Las Vegas Neutral Ground

[LepRecon]

Hi all

Having had a cool New Orleans game in the pipeline we have had to change to Vegas.  I dont mind Vegas its one fo the few cities in America that I have been to.  What I was wondering from people who know it better or people who have games there.  Where is your neutral ground in Vegas.

Also any things to note for a Vegas game.

Cheers in advance

LepRecon

[Piell]

I am currently in a Dresden game set in Las Vegas, information about which can be found here. Our neutral ground location is the the Temple of Goddess Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet, located under the Locations tab.

[sinker]

Some of the casinos could be great neutral grounds. They take pains to make sure that their security is the best, and if they were aware of the supernatural goings-on then they would likely be prepared for anything weird. Even removing the security aspect (or if they don't know about the supernatural) it's a place with a lot of mortals at all hours. It would be hard to do something overt without drawing "nuclear" attention.

[knnn]

Since Vegas is very much a travel hub, it makes sense that the NN near it is a hub for many Ways (i.e. shortcuts to many areas of the Nevernever).

Thus,
What if the Nevernever area around the airport (or maybe the just the main terminal) itself is considered neutral? 

Having a portion of the Nevernever considered neutral is an advantage because:

1) Maybe certain physical laws are muted (i.e. guns don't work) so that the place is naturally more peaceful.
2) Much harder to have someone waiting right outside, waiting to gank anyone leaving the neutral spot.
3) Easier to meet NN creatures that have a hard time looking like regular mortals (i.e. Grimalkin) in neutral surroundings.
4) Less worry about mortal authorities interfering.

[ironpoet]

Hi all

Having had a cool New Orleans game in the pipeline we have had to change to Vegas.  I dont mind Vegas its one fo the few cities in America that I have been to.  What I was wondering from people who know it better or people who have games there.  Where is your neutral ground in Vegas.

Also any things to note for a Vegas game.

I would second the recommendation to use a casino as neutral ground, although I might make up an old, rarely used casino, since the modern casinos are filled with fancy electronics.  But I love the image of a Red Court vampire sitting down to a poker game with a White Council Wizard.

For other Vegas ideas, I'd recommend reading Last Call, by Tim Powers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Call_(novel)) for some ideas on Vegas magic.  Not sure how well it would fit into the Dresden Files universe, but it's a great book.

[sinker]

I would second the recommendation to use a casino as neutral ground, although I might make up an old, rarely used casino, since the modern casinos are filled with fancy electronics.  But I love the image of a Red Court vampire sitting down to a poker game with a White Council Wizard.

There are definitely some older casinos off the strip that fit that bill. Only issue is that they tend to see less people. Which is not to say no people, just there are times when there are only a handful of people in the building.

[MacShidhe]

Just to let you know, there's some IG info on Las Vegas here.  Jim Butcher isn't currently planning on taking Harry to Las Vegas so the Evil Hat team is working on it for the Paranet supplement.  Fred said something in the pod cast about the entire Strip being neutral ground on the pod cast.

[Tedronai]

Just to let you know, there's some IG info on Las Vegas here.  Jim Butcher isn't currently planning on taking Harry to Las Vegas so the Evil Hat team is working on it for the Paranet supplement.  Fred said something in the pod cast about the entire Strip being neutral ground on the pod cast.

Not that any of that information necessarily has to hold true for a given game, of course...

[ironpoet]

There are definitely some older casinos off the strip that fit that bill. Only issue is that they tend to see less people. Which is not to say no people, just there are times when there are only a handful of people in the building.

I was thinking of that as a feature, rather than a bug.  I would imagine the supernatural community would prefer a place where the clued in could gather and talk without the normal, mundane world thinking they were crazy.

It also makes dramatic entrances easier, since everyone will take notice when you come in the door.

[LepRecon]

Have been talking to my friends and we were thinking the top of Stratosphere(restaurant) as neutral ground.  I know the Wizard thing might be a problem but heh its magical world so a dampening field produced by the Chef who runs the restaurant.  While Neutral grounds seem to be open to my thoughts Vegas is money baby and the neutral ground is a money location.  It may make it harder for the PCs to use to the Neutral Ground(have you booked a table?) but that in itself can be part of the task.  Also its the restaurant that never stops serving.