Las Vegas Event & Entertainment Guide
If you want to be entertained, you go to Las Vegas.
If you want to party by the pool, you go to Las Vegas.
If you want to lose all your money in one roll, you also go to Vegas (but don't focus on that one)
Whether it's your first or fortieth time coming to Sin City, shits about to go down.
The Stage
Residencies are Vegas's superpower. The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and the Dolby Live at Park MGM rotate headliners constantly - Adele, Garth Brooks, Lady Gaga have all called these rooms home. Nikki Glaser, Jim Gaffigan, and Matt Rife all do Vegas dates regularly, and seeing standup in a casino showroom after two free drinks at the slots is peak Vegas.
The Sphere at The Venetian is genuinely unlike anything you've ever seen. 160,000 square feet of LED on the inside, a building-sized screen on the outside, and sound that comes from everywhere at once. It's bonkers.
Game Day
Raiders games at Allegiant Stadium are a whole production - the Death Star-looking building, the black hole tailgate, the desert sunset through the massive end-zone window. T-Mobile Arena on the Strip hosts the Golden Knights and big boxing and UFC cards. The F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix turned the Strip into a racetrack, which is exactly as chaotic as it sounds.
Eat Up
Las Vegas is known around the world for its overwhelming (in the best way) buffets. Any on-strip hotel will have a dinner buffet and you. Have. To. Try. It. We recommend essentially starving yourself for the six hours leading up to your buffet. It will be worth it.
The massive Taco Bell on the strip has an extended menu with a full bar. (Plus, you can get hitched there.) For actual great food, José Andrés does Bazaar Meat at the Sahara - the whole Iberian spread with jamón carved tableside. Lotus of Siam on Sahara Avenue does Thai food that the New York Times called the best in America. It's in a strip mall. It's perfect.
Late-night, Peppermill on the Strip has neon booths, massive portions, and vibes straight out of a Scorsese movie. In-N-Out on the way to the airport is tradition - animal style fries, no debate.
After Dark
Electric Daisy Carnival at the Speedway every May is one of the biggest electronic music festivals on the planet - three nights, 150,000 people, sunrise sets in the desert. Fremont Street downtown is the anti-Strip - weirder, cheaper, more fun if you like dive bars and people-watching. The Chandelier Bar inside the Cosmopolitan is three floors of cocktails and one of the few places on the Strip where you actually feel like an adult.
Gamble
Or don't. That part's up to you.
Evil Tickets has the residencies, the fights, the Raiders, and the festival passes. Your only job is figuring out how to explain the credit card statement when you get home.
