Las Vegas pretty much met my expectations (which were admittedly very low). After coming to the city 1-2 times a year for around 20 years for Autodesk conferences, it was strange coming back with my family. We initially struggled to get a room at late notice: between the Black Hat security conference, a huge basketball tournament and the World Poker Championships (plus probably 15 other events I’m not aware of) the city was pretty well booked. In the end we stayed at the Travelodge by McCarran, which was on the helicopter flight path for the airport.
We had fun, though: the Shark Reef Aquarium at the Mandalay Bay was nice, and we visited the chapel my wife and I were married in 16 years ago, which was awesome.
It seems we were one of the first couples to be married there – they had opened not long before – so we were treated like royalty.
Old Las Vegas has received a lick of paint since I last visited it: Fremont Street was a hoot… street concerts and zip-lines, even the…