Please ADD your own Las Vegas Trip Report. Date of Trip: November 27, 2002 to November 30, 2002 Hotel Stayed At: The Plaza-Solo Thanksgiving Report-2002 Report by: BobLasVegas <> From: Cleveland, Ohio

Thanksgiving 2002 Solo Trip Report
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Working 2 full-time jobs leaves very little time for anything except sleep, so I apologize for the late posting here...but hey, better late than never!!!

To save time, I will break it down by categories and Highlights and Lowlights...( plus by now I cannot remember every minute or the exact order things happened!....I did take great notes on expenses though!)

Hotel: Going alone I went for the cheapest place I could
find, well SECOND cheapest....Westward Ho was slightly cheaper....but I went for The Plaza...4 nights on their internet site...$165 bucks! And I like downtown for gambling!

Meet:The Barbary Coast....Me, Frank and Bernie from VA.
Me and Bernie hung out after and had the Steak special
at the Gold Coast! Nice guy, and I extolled the virtures of being a Las Vegas Advisor Member. We saw Big Elvis
perform and after a few drinks, I volunteered to go up and stage...must have been funny! They dressed me up in an Elvis wig and Glasses.

Food: Thanksgiving lunch...Westward Ho Dog, and then
up the street for a Fatburger and shake! Uh...I could only
down half of the Ho Dog! Wow....given a choice I would go with Fatbuger!!!!!

Binion's Chili.....spicy and good.
Binion's Steak Special....great!

Gold Coast Steak Special....VERY good! a lot of food!

Dinner Buffet at Golden Nugget....as always...wonderful.

Golden Gate Shrimp Cocktails....still the best....Tried
Fremont's....NO comparison....GG rocks on!

4 Queens: Free Steak Dinner for earning 50 pts.
good Steak!

Transportation: Round trip on ATA....$330 from Cleveland. Several bus rides...one cab...LVL to Plaza
( the bus ) and airport shuttle out of town.

Shows: Big Elvis...and Comedy Zone or something like
that at the Plaza...2 comedians....both funnny! 13 bucks.

Gambling: Played maybe 85 per cent Video Poker...could not hit ANYthing!!!!! Just a big sucking sound out of my wallet! A LOT of VP...Craps maybe twice winning once, and losing once...BJ maybe twice......losing a little....Sports betting....football...did okay on....could have been better IF the lousy NYGiants did not blow a bit lead late and cost me TWO 3 team parlays plus a straight bet....instead of PLUS about $150 bucks PROFIT>...I lost 2 dollars! Right before I checked out Sunday ....so I would have kept that money in my pocket!

Sad to say....by biggest gambling win was win I had a free daily entry from the Plaza fun book....I finished second for the day...150 dollar winner...the ONLY slots
I played!

Hit 2 out of 4 horse race bets....just guessing there by odds....

Did pretty good on several Match Play coupons....but no big money there!

My worst trip ever gambling wise.

Expense Breakdown:

Gambling -$458.55

Souv. & Misc. -$118.66

Food - $83.44

Transportation ( In Vegas ) - $31.50

Tips -46.00

Total -$738.15


Lowlights-Elderly lady a few rows away from me
fell off her stool playing slots at Main St. Station...only the woman next to her stopped playing to hail security who called paramedics on a code 126 which I take to mean..." Player Down! "

Losing my butt at VP and everything else!

Highlights-On stage at the Meet with Big Elvis!
Just being in Vegas....still really like the Palms!!!!!
Cheap Steak Dinners!!!!

Rambling Thoughts-First day in Vegas, gambled in EVERY
Casino downtown....after the first day and a half and on my second trek up to the Strip, I said to myself, " Forget this! I am working to hard to see too much stuff in too little time!" As I usually seem to do! SO...after thinking about it...headed back downtown and stayed there for the rest of the trip and actually relaxed a little instead of running myself ragged....I like Las Vegas Club...nice
intimate atmosphere!

The Plaza is okay, but kind of dark....not bad though!
and VERY fast elevators!!!!!

That's it gang! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Bob in Cleveland.


BobLasVegas <> - Cleveland, Ohio    1167

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