Have stayed a number of times in the past. It is nicely remodeled in the casino area but the room seemed to be the same as ten years ago and seemed somewhat old and shabby. We were in the tower by the check-in area. The thing I liked the least was it seemed to be the smokiest casino in town. Maybe ventilation hasn't been updated. I know you have to put up with it and not complain when you are a non-smoker but it just seemed to be worse there. We had delicious hot muffins at Mel's Diner. They also have an $11.99 steak cooked-to-order w/small buffet that was pretty good. All in all I would stay at the Fitz (which I usually do any way) and also enjoy the newly remodeled Grand Sierra. (Except the service at Chevy's there is terrible) and probably not go back to the Sand's. Hope this helps.