New cosmopolitan casino and resort

Quote: Doc

That sounds almost exactly like my experience on opening night (see 1st 3 paragraphs of my report on page 3 of this thread.) Except I couldn't endure the acoustic bombardment long enough to get a chip that night and had to return the next day. Since your post seems to indicate that the same environment is still being presented six weeks later, I doubt that I would venture into the place again except during the daylight hours. Does anyone know whether it is different on mid-week evenings now?

Quote: Nareed

They go into the loud nightclubs, don't they? Do you need any more proof? :P

I've read that in the old days, around the 40s or 50s, young men propposed to their girlfriends on the dance floor. Imagine a place quiet and well lit enough to do something like that today!

Quote: Ayecarumba

I wish you well ICS.. Note that from the different posts, and folks I have spoken to, the vibe changes from weekday morning, to weekend evening. I am not into the club scene and all that accompanies it. I did see some familar faces (an older gentleman and his wife) from the time I went the Aria shortly after they opened. He is a craps player, and appeared to be enjoying himselft at the table. Maybe he turned off his hearing aid...hehe

Quote: teddys

The way I pegged it when I visited is that it is the first self-conscious, post-modern, "Hipster" resort on the Strip. It is giving a knowing wink-wink (or middle finger, if you will) to the excess, theme-ery, and general bombast of its surroundings. Nobody has done that before (besides The Artisan off-strip), so I think they will do well because there will always be a market niche for those who want to be "not-that."