Not sure why it's taken me so long to review container park, but better late than never.
First off, when I first heard of container park I was intrigued, and once it opened it's definately become a staple of downtown and a place that I end up taking a lot if my out of town friends.
The first thing you'll notice about container park is the giant praying mantis art car on the outside. If you've been to burning man or are familiar with the art there you'll notice and love it. For all my other friends it's always such a giant shock when the flames burst from it.
The concept of container park is an entire shopping center made from shipping container, it's a novel concept and it works better with some stores more than others. There's several restaurants, a few bars and clothing and art boutiques. It's a perfect encapsulation of the new downtown Vegas.
One factor that really bumps it up for me is it's dual use. During the daytime it's a great family friendly park where kids can play on the slides and grass, but after 9 it's 21 and over and the only place I know where drunk adults can have a playground to themselves.
There's also the staging area where they have concerts or a live band playing a lot and during the summer they're goin to be doing movies.
The only real downsides in my opinion is that the parking is horrible, but that's atypical of downtown and that when it first opened, some of the businesses weren't really made to run out of such limited retail space, but it's definately improved and I love coming here