[sternroolz]

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Of these three I'd pick Excalibur based on location.

Stratosphere is the bottom of the barrel. There's a reason it's cheap. It's next to nothing, neighborhood is bad, yaddayadda. But it has beds and locks on the doors so if you have a car and don't mind driving to get everywhere, it'll work.

Excalibur is a small step up, probably, and the location is far better. Its neighbors are Luxor, Tropicana, NYNY, and MGM diagonally.

Luxor is south of Excal and farther from other stuff. Luxor is next to nothing except Mandalay and Excalibur.

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I agree with this.

However, I disagree with TT's assesment of Luxor's rooms ASSUMING that you would be staying in the tower rooms, not the pyramid ones. I would compare the tower rooms at Luxor as very slightly nicer than other 3 star places like Harrahs. Is it worth $25 a night more than Ex? Maybe.

IMO, it basically comes down to why you are going to Vegas and what you will do while you are there. If your goal is lower limit poker, Excalibur is your best stay of the three. The reason is that Excalibur already has a decent small poker room, its an easy walk to the best south strip poker room at MGM, and you also have easy walking/tram access to MB, Luxor, Hooters, Trop, and NYNY. There are bridges connecting MGM, NYNY, Trop, and Ex. So its easy to get from one to the other.

Stratosphere is hella far from everything and its worth $45 a night to stay at ex based only on location.