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  • UntilTheNDofTimE
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    • 05-29-08
    • 9285

    #36
    Originally posted by frogsrangers
    One time I got LVH on Hotwire for $35 on a FRIDAY. Usually the weekend rates in Vegas are ridiculous, even places like Circus Circus are $100+, but LVH for $35 on a Friday? Count me in, isn't a bad hotel at all, might not have the festive atmosphere strip casinos do but it does its job, nice room at a low price. Can always take the monorail to the strip for more action if you choose

    Plus no resort fee
    I was walking around the hotel and saw super 8 and motel 6 and some other hooker looking hotels there were 40-50 a night. I was wondering how these places stay in business? just off hookers? cause LVH is 100x nicer for less.

    and yes the monorail prices arnt bad. i believe it was $12 for the entire day. Thats cheaper than a 1 way taxi ride and about the price youd pay for a car rental, but you dont need to wait in traffic.
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    • mcaulay777
      SBR MVP
      • 09-13-10
      • 1770

      #37
      Just got back from Vegas Last week.Still love the Southpoint cheap has everything for me and the wife cheap place to stay was a little noisey this time lot of families and crowded will be the last time i go during the summer. Stayed there a few days went to del mar and came back to vegas and Changed from Fiesta Henderson to Luxor.Hated Luxor very dark and crowded no cheap places to eat except a little food court.Las Vegas getting to young and touristy for me.Im actually liking Laughlin Better a little older crowd for me and the wife and lot slower then Vegas for me.For now on it is Laughlin for me.Except i will miss those great microbrews from Ellis Island.
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      • frogsrangers
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        • 04-25-12
        • 5792

        #38
        Originally posted by mcaulay777
        Just got back from Vegas Last week.Still love the Southpoint cheap has everything for me and the wife cheap place to stay was a little noisey this time lot of families and crowded will be the last time i go during the summer. Stayed there a few days went to del mar and came back to vegas and Changed from Fiesta Henderson to Luxor.Hated Luxor very dark and crowded no cheap places to eat except a little food court.Las Vegas getting to young and touristy for me.Im actually liking Laughlin Better a little older crowd for me and the wife and lot slower then Vegas for me.For now on it is Laughlin for me.Except i will me those great microbrews from Ellis Island.
        Being a local I like to hang out at Luxor, I like the atmosphere and the pyramid, and the book is good to watch sports at, and I have stayed there before, nice rooms and its cheap, sucks that there is a resort fee but from Sunday-Thursday you can get the room for about $55 total(including resort fee) which isn't bad, and I agree the places to eat suck, but its like that all over the strip, not just Luxor, you can't eat anywhere on the strip for cheap. But I agree, if you are going to spend the dough to eat on the strip, might as well do it at a quality place, not really much of that at Luxor besides TENDER Steak.

        And I agree its getting too young/touristy, caters too much toward the MTV party crowd these days, who only care about partying with loud music and getting drunk and trying to pick up skanks.
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        • frogsrangers
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          • 04-25-12
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          #39
          Originally posted by UntilTheNDofTimE
          I was walking around the hotel and saw super 8 and motel 6 and some other hooker looking hotels there were 40-50 a night. I was wondering how these places stay in business? just off hookers? cause LVH is 100x nicer for less.

          and yes the monorail prices arnt bad. i believe it was $12 for the entire day. Thats cheaper than a 1 way taxi ride and about the price youd pay for a car rental, but you dont need to wait in traffic.
          Because people actually live at those Motel 6's.

          And LVH can get expensive due to its proximity to the convention center, lots of people stay there for conventions, so there will be times when on travel sites you see LVH for $100+, usually means some convention is going on

          Motel 6/Super 8 have people living there, plus their prices will always be consistent, yeah LVH may be cheaper 80% of the time but those 20% of the time its not

