VEGAS!

blacksheep wrote: The only downside is that the crowd at the Palms tends to be the young LA crowd. That was perfect for Rochin54, but I didn't really fit in.

Did you feel like a black sheep??

What can I say, I'm a trendsetter.

The Palms is definitely the best second choice. The walk is easy, you only have to cross a street once. I'd say it only took us about 15 minutes, and it's not a bad way to start your day. For Fri, Sat, Sun, and Monday, the Palms wants 139, 161, 62, and 76, respectively (according to expedia.com) for an average of ~$109 a night.

I'm a little surprised, that seems a bit expensive, I think we paid about $75 a night last year. I guess the economy has improved since then??

My wife and I will be staying at the Excalibur for the tournament. I wanted to stay at the Orleans for convenience, but staying at the Excalibur and renting a car was cheaper.

...now, if only they brought drinks to the band they way they do at the tables...

PilotDrummer wrote:...now, if only they brought drinks to the band they way they do at the tables...

Unfortunately they were not serving beer in the Arena last year; I am guessing that was a WCC requirement (that I completely understand and would probably agree with).

Sadly, there is no re-entry, either, so you cannot run out to one of the bars/tables between games... (Well, that and the fact that it is a long stroll from the casino to the Arena...)

There is a liquor store in the casino that sells plastic pints of a variety of liquors.

They sell pop at the concessions in the arena.

Cool.

*Edit to note that I in no way advocate breaking any rules set forth by the casino/arena personnel.

Well, I wasnt going to go there, but....

"No sir, this isn't a water bottle filled with Goldschlager, it's Peruvian Mineral water.... DUH."

Of those planning on attending (or those not able to make it, but there in spirit) the tourney this year, would you be interested in some sort of special edition Pilot Nation t-shirt to honor the occasion?

There are several themes that could be used, with a good example in Rochin54's profile pic.

Thoughts?

I'm in for a PN Tourney shirt. I don't know that it needs to have a beer bottle on it, though.

I'm all for the PN Tourney shirt.

up7587 wrote:I'm in for a PN Tourney shirt. I don't know that it needs to have a beer bottle on it, though.

Well done!

I'm all for a Pilot Nation Seasonal. I think it's a great idea. the more Pilot shirts out there the better.

Please ponder what said shirt would say... and what art/graphics, text, etc...

If any of you have artistic abilities, feel free to sketch something up.

Discuss.

Thanks Blacksheep,

I just booked last two nights at Orleans thru Orbitz (I guess U can call them my travel agent on the web,lol). $75 bucks a night. Now I may just have to stay at a no-tell motel nearby unless I want to cough up the money to stay at the Palms or sponge off of somebody who already has a room the first two nights.

I'm optimistic the Pilot's can get over the hump and make it to the championship game against the Bulldogs or Gaels (You knew I had to put that in there just to irk some uptight Zagwagon fan,lol)

I think another shirt is in order, I'm presently still enjoying the shade of PURPLE on the current edition. Sign me up for one big boy X-L please.....I have no ideas on graphics...but...maybe a WCC conference tourney angle could be pursued and if not dated it could become a perpetual "March Madness"

(WCC,NIT,NCAA) tourney type shirt. I'm sure between all the copyright experts,stat's guys, WCC experts on PN we can make an "unofficial" shirt. Or better yet it is PilotNut that does all the work and deserves the attaboys for all that jazz.


MesaPilot1

Just got my tickets for the tournament. Does anyone know if the Orleans has a seating map? Wondering where section 103 is.

There is a link on this page for the pop up seating chart:



http://www.orleansarena.com/event-calendar/zappos.com-wcc-basketball-championships

Looks to be in the section behind one of the benches.