The Price is Right, Live!

No need to go to this one — even the top prizes are lack luster. I have been to the real deal twice — also worth skipping!

C’MON DOWN!
I wanted to watch something different aside from Cirque and musicals and so I booked the Price is Right. My friend thought the show was corny but since I’ve been watching this when I was a kid, I decided why not give it a try. I might win some house hold appliance or some Irish Spring Soap that I can buy in any bargain mart.
First thing you do is register your name and that’s located right by the North Tower, just outside the Jubiiee showroom. Sadly, I was hoping to see Drew Carey but went with someone else who still had a lot of showmanship. First thing they show are clips over the years of Price is Right, the high’s and low’s and mostly funny clips of past contestants. Throughout the show they call up 4 contestants, sadly we weren’t picked to go up, but that didn’t bother me.
Overall, I would recommend this show to anybody whose looking for a budget friendly, non Cirque show. Just for laughs and good memories!

BEST part of our whole trip! Joey (from N’Sync) hosted the show. It was fun, lively and there was such a great energy in the room. I won a gift card and a t-​shirt-​haha. It’s a little dare I say, cheap looking? Our tables were essentially fold up chairs and cafeteria circular table (we paid extra to be on the floor) but after the show started it didn’t even matter! VERY fun and will always have this on my itinerary when I come to Vegas! :)

Fun, if you go with no intentions of being called up and with loads of patience.
It really is not worth the cost of the ticket, but people will pay because of the name-​brand.
We have gone several times, with both Jerry Springer as host and Joey Fatone from N’Sync fame; it was nice to hear Jerry throw a few lame jokes out there but they are always the same. Joey was a more dynamic of a host, and overall more entertaining with all the drunken women going up there and hanging off of him/​grabbing his ass/​et cetera.
All the times I have gone, only one person I have gone with has won anything (bonus points on Bally’s membership card). I have gone perhaps four-​five times; call me masochistic, or determined to be called up and win one of the prizes.
During the showcases, all items are over*priced, but when the final showcase is done, they are all well priced, meaning that someone who has not been to the show will ALWAYS over*bid. Haha. That part is hilarious, at least to me.
The bidding for the final showcase is not for the entire showcase, but for a trip containing within said showcase. One can only win the entire thing being 100 $ from the total price, which some lady apparently accomplished once during Jerry’s run and he joked in later shows that if it happened again he would be fired (or something to that effect)(he was probably not kidding; the show would be discontinued). — E

I came to this show wanting nothing more than to be called down to play the show case and get a chance to spin the big wheel (that didn’t happen as I’m never that lucky) but it was a truly fun event I’m glad I didn’t miss out on.
Before the show gets started they are playing clips and trivia about the show, I’m a trivia geek so I was impressed that they had facts up there I hadn’t ever seen or read about before. This is just like the TV show, contestants are called down and they play all the games they have on the show.
Its hilarious that I as well as the rest of the crowd were yelling out prices to the contestants and cheering as they won or booing when they lost. It was a very PG type event.
Jerry was still getting used to role as Bob Barker/​Drew Carrey but you could tell he was having fun and was slowly making the role his own.
Final Thoughts
As we learned today the Price is Right Game Show is a truly unique and one of a kind experience that every one, young and old have been exposed to at some time in their lives. The producers of that TV show have captured all the best moments of being on that program and condensed them into a thrice daily program that can easily fit into any ones budget. It would behoove you to purchase the tickets and if you have to even sneak into the theater to see this show…
Until next time, take care of yourselves and each other.

I attended the show a couple weeks ago and was SHOCKED to not only get called up to contestant’s row, but then bid well and got up on stage! I played Plinko and won $ 900 (as well as a Kindle that I bid on to get on stage)!! OK, I know that’s not typical, but it was one of the major highlights of my life. The host was Drew Lachey (think 98 degrees) and honestly I’m glad it was him because he’s enough of a B-​list star that I wasn’t star-​struck on stage.
OK some tips… go across the street and you can get discount tickets! It needs to be the day of but they were a LOT cheaper. Also, bid LOW. This is not the regular Price Is Right, people, but rather a cheaper Las Vegas rendition. (I bid $ 99 for the Kindle in contestant’s row… it was about $ 139 I think… none of the prizes were much more expensive!). Also, as I’ve read in other reviews, the showcase at the end seems like it should be worth around $ 30,000 (gambling table, trip to hawaii, cruise to mexico, new car) but in this version it was $ 14,000! So, I beg of you, if you get up to go on the showcase, BID $ 14,000!!! No matter what else you think!
Overall, GO! They give lots of people the chance to get up on stage and even if you don’t, the atmosphere and feeling that you’re on The Price Is Right is worth it!

