Travel Channel Top 10 Casino's

[Coach Burns]

10. The Venetician -- Mainly high rollers or "whales"
9. The Rio -- Best free show in town
8. The Bellagio -- Biggest poker room in vegas
7. Binions Horseshoe -- Good for Blackjack
6. Stardust -- Best sportsbook
5. Green Valley --Slot players
4. The Lady Luck --Best comps in vegas
3. The Stratosphere --Best Odds at most games
2. The Palms -- Video Poker
1. MGM Grand --Largest Casino 150 tables and 3100 slots

 

[ferdville]

That looks like a list that was compiled to pacify advertisers or the criteria used was skewed in a most unusual way. I need say no more than #3 - The Stratosphere! Please. I am sure that the locals as well as Vegas regulars can attest to the fact the this is not a place you would want to visit. Of course, I could be wrong.

 

[Senor Capper]

re: The Stratosphere

re: The Stratosphere

Best Odds at most games ?? Yes True.
Now would I stay there or recommend it ? NO !
Crack Whore City.

 

[THE KOD]

Re: re: The Stratosphere

Re: re: The Stratosphere

Best Odds at most games ?? Yes True.
Now would I stay there or recommend it ? NO !
Crack Whore City.

Do they go to the top of the stratosphere and go up and down ?



Scott-Atlanta

 

[Senor Capper]

Heh heh

Heh heh



When Vegas World used to be at that location, the Crack Hoes used to sit at the bars sucking on their pipes that were cup in their hands. TRUE!

I remember seeing this one that absolutely gorgeous, but pregnant. Hate to see what she looks like now, that's if she is still alive.

 

[bjfinste]

I stayed at the Strat last January because it was 19 bucks a night Sunday through Thursday. The casino itself wasn't too bad- nothing compared to the midstrip places but I didn't see a lot of the "crack whore" element. However, when you get about 70 yards aways from the property, it looks real bad. Even the cabbies were warning us not walk anywhere. We got there on a Wednesday and walked to the Stardust at like 3 in the afternoon and were followed by beggars and all sorts of seedy-looking people asking for money. Plus it's so far from the other strip properties that even cab rides are expensive. I don't think I'll be staying there again.

 

[Nolan Dalla]

Ferdville is TOTALLY right. This is a mindless, unrearched, profit-driven, cater-to- the-lowest-common denominator list of casino fluff. Here are my thoughts on these "choices."

10. The Venetician -- Mainly high rollers or "whales"

-- belings on the list. No argument. Probably belongs higher.

9. The Rio -- Best free show in town

-- what "free show?" Excellent casino. Defintely top ten material.

8. The Bellagio -- Biggest poker room in vegas

-- Should probably be #1 (this, or the Mirage). An insult to be ranked here.

7. Binions Horseshoe -- Good for Blackjack

-- If this was made 20 years ago, Binions belongs. But it has no business in the same breath as the Bellagio or the Venetian. No shows, no frills, but the trouble is -- they don't really cater to REAL gamblers anynore like during the days when Benny and Jack ran the palce. It's lost its luster.

6. Stardust -- Best sportsbook

-- Agree, and it's struggling to not fall into the second-tier of casinos. Inevitably, it will decline.

5. Green Valley --Slot players

-- no knowledge. Any casino for "slot players" is basically a chump dump. Brainless zombies who deserve to lose.

4. The Lady Luck --Best comps in vegas

-- I actually agree. Horrible location off of main downtown area. but remarkably efficient and a great value.


3. The Stratosphere --Best Odds at most games

-- This place was a dump before it opened its doors. It fell into bankruptcy 3 months after it opened. Whoever made this list and put the Strosphere should be shot. An idiot.

2. The Palms -- Video Poker

-- Too "trendy" for me. It's where all the beautiful peopole go, so it makes the list. Let's see where this place is in 3 years.

1. MGM Grand --Largest Casino 150 tables and 3100 slots

-- An idiotic choice. Bigger is NOT better. This is the venomous snake of the casino industry that ullustrates everything that has gone wrong with the industry in the last decade -- from the corporatization of gambling, to it's impersonal (everyone is a number) mentality. A horrid choice that is the crowning acheivement of a terrible list.

WHERE THE FVCK IS THE MIRAGE??????

Nolan Dalla

 

[Senor Capper]

Agree on most with the exception of......

Agree on most with the exception of......

Masquerade in the Sky is the FREE show at the Rio. Like the Pirates (TI) & Mirage (Volcano) & Bellagios fountains. Not a showroom show.
Still a free show.


Green Valley "Chump Dump?" walk the walk before ya talk.
Place rocks, loose slots & babes galore. Oh and the bars


Palms will be "action" for years to come. Look at the Hard Rock since Marradino left Sunset Station to be GM there.
The place rocks. Maloof aint no dummy. A locals favorite & in excellent standing with tourists.



The Bellagio is #1,hands down !



Ya. "Where is the Mirage ?" List is incomplete w/o them.

 

[acehistr8]

This list is an absolute abomination to anyone who has ever spent more than 5 minutes in Vegas. It makes me puke. I enjoy these shows most of the time because it reminds me of how much I want to go back, but these lists are ridiculous.

10. The Venetician -- Mainly high rollers or "whales"
Should be in the top 3 in my opinion, possibly number 1.

9. The Rio -- Best free show in town
Best free show in town? Was that TCs comment? If you spend more than an hour there you are ready to shoot the people in that show. Irritates the hell out of me. Probably wouldnt have Rio on my list.

8. The Bellagio -- Biggest poker room in vegas
Again, probably top 3. No argument.

7. Binions Horseshoe -- Good for Blackjack
What a fvcking joke. Becky has turned what used to be a fun day trip on our trips to a dump. The blackjack aint as good as it used to be and I wont step foot on that property again until she is out.

6. Stardust -- Best sportsbook
Certainly most nostalgic.

5. Green Valley --Slot players
Havent been there.

4. The Lady Luck --Best comps in vegas

3. The Stratosphere --Best Odds at most games
A joke. OK it has the best odds, but does "best odds" = "best casino"? What about "most crack whores in a one block radius?"

2. The Palms -- Video Poker
No argument, though Hard Rock should be on here as well then as they are essentially the same thing.

1. MGM Grand --Largest Casino 150 tables and 3100 slots
An absolute joke that makes me laugh out loud. I get lost in this place every time I go there. The rooms are pathetic and are just too far from the elevator to get anywhere. The only thing I use the MGM for now is the monorail stop.


My top ten for no particular reason other than overall enjoyment factor:

1 - Bellagio - poker/sportsbook/high class all the way
2 - Venetian
3 - Paris/Ballys - free rooms b/c of great host
4 - Hard Rock/Palms
5 - Mandalay Bay - silly silly shark tank
6 - Orleans. Great poker/bowling
7 - Mirage
8 - Stardust
9 - Luxor
10 - Treasure Island

 

[dawgball]

I am not a Vegas guru, but if MGM is the best they have to offer, I will never be back. That place is a complete waste of time. I don't mind a couple of twists to keep people playing as much as possible, but don't make every feature of your casino a trap.

My favorite 5.

1--Mandalay Bay
2--Bellagio
3--Mirage
4--Venetian--didn't gamble here, but it was great gambling to watch (this is one of my favorite things to do whether in Vegas or on a boat)
5--Hard Rock--great scene if you want a break from gambling

This may not be the hard-core gamblers list, but that's not what everyone goes to Vegas to do. If it wasn't for the other activities (which I enjoy immensely), I would never get my fiance there.

 

[Private Petey]

Wow! Great stuff here guys. I'm going to print this thread out and use it for reference for my big move! Thanks!

PP