          With that being said, I'd sleep in my car before ever staying at a Motel 6/Super 8. Personal experience plus have heard enough horror stories of dive joints like that. First and last time I stayed at a place like that, in Houston, only because the airport put me there due to a flight cancellation, got put in a dive joint motel that had people living in it, crack heads and hookers all over, lots of screaming and fighting and kids running around at 1am. People kept calling the phone in the room asking for a "Cherry", I am assuming this Cherry was the local hooker who usually occupied this room. Kept having people knock on my door, going door to door soliciting their sexual services, or asking for "Cherry". Door in the room next door looked like it had been kicked in at one point. Police sirens all night. Finally at around 3am, after being there for 4 hours, I left and went back to the airport. You couldn't pay me to stay at a place like that ever again.
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          • EmpireMaker
            SBR Posting Legend
            • 06-18-09
            • 15585

            #40
            Fishhead can point out a cushy dumpster for you.
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            • Avenger
              SBR MVP
              • 03-15-11
              • 2119

              #41
              Originally posted by jjgold
              Suncoast
              Sunset Station

              Two leading choices
              gold, what are you going to do there?
              That's prime surburban real estate there. Unless you want to find some over bleached, over tan cougar, I'd pass.

              Orleans, LVH, Tuscany Suites would be my recommendations.
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              • CanuckG
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                • 12-23-10
                • 21978

                #42
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                • jjgold
                  SBR Aristocracy
                  • 07-20-05
                  • 388179

                  #43
                  Canuck classic avatar

                  Avenger that is why...........probably nice
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                  • dbartinbwgc
                    SBR Wise Guy
                    • 11-11-08
                    • 795

                    #44
                    How long you planning on staying.
                    If your going a month or longer and want to be away from things.
                    Try Lake Las Vegas find a owner renting out his condo.
                    $600-1000 a month for a efficiency or 1 bed room.
                    That includes all utilities, cable phone and internet.
                    Casino is small no live dealers but does have a sports book kiosk
                    and will have a person thur-mon to take bets.
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                    • Iwinyourmoney
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                      • 04-18-07
                      • 18368

                      #45
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                      • jjgold
                        SBR Aristocracy
                        • 07-20-05
                        • 388179

                        #46
                        Originally posted by dbartinbwgc
                        How long you planning on staying.
                        If your going a month or longer and want to be away from things.
                        Try Lake Las Vegas find a owner renting out his condo.
                        $600-1000 a month for a efficiency or 1 bed room.
                        That includes all utilities, cable phone and internet.
                        Casino is small no live dealers but does have a sports book kiosk
                        and will have a person thur-mon to take bets.
                        Bart good advice

                        The big turnoff on strip is fighting crowds in hotels

                        Nice to go in daytime and check books out a few days but that is it
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                        • QuantumLeap
                          SBR Hall of Famer
                          • 08-22-08
                          • 6883

                          #47
                          Originally posted by UntilTheNDofTimE
                          I was walking around the hotel and saw super 8 and motel 6 and some other hooker looking hotels there were 40-50 a night. I was wondering how these places stay in business? just off hookers? cause LVH is 100x nicer for less.

                          and yes the monorail prices arnt bad. i believe it was $12 for the entire day. Thats cheaper than a 1 way taxi ride and about the price youd pay for a car rental, but you dont need to wait in traffic.
                          I agree. You can get drunk in a casino on the strip and take the monorail back.
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                          • Brock Landers
                            SBR Aristocracy
                            • 06-30-08
                            • 45359

                            #48
                            JJ

                            Would you welcome me along with you on this visit???
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                            • jjgold
                              SBR Aristocracy
                              • 07-20-05
                              • 388179

                              #49
                              YES

                              Brock I should get a 40ft bed and we can have 15 posters split cost of room

                              Will be like $10 a night
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                              • crustyme
                                SBR Posting Legend
                                • 09-29-10
                                • 16896

                                #50
                                stay at a hostel for $12.



                                you can share a bunk bed and toilet with other trailer trash.

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                                • Avenger
                                  SBR MVP
                                  • 03-15-11
                                  • 2119

                                  #51
                                  Originally posted by jjgold
                                  Canuck classic avatar

                                  Avenger that is why...........probably nice
                                  Yep, very nice. I'll probably run into. Oh boy!

                                  I guess if you cast your persona aside, and just want a bowl of seafood gumbo and a chianti, this is the place for you. But you might get bored, not to many happening bars or strip clubs (I think Henderson has 2 strip clubs). It's a medium drive to any places with lots of action. There's a Barnes and Nobles and a Whole Foods nearby.

