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Originally Posted by Dr. Meh
You can actually rent a small studio apartment for a month for $600-$700 if you don't care about being near a casino all the time. I did the Gold Coast thing one year because it's right across the street so I figured I can walk to the Rio but it's so hot at WSOP time, I didn't want to walk. And the rooms at Gold Coast suck.
Staying at Rio is nice so you don't have to worry about parking and getting there on time. For cheap places on the strip, Stratosphere is probably the "best" and there's always Circus Circus if you're really on a budget. Otherwise, staying downtown is a cheap option but you'll have to get a car, taxi, or uber to get to the Rio.
Gawd, I have to speak to this. the rooms at the Gold Coast are as good as any of the mid strip hotels, bar none.
The walk , in the heat, can be managed anyone with legs, including a cane (post surgical).
To recommend the Stratosphere and Circus Circus is unbelievable bad and in fact the rooms at the Gold Coast out perform the rooms at the Rio, without equivocation.
All the ones recommend by the above bring forth more dificulties, especially commuting difficulties which a little leg work , at the Gold Coast, overcomes.
You follow that [posters advice, you go down into that valley, says Little Big Man, I dare you. LOL.
Somewhere there is a thread on Vegas Hotels during the series; go there and get reasonable advice.