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The El Cortez Hotel & Casino is a small downtown Las Vegas Hotel a block from the Fremont Street Experience and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Their marketing slogan has been “Where locals come to play” since the El Cortez has attracted Las Vegas residents weary of the large casinos geared towards gouging tourists with high prices.

Slot machines, table games and a horse race and sports book occupy one floor of the casino’s main pavilion. Low minimums and lots of old timer Vegas characters are the highlights of the El Cortez’s casino.

It is one of the oldest casino hotels in Las Vegas having continuously operated at the same Fremont Street location since 1941. The El Cortez still has its original 1940s facade and often photographed neon sign.

The El Cortez Hotel rooms are small  and, according to Fodor’s “cell-like.”