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El Cortez - Downtown Las Vegas

Advantages: Relatively cheap
Disadvantages: Noisy.

El Cortez is one of those old places that still survive the demolition frenzy in Las Vegas. Located in Downtown - not the best place to go if you're here for just one or two days - is one of the locals favorite, well sort of.. It used to be a place humming with activity, however, given the return of the machines (which locals favor) you can find some days where many areas are devoid of customers. The cocktail waitresses provide a fair service and ...
...casino floor had a recent remodeling and everything looks a bit more pleasant than in the past. One restaurant (Roberta's) offers passable fair and there's also a coffee shop with prices starting around $6 (Gone are the days of .99c breakfasts). Also a new Chinese restaurant attached to the coffee shop for those who want to eat a lighter fare. In general the whole place is a bit above others in the area (Total dumps) but way below many of the new ...

carloslvnv 17.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of El Cortez Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas

Place your bets. . . . No more bets!

Advantages: In the middle of it!
Disadvantages: No longer hosts the World Series of Poker!

The History of the Horseshoe ******************************* Binions horseshoe is commonly known for its high stakes gaming whether it be poker craps blackjack etc. In 1946 an illegal bootlegger by the name of Benny Binion needed to get out of Dallas,born in 1904 this texan cowboy had a list of offences as long as the arm of the law,they included theft, weapon charges and of course gambling.So Benny decided it was time to leave all this behind ...
...gambling was legal,NEVADA,In 1951 Benny brought an old casino and promptly changed the name to Binions Horseshoe. One of the first things he did was raise the limits of the games to "Get em in" he duly raised the limits up to 10 times of what casinos around him did,he offered free drinks to slots machine players and organised limousines to pick up customers from the airport. In the late 1950`s Benny was imprisoned for tax evasion not for his involvement ...

dazmufc 18.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas

Big,Brash, Bold bit getting tired.

Advantages: Iconic place to stay.
Disadvantages: Decor was tired and a bit shabby

We stayed at the Luxor twice recently. Our first impression after a transatlantic flight was WOW!!! It was huge! I have never seen a hotel on this scale before. It took us over an hour to check in, we were queing for aboslutely ages, and I have no idea why as we were the only ones from our flight staying there! It felt a bit like queing for a ride at Disney world! Our room was on the 21st floor and again it was huge, we were blown away but after ...
...either. The following morning we went to look at the pool and spa and casino. Again the sheer size of everything is amazing and we were gobsmacked. I think we walked about with our mouths open for ages! I sampled the spa and it was lovely, nothing special but for 60 dollars you cant complain. The pool areas were absolutely packed because they had roped of one of the pools for work. We had breakfast in the hotel which was very pricey but good. We ...

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Review of Luxor, Las Vegas

A little bit of Venice in the middle of the desert.

Advantages: Safe and secure great facilities very luxurious suites extremely comfortable.
Disadvantages: Time share touts in all the hotels in Las Vegas.

The Venetian hotel is a 5 Star high quality hotel and like all the hotels in Las Vegas it is a spectacularly decorated and themed hotel based on Venice with a canal that goes from a lagoon on the outside right through the middle of the hotel and various squares restaurants and shopping malls inside. Nothing can prepare you for the brilliant and opulence of the hotel. Looking at pictures and its web site you are ill prepared for what you are about ...
...arrive at the arrivals area of the hotel foyer. It is a covered area and the porters and car directors are dressed in traditional black trousers, striped T-shirts and straw hats giving the impression that they are gondoliers. The area is quite busy and you need to have your wits about you as cars constantly drive in and drop off passengers and pick up passengers leaving the hotel. There are pedestrian walk ways which I would advise you to keep to. ...

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Review of The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas

If only all Stations were like this one

Advantages: Manageable size, comfortable rooms, good service, excellent food and drink, value for money
Disadvantages: Location is about as far from the Strip as you can get , no entertainment

...characters moved out. The Main Street Station is a rarity because the casino has been lovingly preserved, giving you an idea of what it would have been like to gamble in the city in the era of burlesque as the entire theme of the place is Victorian. The Location Downtown Las Vegas is situated to the north of the Strip - when there's little traffic it only takes about 15 to 20 minutes in a cab to McCarran International Airport, however this being ...
...The hotel is located on Main Street, and is a short walk from Fremont Street, which is the main street for hotels and casinos in the downtown area. It is located about a five minute walk from the Downtown Transportation Center, where you can catch many service buses throughout the city, including the main "Deuce" bus which runs from downtown along the Strip. Hotel rooms face either the freeway heading north on one side, or the railroad on the other. ...

rosebud2001 08.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Main Street Station Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas