BearUNLV
Esports Manager, Tournament Director
I wanted to share with you some information that may be helpful to you before you travel to Vegas for EVO 2015. I work as one of the main information personnel at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport in Terminal Operations which gives me the knowledge to help. With so many making travel plans for EVO 2015 I wanted to put that experience to use to help the community. I've been giving travel tips, tournament tips, Vegas tips, sharing maps & routes, answering questions, and answering hypothetical questions under the #EVOfly on Twitter.
I wanted to share with you some information that may be helpful to you before you travel to Vegas for EVO 2015. This first bunch of tips was compiled by FargaBarga on Reddit, so a special thank-you to him for doing so.
- Unless you're traveling for over a week, you only need 1 medium-sized suitcase. It should fit in the overhead/underseat storage of a bus or plane.
- Bring a backpack/purse/gym bag to carry snacks, drinks, phone and 3ds chargers, headphones, and your controller.
- If for some reason you have to check a bag or store it in the luggage area underneath a bus, make sure it has luggage tags with your name, phone number, address, even email. Don't leave valuables in your checked luggage.
- Keep valuables such as electronics, medicine, jewelry in your backpack or lock it in the hotel safe(it's in the closet).
- Tip your cab drivers, hotel bellhops that help with luggage, waiters, bartenders, etc.
- Check the FourSquare comments for the wifi password of a business.
- Drink water. It's 110°F+ everyday probably.
- Shower every morning or before bed.
- Bring/use hand sanitizer.
- Wash hands often! Especially before you eat.
Q: Can I buy a one way ticket? Then MM for my ticket back?
A: Yes you can do that...but be weary because you might not win the MMs..
Q: Cheapest flights?
A: Look up flights for Tuesday or Wednesday. Those are usually your best bet to save money.
Q: MY PHONE IS DEAD! D E A D B O Y Z!!
A: Use any outlet or power charging area. Plenty of stores sell chargers as well.
Q: Liquor store?!?!?!!?
A: Yes there is one at LAS in T1 Baggage Claim near carousel #1. Opens at 9am usually.
Q: I took a cab and they took me the long way...what do I do?
A: It's against the law! - http://t.co/9ssLE5OW9i - http://t.co/i0YAqE5XVz
Q: HELP IM SO LOST IN THE AIRPORT & DONT SEE ANY1 THAT CAN HELP!
A: Pickup a white courtesy phone, dial 0; operator will assist you.
Hopefully some of these tips will help you out in traveling for EVO! Feel free to use #EVOfly on Twitter for much more tips, maps and Q&A. Thanks for reading and hope to see you there!
Bassem "Bear" Dahdouh is a TO (who created the DVDA tournament series), a group admin/leader, and a competitor in the Vegas Smash 4 community. To keep up with him and ask more #EVOfly questions be sure to follow him on Twitter.
