Name: Harrah's Council Bluffs Hotel & Casino - A Caesars Rewards Destination
Address: 1 Harrah's Boulevard, Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America, Council Bluffs, Iowa, US
Price range: $64–$332 per night
Rating: 7.43

What guests think

At Harrah's Council Bluffs, A Caesars Destination, guests frequently praise clean, comfortable, sometimes-updated rooms, friendly staff, and the convenience to the interstate, airport, casino and Stir Cove, but many also report pervasive cigarette smoke odors throughout the property.

Cleanliness and upkeep are mixed, with recurring reports of moldy or worn bathrooms, slow drains, and housekeeping only on request. Service feedback ranges from welcoming and helpful to indifferent or slow, especially at check‑in and when rooms weren’t ready; resort and early check‑in fees also frustrate some guests. Dining is highlighted by Guy Fieri’s restaurant, yet options and hours are limited on some days, and late‑night food can be hard to find. Overall, expect a casino hotel with variable room quality and service, and be prepared for smoke exposure.

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Facilities

On-site casino, Stir Cove concert venue, and a free parking garage are convenient, but amenities are limited: no pool or hot tub, a modest gym, long or stair‑heavy walks from parking, and occasional elevator security concerns.

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Karen

May 31, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Room was ok,,comfortable but needs upgrades. Slot machines are all pretty much the same just different scenes. Not enough variety. Loved the Guy Freire restaurant,,food was great as were prices. Parking was Not so good. To much hill climbing for elderly with walking disabilities.

10

Courtney

Oct 11, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Parking was great with a parking garage option for free! Staff was super friendly and when I asked for more towels, they had them at the counter and didn't have to go back somewhere to get them! Room was great, bed comfy, shower and towels were good. Would definitely stay again!

10

Diane

Jun 9, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Rooms were spacious and clean. Front desk staff were personable. Casino was to left of lobby. Would have liked to have more secure elevators with limits on non hotel people being able to access hotel section

10

Daniel

Sep 7, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

360 steak house was closed both days of my stay. Because of road construction, access was difficult. The room did not come with a microwave or room safe. Upon check out, staff member was not very pleasant when asked for luggage cart. All other staff in building were professional and very pleasant. Over all, it was a good 2 night stay.

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jeannette

Feb 5, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room and bathroom was clean. Bed was comfortable and good blackout curtains. Only one chair and small table in room. Water bottles on table were $3.00 each. Thought this was ridiculous considering they have a $15 a night resort fee...also no pool or hot tub and only one restaurant we could find.

8

Robin

May 28, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

It had the casino and hotel on the same property which was nice and there was a shuttle that took you to neighboring casinos every half hour

10

Ranbir

Jul 2, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Gym is not very effective.

10

Larry

Mar 27, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I wish there were more options for eating, and shopping. I know you had valet service, but I like to park my own car, so that was inconvenient with all the stairs to navigate.

10

Jeremiah

Jun 3, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Venue for concert

10

Guadalupe

Jan 29, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Parking is far walk from entrance

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Cleanliness

Many guests find rooms very clean; however, recurring complaints cite mold or stains in tubs and showers, hair or dust, and occasional dirty bathrooms. Housekeeping is often on‑request, with some multi‑night stays not serviced.

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PAMELA

Jul 25, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Shower in the hotel room had mold in it

6

Kimberly

Jun 8, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This stay was just ok. Would have expected it to be in better condition for the cost of the room. The room wasn’t that clean. The shower tile was rusted and falling apart. It felt like the tub was spongy and going to fall apart. I probably wouldn’t stay here again.

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Ryan J

Sep 13, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Dirty. Sheets stained. Thin walls

10

Michael

Jun 3, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Room was quiet and very clean.

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BRIDGETTE

Jul 30, 2023

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Property is not updated. Rooms are older. Carpets are dirty and smell.

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Mike

Aug 3, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

This property was very average. There was a lot of mold in the shower. The pillows were tiny little squares. They were uncomfortable.

10

Patricia

May 1, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very clean with comfortable king size bed. Easy checking in and out. Convenient location.

10

Michelle

Nov 4, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Most comfortable beds after a day of travel. This hotle was clean from entering the building to our room!

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Binhson

May 3, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room is very clean fresh linens

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Andy

Sep 14, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The bathroom was dirty,when I turned on both the sink,and the shower brown water came out for about 3-4 seconds! There was hair on the floor of the bathroom! Gross!!

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Rooms

Rooms are often spacious with comfortable beds and views, but many note dated furnishings, thin walls and noise, limited outlets or USB ports, and the absence of a microwave; TV or Wi‑Fi and AC performance can be inconsistent.

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Heidi

Aug 9, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Definitely needs upkeep in rooms. Wallpaper falling off and tiniest pillows ever. Old old lamps and furniture. Beds are probably from when the place was built

10

James

Aug 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We are not into gambling, but stayed at Harrah’s for a concert at Stir Cove. We loved the concert venue and were really impressed with our room. Our room felt very large, and was probably the cleanest hotel room we’ve stayed in for years.

