The 202 Flamingo bus runs about every 30 minutes. So if you take the free shuttle downtown or to the strip and overstay, you can get back on that bus. It picks up right on the Flamingoside of Bally's.
You can use it with luggage as well. From Bally's it is a straight run.
From the airport it requires taking two buses. I'd take the 109 to put me farther out Flamingo(on Maryland in the University area) for the 202.
This is the cheapest way to get there. The whole ride costs less than the cab tip. Ask the driver for a 24 hour pass when you get on at the airport and make sure that you are on the 109 going directly to Flamingo (22 minutes) rather than South to the Transfer station (over an hour)
And if you are there, you might like the new express buses that run now along Boulder, just starting up last week. They can get you downtown and back quickly or even into Henderson to explore some really local casinos. I can't wait to try them. I read that they are SDX style without the SDX price. Check the schedules and routes as there are two express buses and they do different things, especially going South.
http://www.rtcsouthernnevada.com/
Use the drop down routes and schedules menu to find Boulder Highway Express and Henderson Downtown Express.
I stayed at Sam's Town in May for 6 nights. I would stay there again, but I rated the room I was assigned as my least popular for that trip:
http://vegasbirthdaybash.blogspot.co...-compared.html
Scroll down past the other four in this comparative review.
I think had I asked for a room change I would have gotten a better room. I liked the quiet, and what do I care anyway. But it was a boring room. Some of my research suggested the walls can be a bit thin. I took photos of the art work and when I looked at them they were blurred. Which actually made them more interesting.
No coffee maker. I have a little light traveling pot now and I like it.
I had lots of free/cheap buffet coupons of one sort or another, so I sampled that often. It was not my favorite buffet and Italian night was really pretty lame. I get enough to eat anywhere. So free may mean just some salad.
There is an outdoor Bank of America down the street and across from the Eastside Cannery. It is drive in, but I walked in. No fees for B of A customers.
There is a Wallmarts across the street for any room snacks, but don't Jaywalk. There is a huge fine. Take one of the long, but safe route.
I thought the walk at 1 am from Eastside Cannery was a bit sketchy along that direct East side, but they I found that at about midnight all these sprinklers went on. That would discourage anyone lurking in the bushes.
A walk along the other side of the street gives you Walmart's parking lot security to walk to. I saw no other walkers out that late.
I intended to see the Live show on Thursday at 2 PM which I think is free. Here is one:
http://www.examiner.com/casino-shows...sday-afternoon
That and a lot of other stuff just got away from me and I spent my time drinking at the poker table or Deuces Wild machine.
I can't believe I spent 6 nights there and one at Eastside Cannery and never once saw the wolf howl out the rocky mountain.
Poker was a disappointment except for a great daily tournament in the morning for very little money. I won once. The rest of my limit play was against locals who knew one another and were actually very boring. It felt like they resented my joining their game. Eastside Cannery poker was great. The most personal floor manager I ever met (Brian?) and a fun, rather soft game. I still lost. I won a drawing once but I was late and missed the collection. $100 loss. An hour later I hit $100 for cracked Aces. I played Jimmy from the El Cortez and rattled his game by button raising. I won those hands. Otherwise I lost. I met one player who had been in a concentration camp when he was 9. That was interesting. There was one large argument and that was interesting as well:
http://vegasbirthdaybash.blogspot.co...aras-rule.html
Four hours of play gave me a free buffet at the Eastside Cannery with no comp reduction. Just ask. It is a basic buffet, but had great cookies. I liked it much, much better than Sam's Town Italian night.
I read the Mexican at Eastside Cannery is great, but I had too much free food to bother with it.
Latin night at the Eastside Cannery lounge was one of the best Latino lounge acts I have seen with most songs in Spanish and mostly filled with Latinos. I loved it. Eastside Cannery microbrewed beer was $1 a bottle delivered in the lounge. Amazing deal!
At Sam's full pay Deuces Wild can be found in a bank of machines near Dunkin Doughnuts and on one side of the bank there was at least one 10/7 DB as well. They were marked with the over 100% signs. I gave them good play, but I got back almost no offers for this trip. One free night does not do it for me. I took one free night from Eastside Cannery, but with just poker play they have stopped offering.