                                  Green Valley Ranch and the District a bit more happening than Sunset station. Suncoast has a sh*tload of old people, but really nice shopping center nearby. All of them in nice areas though, Suncoast the best. Also really cheap bowling!

                                  Let us know what you decide.
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                                  • spike420211
                                    SBR High Roller
                                    • 08-16-12
                                    • 135

                                    #52
                                    Originally posted by frogsrangers
                                    Being a local I like to hang out at Luxor, I like the atmosphere and the pyramid, and the book is good to watch sports at, and I have stayed there before, nice rooms and its cheap, sucks that there is a resort fee but from Sunday-Thursday you can get the room for about $55 total(including resort fee) which isn't bad, and I agree the places to eat suck, but its like that all over the strip, not just Luxor, you can't eat anywhere on the strip for cheap. But I agree, if you are going to spend the dough to eat on the strip, might as well do it at a quality place, not really much of that at Luxor besides TENDER Steak.

                                    And I agree its getting too young/touristy, caters too much toward the MTV party crowd these days, who only care about partying with loud music and getting drunk and trying to pick up skanks.
                                    Wat about the Happy Hotel [right across from the Luxor]?
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                                    • frogsrangers
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                                      • 04-25-12
                                      • 5792

                                      #53
                                      Originally posted by spike420211
                                      Wat about the Happy Hotel [right across from the Luxor]?
                                      Not sure if it exists anymore
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                                      • frogsrangers
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                                        • 04-25-12
                                        • 5792

                                        #54
                                        Originally posted by crustyme
                                        Trailer trash likes to flock to one of the strip hotels I work at. I work at a 4 diamond hotel, so its not a dive joint, but it seems like we get nothing but white trash, blacks, and foreigners who speak no english
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                                        • frogsrangers
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                                          • 04-25-12
                                          • 5792

                                          #55
                                          Originally posted by spike420211
                                          Wat about the Happy Hotel [right across from the Luxor]?
                                          Actually it does exist.... getting bad reviews though

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                                          • Avenger
                                            SBR MVP
                                            • 03-15-11
                                            • 2119

                                            #56
                                            Originally posted by frogsrangers
                                            Trailer trash likes to flock to one of the strip hotels I work at. I work at a 4 diamond hotel, so its not a dive joint, but it seems like we get nothing but white trash, blacks, and foreigners who speak no english
                                            Don't you work at Treasure Island?

                                            I like it, it's convenient (no mile walk to car), you can walk to Fashion Show Mall. Food is decent.

                                            Geez, tough crowd here.
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                                            • DOMINATER
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                                              • 12-10-09
                                              • 3698

                                              #57
                                              J go up to Lake Tahoe Instead?
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                                              • Iwinyourmoney
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                                                • 04-18-07
                                                • 18368

                                                #58
                                                Unreal.

                                                JJ I got a bunch of free rooms at MGM I can set you up with
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                                                • frogsrangers
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                                                  • 04-25-12
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                                                  #59
                                                  Originally posted by Avenger
                                                  Don't you work at Treasure Island?

                                                  I like it, it's convenient (no mile walk to car), you can walk to Fashion Show Mall. Food is decent.

                                                  Geez, tough crowd here.
                                                  Not saying which hotels I work at, but its not Treasure Island

                                                  I like Treasure Island because its a bit more laid back, but I don't go there often, I spend most of my leisure time at Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, Palms, Hard Rock, and Tropicana.
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                                                  • jjgold
                                                    SBR Aristocracy
                                                    • 07-20-05
                                                    • 388179

                                                    #60
                                                    Originally posted by Avenger
                                                    Yep, very nice. I'll probably run into. Oh boy!

                                                    I guess if you cast your persona aside, and just want a bowl of seafood gumbo and a chianti, this is the place for you. But you might get bored, not to many happening bars or strip clubs (I think Henderson has 2 strip clubs). It's a medium drive to any places with lots of action. There's a Barnes and Nobles and a Whole Foods nearby.

