The 10-seat bar still has long lines of hungry regulars who are there for dozens of raw, plump oysters and giant, seafood-filled pan roasts. In fact, it seems that everything else in the newly redesigned casino shifted around the popular eatery. There are more than 1,700 one-armed bandits and video poker machines to chunk your change into (just kidding, machines don’t take or give coins anymore), 44 table games, and a 307-seat bingo hall-the closest to the Strip-that runs from 9am to 11pm 7 days a week. More than 100,000 square feet of casino hold the most baccarat and pai gow tile games off the Strip, and an always-busy Asian gaming section. Palace Station is a required stop for serious players who want to get their money’s worth out of a night of gambling, with lower limits than those a few blocks away on the Strip. The upgraded rooms, in the 21-floor Luxury Tower, are done in earth tones and feature leather-padded headboards, pillow-top mattresses, 55-inch flatscreen TVs, and great views of the Strip. Before, the rooms were simply adequate, clean, and comfortable now they’re worthy of using #highroller as a hashtag on your selfies.

And we’re happy to announce that a 2018 facelift has brought the hotel’s style into the 21st century. In business since 1976, but known then as simply “the Casino,” Palace Station has stood proud over I-15 near Sahara as a reminder to those hotels on Las Vegas Boulevard that the locals have a stake in this town, too. When the Fertitta family started their chain of casinos dedicated to locals, they opened the first, interestingly enough, as close as possible to the Strip.

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