The Las Vegas Hilton is a classy hotel that caters to an upscale clientele. Its proximity to the convention center makes it popular with business people, while others are drawn by the Hilton's attraction, Star Trek: The Experience. This makes a strange combination of trekkie and yuppie clientele (suit, tie, Spock ears).

The Hilton's gaming floor is dominated by a 30,500-square-foot Sports and Race Book, one of the largest in the world. It has a video wall that is second in size only to the one at NASA. (Some of its 46 screens are as large as 15 feet across.) Accompanying this video marvel is a state-of-the-art audio system and comfortable seating arrangements. There are continuous shouts, cheers, and groans coming from scattered groups of people watching the games, but the noise level never gets out of control. Also impressive is the huge baccarat room, an elegant area hosted by a friendly and competent staff, complete with crystal chandeliers and velvet-covered furniture.

One can have a great Vegas vacation and never leave the Hilton. The hotel has some of the finest restaurants in Las Vegas, including Hilton Steakhouse and the quaint Benihana Village. The Hilton's nightclub, creatively called The NightClub, features hip DJs. The Hilton also has an 18-hole golf course and 220,000 square feet of convention space, leaving little doubt as to why it's so popular with business people.

The rooms are decorated rather blandly, but are otherwise comfortable. Each room has a small dressing parlor and mostly marble bathrooms. Pretty armoires hold televisions with HBO, pay-per-view, and video check-out capabilities. Whatever the rooms may lack in luxury, they certainly make up for in comfort. Elvis, the King of Rock and Roll, performed in the showroom here for the last eight years of his life - check out the statue dedicated to him in the lobby.