Only available July 3-5. $125 per night, two-night stay required. $25 food credit (once) and $25 slot play per day. Plus tax, of course. So, net cost of $87.50 per night, and the taxes will make it about $100 a night. Not bad for a busy holiday period.
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yeah they know it's awfully hot in Vegas in July. That's why the hotel rates usually are lower in July. Amazing that they lower the rates even during your big holiday weekend. I take it it's because some groups of tourists decided to avoid the U.S. for poitical reason.
People are staying away from Vegas. if you drive to Vegas, then there's a chance that your car could break down because of the heat. And if you fly into Vegas then there's always the heat outside until you finally arrive at the hotel. the wait outside until you have your seat in the cab or in the shuttle. It's not a great time to visit (July). I've done it once. Never again. The best way to handle that if you have your place right in Vegas and your a/c is working, and perhaps you even have a back-up system to make sure that you will not get caught in the heat with a broken a/c.
Even for locals it's not an easy time of the year. Pedestrians having a hard time when commuting by busses. At the bus stops it can get incredibly warm if the bus is not running on time, and once you get into the airconditioned bus you think it's better but of course the busses are overloaded. Especially at nights I used to see a lot of people sleeping in the bus. People that obviously have no better place to sleep but a public bus they use that moving motel seat to get at least little bit of rest in a cooled down einvironment. what a mess. The best routes for these subjects are probably the busses heading to Henderson and back. Gives them plenty of room in the bus and a fairly long riding distance.
And even for hotels it's not that easy. They have to deal with look-like tourists sitting and waiting in those comfy chairs nearby the hotel lobbies, apparently waiting for something, but in reality having their eyes closed. Amazingly, some of these people sleep with sunshades and a cappy on. Would a normal person sleep in the bed with sunglasses on? Go figure.
Some of them are sitting there for hours. I see that from time to time. Surveillance and Security has an eye for that, even though it is not so obvious at first glance.
Some of these subjects are even smarter. They learned and know exactly where to position themselves for a free and relaxed stay in comfort of a cooled-down room. A way to do that is to have used and not valid room keys available so they can slide through the security check-point near the hotel elevators just to go up to a hotel floor level and and a place where there are very comfy couches or chairs but no noise at all. The perfect place for a nap while it's 100 degrees outside. Plus, there they can even use the free wif-fi and charge their phones. To me, as a hotel guest, such experiences are making me feel uncomfortable. It's irritating and also a question of sequrity.
These people hanging around in certain and not so much surveilled zones may look like tourists, but in reality some of them are not....and you know what I am referring to. The days are over when these people were hanging around at the casino pools all day and nobody was paying attention. I like it. Still, I see some of these folks waiting at the gates and sliding through as soon as somebody is entering or exiting the pool area.
These are my personal experiences many people perhaps have not thought about when visiting your great city. I stay away from Vegas during the summer time. And I have my reasons for that.
Originally posted by: Boris Radtke
yeah they know it's awfully hot in Vegas in July. That's why the hotel rates usually are lower in July. Amazing that they lower the rates even during your big holiday weekend. I take it it's because some groups of tourists decided to avoid the U.S. for poitical reason.
People are staying away from Vegas. if you drive to Vegas, then there's a chance that your car could break down because of the heat. And if you fly into Vegas then there's always the heat outside until you finally arrive at the hotel. the wait outside until you have your seat in the cab or in the shuttle. It's not a great time to visit (July). I've done it once. Never again. The best way to handle that if you have your place right in Vegas and your a/c is working, and perhaps you even have a back-up system to make sure that you will not get caught in the heat with a broken a/c.
Even for locals it's not an easy time of the year. Pedestrians having a hard time when commuting by busses. AT the bus stops it's incredibly warm and once you get into the airconditioned bus you think it's better but of course the busses are overloaded. Especially at nights I see a lot of people sleeping in the bus. People that obviously have no place to sleep use that moving motel seat to get at least little bit of rest in a cooled down einvironment.
And even for hotels it's not that easy. I see people sitting in the hotel lobbies from time to time. Some of them are sitting there for hours. They may look like tourists, but in reality some of them are not....and you know what I am referring to.
Yeah, there are supposed to be "cooling centers" that let people park inside on benches or even on the floor, water, bathrooms, etc. but they have limited capacity and of course, since Vegas is MAGA, what limited funding there was, was slashed, because God knows, the city doesn't collect enough in taxes (roll eyes).
