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| - Pink chandeliers, crystal embedded pillars, gold speckled sparkling floors, and rope/crystal entwined gaming....some of what makes up The Cosmopolitan. I'm sure at some point the reference will be "Cosmo."
We happen to arrive in Vegas on grand opening day of the hotel/casino. I have to mention, the engineer of the parking garage should be given an award for those parking "red" and "green" lights to know where the available spots are located. I know there are several of those here in Los Angeles, but it seems like Vegas is behind on this technology.
As soon as you walk in from valet, there are retro pink chandeliers with crystals and continuing into the casino has somewhat a clubby vibe. I'm not sure if the vibe was only because of the grand opening with several areas set up with DJs at the bars, lounge and in the middle of the casino. I'm going to take a guess and say yes. I don't see how this place could be like this all the time. Let's face it everything is sparkly, new and fresh. There are interactive screens to learn about the hotel/casino and digital screen pillars that change light bulb images on them in the check-in area. They are definitely going for that tekkie and posh design. It's a casino that they can drop onto Sunset Blvd. and it would fit in quite nicely.
As we stood in line for our Identity cards aka players card, we were told that this place originally was only going to be condos (can you imagine how large the rooms must be?), but the property was going into foreclosure, so someone stepped in and included the casino. I have to say the casino seemed a bit small to me. Maybe because it wasn't intended to be a casino? I do like the openness of the bar (the one closest to the strip entrance) and crystals sparkling all around (yes, i love sparkly things). Oh and your Identity cards rack up points when you eat, shop and play and Cosmo - so use it to start earning free play and possibly discounted rooms.
We played for an 1 1/2 here on the Cash Spin machines. Almost won $5,000 (had that needle stayed on the $5k!)...that would have been nice to be a big winner on the first opening day.
Let's see how this place does once the buzz slowly fades. Personally, it's a small casino (unless I missed the rest of the casino - doubt it.), not as many machines or tables as the rest of the casinos on the strip. I'd love to come here to be amongst the fixtures and relax at the bar if I can't get on any of the machines.
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