Las Vegas Warning
Please warn people who are planning to go to Las Vegas for New
Years 2000 that they should only attend New Year's Eve shows in
or near the hotel where they are staying. My husband, fourteen
year-old son and I were in Vegas for New Year's 1999 and had
tickets to a 10:30 p.m. show at the Treasure Island hotel. We
took a cab to the show from the Monte Carlo hotel where we were
staying at the other end of the strip, but when it was time to
go back we found that we had to walk. Normally a twenty-minute
walk, it took us over an hour to fight our way through a drunk
and destructive crowd (cars were overturned, etc.) We tried to
take refuge in the Mirage and Belagio hotels, but these hotels
locked out anyone who was not a guest. We were admitted to
Caesar's, but the overflow crowd made this very unpleasant as
well. (We later found out that Caesar's suffered a lot of
damage.)
Also, let people know that the Belagio means it when they say no
one under 18 is admitted to their hotel unless they are a guest.
We thought they only meant the casino, but they mean anywhere in
the hotel -- even restaurants! The Belagio has guards at the door who
definitely make families with kids feel unwelcome.
I am sure I will not go back to Vegas until these memories fade,
but I thought by sharing my experiences I could spare others the
same unpleasant memories. Thanks!
--Pam
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