This is by far the nicest place to stay if you're staying downtown. The Golden Nugget seems to be the only place on Fremont street that is actually trying to improve themselves to attract more business. For instance, they have Vic and Anthony's steak house, and the Asian themed restaurants (the sushi place, Red, is awesome). Not to mention they have two Starbuck's. They also added a new tower with updated rooms and a new seafood restaurant. \nThis year, we stayed in the North tower, which was a step up from the South tower where we stayed last year. The room was somewhat nicer. \nWe asked for a non smoking room, which we got. The problem is, all of the rooms in the older hotels used to be smoking rooms and you could tell the moment you walked in the door. Within 10 minutes of entering the room, my nose started running and my eyes started watering. Next year, we're going to try to stay in the new Rush tower. \nIf you plan on staying downtown, this is definitely the only place you want to stay.