Recently I visited the wonderful city of Las Vegas. It was my goal to figure out which was the best value, the strip or downtown. It didn't take much, I stayed 2 nights at each place and concluded that Freemont Street was the place to go. It is cheaper, more historical, better to gamble on and you still have easy access to the strip. Some of the rooms downtown start at $18, try to find that on the strip. Unless you are choosing the Stratosphere which I don't consider being on the strip, you are going to spend a lot more than that. Now at eighteen bucks the rooms are not luxury downtown, but they are accomodating. I don't go to Vegas to be in my room anyway. The buildings down there are a piece of history. It is so neat to walk into these buildings that were built in the 50s and 60s. You can tell they are old as you walk in they just have old features, but they are still very neat to look at. They are not the luxury you get on the strip, but to me the history is more important. The meals are so cheap. We stayed two nights on the strip and two nights downtown. On the strip I ate at what I thought was a horrible restaurant for $90 per person. We then went downtown, and one night I had prime rib which was excellent for under ten bucks. We even had steak and eggs which was also excellent for just $4 per person! We gambled downtown and thought it was a blast. First of all the slots pay more downtown than on the strip. I was teaching my girl how to play blackjack which is my game at the casino. The dealers were even helping her learn, telling her which move to make, etc. On the strip they wouldnt have said a word to her. I was even talking for an hour or two to a pit boss getting tips. Try doing that on the strip. If you want to go to the strip still, it really isn't hard. You can get a bus pass for a bus that goes from downtown to the strip for about seven bucks a day. So that way you can still go to shows and the luxury hotels. A cab ride from downtown to the strip is about $20. In conclusion the next time you see me in Vegas I will be on Freemont Street at night. The strip will still get my patronage, but I will not be staying up there again.
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