I am staying at El Cortez...how bad is it?

[GoAheadRiverMe]

Never and I mean NEVER stay at the Wild Wild West Gambling Hall. Tweakers in the parking lot in the rooms in the casino. Just a [censored] dump of a place. If this is ever the only place you can find a room, there's a reason for it. Cancel the trip if so.

[Wongboy]

El Cortez is on the perimeter of the safe part of downtown. As long as you walk briskly between EC and the Fremont Street Experience, you should be fine at any time of the day or night. DO NOT walk in the other direction (toward the Western), at night! I have made that trip during the day and it is very exciting, to put it mildly.

I was just at the EC in December. It had been over a year since my last visit and I was very impressed with how much they had cleaned up the casino. It used to smell pretty bad. I did not check out the rooms on that trip.

[ellenwheels]

Don't forget to play a little poker during the day. Playing with Jackie is not like playing anywhere else. I played there for the first time last week for 6 hours at Jackie's table. People kept asking me where I was from...I guess because I had all my teeth they figured I was a tourist. Very old Vegas playing poker in there. Really, you have to try it.

[sevencard2003]

i got 86ed from the elcortez 8 yrs ago for falling asleep at the top of the fireescape when i was homeless and security went and dragged me outta the poker room 2 yrs later and remembered me and i never did get it lifted cause the guy in charge of security was pissed at me.

[Zele]

El Cortez rules. It has lost a little of its charm now that they've replaced the old chips, but they also seem to have a much better air filtration system now.

[Wongboy]

BTW, CheapoVegas has pretty low standards. Check out the trip reports which are hilarious. Also take a look at some of the EC reviews on AllVegasPoker. Funny stuff.

[Dominic]

Make sure you go down to 3rd St., just east of the Freemont Experience. You can walk there from the El Cortez. It's a privately owned street with three really cool bars/restaurants there, including Hogs & Heifers - a biker/cowboy bar where the bikini-clad bartenders get up on the bar and dance. Great local flavor.

[scatthecat]

Is everyone that afraid of the dark???

[jz5678]

for ghetto cheap, try the frontier before its gone, its like 48 a night and on the strip right across from wynn.