Casino and Slot Review

The Las Vegas Strip is the nickname for Las Vegas Blvd, where most of the largest Casinos in Las Vegas are located. The South Vegas Strip includes the following seven major Casino/Hotels:

• MGM Grand
• Excalibur
• New York New York
• Tropicana
• Monte Carlo
• Luxor
• Mandalay Bay

These major casinos are the nearest ones to the McCarran International Airport. 2006 saw over 46,000,000 people come through McCarran, making it the 11th most used airport in the world.

Like most of Vegas, it is difficult to walk to and from each of these casinos outside, but there is a tram that takes you from Excalibur to the Luxor and then Mandalay Bay. You can walk across pedestrian bridges to get to the four casinos on the corner of Tropicana the Strip (Excalibur, Tropicana, MGM, and New York/New York). Seeing these seven casinos in one or two days by staying at one of them and then exploring by walking and tram is a good way to get some variety without having to pay for cabs to go all over town. And at $25 or more a trip that makes an extra $50 a day to spend at a show, a restaurant or hitting the tables or slots.

(Clicking the image takes you to Google Maps for the South Strip.)

The MGM Grand is the largest hotel in the world with over 5000 rooms. This casino is has been a premier destination for gamblers from around the world for over 15 years. It has over 170,000 square feet of gaming space. The impressive MGM Grand Lion in from of the Casino and Hotel is one of the most recognizable icons in gaming.

The MGM is on the corner of the Strip (Las Vegas Boulevard) and E Tropicana Ave. The New York New York Hotel and Casino is across the Strip. The Tropicana is across Tropicana Ave and the Excalibur is on the opposite corner.

MGM Grand Las Vegas Website
3799 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Telephone (702) 891-1111

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The Wynn is the very first Casino Review on Casino and Slot Review.  It is appropriate that I start with the gold standard of casinos as my inaugural review.  Steve Wynn built Las Vegas into the destination resort that it is starting in the eighties with the Mirage and later with the Bellagio.  The Wynn is a 2.7 billion dollar casino on the Las Vegas Strip located where the Desert Inn was.

Vital Stats:  The Wynn Website, 1900 Slots, 140 table games.

First things first. The Wynn is a great casino. It is weighted towards high-end players, big spenders. The initial calculations that I heard was that the Casino needed to profit $1,000,000 a day to pay for itself.  It has done that and more.

Originally Wynn was going to call the casino ”Le Reve.” He thought better of that and uses that for the free show onsite.   

I love this casino because everything is so well integrated and the customer service is superb. As a professional in the industry you quickly recognize the sophisticated use of the player loyalty system.  They are prompt in sending offers to players via mail and email. 

As a slot player there are some exciting things at the Wynn.  Wynn has a lot of machines that are personallized with Wynn logos on the reels themselves.  These are variants of the Blazing 7’s machines that can only be played at the Wynn. 

Below is a poll about what you think best feature of the Wynn.

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