text: I should start this review by noting that I did not have much choice in staying at Ballys I was booked a room as part of a conference trip ITC if it matters to present some slides accompanying a research paper submitted earlier Anyhow that is irrelevant but just know this was not my first choice even though I started with no preconceived notionsnnMy stay started with a lukewarm greeting at checkin Upon arriving at the counter and after checking that my room was prepaid I was informed that the only option for a room that evening would either be on a smoking floor nope not a smoker and the casino floors in Vegas are smoky enough for me or if wanted a nonsmoking room it would be next to the elevators would be noisy and that I could check back the next day the trip is three nights for a better room Whatever I thought I am fine with dealing with some elevator dings and occasional people near the doornnThe sounds audible inside the room are nothing like a few dings or people outside It is not anything like that By next to the woman apparently meant adjacent to and sharing a wall with the elevator shaft itself The room is arranged such that the headrests of each bed are bolted to the wall That would not be a problem ordinarily however on the other side of that particular wall is the elevator shaft That would not be much of a problem either except that the elevators there are three are incredibly freaking loud and sound like a ski lift in the room There is a continual series of three thumps as rollers ostensibly ride over a section of track bolted to the wall on the other side of the wall Because the headboards are bolted to the walls the bed and anything touching it vibrate accordingly along with the floor and wall It is like something out of a surrealist torture room instead of a Las Vegas hotel I sht you not As I write this from within the room in fact I have heard the elevator or perhaps its counterweight I cannot tell travel past the room times The sound is seriously surreal as well It can also be imagined as the sound a deranged homeless man makes pushing a shopping cart filled with cinderblocks in circles over a set of three cement cracks Except it Does Not Stop Even at AM Nope nnThats not really the only problem with this dilapidated room either The dresser looks like it has an incredible amount of water damage on the base and top and cigarette burns The room has a CRT TV the south tower is obviously not renovated thanks front desk woman for not giving north tower as an option which sits on an equally battered looking TV stand that could collapse under the weight of a disapproving glancennOh and that is not all either inside the bathroom there are several tiles missing at the base of the wall with visible exposed drywall As in the entire tile is missing and you can literally see drywall The small trashcan was interestingly placed precisely to hide sight of this I have uploaded a picture to the gallery for your perusal it is not hard to miss There is nothing inside the room that would not be much better without a fresh coat of paint either nnSo why all this whining did not you ask for another room you are thinking right Well I did the next day the answer Not unless you want a smoking room PffftnnI just heard the elevator go by at full bore another time sighnnGet bent Ballys