Las Vegas Monorail, Las Vegas



A Las Vegas block is more like two blocks in any other city so finding a method of transportation up and down the Strip has merit. Besides the length of the Strip it can reach temperatures of over a hundred degrees in the summer and walking among the crowds can be very difficult. When visitors to Las Vegas use the monorail they can get from one end of the Strip to the other in about fifteen minutes. This saves on fuel that visitors don't have to purchase and it helps the environment as well. Traffic gets very congested along the Strip so this a way to avoid it.

Tickets for the monorail can be purchased ahead of time online or at one of the touch screens where the tickets are dispensed at a vending type machine right at the Monorail stations. Trains run every few minutes from 7:00 am to 2:00 am every day of the year. Weekends the monorails run until 3:00 am. They are heat and air cooled for the passengers comfort. Safety for the monorail is provided through monitors, a video surveillance system, private security officers and a K-9 unit.

If tickets are purchased online a single ride ticket is five dollars. A one day pass is twelve dollars and a three day pass is twenty eight dollars. There are seven monorails stations which include: the Sahara, Las Vegas Hilton, the Convention Center, Harrah's/Imperial Palace, Flamingo/Caesar's Palace, Bally's/Paris and the MGM Grand.

There are three free shuttle services available; one is from the MGM Grand station that takes visitors from the Showcase Mall between the MGM and the Grand Canyon Experience and takes people to the Hard Rock Cafy. They leave every half hour starting at 11:00 am until 9:00pm.

The second free shuttle picks passengers up at Harrah's every half hour beginning at 10:00 am to 1:00 am and goes to the Rio Hotel. The last free shuttle is from the Harrah's/Imperial Palace monorail to Sam's Town. They leave every hour and a half at 9:30 am to 9:30 pm.

Hotels that are near the MGM Grand monorail station are the Mandalay Bay, The Signature at MGM Grand, the Luxor Hotel and Casino, Excalibur, Tropicana, Hooters Hotel, New York New York, Hard Rock Hotel, Monte Carlo, Four Seasons, and Marriott's Grand Chateau.

Flamingo & Caesar's Palace monorail stop is near Bill's Gamblin Hall, Westin Casuarina, and Hilton Grand Vacations. The Bally's & Paris monorail stop puts visitors near the Bellagio with their fountains, Planet Hollywood, Ellis Island, Tuscany Suites and Platinum. Harrah's & Imperial Palace monorail puts guests near the Venetian, Palazzo, Mirage, Treasure Island, Casino Royale, Wynn, Encore, Rio, and Trump International.

The Convention Center gives guests the chance to visit several Marriott's, Embassy Suites, and a Best Western. A Hilton stop gets close to Circus Circus, Riviera and two Hilton Grand Vacation resorts. The final stop at the Sahara takes guests close to the Stratosphere and the Freemont Street Experience and Hotels.

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