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Best VP bars for watching NFL?

Discussion in 'The Sports Book' started by Duke Always Covers, Aug 6, 2012.

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  1. Duke Always Covers

    Duke Always Covers Tourist

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    Heading out for Columbus Day weekend & planning to park myself at a sports book for college football on Saturday. On Sunday, though, I want to get my NFL bets in early & spend the day watching the games while playing bartop VP & drinking for free (well, relatively). Which Strip bars combine decent VP with multiple TV's for NFL viewing? I know there's a good one in Aria at the end of the hallway to the sports book, and think I remember bars at Paris & Monte Carlo w/multiple TVs but would welcome other suggestions. Thanks.
     
  2. Mayoman

    Mayoman High-Roller

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    I prefer the VP bar next to the Caesars sportsbook.
     
  3. nostresshere

    nostresshere Mr. Anti Debit Card

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    Great one at Bellagio. Good size VP bar right next to Sports Book and Poker Room.
     
  4. Boosty16

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    I second that one. Big TV's right in front of you. I believe there are four on each side which means you can catch four games at once. Plus, the coolest bartenders.
     
  5. jamesxnj

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    If you don't mind going off-strip -the Gold Coast VP bar in the back is a nice quiet place to watch the games,two big screens and monitors above.The bartenders are great and will put up the game of your choice if wanted..Sportsbook maybe a minute or two walk away.Best thing though here as opposed to others Rio included,you do not have to be at the bar by 9 am to grab a seat.There are always open seats and I've been there every opening NFL Sunday past several years.
    Also worth noting-the VP paytables are better than CET props and I find the betting lines a bit more favorable with Boyd than CET.
    I'd recommend you take a look on Saturday,compare the Sunday lines between where you are on the strip and there you go..:beer:
     
  6. smartone

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    Hard Rock has a great sports-viewing bar called "Blitzed"... the bar only has about 8 seats w/VP machines, but right in front of you are several incredibly "life-like (HD)" flat screens, the one in the middle has to be like 80".
     
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    I realize that the question is about VP bars but I didn't want to start another thread for a similar topic question.

    Any opinions on Lagasse's Stadium at Palazzo? My guess is it's not cheap but is it good?
     
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    It's considered by many as "THE BEST" place to watch sports in Las Vegas.
     
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    Thanks, I'll be looking forward to it!
     
  10. Duke Always Covers

    Duke Always Covers Tourist

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    Palazzo

    Yeah, I am intrigued by the Palazzo as well - but have heard that the typical minimum purchase is $50 or so (and may be more on Sundays). Is that the case? Anyone ever rented a VIP box? What do those go for?
     
  11. vegas_or_bust

    vegas_or_bust High-Roller

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    Typical for Lagasse's is $50 per person, per game for NCAA football, and $100 per person, per game for NFL. If you plan to stay for both the morning and afternoon NFL games, you will be expected to pay $200 per person in food/beverage. Those were the prices last fall.

    Lagasse's is overrated IMHO. Sportsbooks = free booze (if you are betting). I don't like being forced to spend that much money when I am already putting a lot of money in play on the games to begin with.
     
  12. Duke Always Covers

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    oh well

    That's what I thought about Palazzo. Sounds like I'll be off on a Caesars/Bellagio/Cosmo (Secret Pizza in between games)/Aria/Monte Carlo tour.
     
  13. vegas_or_bust

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    Cosmo Book and Stage Bar, and the Pub at Monte Carlo would be two great places to watch games.

    You can't bet at the PUB, but it's a great place to watch games, drink and eat. Lots of TV's and decently priced drinks/food.
     
  14. Duke Always Covers

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    Thanks for all the replies. We're planning to make our way from Caesars to Bellagio to the Cosmo (with a Secret Pizza stop) to Aria to Monte Carlo, where we'll stick around to take advantage of the reasonable table limits. Should be fun. Now if I could just hit quads once or twice along the route...
     
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    For another VP bar not sure how it is now, but the IP third floor used to have a ton of tvs and plenty of VP seats.

    To the topic of Lagasse's in my opinion if you can get the stadium seating for a game, it's well worth it for the experience, even with the charge. I've been waiting for my 2 month window to get here for booking our Sunday game this year, and did confirm it's $100/person food/bev purchase this year again for nfl games.
     
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    Off Strip

    I like the 32 Degree bar (Beer Bar) at the M Resort right outside the sports book. The bar has TVs overhead but I normally place a bet at the sports book and sit on the left end of the bar so I can play VP and Keno and see the wall of TVs in the sports book.

    Besides the view of the sports book TVs, VP, great bartenders, I love having 96 beers on tap to choose from. Still can't see to get off the first row though.
     
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    am not aware of any strip bartops that have full-pay vp----off-strip there are full-pay games at the gold coast and downtown at main street station among others-------both are nice bars with a number of tvs within easy viewing

    both have full-pay 9/6 job games,mss has 25c and gold coast had 50c at last visit----
     
  18. Duke Always Covers

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    What kind of pay tables have you found at Strip bartops for, say, 25c JOB? I know they won't be 9/6, but hope I can do better than, say, 6/5...
     
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    25c JOB at bartops on the strip will typically be 7/5.
     
  20. h_upmann

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    Sad, but true.

    Dollar pay tables are better than quarters at Aria & Cosmo bartops: i.e. 9/5 JOB (but that was maybe a year ago).
     
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