We're looking at $120-150 for airfare from LA, which is a lot. Unless we're willing to travel on like, a wednesday, we're basically screwed for flights.
I say drive! Volvos get about 22-25 to the gallon, and with an 16 gallon tank we can do it without refeuling (it's 270 miles to vegas), which means $20 each way.
It'll be a shorter drive than to SF, and there aint no cow poop fields neither!