Vegas from the 57th Floor
When I arrived in Las Vegas yesterday I went to my hotel before the afternoon portion of the trade show. This trip I'm staying at the Conrad hotel, in the ResortsWorld casino complex. It's on the Strip. Surprisingly I found a really good for it when I booked several weeks ago. Usually all the big Strip hotels are $500/night during this trade show.
Conrad is part of Hilton Hotels, so I actually checked in electronically while at the airport waiting for my flight. I picked out a room on the 57th floor.
This is the highest room I've ever had in a hotel. Most hotels don't build above about 40 floors, even in dense super-cities like New York and Tokyo. And this one has 66 floors.
I picked such a high room for the views. "Will I be able to see all the way to Los Angeles?" I mused as I headed to Vegas. "Will I be able to see Russia from my window?"
Alas, the views on Monday afternoon were gross, with the sun in the south shining through my window, washing everything out in a winter afternoon haze. The dirt on the outside of the window didn't help, either.
I did enjoy a nicer view in the evening after getting back from the show and dinner with my team:
Also this morning, when I (ugh) woke up before dawn and got to enjoy the sunrise from the 57th floor:
One slight minus to the 57th floor is that it's too high. I'm higher than just about everything. Those 1980s era Strip mega-hotels, the Mirage and Caesar's Palace, look small from up here.
Also, no, the 57th floor isn't high enough to see Russia from my window. Nor even Los Angeles.
Conrad is part of Hilton Hotels, so I actually checked in electronically while at the airport waiting for my flight. I picked out a room on the 57th floor.
This is the highest room I've ever had in a hotel. Most hotels don't build above about 40 floors, even in dense super-cities like New York and Tokyo. And this one has 66 floors.
I picked such a high room for the views. "Will I be able to see all the way to Los Angeles?" I mused as I headed to Vegas. "Will I be able to see Russia from my window?"
Alas, the views on Monday afternoon were gross, with the sun in the south shining through my window, washing everything out in a winter afternoon haze. The dirt on the outside of the window didn't help, either.
I did enjoy a nicer view in the evening after getting back from the show and dinner with my team:
Also this morning, when I (ugh) woke up before dawn and got to enjoy the sunrise from the 57th floor:
One slight minus to the 57th floor is that it's too high. I'm higher than just about everything. Those 1980s era Strip mega-hotels, the Mirage and Caesar's Palace, look small from up here.
Also, no, the 57th floor isn't high enough to see Russia from my window. Nor even Los Angeles.