Summertime in Las Vegas traditionally means low room rates, and the summer of 2015 is no different. A survey conducted last week by LasVegasAdvisor.com turned up 48 hotel-casinos with rates of $50 and below. Rooms with base rates of $20 or less were found at El Cortez, the D, Golden Gate, Palace Station and the Plaza.
Another 16 resorts had base rates of $30 and below, including Boulder Station, Circus Circus, Downtown Grand, Excalibur, Flamingo, Hooters, Harrah’s, Silver Sevens, Stratosphere, Sunset Station and Texas Station.
‘Rates change quickly, and these are base prices that may be subject to any combination of taxes, booking charges and resort fees, but they’re an excellent place to start if you’re trying to track down great room deals over the next couple of months.
High-enders: The summer brings good deals at the elite resorts, too. The following represent the best prices found at the upscale casinos: Palms, $51; MGM, $52; Tropicana, $53; SLS, $55; Mandalay Bay, $56; Paris, $59; Mirage, $65; Red Rock, $80; Caesars Palace, $89; Aria, $107; Cosmopolitan, $120; and Nobu, $149. These rates can change quickly, but all were available at the time of the survey.
Simon replaced: Cafe 6 has opened at Palms Place, next door to the Palms. It replaces Simon in the sixth-floor space that looks out onto the pool area.
NBA summer: The NBA Summer League will be back in Las Vegas in July, with 24 teams and some of the best players in the NBA participating. Games will be played July 10-20 at the Thomas & Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion, with daily passes available for $25.
Question: How is participation at the World Series of Poker?
Answer: Good but down a little. Early tournaments with smaller buy-ins got things off to a fast start, but the numbers have been down for the later big-buy-in events, including an 18 percent drop in entrants for the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship.
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