hotel recommendations for WSOP?

[Erdnase]

Hi all,

I am looking for a cheap/semi-cheap hotel/motel walking distance from the Rio. Any recommendations? Mainly, I am looking for some names of hotels/motels close to the Rio. It's such a hassle looking for the darn addresses on a vegas city map...

Thanks, Erd. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

["spaceman"Bryce]

LIVE IN YOUR CAR! it will be a great espn story and im sure at least one of the 7k+ people there will do it. and o yeah i have no knowledge of this topic. sorry for wasting your time [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Best wishes Bryce

[Erdnase]

Hi spaceman,

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Thx for the response. I would, but it's such a hassle bringing my car from Germany.. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Erd.

["spaceman"Bryce]

wow that is a real far drive..have you ever considered a raft..CHECK FOR HOLES!.also just to let you know i live in western kansas and next year when im 21, i would seriously consider just sleeping in my car. so it didnt sound that rediculous to me.But what would be really cool is if they got a bunch of hippy poker players who qualified in sattelites out of san fransisco to live in a commune( A big Volkswagon Van)and then they all suspiciously made the final table..... losing to dan harrington.

[trying2learn]

"walking distance" is a key phrase here, as i have no idea how far you consider acceptable.

the only hotels on that corner are the Rio, the Palms, and the Gold Coast. neither the palms or the gold coast have too many rooms, so you may already be out of luck there, as i'm sure the rio is pretty un-attainable as well.

after that you're hiking a bit. across the freeway and probably somewhere around a 3/4 mile hike you will find the stip casinos located on Flamingo & LVB. these are bally's, bellagio, flamingo hilton, caesars palace, paris, and the imperial palace. the ip will be the only cheap one i'm sure. maybe flamingo. (barbary coast is on this corner too...but has something like 200 hotel rooms.)

after that you are straight hiking bro...everything else gets further out from there. harrah's has a shuttle that goes to and from the rio, and it's on the other side of imperial palace, so i'd walk there and ride if you stay down on the strip...since it will be june and a mile plus walk outside in vegas will SUCK.

best of luck to ya.

["spaceman"Bryce]

Ok with new information i have recieved( the last guys post)i would say sleeping in the car is a realistic option.Are there any cheap places to park?

[Erdnase]

Thanks a lot for the tips.

I called the Harrahs, they only let me stay for 28 nights. Hotel policy. Thats actually long compared to the other hotels on the strip, they have a max stay of 10-14 nights. How weird.

Anyway, thanks again. I am still looking but got a bit closer...

Erd.

[M.B.E.]

The Gold Coast web site currently indicates they have availability every day during the WSOP except one, July 14. Click on "rate calendar" at the following page:

http://www.goldcoastcasino.com/res-home-page.html

[Danielih]

Hey-

I think the goldcoast is the closest/cheapest hotel to the RIO. After that the Palms is the closest but surely not the cheapest but it is nice and there will be a lot of good looking young people there. After that you are simply looking at the Bellagio and Ceasars on the corner of the strip and then the Barbary coast is on the other side of the strip if you can find something cheap there.

[Sadat X]

I'm going to to be playing in the main event and I booked 9 nights at the Gold Coast a few days back.

The rooms are cheap (< $50 a night), and it is situated right next door to the Rio. I'm pretty sure there's still rooms available if you go to vegas.com.

The hotel is middle of the road, a local favorite though. I used to go there with my cousin when I was a kid because they have a bowling alley.

On top of all this, they have $2 craps for chronic gamblers like myself. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]