vanheslig

OK, understand
Do you know if W has a club lounge? How is breakfast?

myko85

No club lounge. They give you $15 breakfast credit per person up to $30. SLS & W share the same breakfast.

ucfjoe

I just want to again warn others at how awful this hotel really is. The resort fee for platinum members is insulting. The room finishes are 2* hotel worthy. Plat recognition is non existent. Casino is depressing. Water wasn’t even hot. Either I was downgraded from a SNA (and they lied) or they lie about square footage. If you’ve been to the SLS Miami, take that but post zombie apocalypse. Staff was nice enough, I could generally see the embarrassment on their faces with a general look of defeat. Immediately after checking I went and got a room down the strip and gave this one to some friends since I couldn’t cancel for a refund. On top of that, the location really sucks and while that’s not their fault it would help mitigate everything else....come to think of it, if you’re thinking about booking this, don’t and instead book Jockey Club.

vanheslig

Ok, guys thx a lot from germany Ill travel end of May to Vegas. What about the The Westin Hotel? How is plat recognition there? As I know, they have a lounge? Am I right?

bgriff

No lounge at the Westin either.

Don't expect that SPG status will get you too much in Vegas. It's not that kind of town.

Is this your first time in Vegas? Are you there on vacation? If the answer to both of those questions is yes, I would strongly recommend ignoring SPG for your stay and staying somewhere on the Strip (Las Vegas Blvd South) between the Mandalay Bay and the Wynn. There are lots of options at all price points. The Strip is where you'll want to spend most of your time anyway so it's much easier to be centrally located and be able to walk around.

btonkid12345

This. Or you can book one of the Marriotts with no resort fee (or check out the Cosmo if you wanna waste points, lol). The hotel is nice, but its on the pricey side in points.

FYI, I booked 3 rooms at the SLS once and had a mediocre experience too. I also booked a room at Treasure Island for $34.98 per night plus taxes and resort fee at TI - much more centrally located and no added cost (except resort fee) for parking. Ended up in a Tower Suite and treated much better there with no status than at the SLS as a Platinum.

vanheslig

Its not my first time in LV. I travel once a year. Until now I only stayed at Resort Hotels like Encore, Mirage or Planet Hollywood, but I thought as Plat it would be cool to book a SPG Hotel. I see, its not a good idea

pageboy

This is a funky hotel- especially the suites. I have stayed here before and really don't care for these suites. I just
had a stay in a regular king room, and was pleasantly surprised. Gone were the gaudy furniture and the mirrors on
the ceiling. I consider this last stay the best I've had at this property. I enjoy the burger place and the breakfast. For
me the location on the monorail is important (and handy) for my 3 days of conference at the convention center. I would certainly stay somewhere else if my wife decided to go- but Vegas is not her kind of place. Let's face it, we all want the stays, nights and points everywhere we go.

itsallgood

Since you've been in Vegas before, you're familiar with the location of the Stratosphere. The SLS is a block away from the Stratosphere. (Hint: very seedy location)

The SLS/W used to be the Sahara Hotel and Casino. Built in 1952. Room sizes and oddities are due to being built in the early 50s and doing cheap updates to the rooms rather than a total makeover including reducing the number of rooms (square footage of rooms is very small ... think 1950s).

While the Westin isn't great, it's miles better than SLS/W. Better yet, just stay at a property along the strip.

markko

For those unaware, the SLS has recently changed ownership. The new owner, Alex Meruelo from Reno, is planning to pour $100 million into renovations over the next few years, and is hinting at possibly renaming it back to the Sahara in a year or so. It's not mentioned whether it will stay part of Starwood/Marriott, but I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't leave the chain at some point in the near future, since his other property is not part of Marriott. He also owns the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno (which originally was the MGM Grand Reno). The SLS/W has never made a profit, was being sued by it's original Chinese investors, and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

I actually like this hotel and hope that this new owner will be successful turning it around.

https://www.casino.org/news/sls-las-...ion-renovation

itsallgood

$100 million's not near enough money to renovate the property. Nazarian's partnership sunk $415 million into renovations and although the casino/restaurants are fine, almost all of the room floors need to be torn down to the support beams and the room layout for every room needs to be redesigned. But that still doesn't fix SLS's big problem .... location, location, location.

The Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino (meant to cater to Asians) was built brand new, opening late 2016. It's now in bankruptcy, less than a block from SLS.

Resorts World, a >$7 Billion project scheduled to open in 2020 and a couple of blocks south of SLS, may be able to make it, but they're also on the fringe of the strip. I don't give Resorts World any better odds than one can get at the roulette wheel.

btonkid12345

I really liked the mirror on the ceiling staying there one night with my SO. However, only the "suites" in the Story Tower have the yellow color and plastic couch and mirror on the ceiling.

The suites in the World Tower have the white/chrome color scheme and are more modern without the same level of funk as the Story Tower. I stayed for more than one night and they let me change between the towers - mainly because of suite availability the various nights, but also just to check out the various vibes. I will say, I enjoyed the all yellow tile shower more than I thought I would!

vanheslig

But if location is all about, why do they invest such much amount of money?

DaveMidknight

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jammanxc

Looks like the new owner wants to remodel the casino floor and 1 of the towers in the hotel. He’s also possibly thinking of putting a recording studio on the property.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-meruelo-sls-20180420-story.html