cheap place to stay in vegas?

[shirze]

I'm currently studying in Austria, where i've gotten into playing online (currently NL25). I'm coming home to caliornia for Xmas and want to make a trip to Vegas to try my hand at live cash games for a few days.
but i'm still a semi-broke student, and i'd rather spend my money at the tables than on an over priced hotel room with a miniature Eifell tower in it. so... anyone know of a cheap place to stay near the strip?
thanks! (and sorry if this isn't the right place to post this, but i couldn't figure out where would be...)