Golden Nugget to charge hotel guests $5 a night for Fremont Street Experience

[SteveBourieOLD]

The Golden Nugget, an anchor of downtown Las Vegas, plans to start July 1 charging hotel guests $5 a night for the Fremont Street Experience.

The Fremont Street Experience no longer free at the Golden Nugget - VEGAS INC

What do you think of this idea Dewey?

[dewey089]

Re: Golden Nugget to charge hotel guests $5 a night for Fremont Street Experience

I love it and I assume it is basically because of all the customers writing and asking for that fee. I 've been asking for more fees for a long while now.

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I think my local grocery is finally going to charge a fee to folks who need to use a cart with wheels.

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Then the gas station needs a fee to provide the canopy protection from rain while pumping.

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And you should consider a membership card fee added to price of the American Casino Guide for that fine little card in the center of each book.

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On the other hand it may well change the makeup of the poker table. It may attract those players who don't do the math. That will be a rather drastic change. Imagine playing against a table loaded with folks who say, "Hey, it's only money!!" and toss in their chips on third best hands.

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[dewey089]

Re: Golden Nugget to charge hotel guests $5 a night for Fremont Street Experience

However, for serious readers this is perhaps another place to mention that the D has no added fees. Instead they give back over a 4 day booking $15 in breakfast coupons, $10 in matchplays and a few other coupons that I did not use including a discount on the SCintas.

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If you decide to stay there, however, the coffee maker is one of those upscale Kerig models and they charge $2.50 for each of the little cups. So bring a few with you. Your local store charges about 50 cents for each one. Or McDonald's is just downstairs for Newman's Own and they may have a senior coffee deal.

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The Four Queens too has great prices and a coffee pot in the room that makes a few cups at a time. The coffee there is not as upscale, but it is free and they generously replenish.

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Ironically, when I book downtown I ask for a room as far away from the Fremont Experience as possible. But so far none of the hotels seem to have a "quiet room" fee. Or an early booking fee for that matter. I got in one day last trip at 9 AM at the D and no one even reminded me that I was seven hours early.