Las Vegas - who is going and where should we watch the football game?
November 15th, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^
Circa Sportsbook is where I’ll be.
November 15th, 2021 at 12:41 PM ^
Ditto. I will probably be on the upper level by the slots where you can look over the rail in a Charles Woodson jersey.
November 15th, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^
Are you buying the first round, or two?
November 15th, 2021 at 10:20 AM ^
How about the plane fare, too?
November 16th, 2021 at 12:30 AM ^
LOL. Come on. He didn't ask to bunk with someone and change for slot machines. Be nice.
November 15th, 2021 at 9:32 AM ^
FYI there’s still a mask mandate in Vegas. Which is why I haven’t booked my March Madness trip yet.
edit: This is nothing political! I just don’t want to vacation where I have to where a mask everywhere. I wasn’t trying to start some kind political debate about whether they’re necessary or not.
November 15th, 2021 at 10:16 AM ^
Must be so traumatic for you. I don’t know how you manage.
November 15th, 2021 at 11:52 AM ^
It’s tough being me.
November 15th, 2021 at 10:27 AM ^
Stick to that ignorance as long as you can, brother.
November 15th, 2021 at 11:48 AM ^
Sorry I should have explained. This is nothing political! Vegas is a fun town and I just don’t want to go until Vegas is back to normal. Wearing a mask everywhere sucks and it really sucks when you’re trying to vacation and let loose of a few days. I wasn’t trying to start some kind political debate about whether they’re necessary or not.
November 15th, 2021 at 11:55 AM ^
I feel you -- i don't like it either, and I'm also not one of those to make it all political. it's just simply not wanting to go to long extended events with a mask on
November 15th, 2021 at 12:22 PM ^
There's a certain portion of the population that has an automatic reflexive (borderline robotic) response of "Shut up and stop complaining!" anytime someone says anything as regards masks even slightly degrading an experience.
There are costs involved in months (and years) long mask-wearing. It is legitimate to point out it is not a zero-cost activity.
November 15th, 2021 at 1:09 PM ^
You have zero credibility on this.
November 15th, 2021 at 1:10 PM ^
You have zero credibility on this.
November 15th, 2021 at 1:32 PM ^
What costs are there associated with wearing a mask, other than finding it annoying? I don't like wearing one, so I just don't go to places where I have to (or should) wear one.
November 15th, 2021 at 2:18 PM ^
There are 10 downvotes for someone saying the same exact thing as you. From the reactions here my guess is masks are les effective if you dont thoroughly enjoy them. Strange world.
November 15th, 2021 at 2:50 PM ^
Various sociological research has quantified the "rough percentages" as regards how we as a species express emotions to each other:
60% Non-verbal.
10% Verbal.
30% Vocal, the tone and pace, et cetera of the verbal.
Non-verbal communication is a part of how we as a species "talk" to each other. Masks reduce that. That is a "cost."
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As a tangent --- consider message board interactions and how people are judged on a message board in the context of the above.
NONE of us really "know" each other or fully communicate with each other here. Yet, there are posters here who definitively are convinced that another poster they interact with is the devil and a terrible person. But any interactions between 2 such posters is strictly "verbal" - typing out words. E.g., only 10% of the actual puzzle.
November 16th, 2021 at 10:13 AM ^
approximately how much time do you spend each day smelling your farts?
November 15th, 2021 at 5:35 PM ^
Try working in Las Vegas where tourists don't have to wear a mask if they are are fully vaccinated. Most aren't but do not wear masks.
November 15th, 2021 at 10:31 AM ^
Correct. I met up with another UM alum who was recently in Vegas, and you need masks indoors. We need to get more people vaccinated to stomp out covid.
On a positive note, we should have a thread to meet up for the football game.
November 15th, 2021 at 2:42 PM ^
I live in LA and you technically need masks indoors here but that just means you wear one on your way into the bar/restaurant and then take it off.
I can't imagine it's any different in Vegas. Like fine, you wear one on your way into the hotel and in the elevator but you're not wearing one at the gaming tables or the sports book or anywhere else where you can be drinking (or eating) and socializing, right?
So, eh.
And if I'm wrong about the practical implications would be curious to know, but it's Vegas. Can't imagine it's more strict than LA.
November 15th, 2021 at 4:40 PM ^
You have to wear it at the tables. If you're in a bar/restaurant and seated, you're fine without one (just like you described).
November 15th, 2021 at 5:41 PM ^
That makes sense
November 15th, 2021 at 11:14 AM ^
Don't worry about it, half the folks aren't masked in the Casinos anyway and the staff aren't trying to enforce it. Have it with you just in case but if you don't want to wear one you really don't have to.
November 15th, 2021 at 11:44 AM ^
Right - the enforcement in Vegas (I was there in mid-September) isn't overly strict and it's inconsistent. Sit down at a playing tables, yes. At a sports books, no. At a bar, hit or miss.
The logic, as usual, isn't exactly the best. Masks required at the blackjack and poker tables, but then eat dinner at the steakhouse, no mask. You're just as close to people at both places.
