I can’t believe I didn’t make it to Vegas this year! Wow.
But at least I was able to get my fix. We went to Detroit over the weekend braving the Snowmaggedon to get there (and it was tense to say the least).
I haven’t been to Detroit in years. How shocking. The casino is about 5 minutes across the border right ‘downtown’. Well, the ‘downtown’ might as well be a ghost town. The weather was horrible so I’m sure that contributed, but it was just dead. Initially I was concerned about staying downtown Detroit due to what I remember from the past: crime, danger. But you can’t have that if there are no people!
Actually, the area we stayed was quite nice. At the DoubleTree on Lafayette halfway between the MGM Casino and Joe Louis Arena. We went with our neighbours Bryon and Kim and some of their friends. Bryon has been to Detroit several times over the past few years. Including a trip specifically to do some touring of the abandoned neighbourhoods. Apparently that is quite the surreal experience. He mentioned on this trip how alarming it is to see fewer and fewer buildings each time he goes through the area around the casino.
We went all the way to Detroit because there just isn’t anywhere to play craps in Ontario. Niagara has a couple of tables but they are always packed to the gills on a Saturday and the minimum is $25. It was very nice to see 8 tables at the MGM with varying minimums that started at $10. And since it was bad weather, it wasn’t busy at all.
I was able to employ my Don’t Pass strategy and it paid off handsomely.