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| - I grew up with family in Vegas. My mom's aunt and uncle were semi-pro gamblers, so I spent the 80s learning keno at Binion's and bingo at Sam's Town. That being said, I love downtown. I am not going to lie, every stay, I wistfully long for 1.99 steak and eggs and 50 cent keno at Binion's, but the gas crisis is over, Reagan is gone, and those days are long past.
Nonetheless, I stay downtown every other trip to Vegas. Almost always at the Nugget - it appeases my wife as a "Strip-like" hotel. But, this time, I sought variety (and a deal), so we went to the Downtown Grand.
Sure, it's the old dumpy ass Lady Luck. But, it's been redone, and it's nice. Don't let the earplugs in your room fool you - it was a pretty nice room, and, after the cheap drinks downtown (and free drinks at the tables in the lobby), I slept like a heavily intoxicated baby. (Remember that smoking baby from Indonesia? I slept like that).
We stayed in the premium tower, so we got a beautifully red corner room - it was seriously huge. Added bonus, my wife had a great view across the street where they were filming some semi-pro porn video in another tower. (No, seriously, she took pictures). The pool area was super nice, and I liked the free water in the room (because you know - you get screwed on that stuff everywhere else).
Ok, so why not 5 stars? They seemed a little short on staff, when I checked in, there was only one valet working, so I waited half an hour to unload my luggage. There were only two people working at checkout, so there was a long line.
Despite all that, I left pretty happy. We definitely would stay here again.
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