November 15th, 2021 at 3:02 PM ^
Got it, thanks for answering my above question. Surprised they're requiring at the tables. Are they disallowing drinks at the tables then?
The logic around restaurants is that you can't eat with a mask on. And eating is an important human function so obviously need to take off the mask to eat. And also you aren't sitting next to strangers at a restaurant like you are at a gaming table. What makes for exponential growth is family to family/party to party transmission That's what you want to avoid (because you're gonna give it to the people you came with anyway, the key to to make sure you don't give it to another party that will then later give it to their whole family/party).
November 15th, 2021 at 3:15 PM ^
Drinks still being served at the tables, yes.
November 15th, 2021 at 12:12 PM ^
Worry about it: half the folks aren't masked in the Casinos anyway and the staff aren't trying to enforce it. Have it with you just in case but if you don't want to wear one you really don't have to.
(fixed it for you)
November 15th, 2021 at 11:54 AM ^
Something something something what about my freedoms something something something don't tread on me. Am I doing this right?
Hey, its your money and you spend it how you want. I just hate to see people cancel vacations over something as trivial as masks. I certainly wouldn't let it ruin my good time, but that's me.
November 15th, 2021 at 12:32 PM ^
I am as liberal as the day is long but if its pandemic enough to wear a mask isnt staying home actually the more responsible choice? Now you have to enjoy masks when you wear them? We gotta relax a bit.
November 15th, 2021 at 2:15 PM ^
Exactly. I fucking hate the masks, have from day one. So I just don't go where it's required. When I heard they would be required at Crisler and Yost I decided I won't go to those games. People can look at me sideways for this, just as I look sideways at people who say they have no problem wearing masks with no end in sight. It's just de-humanizing for me, and I'm already anti-social enough. Different strokes.
Only caveat is outside. If you're wearing a mask outside there is something wrong with your head.
November 15th, 2021 at 3:07 PM ^
Yes, staying home is the more responsible choice but it's also overly extreme and the costs are immense. If wearing masks gets you part of the way there, at a tiny fraction of the cost, that's the logical, economical choice.
"Pandemic enough" isn't binary.
That said, I don't think the upside of masks is very high anymore. The cost is also extremely low (for adults in the situations they're being asked to wear them) so I'm not gonna get outraged about it but at this point it's like the TSA at the airport. Kind of just there to make people feel a bit more comfortable (about something they don't need to rationally fear anyway).
November 17th, 2021 at 1:32 PM ^
Yes, staying home is the more responsible choice
economical choice.
Staying home is actually both.
November 15th, 2021 at 9:41 AM ^
I hear there's a campsite outside of town that serve's jarred gravy and has a TV.
November 15th, 2021 at 10:14 AM ^
At a sportsbook
November 15th, 2021 at 10:15 AM ^
I'll be in a run down hotel room with a hooker and $20k in booze and we'll watch the game in a 27" television that was bought brand new in 1983.
November 15th, 2021 at 10:21 AM ^
You'll be at work!!!
November 15th, 2021 at 11:13 AM ^
Nicolas Cage being a Michigan fan would explain so much of our current reality
November 15th, 2021 at 12:34 PM ^
All I need is the hotel room number and we are ready to party my friend!
November 15th, 2021 at 1:07 PM ^
Avatar checks out.
November 15th, 2021 at 10:25 AM ^
Good luck watching at a sports book without paying at least $100-$250 for a diner style chair. You can forget about it on a Saturday or Sunday or if you want a recliner (was generally $500 mínimums for recliners at the on strip sports books this past weekend).
November 15th, 2021 at 10:29 AM ^
Hold up...People actually go to Vegas and pay upwards to $500 to sit on recliners to watch sports on TV?
I love me some sports and I love me some Vegas...but.... that seems creepy.
November 15th, 2021 at 10:48 AM ^
Call me creepy I guess!
November 15th, 2021 at 10:56 AM ^
You creep!!! :)
November 15th, 2021 at 12:50 PM ^
that's a minimum, not a pure cost---you eat and drink for that amount for free.
November 15th, 2021 at 3:09 PM ^
Creepy isn't the right word. Excessive, yes. But that's what Vegas does. Turns money into monopoly money.
November 15th, 2021 at 11:18 AM ^
Where the heck are you watching games? I was at the MGM, Wynn, and Linq two weeks ago and never experienced anything like that.
November 15th, 2021 at 11:41 AM ^
A handful of Vegas casinos have paid reserved seating - but it is the minority. I know the Cosmo has it.
November 15th, 2021 at 11:41 AM ^
There are free seats in a lot of places including Caesars, Flamingo, Mirage and many others. They are not La-Z-Boy recliners like you get at the places you DO have to pay cover charge. But they are regular padded chairs and fairly comfortable. My only advice is to get there early enough on a football Saturday (or Sunday) to claim a seat.
November 15th, 2021 at 12:14 PM ^
I'm watching the game at Maryland Stadium. They have a cover charge too - I think it is about 80 bucks.
Not sure about the basketball game. I don't think I can stay up until 2:30 in the morning. I may have to DVR it and watch it first thing in the morning before heading to the game.