                                                    Green Valley Ranch and the District a bit more happening than Sunset station. Suncoast has a sh*tload of old people, but really nice shopping center nearby. All of them in nice areas though, Suncoast the best. Also really cheap bowling!

                                                    Let us know what you decide.
                                                    How is Sportsbook at Suncoast???
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                                                    • frogsrangers
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                                                      • 04-25-12
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                                                      #61
                                                      Originally posted by jjgold
                                                      How is Sportsbook at Suncoast???
                                                      Sportsbooks are Sportsbooks

                                                      Really the only difference is how the layout of the seats are and how many screens they have and how big the TVs are

                                                      I like the Cantor Books when I am about business, but I like the Mandalay Bay/Luxor/MGM Grand books to watch big events with other sports fans.
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                                                      • jjgold
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                                                        • 07-20-05
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                                                        #62
                                                        Some are nicer though, better seats
                                                        LED Boards and not tvs to display odds

                                                        Have you ever been to Suncoast?
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                                                        • frogsrangers
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                                                          • 04-25-12
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                                                          #63
                                                          Originally posted by jjgold
                                                          Some are nicer though, better seats
                                                          LED Boards and not tvs to display odds

                                                          Have you ever been to Suncoast?
                                                          Can't say I have

                                                          Usually go to the Palms because its the closest to my house

                                                          If I am in a more festive mood I go to one on the strip
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                                                          • Vaughany
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                                                            • 03-07-10
                                                            • 45563

                                                            #64
                                                            Originally posted by jjgold
                                                            Cheap rates and nice quiet hotels

                                                            Sportsbooks not bad either

                                                            I figure maybe go down to strip only a few times during trip

                                                            I want to be peaceful and have a nice get away

                                                            Light gambling, eating, pussy and visit a few guys there
                                                            Was tht comma an error?
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                                                            • El Nino
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                                                              • 05-03-12
                                                              • 18426

                                                              #65
                                                              Originally posted by jjgold
                                                              I think it will be less stress

                                                              Lets face it being on strip is nice but do you really need it everyday??

                                                              Looking now

                                                              Anyone know of good hotels
                                                              JJ, Green Valley Ranch is nice.
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                                                              • Mjh702
                                                                SBR High Roller
                                                                • 12-18-11
                                                                • 114

                                                                #66
                                                                Originally posted by HoulihansTX
                                                                I live about 4 miles from Red Rock. Great area, and its a young persons hangout.
                                                                I live 0.4 miles from the red rock. First round on me
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                                                                • Mjh702
                                                                  SBR High Roller
                                                                  • 12-18-11
                                                                  • 114

                                                                  #67
                                                                  Originally posted by frogsrangers
                                                                  Trailer trash likes to flock to one of the strip hotels I work at. I work at a 4 diamond hotel, so its not a dive joint, but it seems like we get nothing but white trash, blacks, and foreigners who speak no english
                                                                  You work at Excalibur or circus circus???
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                                                                  • Brock Landers
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                                                                    • 06-30-08
                                                                    • 45359

                                                                    #68
                                                                    Originally posted by frogsrangers
                                                                    Not saying which hotels I work at, but its not Treasure Island

                                                                    I like Treasure Island because its a bit more laid back, but I don't go there often, I spend most of my leisure time at Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, Palms, Hard Rock, and Tropicana.
                                                                    Frogs, i LOVE the Hard Rock, the music playing is always top notch, the decor is cool as hell and they have great food, a win-win all over
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                                                                    • El Nino
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                                                                      • 05-03-12
                                                                      • 18426

                                                                      #69
                                                                      Originally posted by Brock Landers
                                                                      Frogs, i LOVE the Hard Rock, the music playing is always top notch, the decor is cool as hell and they have great food, a win-win all over
                                                                      Brock, what's the best show you've seen live?
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                                                                      • Brock Landers
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                                                                        • 06-30-08
                                                                        • 45359

                                                                        #70
                                                                        Originally posted by El Nino
                                                                        Brock, what's the best show you've seen live?
                                                                        Guns n' Roses...Chicago, 1992

                                                                        Check it out on YouTube, its all there. Amazing performance
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