Aloha 2+2,
Just got back from the desert, and though I’m usually a 50/50 chance TR guy, I figured I would share this one, which is being written up post trip. Also, I stayed at Resorts World and I’m gonna guess some people may want to know what it’s like. I’ll split it up into a couple posts, and my photo set isn’t exactly great, but it’s what I got.
Saturday July 10.
Had to find my mask before heading to the airport, so that was kind of a bummer. Everything around here, save for like one restaurant I go to, has been maskless and open since memorial day weekend. Forgot how much I did not enjoy wearing the thing, but oh well, if I need to for travel that’s fine.
Win 1, got bumped up to first class.
Which means Slurmz got to sleep the whole damn flight, it was great.
Landed, picked up the bag and grabbed a taxi to Resorts world. I know the fares are posted directly when you get your cab now, but Resorts World isn’t on the boards yet. Also back home the uber/lyft situation is a damn yard sale with a large shortage of drivers so I didn’t want to chance melting in the heat with my bags if it’s the same in Vegas (spoiler, it very much is). The guy asks if I have cash, and quotes me 35$ when I say I do. We’re off without the meter being turned on. Seems like a fair trade.
Get to Resorts world and get dropped off at the Hilton.
Beat 1, my Digital Key is still not ready, so I have to wait in the check in line.
It actually moved pretty fast, and I’m in my room on the 58th floor facing the strip in about 15 minutes. Pros and Cons for the Room
Pros; Rooms nice, The view is pretty great but its only a smaller window of your window with their big led billboard on the side of the hotel, shower is a rainfall shower.
Cons; Rooms quite small (like smaller than Aria small), fridge doesn’t work,
Also the strip view rooms face the outdoor club, and much like Wynn/Encore you can hear it bumping from your room. The bass is noticeable. I live near train tracks and a fire station with an ambulance back home so it was fine with me, also I don’t spend much time in the room, but I’m guessing some of their other guests will be less than pleased. I know checking it at Encore, they usually ask you if that’s OK, I did not get said question here.
Anyway, quick Cat Nap, shower, and I was off to explore a little bit. The gaming floor is huge. I’ll talk a little more in a future post, but yeah, Resorts World has a lot to offer.

Met up with a friend around 5 and we got Mexican tapas at Viva! at Resorts World.
I don’t have pics of the food, but the order was Octopus, Carnitas, Ceviche, (all served kinda tapas style) and an order of Tortillas. I had the Margarita, and my friend had Mezcal. As for the food
Octopus; the Spanish octopus at Catch and the Octopus verde at Eataly are both better and cost the same. Still it was better than anything I can get at home.
Carnitas; The Carnitas were fall apart with a fork good. Do recommend.
Ceviche; It was Ceviche. It was good Ceviche. It wasn’t a standout or anything.
Finish up food and it was time to head out to the fight. Here’s where things start going bad for Resorts World….
The pool lets out about the same time we are trying to get out, and there was also a Garth Brooks concert going on at Allegiant Stadium I guess. This creates an absolute shitshow at the front. The cab line is unreal and populated with at least 2 shirtless dudes in wheelchairs who look like they need to go get fluids at the hospital, not back to their room with their buddies which is where they are obviously going. Lyft and Uber are both a no go, no one is getting through, and RW is far enough from everything else on the strip that walking anywhere else in 110 degree heat is a non-starter. After 10 minutes of trying to figure something out, we just get in the car and park at Cosmo to walk over. Probably cost us a fight on the prelims.
Anyway, parked at the Cosmo and walked the bridge/Aria/Park MGM route, my friend picks out who I was told was Lacey Wildd from Botched while we were walking through Aria so we had to double back to do a walk by. All I can say is they looked more ridiculous in person.
Into T-Mobile and grabbing drinks on the way to our seats.
Beat 2; T-Mobile is pouring out ALL drinks into plastic cup. And, despite the fact that they are all cashless (like pretty much every sporting venue post Covid), they are not all touchless (which everywhere else is). This means that every transaction at the beer fridge involves opening said beer (or Water!) and pouring it out 1 at a time into a plastic cup, THEN running your card, waiting for **** to print, and then having to fill out the Tip/Total/Signature line with ink. Un-F’in-Real how long that line took. For how awesome this arena is (I’ve been to a couple fights and hockey games here), it is run very, very, poorly, and it doesn’t seem to be getting better.
Anyway, we finally got to our seats in the upper part of the Loge (100 level). I had similar seats to a fight before here, and I’ll say they were very good. Would recommend as a cheaper option than lower bowl seats.




The fight was a blast. Maybe because it was the first indoor event I’ve attended in 18 months that was packed to the brim, no masks, etc. but I had a ton of fun. Tai Tuivasa stole the damn show. Walked out to Spice Girls, dropped Greg Hardy, did a shooey, and then had some fun on the mic afterward. It was awesome. The main event was kinda anti-climactic, but damn if the lead up didn’t feel like a huge fight. Plus I won some coin on the under 1.5 rounds.
After the fight we head back to the Cosmo where they are checking **** at the door to let you in. Either a reservation or a room key (they accepted our parking ticket). Kinda wild to see, and they were enforcing it, I saw 2 guys get practically tackled trying to get under the ropes.
Head back to Resorts World and spent the rest of the night at Starlight 66 drinking a couple drinks. GREAT views from the 66th floor, drinks weren’t that terribly priced (20$ a pop), and it was a very chill relaxed vibe. Would recommend. Unfortunately the reflections off the glass ruin pretty much any photo from up there, but trust me it’s sweet.
Around 1:30 everyone kinda decides to split, so I head to the poker room for a late night 1-3 session. Got an immediate seat (good!) next to the belligerent ******* of the table (bad!). He complained very loudly about drink service like 3 times in the first 20 minutes I was there. After he got up to ***** to the floor about it, then sat back down cursing under his breath I decided that this actually sucked and just left to go up to the room before the first dealer change -15$ on poker.

I’ll write up Sunday hopefully tomorrow.
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