Things to do in/around vegas

JerrfyLube · 10-09-2006, 11:28 PM

Im gonna be taking a road trip here soon to go visit my girlfriend back in CA for a couple weeks and we are gonna take a few days and head out to vegas for a little R&R. Its been a few years since ive been there but last time i went it seems like all we did was drink...gamble...repeat...untill we lost all of our money and went home with our tails between our legs. Id like to get out and do some other fun things besides just drink any gamble....any good ideas for a couple in their mid twenties to go have some fun? Im not against driving a bit either but would like to keep it within an hour or so radius of Vegas. Any must see shows/attractions/etc?

**Yodums** · 10-09-2006, 11:32 PM

Where are you staying?

You pretty much hit the nail in the coffin. There isn't much to do in vegas but drink and gamble. There's the occasional tidbit such as shopping, visiting hotels for foods and attractions, but that's about it. I stayed at the Mandalay Bay last year and there was a beach on the hotel front. That was awesome.

***CaliGuy*** · 10-09-2006, 11:34 PM

^^^^Hookers too

skittleslegend · 10-09-2006, 11:39 PM

Hit up Bobby Flay's restaurant and get that spicy chicken thingy dinner. It was pretty good :)

Toxis · 10-09-2006, 11:40 PM

Gamble.

***Janizary*** · 10-09-2006, 11:42 PM

Within an hour of Vegas?

Not much beyond what you have listed.

-Hover Dam tour
-Heli tour of the strip or Heli tour of the Grand Canyon
-Indoor skydiving
-Crazy rides at 1300' on top of Stratosphere Tower
-Legal Whore houses in Pahrump (no, I'm not kidding)
-Red Rock Canyon hiking
-Hot springs hike
-Mt. Charleston hot tub cabins
-The GM Experience at the Sands (Drive GM cars on a mini race track)
-More strip clubs than one man can possibly survive (and OG's has a women's area as well)
-Racespringmountain.com
-Pahrump speedball/hyperball/scenario paintball
-Lake Mead and 'Lake Mead tours' (old paddle boat tours that take you around the Lake, though I don't think they go up to the dam like they used to. You can thank extremist muslim terrorists for that...)

A bit further afield you have:

-Grand Canyon
-Zion national park
-Grand Canyon Caverns
-Historic Barstow California (okay, I am kidding now)

Frankly, there is just not alot around Vegas. It is in the middle of the desert, based on the gaming industry (no, it is NOT the 'family' destination that the city has been trying to market for the last decade), next to a drought ridden lake. At the end of the day, Vegas is about gambling, and the various associated vices. If you don't want to do that, Vegas is not for you.

***CaliGuy*** · 10-09-2006, 11:46 PM

^^^^^^OH shit...i forgot...Go to "The Gun Shop" and shoot machine guns! Its awsome...I recommend the Steyr Aug

***CaliGuy*** · 10-09-2006, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janizary

-Legal Whore houses in Pahrump (no, I'm not kidding)

Wayyyy too expensive from what i understand...like 500 for a bj!!! good lord!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janizary

Frankly, there is just not alot around Vegas. It is in the middle of the desert, based on the gaming industry (no, it is NOT the 'family' destination that the city has been trying to market for the last decade), next to a drought ridden lake. At the end of the day, Vegas is about gambling, and the various associated vices. If you don't want to do that, Vegas is not for you.

You could not be more correct...I have been to vegas at least 2 dozen times, but i love to drink, gamble, etc...

8thgenuser · 10-09-2006, 11:55 PM

Carroll Shelby musuem north of the "strip".

***Janizary*** · 10-09-2006, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliGuy

^^^^^^OH shit...i forgot...Go to "The Gun Shop" and shoot machine guns! Its awsome...I recommend the Steyr Aug

Lol. Yeah, you can do that here in several gun stores. Uzis, Mac 10, Thompson subs, grease guns, M16, MP5, MP5SD, and LOTs more. Bring a wad of cash though. You'll go through bullets fast.