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andrew

Mar 24, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Rooms are a bit run down and dusty. WiFi barely worked, no usb chargers in room, cold water sink faucet barely worked, tv remote barely worked, uncomfortable chairs. Staff was all great & extremely friendly. Dining options good but needs a store or gift shop to get miscellaneous items.

10

Robert

Nov 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Hotel freshly remodeled. Modern clean, large rooms. Very comfortable king bed.

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Diane

Jun 9, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Rooms were spacious and clean. Front desk staff were personable. Casino was to left of lobby. Would have liked to have more secure elevators with limits on non hotel people being able to access hotel section

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MICHELLE

Jun 8, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We were excited for our stay, check in was smooth, we spent $600 in the casino, but when we went to sleep around 1am we got 2 hours sleep because the room 509 next to us (we were in 507) had children and they screamed from 3am till we packed and left at 4:30 from the noise. We told the lady at the front desk but she wasn't much help. The room was $300, so we won't be back, and we're driving 3 hours home to get sleep since we can't get it here. Very disappointed.

6

Kelly

May 11, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We were disappointed that there wasn’t more plugins or usb ports. Also, the air conditioner kept going from cold to warm.

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Julia

Sep 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I stayed at this location for the Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats concert at Stir Cove, the venue connected to the casino. Check in was easy and the staff was friendly. I was at to sign an electronic agreement of the usuals… No pets, no smoking, no illegal drugs, etc. Fastest elevators took me to my room on the sixth floor, and when I opened the door, I was hit by a strong smell of cigarette smoke in my room. I immediately called down to the front desk to let them know my discovery and to inform them that I did not want to switch rooms but wanted it noted that I was not the person smoking in the room. It stayed the entire duration of my trip. I would’ve asked to change rooms, but my room overlooked the river and had a great view of the concert stage. Turns out I didn’t need that view because I sat on the lawn for the entire show, but it was disappointing how bad the smell was. When I unpacked after returning home, my clothes reeked of cigarette smoke. Gross.

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Shengang

May 4, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Noisy from the neighbor room in the early morning

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Diane

Aug 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nice clean updated “roomy” room. Comfy bed. Quiet in rooms. Wish there had been a microwave in room.

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Service

Staff are frequently friendly, yet service is inconsistent, with long or late check‑ins, poor response to noise issues, and housekeeping by request only.

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Emilee

Jun 11, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Check in was at 3pm, I arrived around at 6pm and they stated they didn’t have a room ready for me, they said they would call when the room was ready, I had an event elsewhere, 9:30pm rolls around and I had still not heard from them. I proceeded to call to try and get ahold of someone 3 separate times and wasn’t able to get ahold of anyone until 10pm, they said they would try to find me a room but seemed skeptical. Super disappointed…

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Stacy

Jun 10, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Very nice hotel!! Very clean and very nice staff!! Check-in on the other hand was RIDICULOUS. I had reservations for a king room. We didnt get there till 9:00 pm....the room was not cleaned yet!!!!!! They were "working" on it. They took my number and said they will call me, they ended up texting me at 10:50 saying our room was ready. In the meantime we went to the casinos and got back at 3:00 am to get our room key. No one was at the front desk so security at the casino tried to contact him on radio 3 times and no response. We stood there and waited 30-45 minutes for the front desk guy to come help. Wasn\'t told sorry or anything. Didnt offer money off the room or any kind of discount for having the room for ONLY 8 hours!! Very disappointed with check-in!!

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Linda

Aug 24, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Check in person was beyond rude after we traveled 8+ hours in terrible storms. Really just ruined our whole experience.

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James

Mar 11, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Very nice property. Staff were excellent.

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marion roger

Nov 1, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Easy check-in friendly professional staff informational if there was anything i needed please don't hesitate to call and to have a good stay. Room was in order and clean. Would stay in the future.

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Jaynette Denise

May 26, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

I would have given an excellent rating except for one thing. If it were small, I would have ignored it. Check in desk, two female employees that have very un-inviting looks on their faces. They are usually the first people you meet at a hotel. How they greet the guest is the first impression of the resort. No smiles, no hello’s - ever. You walk past to head to the casino or out of the building it’d be a glance up, eye roll and a frown. Complete turn off. Guy Fieri’s was awesome! Fun employees! Beds very comfortable. Floors could use vacuuming. Nicest person was the head of security. Nice, informative and his smile reached his eyes.

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Moises

Mar 18, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Very friendly staff

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Kent

Sep 29, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

It was the worst stay I’ve ever had at a hotel. The room next to us had screaming, fighting, stuff being thrown for over 4 hours and nothing was done about it. The gal walked out into the hallway and screamed obscenities three times out by the front desk and nothing happened. Didn’t get to sleep until 4:00am in the morning. Staff did nothing to stop the noise and fighting that was happening. Told the help at the front desk and they didn’t even care that this happened. Very disappointed on my first time staying at Harrah’s.

