From: annie (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Jun 02 2004 - 13:08:25 CDT
> Another advantage to the S-R is the monorail is just accross the street
> at the MGM. That give easy access to and from that area, as well as
> others onthe line.
The only problem with this is that very few DLV activities take place
within walking distance of a monorail station. There are only 6 stations
on the (first phase of the) line, all of them along the east side of the
Strip, with many gaps, particularly one big one between roughly the
Venetian/TI/Mirage area and the Stardust/Riviera area.
If you look closely at the DLV 2004 activity map, you'll see that the
monorail line is indeed shown. When I wrote up the directions to the
various venues, only a handful of them were practical via monorail, the
more notable being the daily Lunch With Ginger and the various things
that took off from the San Remo.
I also question whether a significant number of our people would take
the monorail. Many are still too shy to be comfortable taking a taxi.
Also, IMAO, the monorail is overpriced. A semi-recurring thread on the
newsfroup emphasizes that it's about a wash, price-wise, for a typical
tourista couple to rent a car or rely on the monorail with an occasional
taxi ride.
Plus, I understand at least at first it will not be 24x7 as was
originally announced.
>(That is if they get it running by next year) ;))
They tell me (the ubiquitous "they") that the firm (Bombardier?) is
being penalized something like 5 figures per day for each day the system
is not open for revenue service.
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