"LAS VEGAS - When I walked into my room at Treasure Island, I was met with a blast of unpleasantly cold air. It was late November and, even in Las Vegas, the night was nippy. I dropped my bags and searched for the thermostat. After a quick scan of the walls, I found it: a yellowing Honeywell that looked like it was installed during the Reagan administration."
"Thermostats are something we've overengineered to uselessness; I regularly find myself messing with the temperature controls in high-end hotels for 10 minutes, never figuring out how to change the default setting from 70 degrees. But in Treasure Island, the thermostat had one switch for the fan (hi, med, lo) and one for the temperature (heat, off, cool). It might have been old, but it was effective."
"After opening the Mirage, developer Steve Wynn announced he was building Treasure Island on the adjacent lot. He wore a pirate hat and long coat at the press event - kids love when billionaire real estate moguls wear costumes - and touted the affordable price point. Where the Mirage would set you back $130 a night, families could enjoy Treasure Island for just $40."
Arrival at Treasure Island included a blast of cold air and a yellowing Honeywell thermostat that provided simple, effective controls. The property stands out as the best cheap hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, outperforming options like Luxor and Circus Circus. Treasure Island opened in October 1993 during a 1990s wave of family-oriented, themed resorts emphasizing children and spectacle. Developer Steve Wynn built Treasure Island adjacent to the Mirage, marketed it at roughly $40 a night versus the Mirage's $130, and staged pirate-themed attractions including hourly ship battles across a lagoon.
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