Horseshoe - Las Vegas in Las Vegas H-M
Horseshoe - Las Vegas
3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South,
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109-4307,
United States
Phone: (702) 739-4111
Website: www.caesars.com/horseshoe-las-vegas
About the Casino
When the original MGM Grand opened in 1973 it was the largest and most luxurious hotel in the world. Four decades and two name changes later to Horseshoe, Las Vegas (from Bally's). The hotel is no longer the biggest, boldest, or quite frankly "best" hotel in the city, much less the world. But really, that's only because of comparisons to bigger, grander places like Bellagio just across the street. Remove those comparisons and you have a really nice hotel, often at a fraction of what you'd pay to stay at most of its neighbors.
For a while, the former corporate parent behind Bally's tried to go to great lengths to keep the hotel competitive in what is undeniably one of the most competitive corners in the world. With hotels like the aforementioned Bellagio plus Paris, Caesars Palace, The Venetian, and The Mirage within steps of Bally's front door, they would've had to make the building jump up and down and go "Hey, look at me!" just to get noticed.
But the building isn't bouncing and the "great lengths" included fresh coats of paint on the outside and a remodeled casino and rooms on the inside, none of which did much to put it on par with the fancier neighbors. So now, Bally's has settled into a comfortable groove as the quiet, stable, relatively inexpensive piece of the Center Strip puzzle. In a way it has become the "safe bet" of The Strip. It may not make your pulse race like you've just placed your entire life-savings on Black-17, but you can still have a good time playing odd or even, right?
Perhaps the proposed revamps to the front of the hotel will change all that. Due by 2014, the Grand Bazaar Shops will take up most of the space between the sidewalk and the front door of the hotel, with about 300 vendors selling all manner of "stuff" in a lively outdoor market. There will also be a nightly laser show above and around it, so that will certainly draw some eyeballs.
Horseshoe Casino features more than 42 table games and over 700 slots, plus 18 live poker games.
See Bally's Full Review courtesy of Rick Garman at Vegas4Visitors.com
