I
had my photo taken with the million dollars at Binions.
I
went to retrieve it and thought I needed a Player's card. That was
not the case. There was no card required for the photo and there was
a box of them available on the Player's Club counter just for the
taking.
When
I asked for a card, the clerk could not find me, so she set me up
with a new card. That was odd because I'd had a card from this
address before.
Along
with that came a number of newbie benefits. One was a matchplay,
which I lost. One was $10 freeplay with 10 points. I played a video
poker bonus game with a 7/5 pay table to get the 10 points. No luck.
It cost me $11. I could not play the freeplay in that machine. I
tried a Buffalo machine and was up for a while, but I was too stupid
and tired to quit $6 ahead and lost all that back as well. So, it
was an expensive new card.
BINION'S
POOL
As
a Four Queens guest we get to use the Binion's pool. The pool at
Binion's is nice except for two things:
It
is hard to locate.
The
music is piped in radio, including commercials.
I
went only one day while I stayed at the Four Queens. There were a
few sun bathers, but no one was in the water. It was a bit cool, but
fine. Hot weather dominated September so even unheated pools were
very comfortable.
I
tolerated the music. Actually, this time the 97.5 station was not
that modern nasal whine crap but a Black soul and R and B selection
and most of it was not too bad. There were a few frantic raps, but
there were some songs I liked.
What
kills the mood, that drifting off while breast stroking in circles,
was the loud and in you brain commercials where people shout out
their product. Is there some market analysis that shows folks buy
more if they hear about a product in a dramatic, in your face, shout?
Why Binions can't get some sort of a tape of decent background music
is a mystery. I think the radio station is the pick of the
attendant.
There
was a nice water fountain with cool water, one of the few working in
Vegas. There were bathrooms. And the view is very nice although it
can't be seen from the pool.
It
is a fine place for sun. There is no shade.
It
is generally uncrowded. Ask at the Four Queens desk before venturing
over.
Finding
it inside Binions can be a chore. Generally, I walk around the
building and go in the back door by the place where they now have a
blowout sale on shirts. However, this time I had to pass through
five homeless and one ugly woman with really bad beaded hair
apparently did not like my simple hello. She tossed a plastic water
bottle so that I almost tripped and when I looked back she was doing
a nine year old like mock of my walk.
Street
people are more aggressive these days downtown. From that door and
the shirt sale it is easier to find the right elevator to the Pool
Deck, but I'll go through the casino next time. I came back through
the casino. Remember that the Binion's is a horseshoe inside so go
to the North part of the shoe.
No
key required
30
minutes and it is at the Player's Club.
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