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The Westin Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa

  • 160 East Flamingo Road
  • Las Vegas,
  • Nevada
  • 89109
  • United States
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Family Plan Policy

Guests must be 18 years or older with photo identification to reserve a room. If guests are younger than 18 years of age, they must be accompanied by an adult.

Age Requirement Policy

Guests must be 18 years or older with photo identification to reserve a guest room. Guests younger 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Visitors to the Casino, gaming, or casino lounge areas must be at least 21 years old. A valid, government-issued ID is required as proof of age.

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What’s happening in Las Vegas?

Overview

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Las Vegas Guide

Gambling capital, vacation paradise or premier business destination; these are all definitions of the city that never sleeps. Reality takes a hike when you enter the world of glittering casinos with their 24-hour gambling excitement. The scarcity of clocks adds to the fantasy of those taking time off from the real world. As a family vacation destination, the city offers the ultimate in entertainment for all ages. As a business destination, Las Vegas wins hands down with the volume of facilities and services available for either large conventions or small business get-togethers. Multitudes of upscale eateries are at your fingertips for a business lunch or dinner and after-hours entertainment is plentiful and diverse. Whether you are planning to move here, attend a business meeting, skydive, get married or just relax and enjoy, you will find Las Vegas to be a city like no other in the world.

The Strip: Las Vegas Boulevard

This fabled three-mile area holds more hotel rooms than any other city in the world. You will find the most famous and remarkable resorts such as Bellagio with its Italian Renaissance aura and Caesars Palace, the glory of Rome, Vegas-style. Old standbys include the Flamingo Las Vegas and the Mirage, with its white tigers and erupting volcanoes. See the Paris Las Vegas with outstanding replicas of the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and magnifique Parisian atmosphere and charm. Treasure Island offers daily live "Sirens of TI" shows, free of charge. The new Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is also an impressive hotel with a nice casino that is very popular with the most trendy of visitors and celebrities. At the "bottom," or south end, of the strip, risen from the ashes of the Hacienda Hotel, now stands the magnificent Mandalay Bay with its tropical atmosphere and a pool with waves you can actually surf. At the top of the Strip, you will find the Stratosphere Tower visible from miles away. It is the highest free-standing building in the western half of the United States, with views from the top that are indescribable.

Downtown: Fremont Street

The original Las Vegas, where people hung out in the '30s and early '40s, is still thriving, but with a modern face known as the Fremont Street Experience. Some tourists actually prefer this area to the Strip because room prices are generally lower, it's an easy walk from one casino to the next and it's reminiscent of the early, nostalgic days of Las Vegas. In addition, there are famous hotels such as The Plaza (formerly known as Union Plaza), overlooking Fremont Street, and the classic Golden Nugget. For nostalgia buffs, there is also the Golden Gate Hotel Casino, renovated to its earlier classic glory and appearance and still famous for the 99-cent shrimp cocktail. Downtown Vegas is also home to another monument to its infamous past with the Mob Museum.

Off-Strip

In recent years, hotels have sprouted up near the Strip, which are conveniently accessible by shuttle bus, taxi or car. Some of the better known of these are The Orleans, the Rio Suites and the Gold Coast on Flamingo. Further north on Sahara, is the Palace Station, the granddaddy of the Station Casinos. To the east, there's the LVH with the sprawling Las Vegas Convention Center. Further south, between Flamingo and Tropicana, east of the Strip, you will find the "must see" Hard Rock Hotel and Casino next to the original Hard Rock Cafe, each with its own fantastic giant neon guitar at the entrance.

Boulder Strip

This has become something of a phenomenon in itself. The Boulder Highway was once a sprawl of small motels and businesses, leading from Fremont Street out to the city of Henderson and beyond that to Boulder City and Boulder Dam, also known as Hoover Dam. But in recent years it's become the "Second Strip" with its proliferation of large, popular hotels and casinos including the Boulder Station Hotel and Casino, one of the first properties to offer child-care at a nominal fee for children of both guests and non-guests, and Sam's Town Hotel and Casino, which has become the high standard of western-theme resorts with its Mystic Falls Indoor Park.

North Las Vegas

The city of North Las Vegas has the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a major tourist attraction in itself, as well as Nellis Air Force Base, one of the strongest military bases in the United States and home to the flying Thunderbirds. As far as accommodations are concerned, there are several popular spots including The Fiesta and Texas Station Hotel and Casino. There is also the Santa Fe in northwest Las Vegas.

Summerlin

Located in the far northwest section of the Las Vegas valley, Summerlin is a planned community with homes, shops, recreational activities, festivals and concerts. A wonderful accommodation in this area is the Suncoast Hotel and Casino.

Beyond Las Vegas

For day trips that are well worth your time, check out nearby Boulder City, Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam to the east and southeast. To the west, there is Red Rock Canyon and beyond that is Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.

