When we were camped out in a hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona, I did the best that I could to get us a hotel room in Las Vegas. Not that it was a bad selection or anything, but the best that I was able to do was Excalibur at the end of the strip.
We spent two nights and a day in Vegas and did the best that we could to see all of the sights. We pretty much walked the entire length and back of the modern strip, went to a few of the strip restaurants, did a bit of gambling, watched the Bellagio fountain show, and etc.