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Nice irish pub in the NYNY, be sure to get a pint there!

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Yeah if you can get any service in this hole. Been there 2x and the service was utterly the worst I've ever seen anywhere. One time they sat my friends and I and we waited 20 minutes and we're like...ok is someone going to take our drink orders? The response, "oh the computer is down, it might take a while". Yeah, thanks for not telling us this when we came in and not returning to even tell us it might be a wait.

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About a month ago there was a thread with a link to Ticketmaster where I was able to get KA (Cirque show at MGM) tickets for $57.50.

Right near NYNY and MGM (Look for the Coke and MM stores)there is a sameday 2 for 1 show ticket window. Tix-4-tonight or something like that. They open at 11:00am. 2 trips ago (last spring) we got tix for Moma-Mia at 2 for 1.

Tons of bonus points with the wife.

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Stayed at NYNY the last time I was in Vegas. The proximity to the MGM poker room was nice, and I had a decent run playing craps one night- I had gotten home at 3AM to sleep, found a sock tied to the door, and went down and won $500 playing craps while my buddy banged a hooker. Ah, Vegas.

The dueling piano bars is always packed and seemed pretty fun. Casino is pretty small for a 'major' resort, but again, proximity to MGM (and in turn, the monorail) makes this not a problem.

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Nice irish pub in the NYNY, be sure to get a pint there!

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hahah, any time you see a place in the US advertised as an "Irish Pub" you can be sure it's nothing like a pub you would actually find in Ireland.

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New York NY is much nicer than the Excalibur, and the MGM is much nicer than NYNY.

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Not really. You won't be giving up much, if anything, by staying at NYNY.

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I stayed at one of the garden suites at the MGM last time I was in Vegas and was very unimpressed. I've never stayed at NYNY but I really like the atmosphere there and can't imagine their rooms are too bad. The poker room is alright at the MGM, depending what you're looking for. They only have low limit games and they are slightly tougher than some of the other low limit rooms. However, the setting at the MGM is nicer than some of the trashier joints like Excalibur or Hooters.

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Guys,thanks for all your thoughful replys.Might skip the one about watching gang members chase "escorts" though,dont think that would buy too many browny points with GF....

So if I see any rooms with a sock tied to the door handle I'll know what it means (maybe I'll try banging on the door and shouting FEDERAL MARSHAL,OPEN UP [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )

Seriously though,thanks to all 2+2ers.See you at the felt.

Icarus

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NY NY rooms were decent. Not a far walk to room from Pit and it's not hard to get to MGM's poker room. There's also the tram to Mandalay or a quick walk to Excalibur. I enjoy Mandalay's room more then MGM just because it's less loud and just as fishy.

The 4-8 limit with 1/2 blinds is super fishy and the NL games are good as well.

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At NYNY, make sure to request a room that's not near the roller coaster-- I understand the train's rumbling is audible from a fair portion of the rooms.

If you're going to switch hotels, and your focus is on poker, my suggestion is to stay farther up the strip-- in my opinion, MGM is the only good poker room in the south strip (and it's really loud when the adjacent club is going). If you stay at Harrah's, for example, you'll be a short walk from Bellagio, Caesar's and Venetian.

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PR quality is non-existent (NYNY doesn't have one)....but, it is adjacent to MGM, which has a pretty good PR.