Last week, I solicited recommendations for affordable hotel rooms, on behalf of a reader. For those of you who don't monitor the "Comments" threads, here's what some readers had to offer …<\/p>\n
• Why not the Main Street Station<\/strong><\/a>; it's downtown, clean and comfortable with nice beds including down comforters. Decent food and not bad gambling! Rooms are reasonable<\/em>.<\/p>\n • Hooters<\/strong>, it isn't the most modern, but it's probably the prototype of what people mean when they babble about "boutique" hotels. Not too large, intimate feel, and balconies that still be accessed<\/em>.<\/p>\n • I never stayed there in its heyday, but I think the criticism of the Plaza<\/a><\/strong> is a bit unwarranted. Is it top quality, no, but it is a fun place to play, great sportsbook, and you don't have to worry about spilling a drink on the carpet. I really believe some critiques I read online are from people who do not realize that in a town where one room may cost you $199 a night, the hotel with the $35 room for the same night might not be of the same quality<\/em>.<\/p>\n We also got a must-to-avoid missive about Imperial Palace<\/strong>, known to locals as "Impotent Palace." Vox populi, vox dei<\/em>.<\/p>\n Seen last weekend at Caesars Palace<\/strong>: "On Friday, a substantial amount of water was leaking from the ceiling in the Caesars Palace Forum Casino<\/strong>. Four large wastebaskets were hastily placed in the middle of the casino floor to catch the water–which made Harrahs premier property look like a low-rent grind house. The problem was resolved by Saturday, but it illustrated what happens when you're almost $25 billion in debt and losing money every day: You opt for what's euphemistically called 'deferred maintenance,' which means you don't spend any money on repairs until the pipes break.<\/em>"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week, I solicited recommendations for affordable hotel rooms, on behalf of a reader. For those of you who don't monitor the "Comments" threads, here's what some readers had to offer … • Why not the Main Street Station; it's … Continue reading