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| - I'm torn on the exact star rating. For just the overall hotel... it would be about 3.5 to 4 stars compared to other hotels in "Vegas." Away from Vegas, this would be closer to 4.5 to 5. When you go to Vegas you get so jaded about hotels but then you have to factor in dollar for dollar, what's your value? I'm sorry, but this hotel, you can get for around $25-$45 a night if you plan right. Now, compare that to other hotels for the same price. Driving in, I literally saw the Travelodge, a total hellhole, for "Starting at $39." Um, a dump for more than I was paying for a very nice hotel with a dose of everything.
You have to know what you're getting... this hotel is a far better price than where it sits on the foodchain. At the top, you have your;
Encore, Wynn, Bellagio, Venetian.
Then...
Palms, Mandalay, Monte Carlo, Luxor, MGM, etc...
Then...
NY, NY, Circus Circus, Harrah's, Golden Nugget, etc.
And this is right where the LVH would fall in line, right between that group and the following type;
Terribles, Palace Stations...
Then...
Imperial Palace, etc.
Now... with that said, look at the prices for the top hotels... and look at a dump like the Imperial Palace. For the price of a room at the Imperial Palace, which is still probably more expensive, you get a really solid Vegas experience.
However, there are some things on which to improve;
IMPROVEMENTS
#1 - ELEVATORS!!!! It's ridiculous, the waits. The reason why is that not all of them are working at one time and they are extremely slow. Better yet, some elevators, like the one in the Central Tower (floors 1-15), at the far end on the right... it'll literally reset all of the floor numbers on every floor. Numbers are pressed... then they vanish... you press them again... next floor, gone. Then someone will get on and punch a lower floor, you go all the way back down and start again. It's just absolutely the most ridiculously easy thing to fix and, clearly, this is not a priority. There are literally crowds downstairs waiting, like 30-40 deep, at all hours of the day and night.
#2 - The trash by the elevators. Over the course of the weekend, we noticed the same overflowing trash can for three mornings... where in the hell was housekeeping!? (Management, it was on the 14th floor.) And the crazy thing is that when the elevator would go down and open on some floors... different smells would loft in from the various other overflowing trash cans. People on the elevator noticed it before me but you definitely could smell it.
#3 - Controlling the people. With a mid-level hotel, you get mid to low level people coming in. There were kids at a basketball tournament, dribbling the balls in the lobby on the nice floor... nobody said a word to them but it just ruins the overall vibe... like, if they did that at the Bellagio, they'd be dragged outta there.
I really see and like the potential in this hotel... how awesome would it be if they could tidy up those details and still offer these amazing rates? But dollar for dollar, you're not gonna find this much to do or this nice of a hotel anywhere near these rates. It's easily worth $100 week nights, $150 weekends... so when I got a room for $25 a night and $45 on the weekend nights, it's a steal. Regardless, they need to get those elevators going because that's what everyone will remember... people were livid.
I'm giving it five stars because I always look at the 'wow' factor per dollar, and it's a no-brainer. It's not perfect here but it's far more value per dollar than basically anywhere in town.
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