Sam's Town Casino

Once again we spent a big part of the winter in Sam's Town RV Park. We arrived on 19th of Nov, 2015 and departed on the 19th of Jan, 2016. The monthly rate coupled with some free days and promotions got us down to about $18 per day. The park personnel worked with us to ensure we got the best rates and to take advantage of our promotions, a good trick considering all the restrictions Sam's Town puts on promotions.

We enjoyed our stay and for the first time ever, spent the holidays away from home. We used Bconnected comp points (easy to get in Sam's Town) and Harrah's Total Rewards points to pay for all our meals for the entire two months. In fact we built up so many points in Sam's Town, Lucky Lucy cashed in a bunch for a new iPad. We did gamble quite a bit.

Once again our casino host was no longer employed by Sam's Town and we were assigned another, John Sou. I never met him in person but on a lark sent him an e-mail to see if they would comp us part of the RV park fees. To my surprise and delight, they picked up the entire two months. It always pays to ask.

Rick and Lucky Lucy

Stayed two days, January 21-23, 2015. KOA has recently taken over management of RV park. There are two RV parks, one north, one south of Sam's casino. Lots of long termers (assuming from space setup).
We stayed on the south side. Bathrooms and showers are clean, two dog runs, common areas are usually clean. For our purpose, we travel with two dogs, it was fine. Quite a few shaded spaces and adequate grassy areas.
Our space was next to the Boulder Hwy but was very quiet late evening and early morning.
The walk to the casino is through the parking garage. Nice walk to stretch the legs. Always felt safe.
Staff was helpful and friendly. Definitely will stay again.

Recent stay at Sam's KOA RV park was extremely enjoyable. We stayed at the south side park. The check in staff was friendly and accommodating since we have dogs and have specific spaces we like for them. The facilities are clean and the park, even though our space was very close to the Boulder Hwy, was quiet. It is a walk to the casino from the south RV park and it looks like the north RV park is even farther.
We ate at TGI Fridays. It always seems like all TGI Fridays are short staffed and this was no exception. So if you have lots of time, this is an option. They do have good happy hour specials.
It looks like they allow long term rental too. We enjoyed our stay and definitely will stay again.

We stayed here for two weeks last winter. This was their stay time limit, not ours. We found the RV park reasonable in most respects. One odd issue, they have the rigs park alternately forward/backward. Great if your good friends with your right hand neighbor, your awnings will touch. Frequent security patrols (on bicycle) which is encouraging, as ST is not in the best neighborhood. Easy walk to casino, which sports a bowling alley and movie theater. We enjoyed the Senior movie day on Tuesdays. Buffet was pretty good and we were getting some comps for modest VP quarter play. We found one bank of machines with very good pay table (dueces wild) and enjoyed many hours of play without getting scalped. Poker room was entertaining and the lounge club acts were fun as well. Easy drive to the strip, so no complaints as regards the location. Park has a laundry room, pool and whirlpool. Spaces are gravel and not large, but long enough for most any rig. We got some of the RV park fee comped, got some free movie tickets and lots of free food. All in all, a fun two weeks.

Sam's Town is pretty much our winter's destination these days. We have spent a month or more 3 of the last 4 winters at ST. We like the RV park and the park office personnel are friendly and helpful. They went the extra mile to help us cash in some free nights (ST has some obscure regulation about not doing back-to-back promotions).

The RV park is an easy walk to the casino where we find a variety of eateries, good VP, coffee, movie theater, bowling alley, ice cream parlor, and shopping (if you like that sort of thing). Additionally, they run free shuttle buses to the Strip and Downtown where we have even more dining choices. Players get big discounts on food (40% I think) if using BConnected slot card points.

We had a good relationship with a casino host (and a bad relationship with a different one, but that is another story). We got most of our RV park time comped. Between BConnected and Total Rewards from Harrah's we never paid for a single meal, and we dined like kings. However, within the last year ST cleaned house and all the casino hosts are gone -- both good and bad -- along with their boss, the director of customer relations. Don't know what happened but I do know we didn't get as many days comped last winter. The guy I dealt with didn't wear the title or host or customer relations.

We are still getting the same offers for free rooms (or RV park), tournaments, meals, etc., and will probably still go there for part of our winter excursions. We love the shuttle buses service and the convenience of the RV park, even if we have to pick up more of the tab.

Rick & Lucky Lucy