March Madness - First 2 Rounds

Who is going to Vegas for the first 2 rounds of March Madness - March 15th-18th? Have you gone before; and if so, where is your favorite place to park your butt for 12 hours and watch the games? This will be the fifth year that I%26#39;m there with several friends for the first two rounds. In the past, we always watched at the Flamingo, which has a ballroom set up with movie screens on each wall showing a different game. $40 admission for 3 days, comes with some drink tickets and a t-shirt. Pros for the Flamingo - guaranteed table seating with your friends, all games on huge screens, separate betting window outside the ballroom. Cons - only 2 drink tickets per day, and beers go for $5 for 16 oz. draft (and we tend to drink a lot). Always interested in hearing of better options/setups, so tell us about your favorite place for watching the games and why...

March Madness - First 2 Rounds

Hi

Sorry to be silly but what is march madness?

March Madness - First 2 Rounds

This will be my 3rd time to Vegas and first time for March madness. Definetly excited. I am thinking about wandering around a little bit and catching games at different bars %26amp; Casinos.

March Madness is the term for the college basketball championship tournament - 65 teams make it and they play a single elimination tournament to determine the champion. Always a crowded time in Vegas.

Pink83,

March madness is the men%26#39;s division I college basketball championship here in the US. It is a single elimination tournament that takes place this year 3/15 through 4/2.

ahhh okay, thanxs

so it is not actually played in vegas just screened there right?? and people travel from all ova to watch and bet in vegas??

Pink83 you are correct. People travel from all over the country to watch the same games on TV they could see at home minus the gambling and the fun. Great isn%26#39;t it?!

thanxs!

i think its fab, any excuse to go to vegas is a good excuse!

I go every year for the second (Sweet-16) weekend. Just an absolutely fantastic time to go. I%26#39;ve never done a ';party'; - just park my butt in the very croweded sportsbook. To be honest, I haven%26#39;t seen a ticketed setup for Sweet-16 week - but for a guaranteed seat and 6 drink tickets, $40 sounds pretty good.

I cant comment on where to watch or even what its like the 1st 2 rounds.BUT! my 1st trip to vegas was 2 yrs ago final 4 weekend,

beware,the airport lines were insane on sunday am as we tried to fly home, and there was hardly an empty seat in the terminal due to over booked flights. every way you turned there was a college age student calling someone because they couldent get back on time. so id personally check in early and have a back up plan!

I just found out that the Flamingo event will be invitation only, similar to Super Bowl parties. Looking for a new home for watching the first 2 rounds, so if anyone knows of a good place, please post.