text: Imperial Palace was the first hotel I ever visited when my fiance was interviewing for medical school here in town At the time he was a Masters student and I was a poor teacher so this was the cheapest place to stay and that was supposed to be good enough for usnnI wish I had been more assertive back then this was a few years ago before I became an embittered combatant exteacherYelper because we were given a room on the side of the building facing a very loud courtyard Even with earplugs in we could hear every booming bass line of the block party music below Neither of us slept and my poor fiance had to give an interview the next morning Our room also happened to have a love tub in it which was HILARIOUS It was shallow and round think baby pool It was also slick on the bottom so when I stepped in I took a nose dive and could not get the traction to get out again I felt like a beached orca whalennLast night we took a walk through this hotel again out of boredom and to see if anything has changed I did not realize it was possible but this place has become more crusty than it used to be The Imperial Palace was smelly loud and dirty It was one of the first times I have ever actually felt unsafe walking around on the Strip and it was not even that late at night I guess I will be avoiding this particular portion of the Strip from now on Sad