Hotel Mirage vs. Venetian

[The Goober]

The venetian rooms are *much* nicer, but if it was me I'd stay at the mirage just for easy access to the poker room. "a block away" or "across the street" in vegas can mean a half-hour walk. Last year my company put me up in the venetian for a conference and my room was in the new towers that they built. It literally took me 20 minutes to get from my room to the conference room in the same hotel (I had to take 2 elevators and cross the entire casino floor).