Blogs from Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, North America

Newsweek says: The most affordable tickets in the nosebleeds are tagged at $6,609 on SeatGeek, but that's just the entry point; there are tickets selling for as high as $62,999. As of today (Jan 29) seats have reached $8,000+. This is true for all ticket vendors: Ticketmaster, Stub Hub, etc. My friend was comped a lower level seat ticket from a Strip casino, with a face value of $10,000! Ticketmaster's lowest price as of January is $8,000. One strategy that I have used successfully for the World Series is to wait until kickoff/first pitch. Carrying around that much cash is rather problematic, so I will use Venmo or Zelle. Flights aren't cheap, either. A cross-section of round-trip flights from major cities like Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Houston averages $712.25. My round trip airfare is ... read more

I have not been to a Super Bowl game since my Niners lost to the Ravens in 2014 in Nawlins. I passed up the Niners last Super Bowl in Miami, as it was too expensive. The big game this year will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. If my Niners make it, I plan to go, and stay with our dear friends up in Summerlin at the TPC Summerlin Golf Club. One of the highlights of Super Bowl weekend is the day before at the Superbowl Experience, now four days instead of just one. This year, the SB Experience will be held at the Mandalay Bay South Convention Center on the Strip. While I much prefer New Orleans to Vegas, I am sure we will find plenty to occupy our time. But I plan ... read more

Looking back, many of our trips to Vegas in the 90s and early 2000s were in December, to join my family for a few days. We almost always stayed downtown, since it was my Mom's preference, and the rooms were comped or very inexpensive. We met up every morning for breakfast, then went our separate ways, to gamble, play golf, or go to a show. Then, we would all meet up for dinner. My Mom would always claim to have won a jackpot and bought dinner. I don't think she won that often? Here is the story: We are having a great time here in Vegas. The best parts are seeing our dear friends here and sharing the time with our family. My Mom enjoys gambling here so much, as does one of my Uncles, who ... read more

Hopefully, I will be at the BIG game on Sunday. If not, I plan to have dim sum for "brunch" that morning, then hang out in a sports bar somewhere in Vegas. But I think you should have an idea what the rest of the country will be eating on Super Sunday. This is the second biggest food holiday, exceeded only by Thanksgiving. Pizza reigns supreme as the top snack for the Super Bowl. It’s the reason behind the enormous number of delivery orders on this Sunday. Approximately one out of every seven people orders in on Super Bowl Sunday, and the majority of those orders include at least one sausage pizza (with sausage being the third most popular pizza topping overall). Chicken wings take the second spot. According to the National Chicken Council (yes, that’s ... read more

As usual, I'm slightly late on blogging. I hope your travelling is treating you well. I left Bali end of May, so yes few places have been visited since then. I'm flying back to my lovely wife in Bali today, so hopefully I'll have more time to post few blogs. So the last few weeks were spent between home in Shelly Beach (plus Durban and Joburg) and Congo plus a super cool 3 weeks side trip mainly to the States, here is the first of those entries. Shelly beach, our South African home, is doing pretty well. Not a lot of diving for me this time, but still few very cool ones...a lot of golf and back to my fun wine reserve too! Loadshedding did treat us pretty well in SA end of May and June, ... read more