Gilley's Saloon (New Frontier -- Strip)

Loud and live country music. It's so loud it can't be drowned out by the sound of hundreds of new pairs of boots clomping on the hardwood floor. If you're insane, you can take a ride on the mechanical bull. If you're less insane, you can watch others do it.

Bowling Alley ()

A big, 106 lane state-of-the-art facility. Bring your own ball and shoes or use theirs. Either way, you can throw some turkeys and get stinky feet.

Smoke Shop (Wild Wild West -- Off-Strip)

Not reallly entertainment, but the smoke shop offers cheap cigarettes to console people who find it much harder to enjoy their habit indoors.

Texas Star Lanes (Texas Station -- Off-Strip)

If you have a hankering to chuck a 16-pound ball at three a.m., this place is perfect for you. Sixty state-of-the-art lanes are open 24 hours a day, including holidays. What better way to celebrate Easter?

Bowling (Suncoast -- Off-Strip)

64 lanes of state-of-the-art bowling equipment. You know what we're talking about. It's the stuff that keeps score for you so you can't cheat anymore. That's not necessarily a good thing. There are lots of leagues, so check before you wander out here to play.

Forty Deuce (Mandalay Bay -- Strip)

This nightclub is among the better in town, primarily because its theme isn't overpriced drinks and fancy lights. Oh, it has overpriced drinks, but it also has the vibe of a 50s burlesque club. They even have burlesque performances and raunchy rock and roll.

Comedy Stop (Tropicana -- Strip)

This is probably the best comedy room in town. We've heard they pay better than the Improv and get better talent because of that. There are three to four comics every night and the show lasts a little over an hour. Tickets are about $18 and include two drinks. Check the free tourist magazines for discounts or 2-for-1s.

Rain/Theater (The Palms -- Off-Strip)

By day and early evening, it's a 1200 seat theater. But at night, it converts itself into a crimestopping force to be reckoned with. Oh, wait, no, actually it converts into the three-story Rain nightclub. It's a wildly hip and popular club for folks in their twenties to pay for overpriced drinks and dance to techno, hip hop and other club music. Open on Friday and Saturday nights only.

Drais (Bill's Gambling Hall -- Strip)

Give them credit for being an ultralounge long before every other copycat in town thought to do it. This small, classy lounge doesn't even get hopping until about two a.m. or so. There are DJs spinning and overpriced cocktails to serve as a classy way to top off an evening of drinking forties in an alley.

Speed - The Ride (Sahara -- Strip)

The Strip's newest roller coaster is a doozy. It features a 224 foot drop going both forward and backward. It's a short ride, unfortunately, but super-extra-cool because it whips right by the Strip.