January 23, 2008

75 things to do this weekend in Las Vegas

There are not many places that you visit that offer endless possibilities, Las Vegas is one of them. Here are a few ideas for you to try out.

Eat. Honestly. Vegas has the best restaurants in the world, and no matter what you are craving it is here.
Enjoy a Spa.
Bellagio Fountain, pretty much every half hour the free water show is going off. On the weekends sometimes it’s every 15 minutes
Fremont Street experience, starting every night at about 6pm (sometimes 7) the light show starts. If you haven’t seen it yet make sure you do.
Play in a poker tournament.
Imax, the Imax theatres in Vegas have some of the more unique shows.
Do a Dinner Show; there are a lot of great dinner shows like the “Tournament of Kings” at the Excalibur.
Watch the Volcano at the Mirage, every hour on the hour after sunset.
See Penn and Teller.
Try a few hands of BlackJack.
Shopping, between Caesar’s Palace and Planet Hollywood there is about 1,000,000 sq ft of shopping.
Get married. For the first time or renew your vows.
Have a yard long Margarita.
Walk in the Flamingo garden at the world famous Flamingo Hotel.
Ride the Big Shot at the Stratosphere
Visit Hoover Dam
Do the ultimate Pub crawl. There are over 30 hotels just on the strip, and each hotel has 2-3 bars in them. Add in the restaurants and this could take a whole week!
Take a tour of the Strip at night time.
Helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon
Shop at the Town Square
Try a few throws at the Craps table
Go see the Blue Man Group
Gallery of fine art in Bellagio.
Spend some time on the strip and just soak in the environment.
Roller Coaster at the New York New York.
Gondola Ride at Venetian.
Watch the fountains come to life in the forum shops at Caesar’s Palace.
See "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" at the Tropicana
Tony n Tina’s Wedding
See Jubilee
Go for a jog. Yes, seriously. Vegas has some great runs
Madame Toseau's wax museum at the Venetian
Visit the world’s largest atrium at the Luxor
Play the Slots.
Go to Coyote Ugly’s at New York New York.
Watch dragons and magicians battle in the moat of The Excalibur.
Do a gondola ride at the Venetian.
Go to the Bass Pro Shops at the Silverton.
Shark Reef, Mandalay Bay
Lake of Dreams at Wynn. 140 foot mountain covered with 1500 trees, waterfall and three-acre lake.
Visit Lake Las Vegas
Valley of Fire Buggy Tour
The Jesse James Horse Ride
Visit the Sahara and ride “Speed the Ride”
Eiffel Tower in The Paris, ride an elevator to the top of the tower.
Treasure Island Sirens Show, nightly at 7:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m., and 11:30 p.m.
The Auto Collection at The Imperial Palace.
Star Trek the Experience at Las Vegas Hilton
King Tit’s Tomb at the Luxor
Lion Habitat at MGM Grand.
La Reve at Wynn Las Vegas.
Play your lucky numbers at the Roulette wheel.
Monty Python’s Spamalot.
Go to the hotel pool.
Sleep in. Hell, sleep all day!
Ride the monorail.
Visit the giant golden nugget at, you guessed it, the Golden Nugget.
Try one of the cheesecakes at The Cheesecake Factory in the Forum Shops.
Shop at the Harley Davidson Shop.
House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage
Insanity - the Ride at Stratosphere
Motion Rides at Excalibur
VooDoo Lounge at the Rio
Cirque Du Soleil - Mystere
Play a game of Bingo
Golf at the Las Vegas National Golf Course
Go to the 2008 Miss America Pageant at Planet Hollywood (Jan 22, 2008 - Jan 26, 2008)
See Dana Carvey at the Orleans (Jan 25, 2008 - Jan 27, 2008)
Visit Las Vegas Natural History Museum it features dinosaurs, marine life featuring whales & sharks, International wildlife, wild Nevada, African savanna …
Nascar Entertainment Center featuring Las Vegas' fastest roller coaster
40-40 Club at the Palazzo- it's owned by Jay-Z
Play Arnold Palmer's Angel Park Golf Course.
Go to a Wofgang Puck restaurant. Doesn't matte which one.
Lastly enjoy yourself. No matter what you do.