This review is for the casino area and not any rooms as I did not stay here. Having said that...welcome to my favorite casino in Las Vegas!!
Okay, okay so I really didn't stay in any of the rooms, and it is located far away from the strip and the airport, and I have only been one time so perhaps I don't know what I am really talking about. But what I do know is that Sam's Town has every piece of Vegas charm you could ask for without the price tag.
I actually came here because I am a fan of the band The Killers and Vegas native Brandon Flowers named their 2nd album after this casino. My friend and I pulled into the parking lot to find that the hundreds of parking spots all near the entrance to the casino are designed for the handicapped--and 90% of them were taken.
Coming into the entry you will find a definite older (read: 65+) crowd playing slot machines. The amount of slots at Sam's Town is insane. Have I mentioned how HUGE Sam's Town is?? They have not one but 2 dedicated multi-level parking garages. The slot machines are all themed some of them hilariously so like the Gone With the Wind slots and the Michael Jackson slots that have video footage of MJ doing the moonwalk as you play.
The employees who work here look bored and miserable. We stepped up to the 2nd floor to have a drink at The Stagecoach Bar (have I mentioned that Sam's Town is western themed?) and found our bar tender with a frown on his face trying to watch a Sunday night football game. We asked what his favorite drink to make was. He shrugged and said nothing. I ordered a dirty martini. He poured it heavy in a martini glass, with 3 fat olives and it only cost $3.50. My friend was playing the video slots buried in the bar top so her's was free. We meandered over to the penny slots where I won fifteen...cents. That's right. Jealous?? You should be. I printed the redemption ticket and took it home to hang on my cork board in my office as it bore the name Sam's Town and I'm in love.
Hands down the BEST part of Sam's Town is the atrium area in the middle. This is a courtyard type setting where the casino goes up several stories and each room's window is painted to look like it belongs in a western village from the 1880s. The top is all glass ceiling that looks to the sky. There is a large indoor waterfall known as Mystic Falls where they have daily and nightly shows.
What kind of shows you ask? Bad ass shows. This performance beats the Bellagio fountains by a mile. First off the waterfall is surrounded by mechanical animals that make real animal noises that dance when the music comes on. There are lasers and sprays of water that shoots up 10 feet into the air and a mysterious gray wolf that shows up and howls right as the lights go down and the show begins. If you need a place to sit to take in all the sights of the performance (and you are over 21) you can sit in the open air bar next to the falls and drink coffee with Baileys and whipped cream for $5. I can't think of anything more exciting in all of Vegas take THAT strip clubs and Tao nightclub.
When I have my wedding reception here someday you are all invited. I'm sure you cannot wait to come.