Horseshoe Las Vegas Review: Is the Former Bally’s a Center-Strip Bargain?

If you want a center-Strip base with a big standard room and a smaller resort fee than Paris or Caesars Palace charge, Horseshoe is the hotel to price first. This is the former Bally’s, renamed Horseshoe Las Vegas on December 15, 2022; its old Jubilee Tower now belongs to Paris as the Versailles Tower, so today’s Horseshoe is a single 26-story Resort Tower with 2,052 rooms. The honest take from this Horseshoe Las Vegas review: it’s a strong value at the Flamingo Road “Four Corners,” with 450-square-foot rooms, its own monorail station and a resort fee of $49.95 per night plus tax (as of October 2026), as long as you can live with a weekends-only pool and showers without tubs.

We researched this review from Caesars’ official pages, FAQ and booking engine, checked in October 2026, and we don’t accept free stays; how we review hotels explains the method.

Location

Horseshoe sits at 3645 Las Vegas Blvd South, at the Flamingo Road intersection known as the Four Corners, where pedestrian bridges link it with the other corner resorts: Bellagio, Caesars Palace and The Vanderpump Hotel. Paris is next door, connected by an interior casino walkway and a 253-foot SkyBridge (our guide to connected hotels in Las Vegas maps the other indoor links), and the Grand Bazaar Shops, an outdoor plaza with Blake Shelton’s Ole Red, sit right in front of the resort. Flamingo is one block north, and Harrah’s FAQ puts the walk from Harrah’s to Horseshoe at 7 to 8 minutes.

Behind the resort, across the parking lot near Sphere, Caesars Entertainment Studios stages BattleBots. The Horseshoe & Paris monorail station is on property, which makes Horseshoe one of the easiest car-free bases on the Strip; our guide to Las Vegas without a car ranks the others.

Horseshoe is operated by Caesars Entertainment, so Caesars Rewards status counts here. Caesars agreed in May 2026 to be acquired by Fertitta Entertainment; stockholders approved the deal on Sept. 22, 2026, but it still awaited antitrust and gaming regulators in October. The sale speculation reported by Casinos.com centers on Flamingo or Golden Nugget, not Horseshoe.

Rooms

All 2,052 rooms are in the 26-story Resort Tower, which was renovated in 2018 for $125 million; the 2022 rebrand added restaurants, the poker room and The Arcade. Sizes come from Caesars’ booking engine and FAQ (checked October 5, 2026).

Room type	Size	Beds	Notes
Resort Room	450 sq ft (some listings 440)	1 King or 2 Queens	High Roller, South Strip or fountain view versions; 42-inch TV, USB charging
Resort Studio Suite	590 sq ft	1 King or 2 Queens	Sitting area, 55-inch TV, refrigerator; High Roller, fountain or Strip views
Resort Executive Suite	650 sq ft	1 King	Soaking tub in the bedroom, two vanities, 65-inch TV
Resort Presidential Suite	890 sq ft	Not listed	Two stories, floor-to-ceiling windows, wet bar
Resort Premium Suite	1,500 sq ft	1 King	Separate living room, six-seat dining table, wet bar
Penthouse Suite	2,550–3,425 sq ft	2 Kings	Two living areas, soaking tubs in both bedrooms

The Resort Room is the reason to book. At about 450 square feet it’s bigger than Paris’s Burgundy rooms (390), Flamingo’s standard rooms (about 350) and the 250 to 400 square feet you get at The LINQ, and on par with Planet Hollywood’s Ultra Hip rooms.

For a fridge or a tub, step up. The 590-square-foot Studio Suite adds a refrigerator and a sitting area, and the 650-square-foot Executive Suite puts a soaking tub in the bedroom.

Balconies: none of Horseshoe’s room categories lists one. The nearest standard balcony rooms are next door in Paris’s Versailles Tower, the former Jubilee Tower, which sells 38 Versailles Balcony rooms with Strip views; our Paris Las Vegas review covers them.

