Frommer's Las Vegas 2004

FAST FACTS: LAS VEGAS 63
$9.50 for each additional hour, with surcharges for additional children
and on holidays. Sitters are on call 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, and they
will come to your hotel. Call at least 3 hours in advance.
Banks Banks are generally open from 9 or 10am to 5 and sometimes 6pm,
and most have Saturday hours. ATMs are plentiful all around town. See
also “Cash & Credit” below.
Car Rentals See “Renting a Car” under “Getting Around,” earlier in this
chapter.
Cash & Credit It’s extremely easy, too easy, to obtain cash in Las Vegas.
Most casino cashiers will cash personal checks and can exchange foreign
currency, and just about every casino has a machine that will provide cash
on a wide variety of credit cards.
Conventions Las Vegas is one of America’s top convention destinations.
Much of the action takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150
Paradise Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89109 (& 702/892-7575), which is the largest
single-level convention center in the world. Its 1.3 million square feet
includes 89 meeting rooms. And this immense facility is augmented by the
Cashman Field Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. N., Las Vegas, NV 89101 (& 702/
386-7100). Under the same auspices, Cashman provides another 98,100
square feet of convention space. Additionally, there are massive convention
facilities at many of the big hotels, including the MGM Grand, The
Mirage, Mandalay Bay, The Venetian, and more.
Dentists & Doctors Hotels usually have lists of dentists and doctors should
you need one. In addition, they are listed in the Centel Yellow Pages. See
also “Hospitals,” below.
For dentist referrals, you can also call the Clark County Dental Society
(& 702/255-7873), weekdays from 9am to noon and 1 to 5pm; when the
office is closed, a recording will tell you who to call for emergency service.
For physician referrals, call the Desert Springs Hospital (& 800/842-5439
or 702/733-6875). Hours are Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm.
Drugstores See “Pharmacies,” below.
Dry Cleaners Things spill, and silk is easily stained. When in need, go to
Steiner Cleaners, 1131 E. Tropicana Ave., corner of Maryland Parkway, in
the Vons Shopping Center (& 702/736-7474), open Monday to Friday
from 7am to 6:30pm, Saturday 8am to 6pm. Not only did they clean all the
costumes for the movie Casino, but they were Liberace’s personal dry
cleaner for years.
Emergencies Dial & 911 to contact the police or fire department or to
call an ambulance.
Highway Conditions For recorded information, call & 702/486-3116. You
can also tune in 970 AM for traffic news or 1610 AM for highway reports.
Hospitals Emergency services are available 24 hours a day at University
Medical Center, 1800 W. Charleston Blvd., at Shadow Lane (& 702/383-2000);
the emergency-room entrance is on the corner of Hastings and Rose streets.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, 3186 Maryland Pkwy., between Desert
Inn Road and Sahara Avenue (& 702/731-8080), also has a 24-hour emergency
room.