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If your hotel is near a Las Vegas Monorail stop (MGM Grand, Bally’s/Paris-Las Vegas, Flamingo, Harrah’s Las Vegas, Las Vegas Convention Center, Westgate Las Vegas), we recommend taking the monorail to its northern terminus, SLS Las Vegas. Instead of paying the $5 one-way fare, you’ll want to spring for the $12/24-hour ticket. Once you reach SLS, you can walk over to the Strip and catch the double-decker Deuce, which will take you to Fremont Street. Six dollars gets you a two-hour pass and $8 allows you to ride for 24 hours. In other words, you can ride all you want for $20 apiece.
Or, to save money (if not time), you can take the Deuce from any major Strip hotel from Mandalay Bay northwards. Be warned, it’s a very slow-moving ride, due to the heavy traffic on the Strip and out-of-towners struggling to come up with the right fare as they board. So, by taking the monorail, you avoid the most time-consuming part of taking the Deuce and pick it up at the point where it becomes a speedier ride to Downtown. We hope this helps and that you are able to save some transportation dollars on your next trip to Las Vegas.
(For those who prefer to stay off-Strip but want to see downtown, Sam’s Town offers free shuttles to the California Hotel & Casino and Fremont Hotel & Casino, the latter of which is on Fremont Street, as its name would suggest. Other casinos, including Gold Coast, Orleans, Silverton, M Resort, and Rampart offer complimentary rides to the Strip, from whence you can follow the instructions above.)