The Las Vegas Hilton is a
classy hotel that caters to an upscale clientele. It's proximity to the convention center
makes it popular with business people, while others are drawn by the Hilton's new
attraction, Star
Trek: The Experience. This makes a strange mixture of
trekkie and yuppie. (Suit, tie, Spock ears)
The Hilton's gaming floor is dominated by it's
30,500-square foot sports and race book, the largest in the world. It has a video wall
that is second in size only to the one at NASA. (Some of it's 46 screens are as large as
15 feet across.) To accompany this video marvel is a state-of-the-art audio
system and comfortable seating arrangements. There are continuous shouts, cheers and
groans coming from scattered pockets of people watching games, but the noise level never
gets out of control. Also impressive is the huge baccarat room. The elegant area hosted by
a friendly and competent staff, has crystal chandeliers and velvet covered
furniture.
One can have a great Vegas
vacation and never leave the Hilton. The hotel has some of the finest
restaurants in Las Vegas, including Bistro Le Montrachet and the quaint Benihana
Village. The Hilton's nightclub, creatively called The Nightclub, is
popular and gets very crowded on weekends when Louie Louie is playing. The Hilton also has
an 18-hole golf course (see golf section) and the largest hotel
convention and meeting facilities in the world, leaving little doubt as to why it's so
popular with business people.
The rooms are decorated
blandly, but they are very comfortable. Each room has a small dressing parlor and mostly
marble bathrooms. Pretty armoires hold televisions with HBO, pay-per-view, and video
check-out capabilities.
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