And lets not forget the Rio Seafood Buffet. Which is an attraction in and of itself. All the crab, lobster, oysters, etc. you can shove in your pie hole.

**Yodums** · 10-10-2006, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliGuy

^^^^Hookers too

I was going to suggest the more "explicit" attractions, but he's with his girlfriend. haha.

JerrfyLube · 10-10-2006, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janizary

Within an hour of Vegas?

Not much beyond what you have listed.

-Hover Dam tour
-Heli tour of the strip or Heli tour of the Grand Canyon
-Indoor skydiving
-Crazy rides at 1300' on top of Stratosphere Tower
-Legal Whore houses in Pahrump (no, I'm not kidding)
-Red Rock Canyon hiking
-Hot springs hike
-Mt. Charleston hot tub cabins
-The GM Experience at the Sands (Drive GM cars on a mini race track)
-More strip clubs than one man can possibly survive (and OG's has a women's area as well)
-Racespringmountain.com
-Pahrump speedball/hyperball/scenario paintball
-Lake Mead and 'Lake Mead tours' (old paddle boat tours that take you around the Lake, though I don't think they go up to the dam like they used to. You can thank extremist muslim terrorists for that...)

A bit further afield you have:

-Grand Canyon
-Zion national park
-Grand Canyon Caverns
-Historic Barstow California (okay, I am kidding now)

Frankly, there is just not alot around Vegas. It is in the middle of the desert, based on the gaming industry (no, it is NOT the 'family' destination that the city has been trying to market for the last decade), next to a drought ridden lake. At the end of the day, Vegas is about gambling, and the various associated vices. If you don't want to do that, Vegas is not for you.

This is the kinda info i was lookin for! Gracias! Hoover dam tour and indoor skydiving are high on my list...i think those would be be a blast. How far is the grand canyon from vegas driving time wise?

***Janizary*** · 10-10-2006, 02:03 AM

4ish hours. Vegas to Boulder City to Kingman to Williams to GC. Its a drive. (Much faster if you go to 'Rent an Exotic' and rent a Ferrari for the day)

Or you can take a helicopter tour flying out of Las Vegas to the GC.

dpetro64 · 10-10-2006, 07:34 AM

Don't forget the Fremont Experience...Free parking if you validate at Binion's.

***[IVI]*** · 10-10-2006, 07:38 AM

- Visit the Ferrari dealership inside the Wynn

- Ride the rides on top of Stratosphere. My wife and I did this and it was awesome riding rollercoasters and drop-off rides .25 mile in the air.

- Rollercoasters at Sahara, New York New York

- Visit the new Hooters casino

bhoy · 10-10-2006, 10:16 AM

if your going to the grand canyon, try going to the northern rim thru utah taking rt 89A, this is one excellent road.

Civicaddict79 · 10-10-2006, 02:29 PM

It's pricey, but you should check out one of the Cirque de Soleil shows. I like ""O" at the Bellagio the best. My favorite place to gamble is the Hard Rock. You should check out the Pink Taco there for mexican and they have $5 3 card poker tables. Good music and a younger, hipper crowd. Same for the Palms- you can get a tat at Corey Hart's place. I go to Vegas for a trade show every year for 10 days so I know it well. Too well.....

Type X · 10-10-2006, 02:34 PM

party, drink, sleep repeat....

If you wanna catch a show hit up Phantom at the Venetian.. i got "golden circle" tickets
5th row.. center seats 150 a clip.... Money well spent!

I'm heading out again for sema this year 10/30 - 11/4 :)

I was there in July this year and last year

Last year i stayed at the Wynn,
This year was the Venetian
for sema I'm staying at Treasure Island.

