Last time I was there, everything was overpriced. The cowboys were replaced by pony tail metrosexual guys jealously guarding the luggage carts in hotel lobbies so you had to schlep your own luggage to the room or give them a tip to use the carts. The showgirls were replaced by less than classy prostitutes.
After that, every visit to Vegas was a straight trip from the airport to the car rental center on Gillespie and drive out of town as fast as you safely could.
If you wanted a casino or reasonable prices, head north on I-15 to the suburbs, the Indian Reservation or Mesquite.
“Last time I was there, everything was overpriced. The cowboys were replaced by pony tail metrosexual guys jealously guarding the luggage carts in hotel lobbies so you had to schlep your own luggage to the room or give them a tip to use the carts. The showgirls were replaced by less than classy prostitutes.”
I haven’t been there in maybe 15 years. Since then I’ve read that they charge for parking and have ‘resort fees’ that are for the privege of walking through your hotel lobby, or using the casino.
No thanks, but also no big deal to me, as I’ve already written off this country. It was a good ride, but our WW2 Generation, the so-called ‘Greatest Generation’, didn’t bother to raise their kids, and so flat-out Communists got to, and then we looked the other way, as the cancer spread and spread. Game over, now. For me, now, it’s just a matter of getting rid of my house, and then getting out of here, for good.
I’ll spend my remaining years overseas, in places that are still able to be civilized (there are still some left).
Sam's Town on Boulder Highway is still our favorite. Safe, clean nicely situated with everything you need under one roof. About the same prices as the strip though.
Then we drive to the Golden Nugget and do Freemont Street just for the freak show.