First off, bowl well! I will be looking for your report after you bowl.

Love Baja Miguels! The chips and 3 dips they bring you to start (beans, salsa, guac) are excellent. Well priced meals and some come with a free marg. You will also get a coupon book if you are staying at Southpoint and there are many coupons to use for free drinks, including another marg at Baja Miguels.

Silverado is good as well as Milo said.


I bowl in 3 weeks but watching the videos and scores explode I decided to put together some stats on the Standard Division because the people averaging 155-175 for singles and 310-350 for doubles would be the ones to take advantage of the softer conditions the most.

Standard Division first bowled in 2017. For the first 4 years, Standard had a TOTAL of 6-700 series bowled with a high set of 711 (just last year). In 2019, 690 WON! This year, there are already 6-700 series and the highest set ever of 716 (just shot last night). There's also a 714, so the 2 highest sets ever are from this year. The previous high set of 711 would be third this year right now.

In Standard Doubles, for the first 4 years there was 61-1200 sets with a high of 1274 in 2019. This year, there are already 3 sets OVER 1300 with a high of 1362 (just shot yesterday as well) and 32 sets over 1200. The previous high set of 1274 would already be fifth this year right now.

So without bowling, I would absolutely deduce there is more hold and more friction when the middle division scores are exploding.

I'm headed out to Vegas next week, and bowl May 13/14! For those that went, or heard anecdotes:

1. How's it been? I hear the lanes have some built-in hold this year.
2. How are the plaza's approaches?
3. And the most important question: best restaurant you ate at!

Thanks in advance, BR fam!

Quote from: n00dlejester on May 01, 2022, 12:36:38 PM

I'm headed out to Vegas next week, and bowl May 13/14! For those that went, or heard anecdotes:

1. How's it been? I hear the lanes have some built-in hold this year.
2. How are the plaza's approaches?
3. And the most important question: best restaurant you ate at!

Thanks in advance, BR fam!

I was in Vegas 4/28-5/2. We bowled 4/30 and 5/1. Here are my answers to your questions:

1. Both patterns were VERY scorable. For team, playing fairly straight up around 5 worked great for most of our guys. Ball choices varied by bowler, but there was easy recovery from out there, and, yes, there seemed to be more hold than we were used to 3+ years ago. Start out playing pretty straight up the outside, and then either ball down or keep creeping inside.

For Minors, the gutter played for us from the word go. I used a UC3 for the first two games of doubles and had a very good look. From there, I just kept moving my feet and mark in 2-3 boards at a time the rest of the way, switching first to an IQ Tour Solid and then to a Phaze II. There was definitely some hang right as the day went on, but there was still plenty of room as long as you didn't tug the heck out of it or throw it out the window to the right.

2. I had zero issues with the approaches when we were there. 1-2 of our guys thought they were a little bit sticky, but that wasn't the case for me.

3. I guess I would say Stacked (inside the Mirage) was the best place I ate this time. It's a typical Vegas casino steakhouse, meaning pricey. Still, the food was solid. Also, I really liked the Mexican restaurant inside South Point. I don't recall the name, but you got a really nice-sized plate without spending a fortune.

Anyhow, good luck out there. Have fun, and hit 'em hard!