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> 7c. some points about Venetian/Palazzo after Grand Opening
> Date: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:00 pm ((PST))
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> > Enjoyed reading your report on the Palazzo. My husband and I were
> also at the show. Our tickets cost $250 total and for that we got to
> sit on small plastic chairs in the bleacher section way in the back.
> There was literally 4,300 people in front of us (My hustband
> counted). Our guess is that they were all comped. This made a bad
> show even worse...and it was 3 hours long. By not having the TV
> screens on, Diana Ross looked like a little peanut to us.
> >
I haven't been to any Vegas shows in quite a while now, and I know that many of them now have differential pricing for better seats and assigned seating. But "in the old days", it was expected to tip the guy seating you to get a better seat.
I know many people object to this, but I always looked at it as being the same as paying a higher price for a better seat in an assigned-seating event.
My favorite was once when we were entering a show, and were told to follow the usher and another couple, so I didn't get to slip him the money. He walked us up and up and up into the nosebleed section, much like what you just described. When he started to seat us with the other couple (who obviously didn't tip), I handed him the money and asked, "can we get something closer". We then walked down and down and down, and got great seats.
It used to be about $10-20, which you were supposed to discretely slip into the usher's hand, or the person "greeting" you at the door and assigning you to an usher. I really don't know how much, if anything, works now.
--BG
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