On Monday, May 7th, I'm headed to Las Vegas for seven days. The Allegiant Travel Company conference is going on so I'm going to that for my real job and I'm staying a few extra days to do a travel story for my fun job. I've been to Vegas once on the way to Disneyland when I was 12 with my parents. The Luxor had just opened and was the newest place in town. That was a long time ago. And my parents don't gamble, so we spent most of our time touring all the elaborate casinos and in the children's area of the Excalibur casino where I won a bunch of tickets and bought something with them that I probably kept for two weeks once I got home. It was like a Chuck E. Cheese that's the size of 8 WalMart Supercenters. This trip will be a little different. Here's what I have lined up so far:
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Las Vegas Shooting Range [For those of you that know me, I don't care anything about guns but I'm not one to pass up the opportunity to shoot an AK-47, M4, P90 (currently being used by US Secret Service), M5, Tommy Gun and others. The last time I can recall even shooting a real gun was at David McCoy's 4th grade birthday party when we tried to shoot Coke cans. He also had a Barney pinata that we busted open and eventually threw into the bonfire at the displeasure of his younger 4-year-old brother, who cried the whole time Barney was on fire. We thought it was hilarious.]
The Price is Right LIVE! [I hope I get to play PLINKO]
Flightlinez at Fremont,
Flightlinez at Bootleg Canyon
Blue Man Group
All the rides and bar high atop Stratosphere Tower
Nine Fine Irishmen
Oscar's Steakhouse
Buca di Beppo
And one of my NYC favorites: Serendipty iii
Just to name a few things.
So, I'm asking for suggestions. What else should I not miss while I'm there?
There are real flamingoes at the Flamingo if it's still there. And a very interesting dress code at the pool there!! Have fun, Mr Shreveport!!
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