Originally Posted by
FuzzyDunlop
You're in college, you're not going to be in your room that much, passing out and maybe fingerbanging some coug. Don't waste trip money on hotel, no need to get into a $300/night place, your focus should be on location. You want to be toward the nicer end of the strip, your cheap options are Bally's, Flamingo, Harrah's with Harrah's being the nicest of the three by far. Pretty nice rooms, decent restaurants, great prices and more importantly you're across the street from Mandalay, Caesar's, Bellagio...Venetian and Palazzo are right down the street etc. Other side of the strip will cost less than $10 in a cab, if you just have to see NY NY and the other 90s themed properties, less than $15 to Hard Rock, but it will cost around $22 to get downtown to Old Vegas.
The Nugget has really, really nice rooms for cheap money...but you're surrounded by sketchy downtown.