renovations to downtown

The Lady Luck has a 17-story tower and a 25-story tower. You just can't go knocking down interior load bearing walls during a remodel. Most run straight up from the ground floor to the top floor. Knocking down a single wall on one floor could compromise the structural integrity of the entire building, especially older buildings. I'm saying the reason floor plans don't change during the remodel of high rise buildings is because they can't. The only alternative is demolition and starting over.

I stayed at the Golden Gate over a Halloween weekend a few years ago. I had a room overlooking Fremont Street and I loved it! Both the room and the bathroom were tiny. They always will be. That building is over 100-years-old. I was comfortable with the new remodel of the room itself and the bathroom was still big enough to do what ever I needed to do in it. Two people in the bathroom at the same time might have posed a problem or two...

I stay at the Golden Gate often by myself and find the rooms are rather cozy and the bathrooms are very nostalgic of a former time. I love the old tile and I'm glad they didn't change it.

The Golden Gate is very generous with their comps and offer free rooms, slot play and food every month and my slot play is pretty low! I'll be checking in next week. Can hardly wait!!

Well, . . . up heh' in the Appalachians most of the hotels have what some might call "rustic" bathrooms, . . . and there's no more room than one needs to get the job done.

DonDiego recommends when one makes a reservation that he specify the upper floor.

I always find this question and conversation interesting. The rooms at DT hotels are of course old by todays standards and therefore small. To make a bathroom larger (notwithstanding physical limitations) would also make the already small mainroom smaller. Most strip and locals hotels were built with luxury of
far more land to devote to the overall structure giving you the option to build larger. DT space is for the most part defined and limited. In summation, there just ain't much they can do.

Beyond this, I always chuckle a bit at the need for more bathroom space. I admit to carrying about twenty pounds mnore than I should, but have never found myself in dire straights for lack of bathroom space. More space is fine, but not required. I would rather have a nice comfortable chair to use on breaks from the casino than more BR space. A more pertinent question might be whether an alcoholic religous zealot should be allowed to smoke in casinos.

Good Luck!
Ric at Joes