Comments on: A “HELL” OF A HOTEL

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:36:34 +0000

I agree totally with you about the Trop. It was the first casino I walked into during my recent trip to Vegas. My only thought as I circled the small run down casino gaming area was im sure the rest are much nicer than this dump. And as far as the musty smell you mentioned- it lingers in the casino area as well. Its amazing that a hotel that has a street named after it would be such a rat hole. I was in Vegas for work and I stayed at the exquisite Motel 6(thanks boss)located on Trop Ave. just east of the trop. Hot water, clean room, decent bed. GO FIGURE Sorry about your hellish experience.

By: Allan Clark

Allan Clark — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:06:18 +0000

Wow, how the Trop has fallen. Only five years ago, I was attending DTR conferences in Las Vegas, and I liked the Trop. Sure, it’s a long walk, but I’m a New Yorker, used to walking. Maybe used to brusque behavior too, but rudeness is not brusque, there’s a difference in empathy for a client and a desire to be helpful. Perhaps being at the Trop makes the staff unhappy, and there’s no management effort to alleviate that.

Speaking of Super-8, in Mundelein, IL, the Super-8 at the intersections of SR-60, SR-83, and SR-45 is blunt, polite, friendly, and 100% functional when arriving frustrated and sleepy.

The difference I’m sure is that this Super-8 (and perhaps the one you saw) wants our business. Trop’s unmotivated staff just don’t care. Very sorry to hear you went through this.

By: Michale

Michale — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:42:38 +0000

I went to the Trop a couple of months ago to see the Body Works exhibit they were hosting. It was the worst dump I’ve ever been in my life. The Trop is the place those $99 Vegas Week-end packages stick you in.

A relative of mine is a casino ops director so I’ve toured several hotels in Vegas and without a doubt, the Trop should not exist. It was bought out a few years back with the stipulation it would be renovated …… didn’t happen and never was going to happen.

By: DoorHold

DoorHold — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:20:06 +0000

Horrific story, until the end where you mentioned the place is getting torn down soon. That’s when I understood the staff’s lack of attention. They’ll be out of work soon, so, screw it. Not exactly professional behavior, but certainly human. — Also, in my experience, LV management treat their employees like crap.

By: Old Mike

Old Mike — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:20:03 +0000

Say Rick,
I saw a nice video on the news of the Frontier(I think it was the Frontier) being demolished. Bunch of explosions and it all came falling down. You might want to get a copy when the Tropicana suffers the same fate.

By: Maggie's Farm

Maggie's Farm — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:55:30 +0000

Weds. Morning links…

A negative hotel review from Rick. Tropicana. For starters, I would not be caught dead in Las Vegas. Second, if taken there dead against my will, I would stay at the Bellagio.A fast food calorie counter.Rich Lowry has it right. From Quiet VictoryÂ (h/t…

By: Transplanted Lawyer

Transplanted Lawyer — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:30:31 +0000

Blog Trotter, you apparently have not been to Las Vegas on a regular weekend recently. Finding a room in Las Vegas on a Friday or Saturday night with no reservation is a little bit like trying to find an open seat on the 4 line at 5:20 p.m. in midtown Manhattan. It ain’t happening. Sure, there’s plenty of rooms in the big hotels, but they’re all — ALL — booked. From the airport to Fremont Street, any hotel-casino of note is 100% booked for the weekend months in advance. When I go, it’s for a reason, and I’ve taken to staying at non-casino hotels, either well off the Strip or south of the airport. Takes some of the fun out of it, but it beats sleeping in the rental car.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:33:17 +0000

The Tropicana was run down when I first visited Las Vegas back in
2002. I would never stay there, the MGM right across the street is much better.

By: bobdog

bobdog — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:02:58 +0000

Yuck. I would have spent all day finding a room at another hotel. I would not reward this kind of sleazy hospitality.

By: Blog Trotter

Blog Trotter — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:25:40 +0000

You should have not even checked in. With a cell phone and an AMEX/MC/Visa card you could have located other lodging. You had the hellish time you asked for.