Mandalay is my favorite too, but for the BC it wouldn't be a good choice. Football days there are an absolute mob scene and getting a bet in means you have to get in line with 10 MTP.

I was in Las Vegas for last year's BC on a BC-event invite from the Hilton. I'm pretty sure they were devoting one of their big conference hall rooms to the BC, like they do for the Kentucky Derby. You wouldn't have to compete with football bettors. As it turned out, I wanted access to various odds that I could get better online than on the big screens, so I spent the entire BC in my hotel room. But I doubt anyone yelled louder for Ouija Board in the F&M Turf or Invasor in the Classic than me alone in my Vegas hotel room! (no money on Invasor, but I hated the idea of them retiring Bernardini and I wanted him beaten!)

I don't know if you need an invite to get into the Hilton's BC broadcast room. You do for the Derby. They had a pretty nice buffet spread out for this year's Derby.

--Dunbar

The only horse room in AC is @ Wild Wild West Casino..(ballys)... but if you dont get there by 9am .. you can FORGET about a seat with a tv. Other casinos have a shoebox for a horse room... But I will say.. the ""eye candy"" can make it worth to hang out in the casino..between the BC races ! :p

another option would be off the strip the Suncoast is about half an hour away and its a nice hotel/resort with a fairly large race book. The Orleans is also another nice option away from the strip during those busy weeeknds.

gold coast should be decent. all the coast casino advertise to horse players.

Borgata has a pretty nice race book. It is right by the poker room. I am planning on heading there this year for the Breeders Cup instead of the south Philly Turf Club. Wild West is not bad also. I am just worried about getting a daily racing form on Breeders cup day.

Planet Hollywood (previously the Aladdin) has a very horseplayer-friendly book. Free forms and very generous with comps. The mgr. is a horseplayer and ponies don't take a backseat to the NFL in there. Might be the best kept secret in town.

if there are seats there for the bc they'll close the book the following sunday.

i liked the comment about getting to bally's by 9am for a seat. I'm there (or a surrogate depending on how golf went friday) by 6am. the seats are gone by 7.

No where near true. They farm the book out to Leroys and it is stuck in a broom closet. Nice hotel with a very good buffet, but not even on my list to make a sports bet.

And that is not what you would call huge. One of the better ones.

the only thing I dont like about the Bellagio sports book is its lack of lighting, its like the only source of light comes from the poker room. The Wynn gave me that Bellagio feel with alot more light, I spent most of my time at the Bellagio due to the poker