DRMW[Purist]
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It's MADNESS!!!!!
Mar 20, 2011,00:00 AM
Hello PuristS sports fans!
It's that time of the year
again....March Madness is here! What better way to kick it off than to watch
games than at sports 'party central': Las Vegas! There's a lot of
fans out here as you see many sporting their favorite team's jersey. Of
course I had my University of Arizona shirt on cheering the Wildcats to
their first match of the tournament.
This time we head to the Aria resort and casino for the
weekend. Checkout the beautiful setup that they have for the
high limit players and basketball
fans.....
For those that are not
into sports, March Madness is the start of the NCAA (college) Division 1
basketball tournament. 68 teams from different conferences
compete in a single elimination style playoff. IMO, this is an
exciting sports event since it's a do or die situation to advance and
there's always so many upsets that it's so much fun to watch.
Of course it's even better if you have a team playing in the
tournament. The teams play at colleges around the U.S. with
the finals this year being played at Raliant Stadium in Houston, Texas
on April 4th.
My Alma Mater, UofA, is
seeded number 5 in the West Regional Division and for their first round
faces 12th seed Memphis. Earlier UCLA squeeks by with a 2
point win over Michigan State. Washington and USC are also in
this year so GO Pac-10!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As we're in Vegas,
there's plenty of games around. A special invite only slot
tournament with the March Madness theme is going on while the basketball
games are going on.
Others are here to win
big money, I'm here to cheer on my Wildcats!
They have these huge projector screens all
over the large convention room for coverage of all the games.
As I grab a seat at the tables and served a drink, the match up
starts. It's a rough start as Memphis climbs to a early 9-1
score. Uh-Oh, this is not looking good for my team.
During
the commercial breaks, I wander around and checkout the area.
They have a fun mini basketball shoot out game in one corner with a
chance to play with a new slot machine that the casino will be debuting
in the next few days. The crowd is a good mix of young and old but definitely a fun bunch of people.
It's
always a party when there's an open bar in Vegas!
Popcorn machine and a Build-Ur-Own Nacho bar for
game day......
During
the breaks, everyone heads to the basketball setup and attempts to put
in a high score.
You can win big money on the slot machines, from 1 penny to $5,000 per pull!
A couple has a dual at
the mini-basketball game. Each player has 25 seconds to make as many baskets as possible but you gotta be quick as there are basketballs flying everywhere! The guy gets cocky as he takes the first
game, then the lady wins 2 out of 3 rounds to beat her significant
other. Of course he says that he let her win to avoid being
embarrassed!
A partial view of the
convention room. In a few minutes this place is gonna be
packed with players and their friends cheering them on.
Let's
grab some grub, I'm hungry.......Let's see what we
got
Carving station where the chef
serves up some tasty BBQ brisket, jumbo all beef hot dogs with all the
fixin's.
Hot
and cold Italian sub sandwiches, beef Empanadas, Philly Cheese steaks,
and a veggie bar.
Can't be game day without
some delicious hot wings, the ones here are really good!
can't wait to chow down........
Round
two.........
This message has been edited by DRMW on 2011-03-21 02:18:57