the-deal

Photo Erik Kabik

By Anthony Curtis
 

If January is any indication, it’s gonna be a good year for The Deal.

• For starters, O’Sheas, newly opened at the Linq, is courting the value-conscious crowd. At any of its three bars (two inside and one out), draft Miller Light, Coors Light, Blue Moon and Redd’s Apple Cider are $3, and Jager and Fireball shots are $6. There’s a foosball table on the floor that’s free to play. It’s not championship quality, but is a distinct notch above the tables at the Cosmopolitan. Daily beer pong tournaments run at 3 p.m., there’s live music from 4 to 11 p.m. and then DJs till 3 nightly. The casino is also touting $5 table-games minimums, which is low for the Strip. But careful here—the blackjack rules are poor.

• After coming out of the box slowly, the Downtown Grand picks it up this month with a juicy half-off dining offer for locals. Get 50 percent off food (no alcohol) at Stewart + Ogden, the Spread, Red Mansion and the Commissary. You have to be a member of the players club, but nothing I’ve seen indicates that you need to redeem points to get this deal.

• The Grand has also been running a program where it matches a room offer from another casino. This one is unadvertised, so the details are a bit fuzzy, but if you or out-of-town friends normally get mailed room offers from other casinos, take the invitation down to the front desk of the Downtown Grand and see what they’ll give you.

• While Downtown, pop into Binion’s to take advantage of an ongoing free slot-spin promotion in which everyone seems to win $5 or $10 in free play. The machine is set up near Benny’s Bullpen, and you’re allowed to play it only once, but it’s a total free roll.

• Get 2-for-1 buffets at Aliante on Wednesdays and Silverton on Thursdays. Both deals run through the end of January and require only that you show a players card.

• This month, Silverton is also running its $20-dining-comp deal for earning 500 points ($500 coin-in) Tuesdays through Fridays, and a 500-point deal with prizes that include cash and free play on Saturdays. These are good mini-comps for quarter players.

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