Janizary ... hit me up for my cell, we are gonna be BLASTED sema week and VIP parties out the A$$... so let me konw if you wanna meet up

I'll be with about 20 shops from cali, custom turbos, cf body parts etc etc

and meeting up with friends that work at greddy, honda of america etc etc

***CaliGuy*** · 10-10-2006, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Civicaddict79

It's pricey, but you should check out one of the Cirque de Soleil shows. I like ""O" at the Bellagio the best. My favorite place to gamble is the Hard Rock. You should check out the Pink Taco there for mexican and they have $5 3 card poker tables. Good music and a younger, hipper crowd. Same for the Palms- you can get a tat at Corey Hart's place. I go to Vegas for a trade show every year for 10 days so I know it well. Too well.....

Personally I despise both thr Hard Rock and The Palms (too many pretentious assholes)...and expensive for drinks and hard/impossible to find cheap tables...then again im 28 and the crowd in these establishments tend to be a bit younger...just my .02

Garrison · 10-10-2006, 06:22 PM

They have gondola rides at the venetian as well. See if you can get blue man group tickets as well

10-09-2006, 11:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
JerrfyLube Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cheyenne, WY Age: 26 Posts: 282 Jeff iTrader: 0 / 0%	Things to do in/around vegas Im gonna be taking a road trip here soon to go visit my girlfriend back in CA for a couple weeks and we are gonna take a few days and head out to vegas for a little R&R. Its been a few years since ive been there but last time i went it seems like all we did was drink...gamble...repeat...untill we lost all of our money and went home with our tails between our legs. Id like to get out and do some other fun things besides just drink any gamble....any good ideas for a couple in their mid twenties to go have some fun? Im not against driving a bit either but would like to keep it within an hour or so radius of Vegas. Any must see shows/attractions/etc?

10-09-2006, 11:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Yodums Scrodums Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 8,242 Hiro Nakamura iTrader: 9 / 100%	Where are you staying? You pretty much hit the nail in the coffin. There isn't much to do in vegas but drink and gamble. There's the occasional tidbit such as shopping, visiting hotels for foods and attractions, but that's about it. I stayed at the Mandalay Bay last year and there was a beach on the hotel front. That was awesome. __________________ 2007 Taffeta White Civic Si Coupe

10-09-2006, 11:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
*CaliGuy* VIP Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: SoCal Age: 30 Posts: 10,520 J. M. back by popular demand! iTrader: 4 / 100%	^^^^Hookers too __________________ Visit my city! Free vagin for every resident (in direct contrast to the other cities that only provide free Fleshlites!) http://eat-mykhram.myminicity.com/

10-09-2006, 11:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
*Janizary* Minister of Discord Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sith Ferret dojo Posts: 6,586 Gas thread Nazi iTrader: 0 / 0%	Within an hour of Vegas? Not much beyond what you have listed. -Hover Dam tour -Heli tour of the strip or Heli tour of the Grand Canyon -Indoor skydiving -Crazy rides at 1300' on top of Stratosphere Tower -Legal Whore houses in Pahrump (no, I'm not kidding) -Red Rock Canyon hiking -Hot springs hike -Mt. Charleston hot tub cabins -The GM Experience at the Sands (Drive GM cars on a mini race track) -More strip clubs than one man can possibly survive (and OG's has a women's area as well) -Racespringmountain.com -Pahrump speedball/hyperball/scenario paintball -Lake Mead and 'Lake Mead tours' (old paddle boat tours that take you around the Lake, though I don't think they go up to the dam like they used to. You can thank extremist muslim terrorists for that...) A bit further afield you have: -Grand Canyon -Zion national park -Grand Canyon Caverns -Historic Barstow California (okay, I am kidding now) Frankly, there is just not alot around Vegas. It is in the middle of the desert, based on the gaming industry (no, it is NOT the 'family' destination that the city has been trying to market for the last decade), next to a drought ridden lake. At the end of the day, Vegas is about gambling, and the various associated vices. If you don't want to do that, Vegas is not for you. __________________ • Official BMW 1-Series Thread • DX/LX/EX Gas Mileage Thread • Civic Si Gas Mileage Thread • Civic Hybrid Gas Mileage Thread