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Juan

Apr 25, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

It took me 1 hour 30 min to check in receptionist was sleeping in a room and security had to go find him

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James

Jul 4, 2024

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Stayed 5 nights

Requested room to be cleaned and fresh towels daily since we were staying 5 days. Housekeeping failed to service 2 out of the 5 days without me having to call them and ask for clean towels and empty overflowing trash cans. The second time I had to call the manager had to bring us clean towels and empty trash. We were on vacation, didn't feel i needed to oversee that our room got serviced. Won't stay there again.

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Location

Convenient for the interstate, airport, and on‑site concerts, with some river or skyline views; a few guests found signage or the uphill entrance awkward.

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Mylynn

Dec 16, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The rooms are very clean with a comfortable bed and good pillows. The area is quiet and in a convenient location to get on and off the interstate. Staff were very accommodating and pleasant.

10

estela

Sep 2, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

It was nice hotel close to the event we went for

10

Yanett

Aug 12, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great location!!

8

Stephen

May 30, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Close to the airport

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Jill

Apr 28, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I liked that it was reasonable and clean and not far from the airport.

10

Carol

Nov 15, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The signage out side the casino driving in was a little confusing.

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Patricia

Oct 23, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Easy to get on and off freeway. Front desk was very polite and friendly. Beds were comfortable. Room was large. Liked that there were two chairs in the room. Not many hotels have that. I would stay again.

10

Celeste

Jun 19, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Close vacinity to ballpark & fun entertainment during the evening

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Dennis

Aug 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Convenient to highway

10

Jeremiah

Jun 3, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Venue for concert

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Dining

Guy Fieri’s restaurant earns many compliments, but overall dining is limited: outlets and the steakhouse are closed on some days, prices can be high, and late‑night or quick options are scarce.

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Thomas

Aug 2, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The steakhouse was good

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James

Jan 4, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We got into the hotel late. They had no snack bar in the casino and no late night food options. Disapointed

10

Roger

Feb 19, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Hotel was very nice and clean and our meal at Guy Fierie’s restaurant was excellent.

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Barbara

Aug 11, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Need more food choices, not enough restaurants

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William

Jul 11, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

It was a good room ,clean and quiet. The wife did good at the casino, me not so good. The casino was smaller in size which was actually nice. We ate at the restaurant and the food came in large portions and the taste was good. TV could of been better not many channels to choose from.

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Bennie

Jun 8, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

We enjoyed our stay and room was nice and had a nice view of Omaha skyline. We were looking forward to the steakhouse but it is closed on Monday and Tuesdays( the nights we stayed) but we ate at Guy's and food was good. I made a small deposit at casino as expected. I was concerned with some of the negative reviews I had read but didn't have any of those issues. They are remodeling what i assume was the pizza place and finishing up some things before the crowd from the college world series arrives but no big deal.

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Bill

May 19, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The restaurants closed at or before 9pm at the hotel. Was not informed of that when checking in. If I knew that I would have ate before going to play at the casino.

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Kathleen

Nov 10, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The 360 Restaurant was closed. The Buffet was discontinued and replaced by more Slot Machines. The only place to eat and escape from the smoking and noise was Guy Fieri's Restaurant which was overpriced and had a very limited menu. My husband and I shared the Pork Chop, Mashed Potatoes, very tiny Corn Relish and Whiskey Glaze cups, and with 1 Beer and 1 Soda, the price was over $60.00! The only good part was the view of the River and I had to request that room after the Front Desk Clerk had already checked us into a room without the view. Sorry Harrahs, we won't be back. :(

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Tony

May 24, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The staff were some of the friendliest people I’ve ever had at any stay. Especially the older gentleman working at the bar of the casino, in the morning. All 4 days, he knew exactly what I wanted and pretty much started it when I was walking in. Loved Guy Fieri restaurant. I left the casino/hotel when my daughters made me.

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Erik

Dec 6, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Convenient to the airport, arrived late - no food options at all, which was disappointing. Room was clean, comfortable bed

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Month	Average price
January	$76
February	$90
March	$96
April	$91
May	$155
June	$263
July	$131
August	$225
September	$210
October	$100
November	$88
December	$258

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16 $91	17 $84	18 $166	19 $308
20 $91	21 $65	22 $64	23 $68	24 $80	25 $141	26 $332
27 $65	28 $80	29 $80	30 $80

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $65	2 $241	3 $112
4 $77	5 $115	6 $115	7 $116	8 $80	9 $224	10 $88
11 $65	12 $80	13 $80	14 $64	15 $80	16 $126	17 $123
18 $64	19 $65	20 $78	21 $65	22 $64	23 $89	24 $88
25 $65	26 $78	27 $67	28 $78	29 $65	30 $79	31 $81

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Room options

Deluxe Queen Room with Two Queen Beds

Room Type Assigned on Arrival

Deluxe King Room

Premium Room, River View, 1 King

Premium Room, River View, 2 Queens

Superior Queen Room with Two Queen Beds

Superior King Room

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