Las Vegas, Nevada, it’s all about the game. Vegas hotels bursting with casinos line the Las Vegas Strip and downtown Las Vegas, and are divided in suburbs such as Lake Las Vegas, Summerlin, and Green Valley.

Just as you were wondering hotel in las vegas cannot possibly deal with another casino resort, another one (or two) goes up, bigger than the one next door, with new polish, new buzz, and a new and improved buffet and steakhouse.

The lure of the perfect life is everywhere, but it can be costly. Buffets boast Kobe beef and cost up to $38 for a dinner spot, while some production or headliner shows are seeing more than two C-notes for a seat. However, although no longer the bargain they once were, room prices are still lower than those in many other urban or resort areas. Even the exclusive vegas hotels such as Wynn Las Vegas has rates under $200 now and then, and rooms at Aladdin, palm hotel las vegas and Harrah’s sometimes start under $90 which can be regarded as discount las vegas hotel.

Here’s a report of some of the most hotel-rich areas of vegas hotels:

* The Strip: Officially named Las Vegas Boulevard South, the Strip is the heart of Vegas tourism and has the highest concentration of the city’s top hotels and shows. Accommodations range from seedy motels to luxury vegas hotels casinos, and although good packages are available, you generally get what you pay for.

* Convention Center: Just east of the Strip, the Las Vegas Convention Center is the largest of the city’s convention spaces, with 3.2 million square feet of space. While still close enough to the Strip to make getting there on foot possible, the hotels clustered around the convention center area specifically serve the steady stream of convention traffic.

* Downtown: Downtown Las Vegas is centered on Fremont Street between Main and 9th streets, and was the traditional center for hotels and casinos. There are still many hotels and casinos, but lately, the focus of downtown is the Fremont Street Experience, a four-block pedestrian promenade with entertainment, shopping, and light and sound shows. Taxi and bus service connects downtown to the Strip and to all vegas hotels.

Value picks

Here are the top five value properties for vegas hotels, found at center Strip. Note that rack, or published, rates listed are just a guideline. Depending on the day or month and whether conventions got there first, rates can double or dip by more than half of all vegas hotels.

ballys hotel las vegas: Located on of the city’s popular corners, Bally’s was the place to be in the ’70s as the original movie-themed MGM Grand, but a fire in 1980 took the glam out of the glory. Now it offers some of the biggest guest rooms in town, a large pool, a stylish spa, a shopping arcade, and a burlesque production show that has been running for more than two decades. The location cannot be beat, and a pedestrian corridor connects the hotel’s casino to the cobbled streets of Paris. Paris, Las Vegas that is. Rooms generally start as low as $59 per night.