Where to Stay in Las Vegas in 2026: The New, Renamed and Reopened Hotels

The Cromwell is now Vanderpump

The hotel stands on the corner of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard, which is about as central as the Strip gets. Vanderpump redesigned the interiors with Nick Alain, so you get blush pink, mirrored glass and her dog portraits on the gaming floor. Rates start under $200 a night, and include a cocktail token at check-in and a free cocktail hour each evening. A $55 resort fee plus tax is added nightly. Self-parking is free for three hours, then $20 per 24 hours.

Giada, Giada De Laurentiis's Italian restaurant, survived the rebrand and still looks out over the Strip. The old Bound Bar is now the Gigolo cocktail lounge, named after Vanderpump's late dog. The pool deck upstairs is now Soleia, with tiered pools, bungalows and daybeds. Drai's Beach Club and the rooftop nightclub closed on 31 October 2025. The one club left in the building is Drai's After Hours, down in the basement, open Thursday to Sunday from 1 a.m.

It is a small hotel. The casino and the rooms are compact, and there is no showroom and no spa, so book a megaresort if that is what you want.

The newest tower up north

Fontainebleau Las Vegas opened in December 2023 at the far north end of the Strip, and it is still the newest megaresort in the city. A Vegas Loop station opened underneath it in February 2026, which puts the Convention Center next door a couple of minutes away by tunnel. Komodo and Papi Steak are the big rooms for dinner, and the Promenade food hall is there when you want to spend less. LIV is the nightclub, with LIV Beach as its pool club by day. Self-parking is free with a room key, and valet is $35 to $40. Each winter the third-floor pool deck is frozen into the Oasis Ice Rink, which opens on 19 November 2026 and runs nightly from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., longer over Thanksgiving week, from $30. The drawback is distance, as the centre-Strip landmarks are a tram or a taxi away.

Renamed Strip hotels

W Las Vegas was Delano until 18 December 2024, when Marriott's W brand took the tower over. Every room is a suite with a separate living area, and the tower has no casino and no smoking in it. That is the reason to book it. You swim at the hotel's own WET Deck, and you can use Mandalay Bay Beach and the BATHHOUSE Spa next door when they are open for the season. Skyfall, the bar on the 64th floor, has its own lift and a happy hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Self-parking is $20 per 24 hours for guests. The tower sits at the southern tip of the Strip, and the walk out through Mandalay Bay is long.

The Reserve at Park MGM finished shedding the NoMad name on 17 December 2025, and joined Marriott's Autograph Collection in 2026. It is the top floors of Park MGM, with a separate entrance and lift lobby, so you reach your room without crossing a casino. The venues were renamed with the hotel. The Library is the book-lined restaurant, the Reserve Bar is the bar, and there is a small Terrace Pool above the Strip. Park MGM is smoke-free throughout, which is still rare here.

Horseshoe Las Vegas was Bally's until 15 December 2022, when Caesars moved the historic downtown Horseshoe name into it. You get a plain, well-priced room in the exact middle of the Strip, opposite the Bellagio fountains. The World Series of Poker now plays here and at Paris Las Vegas each summer, and the 2026 series ran from 26 May to 15 July. The Laugh Factory opened a comedy club here in February 2026, and Rich Little has been in residency since April. Jack Binion's Steak is the steakhouse.

SAHARA Las Vegas got its old name back on 29 August 2019, when the SLS experiment ended. The hotel is at the north end of the Strip, on Sahara Avenue. The Monorail's northernmost station is here, which is the easy way in from the Convention Center and the centre Strip. There are two pools, AZILO for party days and an adults-only rooftop Retro Pool for guests 21 and over. Magic Mike Live is the resident show, and Maroon, Kwame Onwuachi's Caribbean steakhouse, is the booking worth making. Standard rates carry a $54.95 resort fee plus tax. The hotel also keeps running all-in rates with no resort fee, so check which offer is on for your dates. Parking is free.

Downtown, adults only

Circa Resort & Casino opened on Fremont Street in late 2020, the first hotel built from the ground up downtown in decades. It is 21 and over everywhere except Barry's Downtown Prime, and ID is checked at the pool door, so children rule it out completely. Stadium Swim is why people book it: six stepped pools facing a big outdoor screen, heated and open all year, usually 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and shorter in winter. Guests of Circa, The D and Golden Gate swim free. Everyone else pays $25 midweek and $40 at weekends. Expect a $50 resort fee plus the 13% downtown room tax. Park in the Garage Mahal across the street, linked by skybridge, at $4 an hour up to $25 a day.

Off the Strip with a car

Rio Hotel & Casino Las Vegas has lost the All-Suite tag and gained a Hyatt badge. The overhaul rebuilt the Ipanema Tower suites, the pool and the casino floor. Ask for an Ipanema room when you book, because Masquerade Tower rooms were still unrenovated late in 2026 and they are a very different stay. The hotel is a mile west of the Strip on West Flamingo Road, and self-parking and valet are both free. Penn & Teller still headline the theatre, with 8 p.m. dates listed into 2027 from $136.

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas is the old Hard Rock, reopened under the Virgin name in March 2021 and now a Curio Collection by Hilton hotel. Book it for the food. Nobu holds a Michelin star, and One Steakhouse, Casa Calavera and Kassi Beach House are all on site. The pool complex is ringed by restaurants, with a lawn used for concerts and the two-storey Élia Beach Club alongside. It is on Paradise Road, a mile east of the Strip. There is no shuttle, and the walk is a mile of wide, hot roads, so budget for a taxi every time you leave. Parking is free for everybody.

The Resort at Summerlin went back to its 1999 name on 1 January 2026, when the JW Marriott Las Vegas and Rampart Casino names both disappeared. The hotel itself stays in the JW Marriott system. You are on North Rampart Boulevard, twenty minutes northwest of the Strip by car, among stone archways and fountain courtyards with Red Rock Canyon on the skyline. A renovation runs through 2026 and takes in the main pool and the spa, so expect work on site. The new Neighborhood Food Hall is open, and Hawthorn Grill is the sit-down restaurant. Come for golf, or for the Red Rock hikes.

Durango Casino & Resort opened in December 2023 out in Spring Valley, seven to nine miles southwest of the Strip and a 15 to 20 minute drive. Parking is free in the garage and the lots. The casino is built with windows, so there is daylight on the floor. Eat Your Heart Out is the food hall, and Shang Artisan Noodle and Nielsen's Frozen Custard are the stalls to find. An expansion started in January 2026 and will take about eighteen months, so there is building work on site into 2027.

Before you book

Check whether the resort fee is waived on your dates before you compare room rates, and at the Rio ask for the tower by name. Summerlin and Durango both have building work going on, so ask for a room away from it.

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