Las Vegas: Off-Strip casinos find ways to participate in F1 weekend

Sunday, September 24, 2023 5:58 PM
  • Howard Stutz, The Nevada Independent

Unlike its Las Vegas Strip neighbors, Ellis Island Hotel and Casino doesn’t have high-end luxury suites among its 300 hotel rooms. There isn’t a high-limit gaming lounge or a baccarat table inside the small casino that offers 300 slot machines and 15 blackjack tables.

Ellis Island’s restaurants include the Village Pub and The Front Yard, neither of which are operated by a celebrity chef and focus more on offering what they call “THE BEST deal in Las Vegas” — a $9.99 steak special.

“Our location allows our little hotel to stay competitive in the market,” Ellis Island Vice President of Development Christina Ellis said of the casino that was started by her grandfather in the late 1960s and now sits in the shadows of Planet Hollywood, Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas, one block east of the Strip on Koval Lane.