Save ALL day for this. Seriously. There were 3 people working the box office and it took nearly 2 hours to pick up the tickets and get registered for the show. With the show starting 15 minutes late and many «lags» in the show, it took up most of the day. It was cool and exciting and definitely a good change from a lot of the strip. Looking at some of the reviews here, I see that today’s «showcase» was the exact same as reviews here from 2010. I was already suspicious but after reading other Unilocal reviews it was definitely disappointing that no one could ever win that showcase. Jerry Springer also acted as though he had just started doing this – he does it in a rotation with several other hosts and has since last year. Not sure why he kept acting like it was so new to him and he had just started.
It was fun and I’m glad to have done it, but it was very campy and got a little boring towards the end (probably because we had been waiting in line for so long and we were pretty sure we were not going to get called). Diehard fans, for sure; those looking for something to do on a Vegas afternoon, maybe not.

For this show Jerry Springer was the host. Before the show even started, the audience was already chanting, «JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!» That right there I found hilarious. Jerry Springer doing a family oriented game show? Get outta here! BUT I was pleasantly surprised. Jerry had jokes and they were mostly clean, well to those that didnt understand it anyway.
I liked how the format was set up. They called up a new set of 4 contestants for every segment. Me and my wife was not called up but hay, you probably had about 200 people in the audience.
Overall, I would recommend this to anybody. The time frame is at 2:30 in the afternoon, so for those that drink that early, good luck if you get selected.

Definitely a little corny but it was a lot of fun! You have to remember it’s not exactly like the TV version. My friends and I had a lot of fun even though we didn’t get called up. The famous showcase round was by far the most ridiculous «set up» ever.
A cruise to Mexico
A trip to Hawaii
100 shares in stocks
2012 Nissan… the 1^st person said $ 29,675, 2^nd person said $ 33,000
wait for it…$ 14,000!!! come on! That’s not even fair! Of course everyone would over bid if they value all those items for that price!

Corny? Yes. Overrated? Definitely. Tons of fun? Absolutely.
Everyone in our group had a great time. Our host was Dave Rupprecht. No, we did not have our hopes up to meet Drew Carey or win a new car, so some people need to be more realistic. Even if you don’t get called «to come one down,» they still give random prizes to the audience.
Only complaint was that the show was a little too short, and for the price everyone should get a t-​shirt.

I had a great time at the show!
It is not the real Price is Right. Its a Vegas version of a TV classic.
To say its done in the Bally’s show room I was impressed. On the show they still offer prices such as trips and a car but the rules for winning are different the
the TV show. This is absolutely going to be a lower budget version of the TV show and Im ok with that because to me most of the real show is pretty low budget. Sure you may get a Mustang versus Hyundai but alot of the games are still cheesy and the prices are hit and miss.
I was able to see the show for a discounted rate so I say good show for the price.

Very fun. Girlfriend had a blast yelling out prices and shouting «Jerry! Jerry!» (Springer, who was the guest host).
Now, for everyone freaking out about prizes and what not… realize this is not the actual show (that is sponsored by advertisers and has a much larger budget). Please go into this show with a mindset of having fun and wanting to cheer on the people lucky enough to get called up. Some of these 1 star reviews are just silly… did you seriously expect to pay for tickets and have a guaranteed win? I’ve paid more for other shows on the strip and have walked out bored, a feeling I did not once get while in the audience here.
Funny things happen too… An old lady bet $ 900 dollars for a complete set of Harry Potter books. Everyone in the audience went o_​o wtf… worth the admission price alone.

Just like the real show ! Go on Friday nights, its like empty ! Better chance to play on show, Bid low on the last showcase show .
We sat in the booths in front. Was one of the most fun, interactive shows ever !

