Hotel Sick Strikes Yet Again at the Tropicana in Las Vegas

Where: 3801 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89109

7/03/2008 at 2:00 PM
Tags: Hotel Hell, Hotel Sick, Viva Vegas

Sin City? More like Barf City at the Tropicana in Las Vegas. The hotel's Island Tower was shut down earlier this week after traces of E-Coli bacteria were found during a routine test.

Fortunately, no guests have been reported to be ill. However, as a precaution the hotel moved 500 guests to other rooms and neighboring resorts. KXNT TV News reports:

The Tropicana is the only Strip resort to use well water, which is mixed with municipal water supplies.... The Southern Nevada Health District is expected to conduct more tests of the water today, before giving the green light to reopen the tower. Hotel officials say they will use municipal water exclusively.

We the recent string of hotel sick (that's what we call these types of incidents), we are feeling a little freaked out about staying in hotels.

First, there are all the bodily fluids on the bed. Then there are dirty drinking glasses. And how could we forget bed bugs? Now we have to be careful of a hotel's water supply and the hygiene habits of the kitchen staff. This four-day weekend could not come soon enough.