I've stayed here 4 times in a span of about 7 years. Same old dive each time, and I've returned each time mainly because of unbeatable cost, considering its prime location in the middle of the new strip. You know: save bundles on room, splurge on meals.
With the last visit, however, I think I may have exhausted my patience and tolerance for the fact that they have always booked me in a smoking room every time I reserved a non-smoking room. And -- each time -- upon checking in, they insist that I reserved a smoking room. Customer service skills are non-existent here. They don't always service/clean the rooms daily. The rooms are about par with a C-grade Motel 6 and always leave at least one lasting memory. On my last visit, it was the greasy soiled fabric on the headboards. Lovely.
Then they charge you $2 for the phone even if you never picked it up? WTF?? Is that now a universal thing with all the strip casino hotels? How Vegas indeed.
That's it, I've had it.