10-09-2006, 11:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
*CaliGuy* VIP Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: SoCal Age: 30 Posts: 10,520 J. M. back by popular demand! iTrader: 4 / 100%	^^^^^^OH shit...i forgot...Go to "The Gun Shop" and shoot machine guns! Its awsome...I recommend the Steyr Aug __________________ Visit my city! Free vagin for every resident (in direct contrast to the other cities that only provide free Fleshlites!) http://eat-mykhram.myminicity.com/

10-09-2006, 11:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
skittleslegend Senior Member Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stowe, Vermont Age: 23 Posts: 7,833 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Hit up Bobby Flay's restaurant and get that spicy chicken thingy dinner. It was pretty good :)

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Toxis Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Italy Of Course! Age: 28 Posts: 3,799 Even Women Aren't Safe iTrader: 10 / 100%	Gamble.

10-09-2006, 11:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
8thgenuser Webby's Minion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 7,070 Nikon Squad Member #8 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Carroll Shelby musuem north of the "strip".

10-10-2006, 02:03 AM	#13 (permalink)
*Janizary* Minister of Discord Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sith Ferret dojo Posts: 6,586 Gas thread Nazi iTrader: 0 / 0%	4ish hours. Vegas to Boulder City to Kingman to Williams to GC. Its a drive. (Much faster if you go to 'Rent an Exotic' and rent a Ferrari for the day) Or you can take a helicopter tour flying out of Las Vegas to the GC. __________________ • Official BMW 1-Series Thread • DX/LX/EX Gas Mileage Thread • Civic Si Gas Mileage Thread • Civic Hybrid Gas Mileage Thread

10-10-2006, 07:34 AM	#14 (permalink)
dpetro64 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 326 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Don't forget the Fremont Experience...Free parking if you validate at Binion's.

10-10-2006, 07:38 AM	#15 (permalink)
*[IVI]* I'm your Huckleberry Join Date: May 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio Age: 31 Posts: 1,636 Bryan iTrader: 0 / 0%	- Visit the Ferrari dealership inside the Wynn - Ride the rides on top of Stratosphere. My wife and I did this and it was awesome riding rollercoasters and drop-off rides .25 mile in the air. - Rollercoasters at Sahara, New York New York - Visit the new Hooters casino

10-10-2006, 10:16 AM	#16 (permalink)
bhoy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NJ Age: 41 Posts: 774 Marv iTrader: 7 / 100%	if your going to the grand canyon, try going to the northern rim thru utah taking rt 89A, this is one excellent road.

10-10-2006, 02:29 PM	#17 (permalink)
Civicaddict79 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: So. Burlington, VT Posts: 114 iTrader: 0 / 0%	It's pricey, but you should check out one of the Cirque de Soleil shows. I like ""O" at the Bellagio the best. My favorite place to gamble is the Hard Rock. You should check out the Pink Taco there for mexican and they have $5 3 card poker tables. Good music and a younger, hipper crowd. Same for the Palms- you can get a tat at Corey Hart's place. I go to Vegas for a trade show every year for 10 days so I know it well. Too well.....

10-10-2006, 02:34 PM	#18 (permalink)
Type X Senior Member Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 28 Posts: 3,118 iTrader: 16 / 100%	party, drink, sleep repeat.... If you wanna catch a show hit up Phantom at the Venetian.. i got "golden circle" tickets 5th row.. center seats 150 a clip.... Money well spent! I'm heading out again for sema this year 10/30 - 11/4 :) I was there in July this year and last year Last year i stayed at the Wynn, This year was the Venetian for sema I'm staying at Treasure Island. Janizary ... hit me up for my cell, we are gonna be BLASTED sema week and VIP parties out the A$$... so let me konw if you wanna meet up I'll be with about 20 shops from cali, custom turbos, cf body parts etc etc and meeting up with friends that work at greddy, honda of america etc etc

10-10-2006, 06:22 PM	#20 (permalink)
Garrison Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Georgia Age: 33 Posts: 1,071 Garrison iTrader: 3 / 100%	They have gondola rides at the venetian as well. See if you can get blue man group tickets as well

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