I am leaving for Vegas TODAY!!!!!
I have been about 20 times since 97 and have stayed at Bally's, Stardust, Mandalay Bay, The Rio, The Riviera, Holiday Inn Express, NY-NY, Monte Carlo, and MGM, but the last trip I took I stayed at the Mirage and found that to be the BEST...(where I am staying this trip and my trip in October and probably for the majority of my visits there from now on)
As far as watching the games, most sportsbooks make you get drink tickets by having to put in wagers on the games, but they don't give out 10 drink tickets at a time (even if you were to put in 10 bets), and some places are 2 drink tickets per mixed drink or Import beer.
That is why I feel the Mirage is the best overall sportsbook. They have a waitress come around about every 5-10 mins (the other places are no where near as "efficient" in that regard) and there are no drink tickets required!!!! The Tv's are good and the Eye candy is not as nice as the Rio or Bellagio, but for pure enjoyment of watching the games and being served quickly and without hassles, the Mirage , in my opinion, is the BEST!!!
The Hilton has probably the best set of TV's around, but again the drink ticket deal applies there...
Hope this helps...
Talk to you guys next week...
--Dr Feelgood