Beds

Resort Rooms come with one king or two queen pillow-top beds, Studio Suites with one king or two queens, the Executive and Premium suites with one king, and the Penthouse Suite with two kings, 300-count sheets and blackout curtains. Caesars doesn’t publish a maximum occupancy for each room type, so confirm it before you book a two-queen room for a group.

Bathrooms

Here’s the catch in the standard rooms: Resort Rooms and Studio Suites have a shower and no tub, according to Caesars’ booking engine. The FAQ describes a marble bathroom with a backlit mirror and a rain shower, but the booking engine lists a standard spray head, so don’t count on the rain shower.

For a tub, book the Executive Suite, with a soaking tub in the bedroom and a marble bathroom with a free-standing shower and two vanities, or a Penthouse Suite, with soaking tubs in both bedrooms and a rain shower head.

Pools

Blu Pool is an oversized, heated outdoor pool (the main pool is 12 feet deep, per Caesars’ 2026 pool release) with a turf deck for foosball and cornhole, plus cabanas, daybeds and canopy beds. It opens only Friday to Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., weather permitting. Hotel guests get in free with a room key, since pool access is part of the resort fee, and non-guests need a cabana or daybed rental. The 2026 season opened on April 1, and Caesars hasn’t posted a closing date.

On weekdays, Horseshoe sends its guests next door to Pool à Paris through the interior walkway. That’s a two-acre, all-ages rooftop garden pool that Caesars bills as its quieter, more relaxed pool; confirm access at the front desk. Neither pool is adults-only, so for a 21+ scene, OMNIA Dayclub is at Caesars Palace, across the Four Corners intersection.

Restaurants and bars

• Jack Binion’s Steak: the signature steakhouse, added with the 2022 rebrand.
• Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Sports Kitchen: American food and a sports bar, also new in 2022.
• Open 24 hours: LavAzza, Johnny Rockets, Sbarro and Subway.
• Out front: Blake Shelton’s Ole Red in the Grand Bazaar Shops, which Horseshoe doesn’t own.

For drinks, The Lock is a 21+ speakeasy hidden inside The Cabinet of Curiosities bar, opening daily at 4 p.m., and The Arcade has its own 21+ bar. The list is short, but Paris’s restaurants, including Gordon Ramsay Steak, Mon Ami Gabi and the Eiffel Tower Restaurant, are an indoor walk away.

Casino

The casino covers nearly 70,000 square feet, with more than 700 slots and 42 table games. Poker is the specialty: the World Series of Poker Hall of Fame Poker Room has 18 tables in 4,900 square feet, deals No-Limit and Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha and Omaha 8, and runs daily tournaments. Caesars calls Horseshoe the official Strip home of the World Series of Poker.

Sports bettors use the Caesars Sportsbook counter next to the poker room. Smoking is permitted on the casino floor, while restaurants are non-smoking. Horseshoe still sells both smoking and non-smoking rooms, and smoking in a non-smoking room costs $500. If smoke is a deal-breaker, our non-smoking hotels in Las Vegas guide lists better options.

Entertainment and nightlife

Caesars’ official shows list for Horseshoe on October 5, 2026:

• BattleBots at Caesars Entertainment Studios, behind Horseshoe near Sphere, with shows at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Laugh Factory: comics including Rich Little (Monday to Wednesday), Willie Barcena, Rondell Sheridan, Rich Vos, Tom Rhodes, Tokyo Kanpai Boys and Yohay Sponder, plus Paranormal – Mind Reading Magic with Frederic Da Silva.
• X Rocks, an adults-only show in the X Rocks Theater.

Sin City Stones, which older guides still list, no longer appears on the official page. By day, The Arcade (7,000 square feet, open daily from 10 a.m., with games half off on Wednesdays) is the big draw, and the FAQ also lists Twilight Zone by Monster Mini Golf and REAL BODIES. Nightlife is low-key: The Lock and Ole Red. For a nightclub, OMNIA is at Caesars Palace, across the Four Corners intersection.

