City National Arena is one of the coolest places on earth. It's really laid-back and you can be up close to a professional sports team practice without any hassle. This restaurant is run very well, the service is fantastic and the ambience is great. Sadly the food is really subpar. It isn't horribly expensive but the quality of the food they're serving is pretty bad. The hamburgers tasted like institutional lunch room style meat. The mac & cheese tasted like paste with a bit of flavoring and the chicken nachos, while unbelievably huge, were somewhat cold and they came out with very little flavor. The salsa was from Vons or somewhere. Very uninspired. I gave two stars to get management's attention. The food really was surprisingly pretty blah in this great setting.
* Update 6/15/08. We threw our daughter a skating birthday party here yesterday. I reserved tables for 15 kids and some parents. The service, set up and ease of pulling this off was impecable. Thank you Jason and all at McKenzie River. The pizzas we ordered were delicious. It's great to see Vegas thrive!