Rented a car at McCarran and drove to the SLS. Traffic on Sahara and the Strip all messed up because of a Rock in Rio music festival Strip road closures later in the evening. I used the Paradise Road entrance to the self parking the rest of my stay at SLS and Paradise Road is a lot more civilized than the Strip. I recommend using that entrance to SLS if you're driving or hailing a cab. Self parking became painless.
Check in was fine. Pounding dance music in the casino in the former Sahara Hotel and the pool area too. Fred Segal of Beverly Hills stores open late at night. Everything downstairs looks like it was gutted and completely remodeled. The rooms are probably the same size as before, but totally remodeled. Very modern look with the bed under the bedroom window. Lots of mirrors, absence of dressers or closet doors, and use of pocket doors made the room feel bigger than it was. Never heard the music festival across the street because we were on the other side of the hotel.
Changing channels on the TV was a pain because of the apparent lack of a on-screen menu programming choices. Don't forget to use your room card to activate the elevators on the ground floor. Check out on the TV didn't work, so we checked out by phone with the front desk.
Got some freebies from the SLS frequent gambler card. SLS is at the north end of the Strip and is served by the Monorail.