Ok so I was curious and just called the Wynn sports book. They do have some “first come first served” seats in the sports book area at no cost. So perhaps for the 9am kickoff if you got there just a little early you could grab one of those and be set.
Good question. I’ve only been out there once recently under this new regime for college and NFL games. I’m not so sure they implement the unwritten rules for chairs like at Augusta National for the Masters. Seems to me on these football weekends for Saturday and Sunday, they assign employees to monitor the chairs and will come ask you if you have a reservation. I don’t yet know that for a fact however. The good news for the Bama game is it’s on network TV and a big game so your chances are much better that it will be on in other venues throughout the casino as well (in places that don’t require reservations and charge to sit there). Worst case scenario it’ll be on in your room. I was unaware of the newer setup when I tried to watch Texas Vs LSU in Sept 2019 at Caesars. All the seats were booked. I couldn’t purchase one. So we stood by the bar area in the sportsbook and watched the first half there and just ended up watching 2nd half in the room.
Used to be a much easier decision. Now you have to factor in making a reservation and paying for a seat at most of the major strip sportsbooks. With our game on LHN, and Texas not ranked, might be a lot harder to find the game outside of those big sportsbooks. I would start with the closest big casino to where you are staying and go from there to see what it costs. Check into it now, they probably sell out the seats
First time to Vegas you need to venture out a little bit and go check out Bellagio and Wynn/Encore. You don’t have to be a big gambler to enjoy the town. Plenty of other entertainment between shows and concerts and clubs and the dining is outstanding. Feel free to ask any questions here and someone will answer it.