Vegas visitors hit bull's eye with new Arrow
— -- Budget-conscious families vacationing in Vegas are about to get extra-lucky: A relatively inexpensive transportation system connecting hotspots along The Strip has just launched, and a gargantuan kid-friendly shopping complex will open its shiny doors next week.
VEGAS.com Arrow is a fleet of flashy buses and trolleys that stops at most major hotels and attractions and runs in a loop in three corridors: The Strip, the Convention Center and downtown Las Vegas/Fremont Street. Vehicles are equipped with video screens that display The Vegas Minute, a syndicated weekly TV show featuring newsy updates about the city, and touch-screen kiosks that enable riders to buy show tickets, front-of-line club passes and tours. Single rides are $2.50, but customers also can buy $10 combination tickets that provide unlimited daily rides on the Arrow and Las Vegas Monorail systems (vegas.com/vegascomarrow).
Beginning Wednesday, riders who take the Arrow to the south end of The Strip just past Mandalay Bay will be able to shop till they drop at the new Town Square, a 1.5 million-square-foot open-air complex that developers are calling a "lifestyle center." Designed to look like a gracefully aged European village, the project encompasses 150-plus shops; a dozen restaurants; a 9,000-square-foot children's park that includes mazes and a 25-foot-tall tree house; picnic areas; an 18-screen movie theater; a food market; and a 24-hour gym. And for those who don't take the Arrow, Town Square also features 5,800 parking spaces.
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