Stopped by Harrah's today to cash a friend's ticket and walked over to the IP to say hi to Green Doberman and check out the sports book. The IP has an old-school feel to it which is actually refreshing. The casino floor has mirrors on both sides so it looks bigger than it is. It was also packed today (of course, it's saturday), but I was checking out tables and there were very few that were empty, and both craps tables I watched were packed.
The sportsbook is definitely larger than the Golden Nugget, and actually has a tiered seating level, I'm guessing for the horsies. It has the old white washboard for posting numbers, and plenty of seating. It's not Caesar's by any means, but it will be a good spot for a bunch of degenerate gamblers to shoot the shit and watch baseball or a pre-season game. It's also on the second floor so there is a "convention room" feel to going up there.
I didn't check out the restaurants, but shoot, you are ground zero on the strip. The IP is sandwiched between Flamingo's, which has Jimmy Buffet's restaurant, and Harrah's, which has several new restaurants. They've actually done a nice job upgrading Harrah's. If the IP sells out its rooms for RXers, I'd recommend staying there.
I'm sure there are people here that prefer downtown, but I think it was a good idea by the Rx to give the strip a shot. Then again, it may cause more people to wander because the options are enormous from that location.
Green Doberman, sorry I missed you. I'll probably stop by again before the bash to check out football lines.
The sportsbook is definitely larger than the Golden Nugget, and actually has a tiered seating level, I'm guessing for the horsies. It has the old white washboard for posting numbers, and plenty of seating. It's not Caesar's by any means, but it will be a good spot for a bunch of degenerate gamblers to shoot the shit and watch baseball or a pre-season game. It's also on the second floor so there is a "convention room" feel to going up there.
I didn't check out the restaurants, but shoot, you are ground zero on the strip. The IP is sandwiched between Flamingo's, which has Jimmy Buffet's restaurant, and Harrah's, which has several new restaurants. They've actually done a nice job upgrading Harrah's. If the IP sells out its rooms for RXers, I'd recommend staying there.
I'm sure there are people here that prefer downtown, but I think it was a good idea by the Rx to give the strip a shot. Then again, it may cause more people to wander because the options are enormous from that location.
Green Doberman, sorry I missed you. I'll probably stop by again before the bash to check out football lines.