This year AMVIV will move from the Palace Station to the Aliante Station which is a brand new, absolutely beautiful hotel casino, according to Andrew "Agro" Ross, spokesperson for the Sin City MINI Club. The hotel itself is smaller but Mr. Ross said the parking garage is nicer than Palace’s in several ways.
1st, it’s quite a bit bigger so we can have the Boot N Bonnet show all on the top floor and actually have space to park well over 100 attendee MINIs up there at the same time.2nd, it has power more easily available than at Palace, so more vendors will be able to have power at their booths.
3rd, it has proper drainage so the detailer can be on the top floor without worrying about getting other cars wet.
4th (and best in my opinion) the ramp up to the 6th floor is a straight shot, so no more driving in circles through the garage to get up top! This also means that vendors with large trailers will be able to get them up the ramp and have them actually at the BNB instead of 6 floors below.
5th, 2 sets of elevators.
6th, a sound system we will be able to tap into for announcements.
The room rate is lower than last year at the Palace. Rooms are $99 per night plus taxes. You can book a room by phone at 1-877-477-SOAR (7627) and use group code S03MINI or book online with this link. The hotel only has 200 rooms, so you if you want to make sure you’re staying at the “home hotel”, you might want to go ahead and book early.
There is also a T-shirt contest for a free room and T-shirt at AMVIV. Check out the rules at MotoringFile.
