It's not especially easy to distinguish the hotels from casinos in Las Vegas. In fact, most of them are one and the same. Only a handful of casinos actually exist in the city without rooms placed somewhere, while the only hotels that don't include gambling anywhere are the Las Vegas resorts spread throughout the city. Thus, not being able to find one of the Las Vegas casino hotels is like not being able to find your car keys while you are driving.
Las Vegas casino hotels number over 100 within the city limits. As always, the most famous and popular of these are located up and down the Vegas strip, over a mile and a half of hotel casinos ready to let you try your luck. Starting from Mandalay Bay in the south and moving north towards the Stratosphere, you'll find one Las Vegas hotels casino after another. A few yards down any intersecting street will also bring you to one of many Las Vegas casino hotels. Hooters Casino and Hotel, the Westin, and the Hilton are just a couple examples of great locations just off the main strip.
Las Vegas casino hotels in the downtown area have a slightly different appeal, shunning most of the city's penchant for ostentation and instead focusing on those who just want to throw their money around. The limits are often lower than you'll find at strip hotel casinos, but this is the area where serious gamblers often spend their time. With the exception of the best casinos on the strip, this is the place to find the best comps, the best odds on craps and the Fremont Street Experience is nothing to scoff at either.
Until my trip there in March 2008, I had not been to Las Vegas for years. There's a lot of new construction still going on there, so the landscape is constantly changing. One very convenient improvement since my previous visit is the addition of the Las Vegas Monorail that runs parallel to the Strip. You can see part of the monorail track in front of the MGM Grand in this picture. It was only $9 for an all day pass last time I checked, and if you are planning on traveling between a few different casinos on the Strip, the monorail is much quicker than walking. I walked the length of the Vegas Strip from the Stratosphere to Luxor and back to Stratosphere, and later found out it was about an 8 mile walk round trip (no wonder my feet hurt so much the next day). I've read that the monorail is going to have an extension out to the airport by 2011.
the house that fame built. Hip, modern, decidedly dramatic, and the centerpiece of the Las Vegas Strip,Planet Hollywood Resort & Poker room is more than the newest hotel in town.
It’s the shopping, dining and gambling destination of choice for the city that celebrates celebrity.
Planet Hollywood Resort & Poker room has all the action you can handle with three acres of gaming,
a variety of tables and slots, a huge poker room, The Playing Field race and sports book,
while go-go dancers cavort overhead.In this beautiful, new, smoke-free poker room is home to 15 tables, where every minute of every day
you'll find high-hand jackpots ranging from $50 to $599.
Cash games include $2-4, $4-8 and $10-20 limit Texas Holdem, Pineapple and Omaha.
No Limit Texas Holdem games range from $1–2, $2–5, and $5-5 blinds.
The Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, is one of the newest and most luxurious hotels in all of Sin City. Steve Wynn, former owner and founder of Bellagio, Mirage, and Treasure Island set out to create a new standard of luxury with the Wynn, and to a large degree, he succeeded.The Wynn has a simple, elegant exterior design, some of the most upscale shops in Vegas, and breathtaking waterfalls, lakes, and other water features.
The Wynn is the only casino hotel in the world to receive the AAA 5 Diamond, Michelin 5 Red Pavilions, and the Mobil 5 Star awards- a very impressive feat.
The rooms are beautifully decorated, as you would expect from a Steve Wynn property, the restaurants are excellent, and the meeting and banquet facilities are exceptional.For golfers, the Wynn has a truly beautiful course, complete a 40 foot tall waterfall and immaculate fairways and greens. The price is steep (over $500) but well worth it if you can afford it.
The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and its new sister hotel, the Palazzo, are two of the most luxurious and upscale hotels in Nevada.The Venetian, with its signature canals, gondola rides, and soaring bell tower, has been one of my favorites since it opened several years ago.
The rooms in the Venetian are large, plus, and simply beautiful, decorated with an Italian flair, and come with a sunken living room, a dining table, walk-in closets, and a convertible sofa.


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