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Special Needs Visitors

Access Las Vegas

Las Vegas has more guest rooms accessible to people with disabilities than any city in the nation. Your reservation agent or hotel ADA coordinator can help you find a room that meets your clients' specific needs.

Visitors with Disabilities FAQs

Do the hotels and attractions offer assistance for visitors with disabilities?
Does the airport offer assistance for visitors with disabilities?
What ground transportation assistance is available for visitors with disabilities?
Where can I find interpreters for the deaf?
Where can I find Personal Care Attendants, wheelchair, scooter, and oxygen rentals?
Where can I find ADA Assistance Offices?

Do the hotels and attractions offer assistance for visitors with disabilities?

BOOKING YOUR ROOM - Las Vegas has more accessible guestrooms than any other city in the country. Hotels have rooms with roll-in showers, transfer showers, tubs with built-in seats and tubs with portable seats. Please take time to talk to the reservation operator about your specific requirements. If you need additional details, ask for the hotel's ADA Coordinator.

For an overview of room availability, call the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Reservations Center: Voice - TTY - 800/884-2592

SHOWROOMS, LOUNGES AND RESTAURANTS - Most hotels have assistive listening devices for hearing-impaired persons available at the showroom or lounge entrance. Wheelchair seating is also available in most restaurants, lounges and showrooms. Call ahead for details.

GAMBLING - All hotels have accessible slot machines and many have sit-down table games. Many hotels also have accommodations for wheelchair users to play craps. Gaming personnel are well-trained in assisting vision and hearing-impaired persons to play the table games. If you need a sign language interpreter for the Gaming Schools offered at many of the casinos, just ask in advance. Most bingo rooms have braille cards and large-print cards. A few larger rooms have electronic bingo, enabling blind players or persons with hand dexterity problems to play up to 100 cards at once!

SWIMMING POOLS - Bring your swimsuit! Most Las Vegas hotels have lifts to assist you in getting into our beautiful pools. You may also find a beach entrance at some of our hotels. Check with the reservation operator when booking your room.

Does the airport offer assistance for visitors with disabilities?

If you encounter a problem at McCarran International Airport, contact an Information Booth or Traveler's Aid desk located near Baggage Claim, the Esplanade, the D Gates or in Terminal 2.

TTYs/TDD's - Located in the following areas of the airport:
Esplanade
Baggage Claim
All Gates
Ticketing Area
Terminal 2
For a complete listing please click here.

The Paging Office also has a TTY to receive your calls.

What ground transportation assistance is available for visitors with disabilities?

At the Airport

Lift-equipped shuttles and taxis are available with service to any hotel or motel for under $10.00.

A variety of shuttle/limousine services are available at McCarran International Airport and are located on the west sides of baggage claim outside door exits 8-13. Please note that there are both group shuttle and "for-hire" stretch limousine services.

For more information, please visit the McCarran International Airport website.

In all cases, shuttles run every 15-20 minutes. Call for advance reservations or advise the dispatcher at the booth upon arrival. Some shuttles accommodate one wheelchair, some accommodate two. Call again to schedule your return to the airport.

TAXI SERVICE - All taxi companies in Las Vegas have lift-equipped vans accommodating one wheelchair. Call from your room, use any dedicated taxi phone, or ask the doorman at your hotel for an accessible taxi van. Click here for transportation listings.

STRIP TROLLEY - Operates on the Las Vegas Strip and pulls up to the entrance of each hotel on its route. Trolleys run about every 20 minutes and most are lift-equipped. For details call (702) 382-1404.

CITY BUS - Our CAT (Citizen Area Transit) bus service is fully accessible, including buses that are lift-equipped, have low floors and kneel and accommodate two wheelchairs. Reduced fares are available for seniors and persons with disabilities. Call CAT-RIDE ((702) 228-7433) for routes, schedules or help in using the system. The "Strip" bus runs 24-hours a day.

PARATRANSIT - Southern Nevada's Paratransit Services are named ACAT Paratransit. If you are certified to ride paratransit in your home city, bring your certification and you will be allowed to ride up to 21 days without having a Nevada Certification. To schedule rides call (702) 455-0997 from one to three days in advance.

PARKING - If you have a parking permit from your home city for your car's dashboard and you will be renting a vehicle in Las Vegas, bring it with you. You may also make advance arrangements for a free 90-day temporary disabled parking permit through the City of Las Vegas. Write: City Hall, Parking Permit Office, 400 East Stewart, Las Vegas, NV 89101 or call (702) 229-6431. Send a doctor's letter explaining the condition and the duration of the condition. Allow 2-3 weeks. Of course, valet parking is also an option at most hotels.

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC - There are several options if you are out and about on the Strip or Downtown.

MONORAILS - Between Sahara and the MGM Grand; Between the Mirage and Treasure Island; Between Mandalay Bay and the Excalibur.

OVERHEAD WALKWAY - There are three sets of 4-corner overhead walkway locations on the Strip. The first set of walkways is located on the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard (The Strip) and Tropicana Avenue which connects the blocks where the MGM Grand, Tropicana, Excalibur and New York New York are located. The second set is on the corner of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard connecting the blocks where Bally's, Bellagio, Caesars Palace and Bill's Gamblin' Hall are located. The third walkway set is located on Spring Mountain Road and Las Vegas Boulevard which connects the corners where Treasure Island, The Fashion Show Mall, Venetian, and Wynn are located. Some walkways have direct access into the resorts. Escalators and elevators are available at all locations.

FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE - This unique experience was born by closing Fremont Street (Downtown) to vehicular traffic, making it an outdoor pedestrian mall and doming it with the most fantastic light show you will ever see!

Where can I find interpreters for the deaf?

Click here for more information.

Where can I find Personal Care Attendants, wheelchair, scooter, and oxygen rentals?

Click here for more information.

Where can I find ADA Assistance Offices?

ADA Business Connection
Governor's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities
Suzanne Thomas
Voice - (702) 486-4318
TTY - (702) 486-4393

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
ADA Coordinator
(702) 892-0711
Nevada Relay Service
Voice - 800/326-6888
TTY - 800/326-6868