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Guest hermair52
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My IP approached me today about going to Vegas for cross country. I'm hoping to get him to fly into McCarren and stay on or near the strip. Does anyone know of any great deals in vegas for lodging. The last thing I want to do is stay at Nellis.

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Guest lovelacm
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I stayed at the Luxor on my Student XC with VT-31 at Corpus.. Good times... stopped into El Paso then low approach at Grand Canyon... then on to Vegas. Stopped here at ABQ and College Station, TX on way back to Corpus.

If I remember correctly, the IPs wanted to go there and called ahead... seemed they had some sort of business card or something that got us a military rate. Of course, this was back in late '01.

Have a great time, and enjoy!

Cheers!

Linda

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We stayed at Nellis when I went cross country back in T-1s. It wasn't all that bad. We took a total of 4 jets from Laughlin that weekend. We procured a mid-80s model 15 pack blue steely from the motorpool. Not the coolest thing to be cruising the strip in, but free nonetheless. Flying into LAS would be much better than Nellis, seeing that Signature (gov't contract) is right on the strip. Always good to get a little class B experience on cross countries anyways. Have fun!!

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Guest blkafnav _no_more
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I'll be in Nellis 12-17 Mar and Scottsdale 17-26 Mar. Need good bar advice ASAP.

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I always enjoyed Nine Fine Irishmen in New York New York in Vegas. There are several bars/clubs around 2nd St & N Scottsdale Rd. I remember The Blue Moose being a decent sports bar. Like I said there are several in that area so you should have no problem finding something you like. There are some hotels right in that area which will put you in stumbling distance to everything.

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Another vote for Nine Fine Irishmen.... there's an English place that the name escapes me kinda off the beaten path. Has plenty of good beer, a pool table and isn't crowded.

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Yeah I think I know the one you're talking about. I believe it's a little farther east down on Tropicana past the strip. It was a pretty cool place.

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'3' on Nine Fine Irishman...great place, no better place to hoist some brews with the bros. Also there's a burger place called Big Dog's (Go out south gate and turn left, it's about 8 miles down on the right) that has gigantic burgers and to boot it's a microbrewery.

Cooter

Guest gunnercalvin
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The English place you're talking about might be The Crown and Anchor. It's got about 30ish different beers there, not a bad place at all.

-Gunnercalvin

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The English place you're talking about might be The Crown and Anchor. It's got about 30ish different beers there, not a bad place at all.

-Gunnercalvin

Crown and Anchor... that's the one.

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Guest JorryFright21
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Anyone in Vegas, or recently lived there? I'm trying to find out who the good internet providers are out there, and what they cost. I know I could probably do the whole Yellow Pages thing, but I figured I'd just ask here and get it from someone who liked/disliked the service.

Oh yeah, I searched.

Guest Ikarus
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Anyone in Vegas, or recently lived there? I'm trying to find out who the good internet providers are out there, and what they cost. I know I could probably do the whole Yellow Pages thing, but I figured I'd just ask here and get it from someone who liked/disliked the service.

Oh yeah, I searched.

I used Cox when I was there last, and will again when I PCS back in a month. I don't know what the cost is now, but 5mb/sec internet + expanded basic cable used to be about $100/month if I remember correctly.

If you're going to the 66th, I'll see you there.

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Um, you're in Vegas. You can quit surfing the porn and go see the live show :bellydancer:

Guest JorryFright21
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Thanks guys! Anyone not have TV, but just internet? My wife and I try to stay away from TV simply because I won't do anything else if I have a lot of TV channels to choose from.

Ikarus,

Where you coming from, schoolhouse or another unit? I'll see ya there.

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I lived in Vegas for almost 18 years. As long as I can remember, my family went with Cox and never had a problem. There are a number of wireless broadband providers, but nothing compares to Cox's speed and reliability.

Guest Curt22
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Anyone in Vegas, or recently lived there? I'm trying to find out who the good internet providers are out there, and what they cost. I know I could probably do the whole Yellow Pages thing, but I figured I'd just ask here and get it from someone who liked/disliked the service.

Oh yeah, I searched.

Aren't choices of cable service limited in most communities? i.e. Cox or Mediacom have sole rights to all cable service in a town, county etc? And DSL is provided by the local phone companies so while there is a choice of cable or DSL...it's not much of a choice...you have to take what there is, packaged in whatever deals you like...or more likely, packages you don't like!

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Start your drinking at ELLIS ISLAND. It's in a shithole little casino behind Bally's, but they have their own brewery and serve good beer CHEAP. Don't gamble there.

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Start your drinking at ELLIS ISLAND. It's in a shithole little casino behind Bally's, but they have their own brewery and serve good beer CHEAP. Don't gamble there.

The nightly karaoke there always brings some ladies that are dying to show off

Actually, the most fiscally responsible way to drink here is Fat Tuesdays. Go get the 32oz 190 Octane w/ an extra shot and get the take home plastic jug...then the refill is cheaper, anyway, for about 22 bucks, I guarantee you will be enjoying Vegas the way it was meant to after the second drink.

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Guest Tango
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Im heading to Las Vegas for New Years, and thought this would be the best place to ask these questions. Where are some good places to go, places to party, things to see, things to do, people to meet etc?? Bare in mind Im not from the US, and only have 2 weeks in Vegas, so want some names of pubs/clubs that will rock my world!

I did search, but didnt find anything that answered all my questions. Thanks in advance for any advice/info.

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Dude, it's Vegas! The question isn't what you can do, it's more what you can't; and there's not that much that you can't do!

You'll know what I am talking about when you get there; but don't plan on getting any sleep during your stay...

Cheers! M2

Guest Tango
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Thanks M2, I have heard about the no sleep thing. Sleeps over rated anyway...any good bars with decent people or what not that I should go to? I dont really want to end up in some ass sucking shit house so can anyone give me names of places to aviod?!

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I'd avoid Coyote Ugly. It was a novel idea and sounds great to "go to that bar they made the movie about", but all I ended up with was a wet shirt, warm beer, and a hatred for the women that worked there. Great beer in New York New York (and on another note, the only place I was propositioned by a prostitute, hmmm....). I loved it in the Belagio, T.I., and the Venetian. We stayed a night in the Paris and got hammer-drunk (fun place). All of these places are on the strip, so if you don't like it, you just walk next door. Makes for a great non-stop day.

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Do some pre-drinking at Ellis Island (behind Balleys, off the strip). They brew their own and it's dirt cheap decent beer. Don't gamble there.

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a good aviator never forgets his checklist...

  • Lust
  • Gluttony
  • Greed
  • Sloth
  • Wrath
  • Envy
  • Pride

start at Sapphires...you can knock most of them out there...

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