A little corny and a little cheesy but it was definitely a fun experience! Purchased our tickets through a website and got a great deal. We got great seats too! We were seated at a table with another friendly couple. The amount of enthusiasm in the room was crazy and it made it that much more fun. I was hungover from a night of drinking but the people around me made me snap out of it and enjoy the show. It was sad that no one won the showcase during our show.

So my husband is a big fan of the original show. We vacationed in Vegas for Christmas 2010 so this was a perfect gift. We went on Christmas day. Lets start with will/​call location VS. the show location in Bally’s…THEY ARE OPPOSITE of each other. so if your like me dressing cute in heels. be prepared to want to take them off after walking from the parking garage to never never land, picking up your tickets, and back to the Price Is Right show. There really wasnt much direction given on the ticket to advise us where to go or park. but thats not the shows fault… i dont think?
Anyway so after we walked a a mile back and forth. part of the mile was finding food to eat before the show so i guess that doesnt count.
Ok, ok. so the show. Our tickets were for seats in the very front. we shared a table with another husband and wife. I brought my leftover pie and drink from lunch in and they didnt mind. the tables were a bit small, if we all four would have had food then somebody would probably have to eat off their lap. actually two people would probably need to eat off their
good thing the other couple came empty. or stuffed! lol i assume the tables were not meant for chow down dining anyway.
There were regular «movie seat» style chairs in rows behind us. The show was good. corny jokes. but some of the host comments on contestants were funny. i have to agree with other reviewers, the prices were all wrong. i cant even remember the bogus questions. but read the other post and they are correct. All names were called at random, so it didnt matter if you had the funny t-​shirt on or your boobs hanging out… its random. dress casual. come in your pj’s if you want. its that laid back!
We made it fun. we never got called but it was great because people did walk away with $ 500 or $ 50 or different prizes. The very last game was the one that other reviewers posted about the car, vacation and ect being $ 17 000…yep.they used the same car and same vacation packages and everything. and yep the two dudes were far off. it was exactly $ 17 000​.so i should have been called up for the last game so i could amaze them with my low guess of exactly $ 17 000.but i wasnt. They were just not ready for me to take all their prizes!
Over all fun was what you made of it. People were
was fun. we had a nice time laughing and guessing and pretending. We paid about $ 48 per ticket. i think a little high since we didnt get a t-​shirt, drink. nothing…if we were called it would have been worth it. but $$ 90+ to watch others win/​lose wasnt worth it. but for my husband i would pay it again. It says all ages can come but your little kids might be bored. Cant wait to go to the Los Angeles show :)
I gave full stars for the fun we made of it and because my husband couldnt stop talking about it.

Spent $ 110 on two tickets to a Thursday afternoon show. The host was Bob Goen from Entertainment Tonight and the announcer was the guy from Supermarket Sweep. They call up 4 new people every time, if you don’t have the winning bid… you’re done (and get a t-​shirt) and it’s time to sit on down.
The first item up for bid was a cheesy looking guitar. The first lady bids $ 875! The lowest bid was $ 575. All overbid.
…lowest bid $ 400…again all overbid.
…lowest bid $ 300…again all overbid.
…lowest bid $ 250…yep
Finally, someone decides to make a $ 1 bid. Actual retail price 200 bucks.
If that doesn’t give you an idea of what kind of prizes would be in store for the rest of the afternoon, I don’t know what does. It was like everyone was in denial that this show was going to be VERY watered down.
The best prize was a refridgerator. Someone played Plinko and won $ 50 after some very questionable pricing on some items that wouldn’t allow him to get more than one chip (the most you can win at this version of plinko is $ 2500 with 5 chips).
I kept praying that they didn’t call my name during the «instant winners» segment where you get 1000 Total Rewards point… which is worth ¼ of a buffet purchase…
The games were pretty much the same as the show but the prices seemed rigged. Almost like they didn’t want people to win.
The showcase showdown was confusing with almost 10 prizes being offered to the winner if they bid within $ 100, but only 1 being offered should they not be within $ 100 (a 3 day mexican cruise). You had to bid on ALL of the prizes. Here are the main prizes:
–A Nissan Versa
–Hawaiian Trip
— Mexican Cruise
–1000 shares of Orbitz Stock
–TV
and other things…
Someone bid $ 30,000 and the other bid $ 27,000.
Actual retail price $ 17,000! Now you tell me how a car, two trips and 1000 shares of Orbitz is worth $ 17,000??? I’m telling you, it’s rigged because they CANNOT afford to give things like this away on a daily basis.
Save your money and go wait in line in Burbank…

