I am also giving a 3 stars because of the following:
PRO:
1) really cheap price ($26/nite on weekdays)
2) free unlimited access to tower is awesome. the view is really nice, and watching drunk people jump off the tower is fun too.
3) room is decent enough for the price
4) good location (not far from new hotels on the strip)
Mehs:
1) there are lots of weird and depressed looking people here.
2) the whole place isnt kept up. parking lot is dirty and scary, lots of places not clean, furniture in room pretty old.
3) area is creepy and scary. even the downtown area (which is really bad compared to new hotel areas) was a whole lot cleaner, brighter and with happier looking people.
this is a good place to stay for the first one or two nites in vegas, because the view from the tower is really beautiful and its a must see. but other than that, better food, fun, and happier people are somewhere else.