A Vegas visit that time of year can be tolerable if you just go to one hotel and do everything there and don't emerge again--maybe South Point or one of the big Strip megatoilets, or the Plaza downtown. You'll only be exposed to the heat as you arrive and when you leave.
That said, they're expecting larger crowds than usual this Fourth of July because it's the 250th. It's horrid, sickening, and disgusting that at this iconic moment in our history, we have Hitler Lite at the helm, but regardless, there's going to be a lot of fireworks, etc. In most other cities, there will be a lot of outdoor events, BBQs, etc., but not in 110-degree Vegas.
I can see plenty of fireworks right here in Oregon, though, and unlike in some other places, we won't see Trump's face painted on the sky in sparkly colors. And overall, my feeling is that visiting Vegas in July is like visiting Minneapolis or Fairbanks in January. Interesting places, but why endure extreme discomfort?
And yeah, driving to Vegas is no bueno that time of year. Your A/C can only sort of handle it, and your car will be working very, very hard...especially with all those climbs and descents on the way there. And of course, thanks to Turd gas prices, you'll really pay to get there.
I only mentioned the Downtown Grand offer because there are some people who actually don't mind the pizza oven and would like to go there for the weekend.
summary: I still like Vegas as one of the most fascinating and best gambling places in the world. I mean, Macau is generating much more, but it's so different. Cyprus has fantastic resorts and is comping me fully , incl cash back, and it has the ocean nearby. But nothing can be compared to Vegas. But there are these side-effects, and the summer heat, the people that fell through the grid, the gas prices because of a useless and not legitimate war that will have no end in sight (2nd Vietnam!) and the world has to pay the price for this now. In my opinion, if you own a nice place in Vegas and have the money to finance it all, then the summer heat and all the other negative aspects that are showing right now do not affect you at all. Plus you have 2 new cars in your aironditioned parking garage , then Vegas is a fantastic place, even in the summer. But not for the poor locals or the bargain oriented low-roller tourists, or all those people working at low wages (the bottom feeder jobs) or people at the age of 70+ still having to work because they forgot to take care of their private retirement plan or instead had to feed their gambling addiction all life through until it was too late to think about and adjust. Working as a cleaner or in a gas station at the age of 72 or so can't be fun. Still, I see that too in Vegas. Makes me wonder what is it that people didn't make better choices and prepared themself accordingly when they had the time to do so.
And yes, Vegas is pretty much like a pizza oven, turned on at medium temperature. It's a place I have to avoid until fall is in sight. No matter how cheap the room rates are gonna be. I wonder why Laughlin is no longer offering 24 dollar rooms without resort fee plus a meal voucher. Those were the good times for Laughlin.
It's a misapprehension that Vegas is some kind of nexus of American social malaise. Every large city has lots of residents on the lower rungs of society. Vegas seems to have more because with the mostly tolerable weather, they're more visible. You don't see as many homeless people in Minneapolis or Boston as you do in L.A. or Vegas, not because the latter two cities are hotbeds of liberal permissiveness (as MAGA loves to say), but because there, the weather probably won't kill you if you don't have shelter.
If someone reaches age 70 and is still in financial straits, I wouldn't judge them by saying they obviously must have made bad life choices. Medical and financial issues occur. Shit happens. And our societal safety net is pitiful. You come from Europe, where nobody dies from failing to be a good capitalist. I don't think Europeans truly understand how precarious existence in America can be.
I like the summer, a little less crowded, it's ok in evenings and nights. Used to say mornings but I don't get up that early anymore. Coming from Oklahoma where it's almost as hot and a lot more humidity and bugs it's a nice break
Always a positive side.Thanks
The first time I did Vegas in the summer it was awful. 110° when I landed at 9:00 p.m.
The last couple times were not nearly as bad. Still hot but a decent breeze. Spent most of the time indoors with a/c anyway.
We frequently go in July. Visit the pool in the morning when it opens and then spend the day in an air-conditioned casino, restaurant, or car. Never an issue for us.
I visit Vegas year round. The weather does not bother me - it is always 72 degrees inside the casinos which is where I spend the majority of my time. I find April and October to be the best times to visit Vegas for great weather. Being from Texas, the heat in Vegas does not bother me - I try to fly to Vegas on the early AM flights and arrive before the heat rises. Conversely, I always book the last flight to return home which is when the heat has subsided. Remember, Vegas is in the desert - if you wish to avoid the heat, then don't visit during the summer.
