Your one-day, must-do itinerary for Sin City
To say Las Vegas is having a moment would be a massive understatement. Last year, the Sphere transformed the skyline and Formula 1 roared down the Strip, and last month the Super Bowl kicked off at Allegiant Stadium. The city has stepped up with new restaurants, museums, and experiences that complement old favorites. Skip out on your trade show and go have some fun.
9 a.m.: Eat breakfast at 1228 Main
If you’re waking up in Vegas, you likely need some carbs to soak up whatever happened last night. At 1228 Main, which opened in the Arts District last year, dig into the Breakfast Sando—bacon, eggs, and Tillamook cheddar on bouncy rosemary focaccia.
10 a.m.: Rock out at The Punk Rock Museum
Still reminiscing about seeing Blink-182 and NOFX on the 1996 Warped Tour? Relive the magic at The Punk Rock Museum, which NOFX’s Fat Mike opened downtown last April. Visitors can admire Misfits posters, play Joan Jett’s guitar, or even tie the knot. Note the monthly schedule of punk celebrity tour guides: March brings Alice Bag from the Bags and ’90s MTV mainstay Matt Pinfield.
11:30 a.m.: Immerse yourself in nature at Arte Museum
Hop a cab to the Strip and Arte Museum, a new immersive, digital art experience from the South Korean company District. The theme is Eternal Nature: wander from room to room to see (and hear and smell) gushing waterfalls, crashing waves, blooming flowers, and more.
1:30 p.m.: Eat lunch at Peter Luger
Pretend you’re in Brooklyn by grabbing the lunch-only burger at Peter Luger, a legendary steak house that opened an outpost at Caesars Palace in November. An apple strudel with tons of schlag is the correct dessert order.
3:30 p.m.: View the Sphere from The Venetian Resort
Head back to your expansive suite in the Palazzo tower at The Venetian Resort (request a view of the Sphere so you can watch its exterior transform from the floor-to-ceiling windows) and change into your swimsuit. The pool deck got a major makeover recently, and it’s fun to flit from infinity pool to infinity pool—maybe with a spiked Dole Whip cocktail in hand?
7 p.m.: Eat dinner at Chef Eyal Shani’s HaSalon
Did you lose an hour to the blackjack tables? We won’t tell. Fortunately, your dinner reservation is just steps away, at chef Eyal Shani’s new HaSalon. You may need your server to translate the poetic menu (“mushroom colony steak lying on its dark forests blood,” anyone?), but everything is delicious, especially the peach bruschetta, tomato tortellini in sage butter, and grouper hraime.
9 p.m.: Feel the love at The Beatles Love
If you didn’t see Cirque du Soleil, did you really go to Vegas? There are currently six different productions in town, but the best remains The Beatles Love at The Mirage, a fantastical take on the band’s history, packed with jaw-dropping acrobatics and theatrical magic. Love really is all you need.
