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What are you confused about? The hotel star system translates to casinos. That is a fact.
The star system/designation doesn't focus on how good the slots are, or how handsome the guy working the black jack table is dressed. It looks at how high end, nice, and well thought out a Casino/Hotel is and looks, bar options, dining options, etc.
Like I said, type in your favorite casino and look at the star designation. It's there.
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Type in your favorite Casino, and look at the star designation.
The Palms in Las Vegas is 4 stars, as is Golden Nugget, as is Mirage.
The Bellagio, however, is 5 stars, as is Aria, as is Luxor.
It looks like, as an East Coast comparison, Mohegan Sun in a 4 star.
The star rating system is strictly for the hotels. Most people who gamble a lot know this. Do you honestly believe they would rate casinos with a popular star rating system like they do hotels? Nobody would go to the lower stars because they would think they wouldn't win as much. Atlantic city has a bunch of "5 star hotels with a casino attached". Just like the Encore in Boston.
Can you show me any source that says "5 star casino" with no mention of a hotel? It doesn't exist. At least not in the U.S. It was just sneaky marketing on Encore's part.
The star rating system is strictly for the hotels. Most people who gamble a lot know this. Do you honestly believe they would rate casinos with a popular star rating system like they do hotels? Nobody would go to the lower stars because they would think they wouldn't win as much. Atlantic city has a bunch of "5 star hotels with a casino attached". Just like the Encore in Boston.
Never been to Encore but it looks and costs are very 5 star. Doesnt have enough extra entertainment though.
Notice how they snuck in "Resort". There is no star rating for casinos. All it is is a hotel rated 5 stars.. Do I really have to post the numerous "5 star casino resorts" in Atlantic City and other places in the Northeast?
The star rating system is strictly for the hotels. Most people who gamble a lot know this. Do you honestly believe they would rate casinos with a popular star rating system like they do hotels? Nobody would go to the lower stars because they would think they wouldn't win as much. Atlantic city has a bunch of "5 star hotels with a casino attached". Just like the Encore in Boston.
Can you show me any source that says "5 star casino" with no mention of a hotel? It doesn't exist. At least not in the U.S. It was just sneaky marketing on Encore's part.
I'm not saying it's exclusively for the casino part of a hotel itself.
But when the alliance goes to rank a hotel/casino, like the Bellagio vs. Mirage, i'm sure the casino plays into that decision. It's part of the hotel.
How nice is the casino layout?
Price points?
Food options?
Nightlife?
Architecture?
So, all of this to come back to the same conclusion- Encore is a 5 star casino/hotel, or 5 star hotel/casino.
believe it or not, if you google "5 star casino" Encore Boston is the first casino that comes up after Encore Las Vegas
Not for me. It only says 5 star hotels when i Google that. Don't you realise Google knows you're from Boston lol? Find me a list that shows other "5 star casinos" or even just the words "5 star casino" with no mention of a hotel. Actually it's probably not even legal since it's a casino..
I'm not saying it's exclusively for the casino part of a hotel itself.
But when the alliance goes to rank a hotel/casino, like the Bellagio vs. Mirage, i'm sure the casino plays into that decision. It's part of the hotel.
How nice is the casino layout?
Price points?
Food options?
Nightlife?
Architecture?
So, all of this to come back to the same conclusion- Encore is a 5 star casino/hotel, or 5 star hotel/casino.
Yea it might be a 5 star hotel/casino, but you guys are claiming it's the only one East of the Mississippi. There's probably like 50 other 5 star hotel/casino's on the East Coast alone..
believe it or not, if you google "5 star casino" Encore Boston is the first casino that comes up after Encore Las Vegas
Damn - I had no idea that even existed. It looks really nice. I'm assuming they stop serving at 2 though, right? Either way, that might make me reconsider and put Boston ahead of Minneapolis.
Damn - I had no idea that even existed. It looks really nice. I'm assuming they stop serving at 2 though, right? Either way, that might make me reconsider and put Boston ahead of Minneapolis.
They stop serving at 4, its Everett not Boston. and Everett and the MGC are cool with it. Boston tried to fight it cuz its 500 feet from the border
As I’ve said in many other thread big tour win Boston is really fighty/violent compared to some other cities at least form what I’m aware of. These shooting standings happen so often at Boston clubs they hardly register. And embarrassingly it’s almost always in the “hip hop” mugs or brunches.
This latest double stabbing was a ‘black’ Day Brunch in the seaport. It’s just gives owners more reasons to point to to exclude diverse nightlife from central Boston.
This reminds me of when they ended my last favorite brunch series. In April 2019 a quadruple stabbing ended the Brunch So Hard Day Party series. No arrests were made . https://www.boston.com/news/crime/20...igh-boston/amp
Which had opened after several Fights and a stabbing when it was NAGA Cambridge. It’s just so hard to get hip hop supported in Boston because the police and city won’t tolerate the violence for long.
It's a good-if-not-great day drinking town.. No shortage of buzz and options.
Fenway bars, great breweries, public beer gardens, Seaport rooftops + Lawn on D, Sunday's in Southie, Back Bay/South End boujee bars, boose boats/cruises, Davis/Union square, Central Square, SoWa and Timeout market.
It's just not even comparable, to me, with a city like Dallas. Dallas operates in even more fragmented pockets. People have fun drinking by the condo pool during the day. They take their luxury cars on a ride around town, or go shopping at the Galleria. Not a lot of action or buzz, very calm and it feels easy which I can appreciate. But, much like NY and Chicago and Philadelphia, in late spring/summer/fall, people don't even an option in Boston. You're out and about, all weekend. Get out of that old, small, crumby, hot apartment and just go. Nightlife in Boston is fairly one dimensional, and early closings hurt it's mass appeal. I'll never overly defend Boston's nightlife vs. other Tier 1 cities. But it's still a very fun town to drink in and mix it up, especially during the day. Boston is more comparable to it's Northern counterparts or midsized European cities, than it is to Dallas.
Since living here, I've never - literally never- had visitors that weren't impressed with Boston and it's options.. Grab a drink on Tia's patio, walk the greenway and listen to some live music along the Harbor, Trillium rooftop or patio, cocktails in Fort Point, dinner over in the North End, spend a night out at The Liberty (former prison that has turned into hotel/nightlife hot spot in Beacon Hill). Or on game day, buzz around Newbury for brunch, hit the bars on Boylston, bar hop around Fenway, dinner in Seaport. I mean, there are limitless variations, and that's without ever stepping foot in Cambridge or Somerville, which is where I spend 75% of my days eating and drinking. And those options are as close to the heart of Boston, as Uptown is to Deep Ellum. Worst case scenario during the day or at night, take a water taxi to Encore (only 5 star casino east of the Mississippi?) and hit the bars/clubs there and burn it down until 4 am.
This post is pretty consistent with my experiences. Boston on a nice day has a ton of energy. At night I found it alright, but nothing that blew me away by any means.
You are probably underselling Dallas in that people there definitely still go out to bars and restaurants (probably just as much as Boston), but the decentralized nature of it definitely takes away some of the fun.
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You can't compare it relative to all of DFW. That's like combining the area from Baltimore through DC and NOVA. Why would Dallas also anchor Fort Worth's nightlife? It's 30+ miles away.
Agreed, but that's kind of my beef with Dallas nightlife. It's very spread out and decentralized. Even in Uber you are looking at fairly long and expensive trips to get from node to node. And while there are several fun little nightlife districts, each one individually is somewhat small and one dimensional. The other cities in this thread pack the nightlife much closer together.
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