Awesome if you get called up, not so awesome if you don’t. Very similar to the original show except that they call four new people every time they bid on a prize. Count this along with the five instant wins they provide every so often and I think about 30 — 35 people out of 300 or so in the audience got to participate. Me and my 5 friends did not.
I don’t think the selection process is biased, but the party behind me had 4 people, 3 of them which got called up (someone didn’t do a good job of shuffling names).
The announcer is a little annoying, but the host is the old host of Supermarket Sweep which was cool. Prizes aren’t as good, but still pretty good and you get to play Plinko, Cliffhanger, and spin the big wheel which is a huge plus.
The biggest disappointment was the showcase. They provide one showcase and whoever gets closer to being correct without going over wins a trip to Mexico. If you get within $ 100 of the showcase you win the entire showcase (which was about 7 or 8 prizes). Now get this… the showcase was a cruise to Mexico, a trip to Hawaii, a new Nissan Versa, diamond necklace, bicycle, camcorder, and a hang glider. It ended up totaling $ 16,000! Obviously both contestants overbid and were over.
Overall, the show was entertaining, but disappointing because none of us got called.

I bought the tickets on-​line at
for $ 40 each about a week before the show. You just print out the receipt and pick up the tickets at the Bally’s box office. They give you the best available seats. We had excellent seats, front row seats right in the front of contestants row!

Before and during the show they show past footage of the show and trivia. Unlike the real show, they call 4 new people each time so more people have a chance of getting called. They also randomly call people to spin The Wheel and for the Final Showcase. It’s suppose to be completely random but a husband and wife got up to the stage, 2 of the 4 people next to us, and 3 of the same group of people behind us.
I love the Price is Right so this was totally fun for me. They had Cliff hanger, Plinko, Hole in one, all the good ones. People were winning some good prizes like a $ 500 wine rack, $ 200 cash, $ 1000 stainless steel fridge, and various other prizes. The final show case had a car, trip, and some other things I can’t remember. The value was $ 14 000 I believe but the 2 contestants overbid! You had to be within a certain range to win all the prizes but you could have won a Mexican cruise if you were the last man standing. The $ 1 bid was under used! Just like the real show, the audience is allowed to help the contestants but they listened to the wrong people!
Overall, super fun. My hands were sore from clapping so much and voice hoarse from screaming. Plus you get a chance to win prizes so you might get your money back for the show. What other show can offer you that?

This is a great deal for Vegas. We snagged tickets for $ 40 each and the two hour show was really fun.
The host was the dude who hosted Supermarket Sweep! Fun surprise and he played the part really nicely.
The show itself is not totally like the real one with Drew Carey, but it’s better for the audience. They call 4 new people every round and they call out 5 people between rounds to win other stuff.
So, you have a good shot at winning something even though we didn’t.
If you love the tv show you’ll love this show. Even if you don’t know the show I think you’ll have a good time.
Maybe you’ll come on down!

I love love love the Price is Right, so I was totally psyched to go to this show! I was also excited to learn that Todd Newton was the host because I totally dug him on Hollywood Showdown and Whammy.
Overall, I was kind of disappointed with my experience. It was sweet to wear the nametag, hear the fabled «COME ON DOWN!», and see the cool games and sets. But the show felt kind of rushed and they crammed so many people into the theatre that it was kind of uncomfortable. We got to sit on the main floor though, which was nice.
I was surprised that no one in my family won anything. TONS of prizes were given away between games from everything as simple as a t-​shirt to nicer things like cameras. We didn’t even win a t-​shirt — and they gave tons of those away!
Also…while it’s understandable that the prizes can’t be as great as those from the actual Hollywood show, I feel like contestants should be warned of the differences in quality and price because most people overestimated prices. During the Showcase, BOTH people overbid — by a LOT.
Got to meet Todd Newton at the end — that was cool. Also, the day after the show they were doing this huge promotional thing in front of Bally’s — WITH THE PLINKO BOARD! After standing in a surprisingly short line, I got to go to the top and drop my Plinko chip! It was epic!!!