If you are trying to place Excalibur Hotel and Casino on the map before you book or travel, the fixed facts are its location and documented scale, not today’s room price or live operating details. Publicly published reference sources place the property in Paradise, Nevada, at coordinates 36.09888889, -115.17555556, with a documented opening date of June 19, 1990.
Those same reference sources describe a documented point in time with 3,981 hotel rooms, 2,630 slot machines, and more than 100 table games. Figures such as room counts, gaming inventory, and ownership can change as properties are rebuilt, reconfigured, sold, or rebranded, so use them as structural context rather than a promise about what you will see on arrival.
Where the property sits
For navigation purposes, the venue is identified as Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. The keyword includes Las Vegas, and the documented straight-line distance to Las Vegas is 5.2 miles, which shows the property’s relationship to that reference point in the wider valley.
Straight-line distance is not road distance. Driving mileage is always longer, and this article does not publish road mileage, driving time, or turn-by-turn routing.
Documented size and ownership
The property opened on June 19, 1990. Publicly published reference sources also state that it is owned by Vici Properties; ownership and operating arrangements can change over time, so readers checking corporate or investor information should confirm the current structure through the property’s own corporate materials.
As a physical venue, the most useful scale markers are the hotel and casino counts that have been publicly published: 3,981 hotel rooms, 2,630 slot machines, and more than 100 table games. That tells you this is a large integrated hotel-casino rather than a small standalone gaming floor.
Straight-line distance reference points
If you are judging whether the venue is near a city or airport you already know, the safest way to do that here is by documented straight-line comparisons only. These are great-circle figures, sometimes called as-the-crow-flies distances, and they should not be treated as road mileage.
| Reference point | Distance | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas | 5.2 miles | Straight-line |
| Henderson | 11.7 miles | Straight-line |
| LAX | 235.9 miles | Straight-line |
| Los Angeles | 224.2 miles | Straight-line |
| Phoenix | 254.0 miles | Straight-line |
| San Diego | 259.8 miles | Straight-line |
| Reno | 346.5 miles | Straight-line |
| Denver | 609.0 miles | Straight-line |
If your own starting point is different, measure from your location to the venue’s documented coordinates using a map tool. That will let you compare your result with the fixed location above, while keeping in mind that any drivable route will be longer than the straight-line figure.
What governs the room bill
This article does not publish room prices, because they are live figures that move constantly. What matters for planning is understanding which variables change the final bill and which booking channel controls the terms attached to it.
For a hotel-casino of this size, the headline room rate is only one part of the lodging cost. The total can move based on whether your stay falls on a quieter midweek period or a busier weekend, whether a major event is pulling demand into the area, what room category or tower you select, how far ahead you book, whether a resort fee appears as a separate charge, how taxes are presented, and whether you are looking at a public price or a member-specific rate through the property’s own system.
| Variable | How it can change the final bill |
|---|---|
| Weekday versus weekend | Demand patterns can shift the nightly rate and sometimes the minimum-stay rules. |
| Event dates | Large citywide events can raise rates and reduce flexibility on changes or cancellations. |
| Room category or tower | Different room types can carry different base rates and inclusions. |
| Booking lead time | Rates can differ depending on how early or late you book. |
| Resort fee as a separate item | A quoted room rate may not be the full lodging total if this fee is added separately. |
| Tax presentation | The total depends on whether taxes are shown before the final checkout step or only in the full price summary. |
| Member rate versus public rate | A property’s own member pricing can differ from the public rate and may carry different terms. |
| Third-party booking terms | An outside seller may package the stay differently, which can affect changes, cancellations, and loyalty credit treatment. |
Booking channels and why they matter
There are two broad channel types to compare: the property’s own booking channels and third-party travel sellers. The property’s own channels are usually where you can see the venue’s direct terms, any member pricing visible to your account, and the property’s own wording on fees, check-in rules, and change policies.
Third-party channels can be useful for comparison, but they often package the stay under their own cancellation and support process. They can also handle loyalty recognition differently, so anyone who cares about member pricing, points accrual, or direct property servicing should read the conditions closely before committing.
Check-in and check-out details to confirm
Because lodging policies are operational details that can change, the important thing is knowing what to verify before you travel. Confirm whether the property places an authorization hold for incidentals, what identification is required at check-in, what age rules apply to the booking and occupancy, whether bag storage is available if your room is not ready, and whether parking treatment changes after checkout.
Those details matter because they affect cash flow, arrival planning, and departure timing even when the room price itself looks settled. The authoritative current answer will be on the property’s own booking path, pre-arrival messages, and guest-services information rather than in a static venue overview like this one.
How comping works
Comping is best understood as an accounting decision, not as free travel. In casino systems, a comp is generally funded from theoretical loss: a projection of expected player loss based on average bet, time played, and the built-in house advantage of the game or device involved.
That matters because the room is not a gift detached from gambling activity. The expected cost of increasing your play in hopes of triggering a room offer is, by construction, higher than the value of the comp you are trying to obtain, which is why treating comps as a bargain-hunting strategy is economically backward.
Most large casino systems use a mix of methods. Some value is tracked automatically through loyalty systems, some offers are generated through account history and marketing models, and some are discretionary decisions associated with host review rather than a single published formula.
This is also why mailed or account-based offers differ from one person to another. They reflect prior tracked play, recency, game mix, and the operator’s own marketing decisions at that moment, not a public promise that every guest can follow the same steps and receive the same result.
For a venue stay, the practical takeaway is simple: if you are comparing a paid booking with a comp-related offer, compare the full terms rather than the word free. Check whether fees remain separate, whether the booking is tied to your account, what change rules apply, and whether the offer is targeted to named dates or room categories.
What to confirm before you go
Before you travel, verify the items that can change after any static guide is published. For lodging, that means the live room total, whether a resort fee is charged separately, the tax-inclusive versus tax-exclusive presentation, the cancellation window, deposit or authorization-hold language, age and identification requirements, parking terms around arrival and departure, and whether a direct booking or third-party booking affects loyalty treatment.
For the venue itself, confirm the current hotel inventory description, the current gaming-floor description, and any ownership or branding changes through the property’s own channels. For location planning, use the documented coordinates and straight-line references here as orientation only, then check your own map service for the road route, since road distance is always longer than straight-line distance and this article does not publish road mileage.
FAQ
Is Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas or Paradise?
Publicly published reference sources place Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. The documented straight-line distance to Las Vegas is 5.2 miles, which helps explain why readers often associate the property with Las Vegas even though the venue record identifies Paradise as the city.
Can this article tell me what a room will cost on my dates?
No. Room prices are live and can change with weekday versus weekend demand, event dates, room category, booking lead time, member pricing, separate resort-fee treatment, and taxes. The current authoritative figure is the full price breakdown shown in the booking channel you intend to use, ideally after you reach the final review step.
Does comping mean the room is really free?
Not in an economic sense. Comping is usually based on theoretical loss, which estimates expected gambling loss from average bet, duration, and house advantage. Because the offer is funded from that expected loss, increasing play to chase a room normally costs more in expectation than the lodging value you are trying to receive.
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