Widespread Panic Sweeps Las Vegas! - AnOther AzOther1 Live-ish TR

Hitting Sin City Friday March 11 thru Monday March 14 for concerts, food and the low-stakes gambol/poker.

A throw-back trip, if you will. My love(/hate?) relationship with Vegas began in the 90's (91-95) when I would travel every year to see the Grateful Dead for 3 nights at the Sam Boyd Silver Stadium. Highlight of the year, usually. This was well before I knew about casino poker, just VP and BJ and random slots, cheap eats n beerz ($1 Heinies and foot-longs at Slots-of-Drunks!). Anywho, since then, I've been back to LV for dozens of shows, the majority of which have been Widespread Panic (at Huntridge Th, Alladin/PHo Th, UNLV, MGM Grand, Hard Rock (RIP), Park Theatre, and now Virgin), but also Vegoose Fest (x2?), Rush (every tour since ~2000) and a bunch of shows at the Brooklyn Bowl (Jane's Addiction x2, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, The Word). But I digress.

Concerts are Fri, Sat, Sun (never miss a Sunday show!) at the new Virgin property, formerly the Hard Rock. I'm staying at PHo, hoping to maybe be able to walk either to/from Virgin to skip cab lines/$$$. We'll see if that works out. I'll scope out the walk when I drive in first.

There is no plan except to hit the concerts. Likely extracurricular activities may include Rolling Smoke BBQ with a couple of Vegas noobs, Ellis Island for that blackened prime-rib and cheap (??) craps, day-time 2/5 at the Bell, late-night 1/2 at Bally's or MGM. Sushi for lunch one day seems like a no-brainer, too. Might try to hit the Pin Ball HoF for a couple additional hours away from the casino environment, as well. No promises, no regerts.

Expect low-grade chip pr0n (T&A, no pen?), poorly lighted food shots, some out-of-context scenery pics and concert light show clips (the band ain't much to look at, but the light show has been killer in the past). Setlists and concert audio (links) will be posted after the fact.

4 days and a wake-up.