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| - This review is for the sets of Cort McGown's Empire Comedy Club I have seen in there, not for dueling pianos or banjos or whatever else they may have dueling in here at other times -- fortunately while I am well away.
Lines of sight are decent, with the exception of the last row if you arrive late and need to be seated accordingly. The stage is minutely low, so if you are in the front row, and the comedian is anyone other than a little person (we actually saw Brad Williams from the front row and it was perfect) you will have to lean back in your chair. There is not much space in between chairs so if you are obese or really drunk you will probably encroach on others' personal space or come crashing to the ground after you trip over a chair/leg (this has happened during a set and was awesome, by the way). The door people are pleasant and sometimes crack a few jokes, but they are not like the folks at Laugh Factory @ Tropicana that will break the ice with four-five rapid jokes to try to loosen you up.
The curated series ECC in itself is upstanding, but this venue is simply a regular ole' all-purpose room with a bar. Never had any drinks here so I cannot rate the bar folk*.
If you are really poor, or if somehow a particular show you want to go to sells out, just stand outside by the window walls facing the convention area and watch/listen to the set for free. - E
Postscript. * Like all Vegas shows that I have been to, there is no compulsory REQUIREMENT to buy drinks like you may find in other comedy clubs in the country, e.g. LA, Phoenix.
Post-postscript. The box office for it is in Bally's, NOT Paris. Strange but true; not sure if you can just pay for tickets at the door, but I always have tickets at willcall and that is at the box office for Jubilee and Price Is Right at Bally's, not the one next to the Eiffel restaurant elevator at Paris.
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