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What is the most overrated or overexposed part of Las Vegas? (Pick 3) [362 votes total]

Bellagio Fountains (5)
 1%
Buffets (22)
 6%
Caesars Forum Shops (7)
 2%
Caesars actors @ Caesars (5)
 1%
Celebrity chef eateries (26)
 7%
Celebrity nightclub appearances (61)
 17%
Cirque du Soleil shows (20)
 6%
CityCenter (11)
 3%
Elaborate spa treatments (9)
 2%
Everything Colosseum (5)
 1%
Everything Wynn (12)
 3%
Fremont Street Experience (7)
 2%
Harrah's Total Rewards (15)
 4%
Implosions (3)
 1%
Mandalay Beach (2)
 1%
Mayor Oscar Goodman (20)
 6%
Megabucks (6)
 2%
Mirage volcano (6)
 2%
Miss USA pageant (8)
 2%
Something Else (Write in below) (8)
 2%
Stratosphere Tower (8)
 2%
Stripper shows (11)
 3%
The Broadway-to-Vegas thing (10)
 3%
Thrill rides (7)
 2%
Venetian gondoliers (12)
 3%
Wayne Newton (15)
 4%
Welcome To LV sign (8)
 2%
Wheel of Fortune slots (4)
 1%
World Series of Poker (15)
 4%
Yard-long drinks (14)
 4%


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Posted By: sidney w.

Posted On: Aug 10, 2009
Views: 1603
Bellagio overrated

I have always found Bellagio overrated. The lobby and garden area are beautiful, but the rest of it is just kind of ho-hum. The rooms are nice enough, but they run the gamut in quality and style, but don't really outpace similar rooms at MGM or Mandalay Bay and don't hold a candle to rooms at Wynn. It may have been phenomenal in its day, but the hotel is also showing its age, much like the Venetian, both of which need a good renovation.


Posted By: ColinFromLasVegas

Posted On: Aug 1, 2009
Views: 1676
Criss Angel BeLIEve at the Luxor

The WAY most over rated thing in Las Vegas has to be Criss Angel BeLIEve at the Luxor. The whole history of him in Las Vegas has been a disaster.

That idiot started out here by disrupting the April 2008 Miss USA Beauty Pageant, trying to get his then girlfriend Miss Nevada in the top 15, flipping the middle finger at NBC cameras during breaks. Then when he was called out on his behavior, he threatened Norm Clarke to take out his remaining eye.

Then skip forward to all the deflections and avoidance of questions about it over the months. They covered all instances and he basically forgot what he told one reporter to the next. Even went to one point where it didn't happen at all (it did).

Then he does apologize to Norm. But it coincides with the grand opening of BeLIEve at the Luxor on October 31, 2008. Very convenient timing. Cirque people probably slapped him, said to apologize, put it behind him, and act like the entertainer you're supposed to be.

Then the show opens. All indications show it is magnificent. The set. The dancers. The music. The choreography. But these are just the Cirque parts. Then the whole show goes downhill when Criss Angel steps on the stage and opens his mouth. Nothing but no talent, no ability to have a rapport with a Las Vegas audience nor ability to make a Las Vegas show flow and hold interest and excitement. Bad reviews left and right.

You have Cirque over here...a company that has made magnificent professional acrobatic circus like atmosphere shows. They show they know nothing about illusions. Then, over here, you have an illusionist who made his bread and butter on TV using sight gags, camera angles, stop motion and paid shills to act astounded. Then you throw him on a Las Vegas stage and he's way out of his element. These two together are like serving a hot dog and putting whipped cream on it. It don't work.

Over the months, rather than fix the show, Criss Angel lashes back at his reviewers. Then chooses to only get with reporters who he believes he can control the spin on things, like Robin Leach and Larry King. And when he does that, he blathers nonsense like "it's the top seller show in Las Vegas" and other idiotic falsehoods.

Skip forward to April 2009. On stage during BeLIEve, Criss Angel stops the show and screams out obscenities at Perez Hilton who is in the audience. And this occurs while children are in the audience. And clearly something you don't do during ANY Las Vegas show. Total unprofessionalism and acting like a spoiled rotten brat.

Cirque apologizes. Criss Angel doesn't. Really stupid. Cirque is in this "battered wife syndrome." They back him up all the time, but he craps on them.

The show has disappeared from top ten secondary ticket sales, even after saying changes were to be made (they were made, but to no effect..the show still sucks...the bad element is still Criss Angel...no matter if he tries to blame it on something else...he clearly has no talent).

The tickets for the show have went down 40 to 50 percent in price. Even to the point of offering tickets along with buffet, hotel room and free Criss Angel guyliner for the guys and Criss Angel panties for the gals (or something like that).

Recently, his publicist gave up, packed his bags and hit the road, choosing not to represent him anymore. I don't blame him. He is working too hard at salvaging an entertainer who gives all indications he doesn't want to be salvaged. Every indication shows he's more focused on a dumb image and posturing and getting his picture posted anywhere (without having to talk too much) than to devote that energy to fix a show that's sinking like the TITANIC.

It has even been proven they pipe cheers, whistles and applause through the speakers in back during the show. To make up for the crickets chirping and awkward moments of silence.

Not sure how much longer this rip off of tourists is going to go on...all with a supposed headliner who acts like a punk and a manipulative convict combined. Not sure how much more Cirque, MGM and the Luxor can tolerate. It definitely don't look good...even though a year hasn't transpired yet...let alone letting it coast for ten years. UnbeLIEvable.


Posted By: Ron from Michigan

Posted On: Jul 29, 2009
Views: 1606
What is overated in Vegas?

What is overated in Vegas?

1. Media and PR Hype. It's nice to have some advertising to get people to come to a place like Las Vegas, even in a severe recession such as this. But advertisng has its limts. Hype about Vegas from various PR people and media will only a)give half the picture of what this town is like and really about, both in positive and negitive ways, and b) becomes very boring and unrealistic after a while, whether you're a constant or intermitant visitor, or even a local. Don't buy the hype.

2. Celebrties. That also gets boring, especially when you hear about "Ocean's-A-Million" (sequel to Ocean's Eleven) is being filmed at the Palazzo and the pedestrian bridge over Sands Ave. is closed. That's nice to hear. But I want to walk down the Strip to get the corner of Flamingo and LVB. Enough with sequels! Get me to the the Four Corners! I don't wan't to hear about an ongoing movie production in town or famous actors playing the parts (if they're not at a 21 table or nightclub.) I don't want to hear about a "while-in-town" TV celeb promoting thier crap or thier guest promoting thiers! Let Norm Clarke, Robin Leach, TMZ and Steve's "freind" Perez Hilton care what's going on. Average Joe doesn't; they KNOW they're already here in some fashion. It ain't nuthin' new, Hollywood. Face it.

3. Vegas hype from visitors. Yes, I like this town just as anyone else, but please, cool it will 'ya? Most locals don't buy the "Vegas Baby!" hype from visitors at all; they know more than average tourist and in some cases can't put up with it. I don't blame them at all. I've seen it myself. Enjoy Vegas, but keep it to yourself, please?

That's part of my code: the Code of the National Assocaition of Vegasgoers, for Las Vegas in the greater public interst.


 
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