Resort fees at downtown Las Vegas hotels range from nothing to $50 a night, according to the hotels’ booking pages, with Circa charging the most and Four Queens and Binion’s charging no fee at all. The fee is mandatory, is charged per night on top of the room rate, and is taxed.
On a midweek night outside convention periods, when downtown room rates commonly fall between $40 and $90 before fees, the fee at the higher-charging properties can equal or exceed the room rate itself.
Fees by property
The table shows the nightly resort fee each hotel disclosed on its own booking page in October 2026. Fees are set by the operator and change without notice.
| Hotel | Operator | Nightly resort fee |
|---|---|---|
| Circa | Circa Resort & Casino | $50.00 |
| Golden Nugget | Fertitta Entertainment | $46.00 |
| The D | Stevens family | $39.95 |
| Golden Gate | Stevens family | $39.95 |
| Plaza | Tamares Group | $39.00 |
| Downtown Grand | CIM Group | $39.00 |
| El Cortez | El Cortez Hotel & Casino | Charged; amount varies by date on the booking page |
| Four Queens | TLC Casino Enterprises | None |
| Binion’s (Hotel Apache) | TLC Casino Enterprises | None |
The two properties without a fee share an owner, TLC Casino Enterprises, and sit next to each other on the south side of the 100 block of Fremont Street, under the Fremont Street Experience canopy.
What the fee covers
The hotels describe the fee as covering a bundle of amenities that is broadly similar from one property to the next: in-room internet access, pool access, fitness center access, and local telephone calls. Some add a small daily credit or a specific amenity. Circa’s fee includes access to Stadium Swim, the property’s multi-level pool complex. The Golden Nugget’s includes access to its pool and the aquarium slide.
Hotels present the fee separately from the room rate rather than folding it into the headline price. On the booking engines used by most downtown properties, the rate shown in the calendar is labeled as including fees and excluding taxes, with the fee amount stated in smaller type below the price.
Effect on the total
For a one-night, two-adult stay, the total before tax is the room rate plus the resort fee. Clark County’s transient lodging tax, about 13.4 percent in downtown Las Vegas, applies to both.
At a $69 room rate, the pre-tax total at the Golden Nugget is $115. At the Four Queens, it is $69. The difference, $46 a night, is larger than the gap between the two hotels’ advertised rates on most nights.
Because the fee is a flat amount, it has the largest proportional effect on the cheapest nights. On a $45 Tuesday rate at a $39.95-fee property, the fee is 47 percent of the pre-tax bill. On a $300 Saturday during a citywide convention, it is 12 percent.
Waivers
The fee applies to all guests by default. Casino-issued offers and host-arranged stays sometimes waive it, and some group contracts negotiate it out, but those terms are specific to the offer and are not available at the public rate.
Federal and state rules on fee disclosure have tightened since 2024. The Federal Trade Commission’s rule on unfair or deceptive fees, which took effect in 2025, requires the total price including mandatory fees to be displayed up front in hotel advertising. Downtown booking pages now show the fee-inclusive figure in the rate calendar, though the room-only rate remains the number most third-party sites display.
Comparison
Comparing downtown hotels on the advertised rate alone overstates the price advantage of the higher-fee properties by $39 to $50 a night. The Journal will update the table as operators change their fees.