Historical Background

From its earliest beginnings, Las Vegas has catered to the traveler. A nomadic tribe of Indians called the Paiutes settled the area around the turn of the last millennium and occupied most of the area from Mt. Charleston to the Colorado River. Several traders and explorers including Jedediah Smith in 1826 and John C. Fremont in 1844 traveled through the area and made contact with the Paiutes. By 1851, Mormon president, Brigham Young, in his endeavor to create the State of Deseret stretching from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, made Las Vegas one of his important stopovers. To this end, he sent missionaries to colonize the region and convert the Paiute. The location they selected to establish their fort was on a promontory overlooking the Las Vegas Valley, which is now the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington. The Old Mormon Fort still has remnants of its original building. Eventually the settlement disbanded and most of the Mormon settlers returned to Utah.

However, a mining boom at nearby Mt. Potosi fostered a new influx of travelers, mainly miners who used Las Vegas as a center for food and supplies. There was no permanent settlement there until 1865, when a group of prospectors, including Octavius Decatur Gass, acquired the rights to the Old Mormon Fort. For the rest of that decade, Gass ran a prosperous business at the Fort, rebuilding many of the structures and farming the land, offering food and shelter to the travelers on the "Old Mormon Trail" (the Salt Lake-Los Angeles wagon road), as well as offering provisions to the nearby miners. Gass was less of a businessman than a prospector at heart and eventually bad business deals forced him to turn the property over to Archibald Stewart and his wife, Helen, who had only intended to stay there temporarily. However, after a feud at nearby Kiel Ranch, which ended in the murder of Stewart, his widow stayed on to run the ranch and see it prosper. This period was from 1882 to 1902, when she sold the ranch to Montana Senator William Clark. Clark was instrumental in overseeing the establishment of the railroad from Utah to California. Acquiring the rights to the Ranch and its abundant water supply ensured that Las Vegas was to become a major stop for railroad travelers. In 1905 an ad was placed in prominent major newspapers concerning "first class inside lots" going for as little as 200 dollars a piece in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. This encouraged squatters and investors alike, and the auction on May 15, 1905 produced a flurry of sales. Soon hotels and homes sprouted up all along the main downtown area of Fremont Street, as well as schools, a hospital and other essential businesses such as ice plants.

Las Vegas essentially thrived for the next 20 years because of the railroad; it played host to travelers by providing entertainment and liquor. The liquor was restricted to a certain area, Blocks 16 and 17. This area naturally evolved into a red light district as well. During Prohibition, this section was especially popular. During this period, the city founders realized that as the roads were improved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, this would promote more tourism and they began to build ranches to appeal to the potential visitors. Kiel Ranch became a popular dude ranch and gained notoriety as a place where people came to wait out their quicky Nevada divorces. In 1931, the combined advent of the building of Boulder Dam (later renamed Hoover), the creation of Boulder City plus the legalization of gambling, ensured a new boom in the prosperity of southern Nevada.

World War II increased the Las Vegas economy even more. In 1940, an air base was established (now known as Nellis Air Force Base) in the northeast part of town. A huge plant, Basic Magnesium, was built for the manufacture of bullets and bomb casings, etc. The plant was instrumental in the establishment of Henderson, just southeast of Las Vegas and now one of the fastest-growing communities in Nevada. In the early 1950s a new kind of entertainment was born: watching the atomic bomb testing, which took place at the nuclear test site, just 70 miles northwest of Las Vegas. A famous Life Magazine photo captured one of the mushroom clouds rising above the waving cowboy, "Vegas Vic" of Fremont Street. In fact, the opening of the now closed Desert Inn was timed to coincide with one of the blasts.

In recent decades the hotel industry has re-invented itself again and again. Just when everyone was predicting a severe depression, especially when Atlantic City emerged as a gambling destination in the early 80s, Las Vegas managed to come up with a new twist. Even today, with the proliferation of gambling in many of the 50 states, Las Vegas only seems to become more popular. Theme hotels have become abundant, starting with the Mirage in the late 80s, followed by the Excalibur, Treasure Island, Luxor and the MGM Grand. More and more soon popped up including the Stratosphere, Monte Carlo, Bellagio, Paris Las Vegas, Venetian, Mandalay Bay and many more. When will the boom end?

Getting Around

Getting There

Air

McCarran International Airport (LAS)
+1 702 261 5211
http://www.mccarran.com/

LAS is located five miles from downtown and services the following airlines:

