My APA pool team won a trip to Vegas to enter the world 9 ball championship tournament. The league pays the flight, hotel and a daily stipend.
My plan is to hole up in my room and spend as close to nothing as possible. Maybe buy some carrots and other healthy stuff to take back to the room.
Some of my team mates will be going to fancy restaurants and hitting the casinos - not me.
I am not wealthy but I could afford to splurge if I thought I’d really enjoy it - but Vegas is not my cup of tea.. I just don’t enjoy being ripped off everywhere I go - and I have come to hate city life.
I’d rather find some cheap campsite in one of Pennsylvania’s state parks.. somewhere where you can look up and see the stars at night - as far away from the big cities as possible.
Well, to each his own I guess.
I won’t be going back to LV on my own dime. But, if I won a free trip to Vegas (w/stipend), I would try to have some fun. I can certainly understand not wanting to get sucked into gambling. But beyond that, there are still SOME interesting things to see. Even back in the day, there was often more to do in the LV airport than in most US cities.