Vegas World Cup Odds
It's early yet, but the sports book at The Palazzo (the newest Vegas luxury hotel is Venetian adjacent, has a Lamborghini dealership and a hip, comfy sports book) is offering odds on the World Cup.
The field is 100-1, but Brazil is the 5-1 favorite, England is 8-1, Croatia 45-1, Mexico 65-1 the U.S. 70-1 and Japan 200-1. Scotland is 300-1 (even Israel is lower at 200-1).
While the temptation to escape the 90-plus degree heat and watch the Manchester United-Arsenal UEFA Champions League Cup semifinal inside is great, Zion National Park beckons.
So we bid adieu to the inexpensive Triple 7 Brewpub, (the Blackchip porter is excellent) at Main Street Station, the impressive Hardway IPA at the branch of the Chicago Brewing Co.,. at the Four Queens (home to friendly craps tables) and head to Utah.
I'll rejoin you Wednesday from surburban Sandy to watch the Galaxy play Real Salt Lake.
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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