The downtown resort fee, explained: what each hotel charges and what you get
Resort fees on Fremont Street run from nothing to fifty dollars a night. Here is the full list, and why the advertised rate is only half the number.
The rate you see first is not the rate you pay. Every hotel on Fremont Street except two adds a mandatory nightly “resort fee” at checkout, and on a downtown room it is often a third to a half of the bill. A $79 room at a hotel with a $46 fee is a $125 room before tax. Understanding the fee is the single most useful thing you can do before booking downtown.
The list
These are the nightly resort fees as stated on each hotel’s own booking page in October 2026. Fees change, usually upward, so check the booking page for the night you want. Tax is charged on top of both the room and the fee.
| Hotel | Nightly resort fee |
|---|---|
| Circa | $50.00 |
| Golden Nugget | $46.00 |
| The D | $39.95 |
| Golden Gate | $39.95 |
| Plaza | $39.00 |
| Downtown Grand | $39.00 |
| El Cortez | charged; see booking page |
| Four Queens | none |
| Binion’s (Hotel Apache) | none |
Two things jump out. First, the spread is enormous: fifty dollars at the top, zero at the bottom, on hotels that are a two-minute walk apart. Second, the two no-fee hotels sit in the middle of the block, directly under the canopy, and are not obviously worse located than the ones charging fifty.
What the fee is supposed to buy
Every hotel describes the fee as covering roughly the same bundle: in-room Wi-Fi, pool access, local and toll-free calls, fitness center access, and sometimes a daily credit or two (a coffee, a shoe shine, a printed boarding pass). At Circa the fee also covers Stadium Swim, which is a genuine amenity if you plan to use it. At most of the others, the bundle is things you would reasonably expect to be included in a hotel room.
The honest way to think about it: the fee is part of the room rate that the hotel chose not to put in the headline number. That is why the booking page says “Includes $X fees, excludes taxes” in small type under the big price.
How to compare downtown hotels on the same basis
Add the fee back before you compare. A quick rule of thumb for a one-night, two-adult stay:
- Take the advertised nightly rate.
- Add the resort fee from the table above.
- Add roughly 13.4 percent for Clark County room tax on the total.
Do that for each hotel and the ranking often changes. A room that looked $20 cheaper at a $46-fee hotel is more expensive than the $0-fee hotel next door once you reach the checkout page.
Can you get out of it?
Usually not. The fee is mandatory for everyone who checks in. There are a few known exceptions:
- Casino comps and host offers sometimes waive the fee as part of the deal. If you have a players card and any history at the property, ask before you book.
- Some third-party packages and group blocks negotiate the fee away, but you will not know unless the package says so explicitly.
- Booking the no-fee hotels. The cleanest answer.
If a hotel’s booking page does not clearly disclose the fee before you enter payment details, that is worth a complaint; disclosure rules have tightened and the hotels know it.
The bottom line
Fremont Street is the best hotel value in Las Vegas, but the advertised rates understate the spread between properties by as much as fifty dollars a night. Before you book, add the fee back. We will keep this table current as hotels change their numbers.
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