content: I am rating the hotel. \n\nOh my gosh. What a piece of junk. The first time I arrived to Vegas was with two friends. We were pretty excited and we were told to stay at the Stratosphere because of the rides, entertainment, young people, and for the cheap rate. My expectations were not huge;however, they were not low either. When we received our hotel room key from the friendly receptionist, we went straight up to our room. The hotel room looked like a replica of a 1980s motel. The room smelled dingy and the bathroom was small. The bed spread was pretty bad in the sense that it looked old. The bed was not comfortable and I noticed that there was lack of security. The lighting in our room was pretty terrible as well. \n\nOur room was looking out away from the strip, towards the mountains. At 3 am, we noticed a drug transaction going on outside of our window. (We were not ground floor but we were on the 6th floor if I remember correctly). Believe it or not, we didn't stay out too long because behind the hotel, the area is pretty bad. \n\nOur stay at this hotel and casino was pretty miserable. Save your money and don't give it to this old dingy place.