We arrived very late on a Friday night (early sat morning) after coming from the east coast with several plane delays. We chose to stay here due to the proximity to the Hoover dam trail head. Checked in by a very kind gentleman who ended up giving us an upgrade to the 15th floor after I mentioned a room with a view would be cool. Top 4 floors have been all re done and are very nice. We could see lake mead from our room and the sunrises were especially beautiful. The whole staff in all areas of the facility were very nice. Hotel is very clean and comfortable and ground floor where bar/casino/store/restaurants are located is very modern and tastefully decorated. Great place to stay off the strip! Only about a half hour to Vegas. If you want to be away from the craziness of the strip I recommend you stay here! If you do the 7 mile round trip hike to the dam, be sure to wear comfortable closed toe shoes, bring lots of water and don't do it if the weather expects to be much over 80 degrees, otherwise it's pretty scorching!