Stayed at the El Cortez from 3/19-3/23 for March Madness. This will unfortunately most likely be the last of 4 consecutive years spent at this location with all of my out of town friends. The price is certainly right, $330 for 4 nights...it has steadily increased each year without much additional service. I stayed in the "Pavilion Rooms" this year. They are located directly above the garage and have direct access to an outdoor walkway. This meant a lot of blaring music from Fremont each night until 1-2am. The room also smelt of marijuana all day every day.
The main reason that the stay was disappointing was the March Madness "Fiesta Room" viewing party the hotel held. I had specifically reached out to the El Cortez via Facebook prior to booking the stay to ensure they would be having their AMAZING $1 beers and dogs at the party. They assured me that they would so I went ahead and booked the room. We found out that this was not the case upon checking in, they had tripled the beer cost and doubled the dog cost. Still not breaking the bank at $3/$2 but it was more about the incorrect information. Luckily we were able to return to a previous favorite spot, Benny's Bullpen in Binions ($2.50 20 ounce Miller Lites) to spend our time and money.