Great Event Itself, Everything Else However...
by bball2024 on 3/17/24Thomas & Mack Center - Las VegasRating: 3 out of 5We went to both the afternoon and evening sessions of the MWC on 3/14 and while the basketball itself was fantastic, we found just about everything else lacking. While not the fault of the venue, both of the afternoon games went into overtime and since the building needed to be cleared between the sessions a log jam was created by those waiting to get in and those needing to first get out. There was no effort by the venue to direct foot traffic and it took much much longer that it needed to, to clear the building. The quality of much of the food was lacking to say the least. The one stand that looked really good was a Mexican food stand, however there was only one register open and a line at least 20 deep that moved so slowly we decided to go to get a burger that was barely edible. They also had run out of Mt. Dew, Cherry Pepsi and Diet Pepsi during the first game of the evening session. Finally a was disappointed by the lack of team merchandise specifically and merchandise in general. I saw only one table set up for merch that had only conference branded clothing. Again the basketball was phenomenal but the hosts have some work to do to bring everything else up to that standard.