>>512015434
I haven't been in over 10 years but Luxor was my preferred as the parking lot was easy to get to, and you could just use Frank Sinatra Blvd and skip the strip for leaving / travel.
This was before the built the Stadium and all the other crap though.
In 2010 a corner suite Pyramid room was only $60 dollars, and it had the jacuzzi in the corner of the room + a living / sitting room.
The next year they added the resort fee but it was only $10 dollars and you got 2 water bottles and the newspaper in room, daily.
The resort fee is nearly $40 per night, $20 per night for parking too...on top of the room, + taxes, + taxes for the stupid arena.
I only really used Vegas as a home area for
>>512009350
going on hikes / adventures into the desert, it was a decent homebase for The Grand Canyon (North and South rim, rip North rim), Valley of Fire, Hoover Dam, Red Rock, Death Valley, Zion, Meteor Impact Site.
I heard even the Pinball Hall of Fame has become a horrible place as the old guy running it and his wife are a real crumudgeon ever since moving to the strip.
Hell, I hate to sound like an old foogie but even in 2010 I remember the Sahara had $1 beers, $1 hot dogs, and $1 shots. Ellis Island also had their own brewery on site and great steaks.
Now try $8 dollar plus beers.
If anyone goes, the Nuclear Testing museum is great. The Neon Museum was also fairly nice (I think they moved now? used to be near Mt. Luther King Blvd and pretty sketchy area).
There is also a neat train museum, was a zipline course, and some pretty interesting mountain biking or general trails around Bootleg Canyon / Hoover Dam.
>>512014168
Killed AC to a degree, grandparents and parents liked it, never cared for it as we all lived in the state and there were much better beaches. Have fond memories of the Taj Mahal though and their indoor pool and ginger bread village.
Shame about the McDonalds in Luxor (gone?) and the one in Excalibur that had Pepsi (due to site contract reasons),
