las vegas flamingo hotel overview of one of the strips original hotel casino pleasures in Las Vegas - by Jason

Flamingo Hotel Las Vegas

Flamingo - Gangster Bugsy Siegel's original Vegas hotel became the Flamingo Las Vegas and thank goodness they still have that fantastic old world style curly pink signage to remind us all how fast this world of pleasure has changed. I personally love the pool scene here at Flamingo and I think for the money this strip front hotel with its tropical big watery play ground is a great value.

Flamingo hotel signage picture in Las Vegas Nevada

Lush tropical gardens surrounded by towering 2-3 story thundering waterfalls flowing into crystal clear beach like swimming pools and hot tubs make this a great place to escape anything, your troubles back home, buffet aches, or the noise and clamor of the active casino floor just a minutes walk away. Many rooms have decent strip views completely lit up at night. The bathrooms were tight but clean, rooms smelled good, and decorated nicely.

Besides Ballys, Flamingo is one of the few hotels to have tennis courts. The Flamingo is right in the heart of an active young oriented casino street scene where people watching is unrivaled. Being this close to the other big mega casinos and hotels means you can walk to them, check them out during the day enjoying a lot of what other tourists are paying for. Then come back to your great well priced room and sweet pool when you need a rest.

Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas epicurean affair picture.

Overview: Exciting affordable strip hotel with great pool scene
Location: Central Las Vegas Strip
Restaurants: typical cafes, buffet, fast food, plus rowdy Florida style Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, a good steakhouse, and franchise Hamada of Japan
Nightclubs, Lounges: The bars and lounges here all have food as well
Casino: Big for an older casino, including Blackjack, Video Poker, Caribbean Stud, Craps, Keno, Pai Gow Poker, Roulette, more than 2,200 slot machines, and live poker room, race & sports book has seating for 90+ people with lots of TV's and 5+ big screens for viewing major events.
Entertainment: Toni Braxton headlines, Comedian George Wallace works the laughs, Second City comedy improv works if you like audience participation, Nathan Burton Comedy Magic and X Burlesque for those looking for skin.
Extras: hosts the Las Vegas Wildlife Habitat with real live Flamingos, penguins, and various water birds, all playing in a tropical cageless park, car rental on site
Pools: 15+ acres including 3 pools, 2 outdoor hot tubs, plenty of privacy in hidden jungle like alcoves, waterfalls, beautiful wild birds flying around, and great pool parties in the summer that any can come to for a fee.
Health Club or Spa: The Spa offers massages, manicures, and hair salon
Shopping: buy a Flamingo logo shirt as nobody knows how long they will be around, no real shopping here. See this list for big shopping experiences.
Wedding chapel: numerous packages at The Garden Wedding Chapel
Childcare facilities: No
Pets allowed: No
Parking garage: free indoor 7 level parking garage plus limited outdoor parking for big vehicles like rv's, buses, tractor trailers
Shuttle service to the airport: back and forth to the airport by a private company, better to take a cab unless you are real short on cash.
Shuttle service to Strip: Flamingo is ON the strip, no shuttle needed. Las Vegas Monorail stops at: MGM, Bally's, Paris, Flamingo, Harrah's, Imperial Palace, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas Hilton and Sahara.
Hotel amenities: all typical amenities provided, plus valet parking, salon, currency exchange, laundry, luggage handling, electronic check-out.
Check-in time: 3 pm
Check-out time: 11 am
Minimum age to reserve a room: 21 years.
Policies: maximum number of guests per room is four.
Incidental charges: credit card required for incidentals

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