For my last night in Vegas, I walked around with my camera... 

Here's the Hooters Casino, formerly the San Remo (until 2006), located across Flamingo from the MGM.

Looking North up Las Vegas Blvd. from the walkway that connects MGM Grand with New York, New York.

Here's the Excalibur at night.

Here's a picture from the walkway that connects New York, New York with Excalibur, facing East down Tropicana.

Here's the old Tropicana.

This picture was taken from the walkway that goes from the Tropicana to the MGM, crossing Tropicana Avenue, just East of Las Vegas Blvd.  In the background is New York, New York.  In the foreground is the giant bronze MGM lion statue.

Nine Fine Irishmen is an Irish Bar inside New York, New York.  Sorry about the blur, but it's VERY dark inside New York, New York and the slow shutter required that I stand perfectly still (impossible for me).

Inside Nine Fine Irishmen, the house band "Sin e Ri-Ra" plays Irish folk music.  This picture was taken from the balcany where there's a second bar.

It didn't take us long to move downstairs.

I have no idea who this is.

On the first day in Vegas, I walked down to the Walgreens on Las Vegas Blvd. for some water and some SD cards we needed.  I snapped pictures of some of the hotels on the way.

Here's a couple pictures of "New York, York" located across Las Vegas Blvd. from the MGM.

Caddy corner from the MGM is the Excalibur, a castle themed hotel.

Directly across from the Walgreens is the Monte Carlo.

I went to Vegas with BFG for CES this year.  I acted like a tourist whenever I wasn't working and took some pictures.  Here's some pictures from the MGM Grand where I was staying:

This is the giant, 50 ton, 45 foot tall bronze lion statue that stands in front of the MGM Grand at the corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd.

Here's the marquee in front of the MGM Grand.  The escalator goes up to the walkway that crosses Las Vegas Blvd. and over to New York, New York.

One of the big attractions at the MGM Grand is the lion and lioness they have on display.  Above is a picture of the lion laying down on the Plexiglas that covers the walkway through the exhibit.

Sorry for the blurry pictures.  The Plexiglas is very thick and reflect a flash and my hands are too shaky for a good slow shutter picture.

Here's another close up picture of the resting lion.  He was pretty lazy the whole time I was there.

The lioness was quite a bit more active and willing to play with a ball and pose for the audience. 

In a whole, my experience at MGM Grand wasn't too great.  I've been to Vegas at least half a dozen times and this is the first time I stayed at the MGM.  I upgraded my room for $15 additional.  This moved me from a "typical" sized hotel room to one with a living room area.  Well, it turns out they were doing plumbing on my floor so the whole floor smelled like feces.  Whenever the people upstairs flushed the toilet or ran the water, the pipes would rattle in all three sinks (two basins in the bathroom and one sink at a kitchen counter type area between the living room area and bed area.)  The particle board of my "kitchenette" counter was flaking and my towels were often dirty, despite being neatly folded and put on a shelf. 

Any ways... enough bitching about my room.  I have more pictures that I'll upload in a little bit.