Decided on a last minute long weekend trip to LV and found hotel rates surprisingly high. Circus Circus was the cheapest by at least $50, but it wasn't worth it. It was just hellishly loud, full of frumpy folks and their screaming kids, dirty, run-down, and ridiculously far from anything considering it is \"on the strip\" - the buildings are set back about 1/4 mile from Las Vegas Blvd., and with the demise of Stardust and Westward Ho, only the somewhat rundown Riviera is within a few steps. The not-that-thrilling destinations of The Stratosphere and The Sahara are within what might be a 10-minute walk at a normal gait, but turns into a 20-minute journey, slogging along behind the cattle-like herds wandering between the creepy hotels and construction sites that fill this decidedly un-glamorous little portion of LV. Words cannot express how disappointed I was to spend the time and money to go to Las Vegas, only to feel stranded in this hellish little ghetto. Any savings on the room were spent on cab fare getting the hell out of there. I love Fremont Street for retro Vegas, and I appreciate the glam of the new high-end mega-casinos - The Stratosphere, Sahara, and Riviera are in-and-of-themselves, not bad, but their location will mean their eventual demise. Circus Circus, on the other hand, puts the downward drag on this already lacking section of Vegas, and is not worth visiting at any price. It should be dynamited as soon as possible.