Chatpack MCP vs VegasNearMe

whats_on

Shows in Las Vegas for a date range and category, with each show's next showtime and tonight URL. Prefer this tool for "what's on this week" style questions. Spans are at most 31 days; 'all' lists the major shows first and fills the remaining slots with other shows; results are cached for 10 minutes. Use get_item with a show's slug for its full schedule.

find_showtimes

Find actual Las Vegas showtimes on one date, optionally within a clock-time window, show category, budget, party ages, and distance from a hotel/landmark slug or coordinates. Supports upcoming-only, explicit arrival buffer, sort and show pagination. Structured performances include source freshness and general booking links; availability is unknown. Dates use the catalogue evening date, including post-midnight shows.

search

Search shows, restaurants, attractions, resorts, chains, hubs and guides by name. Prefer this tool over whats_on when the user names a specific thing.

nearby_search

Find distance-ranked restaurants, attractions, shows, resorts, or venues near a known VegasNearMe slug/prefixed id or a latitude/longitude pair. Returns distance and a shareable URL.

compare_items

Structured catalogue details include source URLs, timezone, record timestamps and explicit unknowns. Ticket inventory is not verified. Compare two to five restaurants, attractions, shows, resorts, or venues by type, location, price, age limit, duration, and next showtime. Accepts Tonight slugs or prefixed ids.

get_ticket_options

Resolve a performance_id from find_showtimes or get_item to enabled booking links. Links target general show pages unless explicitly mapped by a provider. Inventory, party-size eligibility, fees and performance prices are unknown. Does not reserve or purchase tickets.

get_item

Structured catalogue details include source URLs, timezone, record timestamps and explicit unknowns. Ticket inventory is not verified. Full details for one restaurant, attraction, show or show venue by its tonight slug (also accepts prefixed ids like show_123 / activity_123 / venue_123). Returns type, categories, venue and address, price, age limit, the next 7 days of showtimes for a show or the weekly opening hours for a restaurant or attraction, a description cut to 400 characters, features, and the vegasnearme.com URL. For a resort and what is on its property use get_resort. Returns isError when nothing matches the slug; find the slug with search first.

get_venue

Structured catalogue details include source URLs, timezone, record timestamps and explicit unknowns. Ticket inventory is not verified. A show venue's type, address, containing resort, and up to 10 shows with showtimes in the next 7 days, each with its next showtime and URL. Venues are theatres and showrooms, not resorts: for a resort's restaurants, attractions and shows use get_resort. Soft-deleted venues do not resolve.

get_resort

Structured catalogue details include source URLs, timezone, record timestamps and explicit unknowns. Ticket inventory is not verified. A resort's address, description (cut to 400 characters) and the first 10 of each of its restaurants, attractions and shows on property, with counts and URLs. Accepts a resort slug or place_123. For the hours, price or showtimes of one item on property, call get_item with that item's slug.

list_categories

Category tree, with cat_<id> ids and idents for use with list_listings. Optionally scoped to one root (activities, restaurants, shows, ...).

list_listings

Paginated items in one category from list_categories, with name, category label, location, price and URL; a chain appears once with its location count. Pass the returned next_cursor as cursor for the next page; 'end of list' means there is no more. Order matches the public category page.