First I have to say, that I traveled from Germany. So, the whole rating relies on traveling from overseas for this race.

In the beginning of 2017, I decided to run the Strip at night at the Las Vegas marathon. I booked my flight, stay and the races at the first registration day.
After that, I had to wait a few more month for that trip.
The flying and the stay was very good.

EXPO:
The first appointment was the expo. I went there an hour before opening. Getting the bib was easy, and I did the legal share in about 15min. After that I went to all the official RnR merchandise. I have to say, that this was the best merchandise i have seen by then. it melted my credit card.

5K:
The first race was the 5K on Saturday evening. A short race from the LV festival Grounds parallel to the Las Vegas Strip. not really much viewers. But I wanted the Remix Challenge medal, so I had to do the 5K.

Marathon:
At the next evening, the marathon started in front of the NewYork Ney York Casino. The course went down and passed the LV sign and at the next crossroad we changed the direction and ran up The Strip all the way up to Fremont Street. On this part of the race you pass all the Casinos. They look really good with their lightshows. A lot of viewers cheer you thru the run. Arrived at Fremont Street, you turn again and you will run in direction back to the startline. But close to the Stratosphere Casino starts the really boring part of these marathon. From here, you ran zigzag thru byroads, one street was without streetlights, for almost the half marathon distance.
After you finished this boring part , you will come back to the strip. But only for a few miles. On the LV festival grounds you will run zigzag again to collect miles. This makes the marathon so boring.
But after the Festival Grounds an another zigzag on a byroad you will run into the finish line.

Conclusion:
It was not my favorite marathon with really dark, boring parts. But the 3 medals was worth it.
Anyways, I would not recommend this marathon with traveling from Europe. Its to expensive for the 13.1m run on the strip.
If you live close to LV, its an other story.