I almost thought
George Strait was going to skip his Super Bowl weekend show in Vegas this year. They didn’t announce the ticket sales until later than usual. I guess he had too much fun touring with Reba McIntyre and LeAnn Womack that he decided to keep touring with them. This year we would have slightly better seats and would get there in time to see LeAnn. There was a miscommunication on the start time of the concert last year that we missed most of LeAnn’s performance.
We decided to stay at
Mandalay Bay, because I got a good rate. We try to stay somewhere different every year and it’s mostly dependent on the rate. These days you can get good rates at the top places. We flew from
San Diego to Vegas, because what’s better than getting on the plane, ordering a drink and then beginning the descent when finishing your drink. It was early evening on Friday when we arrived and checked into our room. We were given 2 room options when we checked in and took the room that was at the end of the hallway. Sometimes it can get loud in the hallways and we thought being at the end would mean less people walking by and therefore, less noise. I think we may be on to something here.
After getting settled into our room, we got ready for dinner. We had an 8pm reservation at
Kokomo’s at the Mirage before seeing
Love at 9:30pm. We decided to walk from Mandalay Bay to Mirage. It took us an hour and we were walking pretty briskly. I decided we should take a taxi on the way back. We thought having an hour and 15 minutes or so for dinner would be plenty of time, but the service that night was slow. Our servers also had a private party and were spending most of the time with them. We had decided to go with the prix fixe menu and ordered an appetizer, entrée and dessert. I had the beet salad, salmon and chocolate torte. Mike had the crispy shrimp, filet and spice cake. We got our appetizer within 15 minutes, but it was 30 minutes before we got our entrée. We informed them of our show and requested our dessert as soon as our entrées arrived. Regardless of a little service slowness, the food was really good.
We got to
Love with plenty of time to catch some of the pre-show entertainment. If you’ve never been to a Cirque Du Soleil show, they have members of the cast come out and interact with the audience before the show starts. We got a special winter price on our tickets and we seated in the very top row. The stage is circular and in the center with the seats going around it. Therefore, you don’t really have a bad seat. It was a cool being in the very top row, because during one of the segments they cover almost the entire audience under a cover to simulate clouds. Only the people at the top could still see the performers above the covering. I really enjoyed the show and especially the great Beatles’ music! It’s up there with ‘
O’ as being one of my favorites.
On Saturday, we had breakfast and lunch in the hotel and relaxed in our room most of the day. I had contemplated renting a car to drive over to explore and hike in
Valley of Fire State Park. It might have rushed our day a little more, but I sort of wished we’d done that. I have a hard time relaxing when I’m not at home. I want to do everything, but I made myself relax. It helped that we had a nice soaking tub in the room.
Before the
George Strait show, we had reservations for dinner at
Wolfgang Puck in the MGM Grand. We usually eat in the MGM since that is where the concert is held. It’s nice to eat and not have to rush off to a show and it’s fun to watch all the people that show up for the concert and walk by the restaurants. This restaurant is very affordable and now I know why it always has a long wait. We had a reservation at 5:30pm and there was already an hour wait. We were able to get a bottle of wine for the same price as our half bottle the night before. I wanted something totally random that I wouldn’t usually order at a restaurant and had the meatloaf. It was pretty good actually. Mike had the prosciutto pizza and it was delicious. Since we’ve eaten at a lot of places in MGM, I can say this is my second favorite (after Emeril’s).
We really enjoyed the concert this year. To be able to see 3 big time performers, of course it’s going to be a good show. I think it’s going to be our last Super Bowl weekend
George Strait show for a while, but you never know.
Trip Summary
Lodging - Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Food - Kokomo's, Wolf Gang Puck
Activities - Cirque Du Soleil's Love, George Strait concert
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