So this November trip I am not up there again.
You can use it with luggage as well. From Bally's it is a straight run.
From the airport it requires taking two buses. I'd take the 109 to put me farther out Flamingo(on Maryland in the University area) for the 202.
This is the cheapest way to get there. The whole ride costs less than the cab tip. Ask the driver for a 24 hour pass when you get on at the airport and make sure that you are on the 109 going directly to Flamingo (22 minutes) rather than South to the Transfer station (over an hour)
And if you are there, you might like the new express buses that run now along Boulder, just starting up last week. They can get you downtown and back quickly or even into Henderson to explore some really local casinos. I can't wait to try them. I read that they are SDX style without the SDX price. Check the schedules and routes as there are two express buses and they do different things, especially going South.
http://www.rtcsouthernnevada.com/
Use the drop down routes and schedules menu to find Boulder Highway Express and Henderson Downtown Express.
I stayed at Sam's Town in May for 6 nights. I would stay there again, but I rated the room I was assigned as my least popular for that trip:
http://vegasbirthdaybash.blogspot.co...-compared.html
Scroll down past the other four in this comparative review.
I think had I asked for a room change I would have gotten a better room. I liked the quiet, and what do I care anyway. But it was a boring room. Some of my research suggested the walls can be a bit thin. I took photos of the art work and when I looked at them they were blurred. Which actually made them more interesting.
No coffee maker. I have a little light traveling pot now and I like it.
I had lots of free/cheap buffet coupons of one sort or another, so I sampled that often. It was not my favorite buffet and Italian night was really pretty lame. I get enough to eat anywhere. So free may mean just some salad.
There is an outdoor Bank of America down the street and across from the Eastside Cannery. It is drive in, but I walked in. No fees for B of A customers.
There is a Wallmarts across the street for any room snacks, but don't Jaywalk. There is a huge fine. Take one of the long, but safe route.
I thought the walk at 1 am from Eastside Cannery was a bit sketchy along that direct East side, but they I found that at about midnight all these sprinklers went on. That would discourage anyone lurking in the bushes.
A walk along the other side of the street gives you Walmart's parking lot security to walk to. I saw no other walkers out that late.
I intended to see the Live show on Thursday at 2 PM which I think is free. Here is one:
http://www.examiner.com/casino-shows...sday-afternoon
That and a lot of other stuff just got away from me and I spent my time drinking at the poker table or Deuces Wild machine.
I can't believe I spent 6 nights there and one at Eastside Cannery and never once saw the wolf howl out the rocky mountain.
Poker was a disappointment except for a great daily tournament in the morning for very little money. I won once. The rest of my limit play was against locals who knew one another and were actually very boring. It felt like they resented my joining their game. Eastside Cannery poker was great. The most personal floor manager I ever met (Brian?) and a fun, rather soft game. I still lost. I won a drawing once but I was late and missed the collection. $100 loss. An hour later I hit $100 for cracked Aces. I played Jimmy from the El Cortez and rattled his game by button raising. I won those hands. Otherwise I lost. I met one player who had been in a concentration camp when he was 9. That was interesting. There was one large argument and that was interesting as well:
http://vegasbirthdaybash.blogspot.co...aras-rule.html
Four hours of play gave me a free buffet at the Eastside Cannery with no comp reduction. Just ask. It is a basic buffet, but had great cookies. I liked it much, much better than Sam's Town Italian night.
I read the Mexican at Eastside Cannery is great, but I had too much free food to bother with it.
Latin night at the Eastside Cannery lounge was one of the best Latino lounge acts I have seen with most songs in Spanish and mostly filled with Latinos. I loved it. Eastside Cannery microbrewed beer was $1 a bottle delivered in the lounge. Amazing deal!
At Sam's full pay Deuces Wild can be found in a bank of machines near Dunkin Doughnuts and on one side of the bank there was at least one 10/7 DB as well. They were marked with the over 100% signs. I gave them good play, but I got back almost no offers for this trip. One free night does not do it for me. I took one free night from Eastside Cannery, but with just poker play they have stopped offering.
So this November trip I am not up there again.
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