Originally Posted by Eujeanie (Post 29325756)

I think it looks like a horrible location. Who wants to get in a shuttle or a car every time you want to go anywhere? And walking distance to the Strip? Over what overpass? Harmon? Trop? Neither of them is pedestrian friendly. Huge miss.

Originally Posted by aztimm (Post 29326426)

Isn't there also a Homewood Suites in this area?

Originally Posted by eponymous_coward (Post 29326307)

Well, the good news is In-N-Out is nearby. The bad news is that it's also not the most attractive neighborhood. I'd have to agree that "walkable" is technically correct but the neighborhood isn't really encouraging pedestrians- the walk over Tropicana is over an interstate on-ramp that isn't welcoming pedestrian traffic, and Harmon isn't much better (at least there isn't an on-ramp there, but you come into the back side of Vdara in a manner that isn't amazingly pedestrian-friendly, but I guess is serviceable).

Originally Posted by eponymous_coward (Post 29329629)

I don't consider that "amazingly pedestrian-friendly" if you have to walk across someplace where there isn't a pedestrian crossing and walk a bit in a lane dedicated to vehicle traffic. Harmon on that side doesn't get a ton of traffic at the moment, so OK, I guess (if it did it wouldn't be very safe to do crossings, or you'd need to redo this). I'm also familiar with that part of LV since Dean Martin->Harmon is a good shortcut to get on the S. Strip or crossing the Strip to get to UNLV/etc.

Thus "serviceable". If it was actually pedestrian-friendly there would be pedestrian access and dedicated walkways on both sides of the street. But it's Las Vegas, where ANY consideration of good pedestrian access to anything is nothing short of amazing, even if it's all concrete parking garages you're walking past instead of storefronts or actual city life. The city is mostly built for cars, not walkers, like most Sunbelt or suburban cities built once the car became dominant after 1940 or so. The Strip's OK as a pedestrian boulevard, but most of Vegas outside of downtown isn't built for walking- strip malls with acres of parking moving storefronts back from the sidewalks, cul-de-sac housing developments instead of connected street grids, etc.

Originally Posted by eponymous_coward (Post 29330256)

W. Trop to Flamingo on the west side of I-15 up to about Decatur is also not what I'd call a great neighborhood. Especially after dark.



Sure- implied in "OK as a pedestrian boulevard".

All told, sure, the hotels are fine for what they are (reasonably close to the Strip Hilton chain alternatives for conferences and so on). They'll do fine just like the Staybridge Suites on Dean Martin or the Fairfield Inn, or the Hampton Inn on Tropicana. That being said, for the dates I checked the Tropicana was cheaper, has free parking, and is actually ON the strip (though the rooms can be kind of dumpier than a new build HGI/HS- I'd say the HS by LAS has nicer rooms than the room at the Trop that I stayed in, and the HS rooms weren't amazingly nice), and is giving you a better breakfast than an HGI or HS would. So... OK, I guess? Options are good? Whatever floats your boat?

Originally Posted by eponymous_coward (Post 29329629)

I don't consider that "amazingly pedestrian-friendly" if you have to walk across someplace where there isn't a pedestrian crossing and walk a bit in a lane dedicated to vehicle traffic.

Originally Posted by bearkatt (Post 29333344)

I think they are going to build a new football stadium for the Raiders very close to it.