I've Been Around.

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It dawns on me that I'm starting to close in on having stayed in the bulk of the major resorts on-strip. At least most of the CET/MGM ones.

The list as of the end of this year (and rolling updates):

Stratosphere
Riviera (RIP)
Luxor and the Luxor Towers
Excalibur
THEhotel (Delano)
NYNY
Harrah's
Flamingo
Mandalay Bay
Monte Carlo (RIP)
Cosmopolitan
Palms 
Aria
Planet Hollywood
Paris
Bally's
Mirage
Caesars Palace
Park MGM
MGM Grand
Tropicana
Vdara
Palms Place

That's a good chunk of what's out there. In terms of un-stayed major resorts that would leave:

Venetian/Palazzo (would love to but pricey)
Wynn/Encore (would love to but pricey)
Circus Circus (LOL no never)
SLS (probably not, SO north, see what happens after new ownership takes over)
Waldorf Astoria (unlikely due to expensive and no casino)
The Linq (quite possible at some point)
Cromwell (would like to but it's pricey for smallish rooms, probably would have to be comped)
TI (quite possible at some point)
Bellagio (not unless the alternative was being attacked and eaten by flaming badgers)

There are some other "resorts within resorts" that are in there that I haven't done, like Four Seasons at MB or the Sky Lofts at MGM and so on. Most of those will, for the foreseeable future, be out of my range or need so they're getting left out. Sure it'd be nice to have a 2-level 3 bedroom Sky Loft some day but as a single guy with questionable social skills they would be severely underutilized and I think I would feel guilty at the wasted space. Maybe some day when I hit a progressive (yeah, right).

Awards as they stand to date:

Best Room: Cosmopolitan Terrace One Bedroom Fountain View
Worst Room: Harrah's
Best View: The Cosmo One Bedroom or PH Ultra Hip Fountain View
Worst View: Harrah's
Best Overall Resort: Cosmopolitan
Worst Overall Resort: Harrah's or Stratosphere
Best Casino Atmosphere: NYNY or Cosmopolitan
Worst Casino Atmosphere: Aria
Luckiest Casino: NYNY or Cosmopolitan
Unluckiest Casino: Monte Carlo
Luckiest (with women): NYNY
Unluckiest (with women): Pretty much anywhere else
Best Bars: Cosmopolitan
Worst Bars: Tropicana



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