incredibly pleasant experience it was to go straight up from the parking garage and get off the elevator practically at Scarpetta<\/strong><\/a>‘s front door. It’s a salutary change of habit how Cosmo delivers you right to heart of the action as opposed to making you traipse all to Hell and gone to get there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best-kept secret in Vegas. It’s the pool deck at Cosmopolitan, according to an S&G reader who visited it after dark and found but four patrons hanging out on its shores. The missus and I checked it last night and, sure … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,66,28,18,14,4,112,33,32,9,19,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5628"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11282,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628\/revisions\/11282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}