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| - I hate this hotel more than I can say. I'd give them a negative star and beg people to tear it down, but the Forum shops are okay, and their concert venue is really nice, so I'll add a star for that. Other than that, this place is overpriced and over-rated crap.
Their casino is awful. Their machines have some of the lowest payouts in Vegas. Their table games have some of the highest minimum bets on the strip, and their staff is snobbish and rude. If you aren't laying down $100 per hand, then you are simply not worth their time.
The last time I was there was about a year ago. I actually had one of their pit bosses SNEER at me when I asked if there were any $10 Blackjack tables available, and he told me me it might be best if I found a lower class hotel to play in. EXCUSE ME?!?! I was wearing dress pants and a polo at the time, so it's not like I was looking trashy...I was just waiting for my concert to start and wanting to blow $100 or $150 while I waited.
The hotel itself was probably considered really nice when it was built in 1962, but it is completely dated and tacky compared to anything else on the strip. It looks like some 60 year old Persian guy went nuts with marble statues and gold spray paint. (Not trying to be racist, but that stereotype is the only way I can think to describe the absurd level of tacky)
Do yourself a favor. Play somewhere else. Oh, and for less money, you can upgrade to a pretty nice suite at any of the folowing for a MUCH better experience: Mirage, TI, the Monte Carlo, and the Venetian.
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