The new “M” hotel/casino opened last Sunday and we just got a chance to check it out yesterday.
Very, very nice - very, very far from the other Strip casinos (about 6 or 7 miles south of Mandalay Bay, but still on “the Strip”) but worth visiting if you have a car while you are in town.
Built by the same family that built the Rio Suites, this is a very beautiful place with all kinds of cool amenities. For instance, they have soft drink stations located throughout…think of those fast food restaurants where you help yourself, you can do the same here. They have some great restaurants - some a bit pricey, but look good.
Their buffet, however, is top notch. Ranks right up there with Bellagio, Paris and Wynn hotels. Amazing selection of specialty items, they make their own pastries from scratch, great decor and, for dinner, you get FREE wine or beer…a nice selection of both, I might add. All for less than you would pay at the major Strip hotels.
Haven’t had a chance to check out the rooms yet, but will update my website when I do.
Worth a visit next time you are in Las Vegas, but only if you have a car.
See, that’s what I love about this place. On most message boards, you’d be lucky to find someone who’d even make the James Bond reference. Here we go straight to the 30’s German Impressionism/early noir.
On my first trip to Vegas, I was trying to think of a theme that was not already taken for a casino. The best I could come up with were Eastern Europe and Caveman. When I was there last fall, there was some huge construction going on just south of the Bellagio. It looked at least a year away from being finished. But then I thought you could throw in a few thousand cots, put the cocktail waitresses in cutoffs and hard hats, call the place “High Steel” and you could throw the doors open in a couple weeks.
Ah yes, City Center.
It should be opening fairly soon as they have already started to hire people to work there.
When this place opens, you will see it on every newscast in the world…the place is ginormous…and there is so much more; it is a city with its own fire department, they are almost totally “green” and have their own water purification system included in the plans. The price tag has gone north of $8 Billion so far. And there will be yet another Cirque du Soleil show with, surprise surprise, an “Elvis” theme.
When that opens, I won’t have to start a thread to let people know - just turn on your TV or read the papers. It will be news.
So no hard hats and cutoffs, then? You’re right, though, even by Vegas standards, that place is freakin’ huge.
Is there a theme at M, or have they decided to be daring and set themselves in the present day?
I saw a documentary about New York once, and it mentioned how the theater district had been migrating up Broadway over the years. In the 1870’s, it was Union Square at Broadway and 14th St. When people wanted newer and bigger hotels and theaters, they started building at Longacre Square (later renamed Times Square) at 42nd St. I’ve heard that some people expected the trend to continue, and lost money by investing in property at Broadway and 70th (or maybe 57th).
I get the impression Las Vegas was kinda the same way. The casinos outgrew downtown and started building on the strip. Newer and bigger places started building at the south end and the whole thing just gradually moved. Now it looks like the Mandalay Bay is as close to the airport as they’re allowed, so they’re having to be creative with new locations. Is that correct?
I’d have been amazed to see what they could have come up with if they’d been allowed to plan it all from the beginning.