AeroMexico (+1 800 237 6639 / http://www.aeromexico.com/)
Air Canada (+1 888 247 2262 / http://www.aircanada.ca)
Air Tran (+1 800 247 8726 / http://www.airtran.com/)
Alaska Airlines (+1 800 252 7522 / http://www.alaskaair.com/)
Allegiant (+1 702 505 8888 / http://www.allegiantair.com)
American Airlines (+1 800 433 7300 / http://www.aa.com/)
ArkeFly (+1 855 808 4015 / http://www.arkefly.nl)
British Airways (+1 800 247 9297 / http://www.britishairways.com)
Copa Airlines (http://www.copaair.com)
Delta (+1 800 221 1212 / http://www.delta.com/)
Frontier Airlines (+1 800 432 1359 / http://www.flyfrontier.com/)
Hawaiian Airlines (+1 800 367 5320 / http://www.hawaiianair.com/)
Interjet (http://www.interjet.com)
Jet Blue (+1 800 538 2583 / http://www.jetblue.com/)
Korean Air (+1 800 438 5000 / http://www.koreanair.com)
Omni Air International (+1 877 718 8901 / http://www.omniairintl.com)
Southwest (+1 800 435 9792 / http://www.southwest.com/)
Spirit Airlines (+1 800 772 7117 / http://www.spiritair.com)
Sun Country Airlines (+1 866 359 6786 / http://www.suncountry.com)
United Airlines (+1 800 864 8331 / http://www.ual.com/)
US Airways (+1 800 428 4322 / http://www.usairways.com/)
Virgin America (+1 877 359 8474 / http://www.virginamerica.com)
Virgin Atlantic (+1 800 862 8621 / http://virgin-atlantic.com/)
Volaris (+1 866 988 3527 / http://www.volaris.mx)
WestJet (+1 888 937 8538 / http://www.westjet.com)
XL Airways (+1 877 496 9889 / http://www.xlairways.com)

From the Airport

Car Rental: Car rental agency desks are situated in baggage claim, and courtesy vans shuttle you to the vehicle pick up area. Rental car companies include:

Advantage (+1 800 777 9377 / http://www.advantage.com)
Alamo (+1 800 462 5266 / http://www.goalamo.com/)
Avis (+1 800 331 1212 / http://www.avis.com/)
Budget (+1 800 922 2899 / http://www.budget.com/)
Dollar (+1 800 800 4000 / http://www.dollar.com/)
E-Z Rent-A-Car (+1 800 277 5171 / http://www.e-zrentacar.com)
Enterprise (+1 800 736 7222 / http://www.enterprise.com/)
Hertz (+1 800 654 3131 / http://www.hertz.com/)
National (+1 800 227 7368 / http://www.nationalcar.com/)
Payless (+1 800 729 5377 / http://www.paylesscarrental.com/)
Thrifty (+1 800 367 2277 / http://www.thrifty.com/)

Taxi:

ANLV/Ace/Union/Vegas-Western/Virgin Vally (+1 702 888 4888)
Checker/Yellow/Star (+1 702 873 2000)
Desert Cab Company (+1 702 386 9102)
Lucky Cab Company (+1 702 477 7555)
Nellis Cab Company (+1 702 248 1111)
Western Cab Company (+1 702  736 8000)
Whittlesea/Henderson (+1 702 384 6111)

Shuttle:

Airline Shuttle Corp (+1 702 444 1234 / http://www.airlineshuttlecorp.com)
Bell Trans (+1 702 385 5466 / http://www.bell-trans.com)
Showtime Tours (+1 702 895 9976 / http://www. showtimetourslv.com)

Limo:

Bell Trans (+1 702 385 5466 / http://www.bell-trans.com)
Las Vegas Limousines (+1 702 888 4848 / http://www.lasvegaslimo.com)
ODS (+1 702 789 3098 / http://www.odslimo.com)

Bus:
RTC of Southern Nevada (+1 702 228 4800 / http://www.rtcsn.com)

Car

I-15 links Vegas with Salt Lake City (northeast) and Los Angles (via I-10) and San Diego (southwest). Highway 95 approaches from the bombed out desert northwest of town and from due south at I-40.

Getting into town is as easy as finding and heading north via the aptly named Paradise Road. Connecting to Las Vegas Boulevard or I-15 (the quick way into downtown) simply requires making a left turn at any of the major streets named after casinos (i.e. Tropicana, Flamingo etc.). Access I-215 from the airport if you are heading east to Lake Mead.

Bus

Greyhound buses come and go from the station on Main Street to all points across the nation.

Greyhound
+1 702 383 9792
http://www.greyhound.com

Getting Around

Limo

AWG Ambassador (+1 702 740 3450 / http://www.awgambassador.com/)
BellTrans (+1 800 274 7433 / http://www.bell-trans.com/)
Executive Las Vegas (+1 702 646 4661 / http://www.executivelasvegas.com/)
Exotic Limos (+1 702 837 2666 / http://www.exoticlimoslasvegas.com/)
Lucky Limo (+1 877 546 6861 / http://www.luckylimolv.com)
Las Vegas Limo (+1 888 696 4400 / http://www.lasvegaslimo.com)

Tram

A series of trams connect certain casinos with each other, with stops along the way. Monorail and tram routes include:

Las Vegas Monorail - MGM Grand-Sahara
Mirage-Treasure Island Tram
Bellagio-CityCenter-Monte Carlo Tram
Mandalay Bay-Excalibur Tram

Bus

Citizen's Area Transit (CAT) operates several bus lines running throughout the city and Henderson. The Strip has a bus called The Deuce that runs up and down 24 hours a day

Citizen's Area Transit (CAT)
+1 702 228 7433
http://www.rtcsnv.com/transit/

Bike

Surprisingly, bicycle travel is a popular and easy way to see the city and get from point to point. But considering the immense desert heat in the middle of summer it may not be your thing. For those who brave the elements, be sure to carry lots of water and check with a bike shop on the best routes around town. The local hills have some most excellent mountain biking trails.

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