Return to Aria missingflops Las Vegas, NV USA September 2010

Aria calls all their standard rooms ‘deluxe’ but some are much better than others & here’s the scoop on how to get the best possible standard room at Aria. I learned about this the hard way because the front desk put me in an awful room on the 21st floor that was a 5 minute walk from the elevator! At check-in, they’d told me that no Strip View rooms were available (Aria calls them City Views) so they gave me a Mountain View room – yeah right. After walking along too many branching hallways, I finally got to the room & the only view was of 2 ugly skyscrapers! So I called the front desk & told the clerk I wanted a better room but she rudely said that’s not possible today & a City View will cost $30 extra per night so I said transfer me to the front desk manager. The manager was much nicer & I told him how I made the reservation on the phone & requested a strip view & was not told that would cost extra. I also said at Encore, the newest 5 star hotel, they don’t charge extra for a strip view and that’s when the manager told me “Your room change is free” . My new room was on the 34th floor which is a nice compact floor with elevators & ice machine close to all – completely different than the endless 21st floor! So I explored the hotel & discovered this ugly truth: From the 3rd thru 25th floors, Aria is one massive building with too many rooms per floor serviced by just one elevator bank. Above the 25th floor, Aria splits into 2 towers: one for Aria & the other for the pricey …

Aria calls all their standard rooms ‘deluxe’ but some are much better than others & here’s the scoop on how to get a great standard room at Aria. I learned about this the hard way because the front desk put me in an awful room on the 21st floor that was a 5 minute walk from the elevator! At check-in, they’d told me that no Strip View rooms were available (Aria calls them City Views) so they gave me a Mountain View room – yeah right. After walking along too many branching hallways, I finally got to the room & the only view was of 2 ugly skyscrapers! So I called the front desk & told the clerk I wanted a better room but she rudely said that’s not possible today & a City View will cost $30 extra per night so I said transfer me to the front desk manager. The manager was much nicer & I told him how I made the reservation on the phone & requested a strip view & was not told that would cost extra. I also said at Encore, the newest 5 star hotel, they don’t charge extra for a strip view and that’s when the manager told me “Your room change is free” . My new room was on the 34th floor which is a nice compact floor with elevators & ice machine close to all – completely different than the endless 21st floor! So I explored the hotel & discovered this ugly truth: From the 3rd thru 25th floors, Aria is one massive building with too many rooms per floor serviced by just one elevator bank. Above the 25th floor, Aria splits into 2 towers: one for Aria & the other for the pricey Sky Suites …

Paul from www.vegastexasholdem.Net gives you the scoop on the new poker room at citycenter. Later that night you’ll see Scotty Nguyen, Men “The Master”, Daniel Negreanu, and Marcel Luske, as he takes you outside the final table at the World Poker Tour.