Amenities

• Fitness center: open 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. for guests 18 and older; the resort fee covers two guests daily.
• Spa: guests use Voie Spa & Salon at Paris, reached by the walkway (25,000 square feet, 18+, with a steam room, dry sauna and hot tub).
• Pets: PetStay rooms take dogs only, up to two with a combined weight of 50 pounds.
• Mobility rentals: wheelchairs ($50 refundable deposit, from $22 a day) and scooters ($100 deposit, from $57 a day) from the Bell Desk, with only 10 scooters a day (as of October 2026).
• Extras: free luggage storage.

Parking

Self-parking is in a seven-story garage shared with Paris, behind both resorts and entered from Flamingo Road; the walk from the garage to the Horseshoe lobby is about a quarter mile. Valet is at the main hotel entrance. Both are paid, and Caesars doesn’t publish the rates on Horseshoe’s pages.

Caesars Rewards Platinum, Diamond and Seven Stars members park free, self or valet, and Nevada residents may get up to three free hours of self-parking with a valid Nevada ID, except during events and holidays. Paying hotel guests get in-and-out privileges. Our Las Vegas parking fees guide collects the third-party rate reports.

Getting around: transportation

• Monorail: the Horseshoe & Paris station is on property, reached through the pool area. Trains run every 4 to 8 minutes from 7 a.m. daily, until midnight on Mondays, 2 a.m. Tuesday to Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday to Sunday, and a single ride costs $6.25 at the machine or $5.75 online (as of October 2026). The Las Vegas Convention Center is three stops north; our Las Vegas Monorail guide covers passes and every stop.
• T-Mobile Arena: the arena’s route list (now offline; last captured in December 2025) put Horseshoe 22 minutes away on foot, 18 minutes by monorail or about 10 minutes by taxi.
• Rideshare and taxis: they use designated zones separate from the valet entrance, so check the property map for the current pickup spot.
• Bus: the Deuce, RTC’s 24-hour Strip route, stops nearby.
• Airport: there’s no shuttle. The airport is about 3.5 miles away (10 to 25 minutes), and the zone’s taxi flat fare is $26.25, plus $3 by card (as of October 2026).

Resort fee

The resort fee is $49.95 per night plus tax (as of October 2026), the same as Flamingo, The LINQ and Harrah’s and $5 less than Paris, Planet Hollywood and Caesars Palace. With Clark County’s 13.38% room tax, that’s about $56.63 a night. It covers Wi-Fi for two devices per day, fitness center access for two guests daily, local calls and Blu Pool access.

Budget for the deposit, too: Horseshoe holds $50 a day on your card, which our guide to Las Vegas hotel deposits puts in context. For the full fee picture, see our breakdown of Las Vegas resort fees and the official Horseshoe FAQ.

Nearby attractions

• Caesars Palace and The Forum Shops: across the Four Corners intersection, with the free “Fall of Atlantis” show hourly from noon.
• Paris next door: the Eiffel Tower Viewing Deck, open from 4 p.m. to midnight, and a free light show every 30 minutes from sunset to midnight.
• Fountains of Bellagio: across the Four Corners, with free shows every 30 minutes from 3 p.m. on weekdays (from noon on weekends and holidays) and every 15 minutes from 8 p.m. to midnight, according to Bellagio; weather can cancel them.
• Flamingo Wildlife Habitat: one block north, free and open daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• LINQ Promenade: the High Roller and Fly LINQ, beyond Flamingo.

Who should stay here

• Value hunters who want about 450 square feet at the Four Corners for a $49.95 fee; our list of cheap hotels in Las Vegas has more low-cost picks.
• Poker players: the WSOP Hall of Fame Poker Room runs daily tournaments.
• Car-free travelers and convention-goers: the monorail is on property, three stops from the Convention Center.
• Families with older kids: The Arcade and mini golf are on site, BattleBots is out back, and Pool à Paris covers weekday swims.

Who should avoid it

• Pool-centric travelers: Blu Pool opens only Friday to Sunday.
• Bath lovers: standard rooms have a shower only.
• Balcony seekers: there are none; book a Versailles Balcony room at Paris.
• The 21+ pool crowd: there’s no adults-only pool or dayclub on property.
• Smoke-sensitive travelers: smoking is allowed on the casino floor, and smoking rooms are still sold.

