Things to do in Vegas, that don’t include gambling.
It still amazes me at the number of people who think Vegas is all about gambling and nothing else. So I thought I would put a list of activities that you can do that does not include gambling. In fact, most of these are completely free.
- Sit and enjoy a Sports book. To me this is a lot like enjoying a beer at the local pub. Just a lot more TV’s
- Eat, honestly there are more restaurants here than you could possibly visit.
- Slots tournament, believe it or not most of them are free.
- Imax, the Imax theatres in Vegas have some of the more unique shows.
- Spend some time on the strip and just soak in the environment.
- 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.
- See a Show, there is no place else in the world where you can see so many top quality performers.
- Do a Dinner Show; there are a lot of great dinner shows like the “Tournament of Kings” at the Excalibur.
- Bellagio Fountain, pretty much every half hour the free water show is going off. On the weekends sometimes it’s every 15 minutes.
- Gallery of fine art in Bellagio.
- Eiffel Tower in The Paris, ride an elevator to the top of the tower.
- Watch the Volcano at the Mirage, every hour on the hour after sunset.
- Treasure Island Sirens Show, nightly at 7:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m., and 11:30 p.m.
- Big Shot at the Stratosphere , umm it’s kinda beyond words.
- Roller Coaster at the New York New York.
- Gondola Ride at Venetian.
- Auto Collection at the Imperial Palace.
- See a ridiculously large Golden Nugget at the Golden Nugget.
- Gaming Classes at the Hilton, free classes on how to gamble.
- Visit a pool, just about every hotel has one.
- Spa (I have heard Treasure Island hs an outstanding one.)
- Liberace Museum, 5 minutes of the strip. Take a cab.
- Shopping, between Caesar’s Palace and The Aladdin there is about 1,000,000 sq ft of shopping.
- Siegfried & Roy’s Royal White Tigers at the Mirage
- Lake of Dreams at Wynn. 140 foot mountain covered with 1500 trees, waterfall and three-acre lake.
- Shark Reef, Mandalay Bay
- See “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” at the Tropicana
- Watch dragons and magicians battle in the moat of The Excalibur.
- Feeling the need to go to a Circus, there is free one at Circus Circus
- Watch the fountains come to life in the forum shops at Caesar’s Palace.
- Get married.
- Go to a nightclub. Few examples are VooDoo lounge, Coyote Ugly’s, and Pure.
- Watch a major sporting event like boxing or UFC.
- Visit the world’s largest atrium at the Luxor
- Flamingo garden at the Flamingo.
- Madame Toseau’s wax museum at the Venetian.
Of course, this is only a taste but as anyone can see there are plenty of activities in Vegas that do not involve gambling of any sort. Las Vegas is truly a complete entertainment destination. Did I miss any? Add them in the comments.
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