THE $59 DEAL

By Chris Erskine

July 26, 2009 12 AM PT

Everything cooks in Las Vegas this time of year, including the room rates at the MGM Grand. To keep you cool, the movie-themed pool complex boasts five pools, including a producers’ pool.

The deal: Deluxe rooms start at $59; suites at $79. The suites include what the hotel dubs an “all-access pass,” which allows for nightly VIP admission to two clubs, Studio 54 and Tabu. The MGM also offers free gym access, two-for-one drinks at select bars and lounges and 25% discounts on spa services. The deal must be booked by Saturday, with rooms available through Dec. 29. Note that rates vary by date and various restrictions apply. The booking code for the room deal is INB280; for suites, INB278.

Info: (800) 929-1111, www.mgmgrand.com.

-- Chris Erskine

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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