[Kristian Calhoun]

This past year Team 25 had a blast at the Las Vegas Regional. We stayed at the AmeriSuites Hotel. It was within walking distance to the Thomas and Mack Arena, across the street from a shopping center with a ColdStone Creamery, pizza place, and CVS, and across the corner from the Hard Rock Cafe. It was very nice, and they had free continental breakfast. A couple members of our team [about 8 including the 4 chaperones] did go to see the free Pirates at Treasure Island show [The Sirens of TI]. It was a good show, but the audience was crowded. However, on the walk to TI, we were able to do much sight seeing.

Another night we went to GameWorks, which is a giant arcade. For $10 we were able to get an hour of play. They way it works is that they give you one of those credit card like cards which you use to play the games instead of inserting coins, and from the first time you swipe it, it counts down one hour. Gameworks is also right next to the M&M World, so we stopped by there too.

The amount of smoke on the streets is comparable to that of a boardwalk, however, inside of the casinos, it can be much worse.