Pros and cons

Alternatives nearby

Paris is the closest call. If you’re deciding between Horseshoe and Paris, it’s space and fee versus theme: Horseshoe’s Resort Rooms beat Paris’s Burgundy rooms for size and its fee is $5 lower, while Paris adds a daily rooftop pool, stronger restaurants and balcony rooms. Horseshoe is the better value if you’ll eat and swim at Paris anyway.

Flamingo, one block north, charges the same $49.95 fee and has its own monorail station, plus a 21+ GO Pool, an all-ages Family Pool and the free Wildlife Habitat. Its standard rooms are smaller (about 350 square feet). Choose Flamingo for pools and younger kids, Horseshoe for room size and poker; our Flamingo Las Vegas review has the details.

Planet Hollywood costs $5 more in fees but has 585-square-foot Ultra Resort rooms, a rooftop pool open daily with a 21+ section, and PH Live. It has no monorail station or poker room, though. Read our Planet Hollywood Las Vegas review, or our Paris vs Planet Hollywood comparison, which weighs Horseshoe as the third option.

Is it worth staying here?

Yes, if you’ll spend your days out and want the most room for the fee. Horseshoe gives you about 450 square feet at the Four Corners, a monorail station and an indoor route to Paris for $49.95 plus tax a night. It’s less worth it if the pool is the point of your trip or you want a bath; Paris and Planet Hollywood cost $5 more in fees and put more under one roof.

Add the resort fee, tax and any parking to the nightly rate before you compare. Prices vary according to travel dates and availability, and our list of the best hotels in Las Vegas shows what a bigger budget buys.

FAQ

Is Horseshoe Las Vegas the old Bally’s?

Yes. Caesars renamed Bally’s Las Vegas as Horseshoe Las Vegas on December 15, 2022. Bally’s former Jubilee Tower now belongs to Paris as its Versailles Tower, so today’s Horseshoe is a single 26-story tower with 2,052 rooms at the Flamingo Road Four Corners, with its own monorail station and the WSOP poker room.

Is Horseshoe Las Vegas a good hotel?

Yes, for value. Resort Rooms measure about 450 square feet and were renovated in 2018, the monorail station is on property, Paris is an indoor walk away, and the resort fee is $49.95 plus tax (as of October 2026). The weak spots are a pool that opens only Friday to Sunday, shower-only standard bathrooms and a $50-a-day incidental deposit.

Is Horseshoe connected to Paris?

Yes, indoors. An interior casino walkway and a 253-foot SkyBridge link Horseshoe with Paris next door, so guests can walk to Paris’s restaurants, Voie Spa and, on weekdays, Pool à Paris without going outside. The two resorts also share the Horseshoe & Paris monorail station and a self-parking garage.

Is the Horseshoe pool open?

Only on weekends. Blu Pool opens Friday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., weather permitting; the 2026 season began April 1, and no closing date has been posted. On weekdays, Horseshoe guests can use Pool à Paris next door through the interior walkway, so confirm at the front desk. Pool access is included in the resort fee.

Is Horseshoe a Caesars property?

Yes. Caesars Entertainment operates Horseshoe, so Caesars Rewards tiers decide perks such as free parking for Platinum members and above. The building opened in December 1973 as the first MGM Grand and took a new name in 1986. Caesars’ sale to Fertitta Entertainment, approved by stockholders on Sept. 22, 2026, still awaited regulators in October.

Is parking free at Horseshoe Las Vegas?

Not for most guests. Self-parking and valet are paid, and Caesars doesn’t publish the rates on Horseshoe’s pages. Both are free for Caesars Rewards Platinum, Diamond and Seven Stars members, and Nevada residents may get up to three free hours of self-parking with a valid ID, except during events. The garage, shared with Paris, is about a quarter mile from the lobby.

Is Horseshoe Las Vegas kid friendly?

Fairly, for a casino resort. The Arcade, Twilight Zone by Monster Mini Golf, REAL BODIES and the BattleBots shows give kids plenty to do, and neither Blu Pool nor Pool à Paris is adults-only. But an adult 21 or older must check in, smoking is allowed on the casino floor, and X Rocks is for adults only.

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