Las Vegas hotels are overrun with bed bugs, including MGM Grand, Palazzo and Caesars Palace where rooms go up to $40Ka a night: World Series of Poker players post grim photos of huge red bites
Furious guests have posted gruesome photos of their wounds after some of Las Vegas’ most expensive hotels fell victim to a bedbug invasion.
Seven of the biggest names on the strip have reported infestations to local health officials in the past 18 months, and experts have warned that the blood-sucking critters are sure to return.
And guests at this summer’s World Series of Poker also reported falling victim to unwanted roommates who took advantage of an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Circus Circus, which is completing a major three-year renovation, reported two infections within six months last year, according to 8 News Now.
And Caesar’s Palace, where rooms can run as high as $40,000 a night, also fell victim to the unwanted guests, along with Planet Hollywood, Palazzo, Tropicana, MGM Grand and Sahara.
Rooms can cost upwards of $40,000 a night at Caesar’s Palace, but the bedbugs get a free stay and an all-you-can-eat buffet courtesy of unhappy guests
A guest @wilkinz posted photos of the aftermath of an encounter with unwanted roommates in Vegas in Paris
Bedbugs have become an almost routine threat to Las Vegas hotel guests, some claim, while Pete Rob (right) said he was only offered another room after the attack on him at the Horseshoe Hotel and Casino
But seasoned visitors to the Nevada resort argue that the official reports are just the tip of the iceberg.
“F***ing bedbug infestation,” one tweeted.
“Any time I would live here in Vegas I would always get red, blotchy and itchy skin TF.”
“Bed bugs @ the Horseshoe Hotel & Casino Las Vegas June 2023,” Pete Rob tweeted.
“No help or compensation from management, just a room change is not acceptable.”
“Had the worst stay at the Paris Vegas Hotel,” @wilkinz added.
‘Room was full of dust and gave me an allergy the first night. Then my roommate got bitten by bed bugs!
“The hotel hasn’t reimbursed or anything.”
Circus Circus informed Southern Nevada health district inspectorsAfter a guest was bitten in January last year.
Circus Circus (left) and Sahara (right) suffered three reported plagues between them
The bugs took up rooms in the MGM Grand and the Tropicana
Nearby rooms were also sealed off for two weeks, but more bugs were found in another room in June.
Guests at the Palazzo told health officials they were bitten last January, the same month a grand room at MGM had to be sanitized.
More bugs were found after one was crushed by a guest at the Sahara hotel in October of that year, and the pests were found in The Tropicana in February.
Bugs were discovered in Planet Hollywood in June when players and guests gathered for the World Series of Poker.
“MGM grand had to spray and clean their poker room due to bed bugs on July 18th of this year,” tweeted @SMGPoker.
And they got rid of their standard seats. Dealers complained for months, players got all worked up just before they finally started spraying.”
In a statement, MGM International Resort said: “We have extensive procedures in place to address and resolve any issues.”
The Tropicana Las Vegas told 8 News Now: ‘Although highly unlikely, in the event of a complaint we immediately isolate the room in question and the surrounding areas.’
The apple-seed-sized bugs have been wreaking havoc for guests at hotels across the Vegas Strip
Guests at the Paris Vegas and the Horseshoe Hotels reported attacks during this summer’s World Series of Poker
Planet Hollywood only suffered a plague in June of this year
According to Bobby James of Top Line Pest Control, the apple seed-sized bugs leave trails of dark-colored spots, droppings and carcasses.
“Thousands of people come to Vegas every day, so bedbugs catch a ride with someone. They jump into a hotel,” he added.
“Hotels don’t come with bed bugs in them. People bring them, so if they put luggage on the bed, we don’t know where they came from.’
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