The hotel included a nine-hole putting green and two restaurants. Other amenities included three pools, a fitness center, a spa, tennis courts, and office facilities. Schulman considered the resort a retreat for business executives. Alexis Park was built just east of the Las Vegas Strip, and the resort offered free bus shuttle service to the Strip. The McCarran International Airport was also located nearby. The hotel was successful after its opening, in part because overcrowded Las Vegas Strip resorts would send guests there. Alexis Park also became particularly popular with local residents who would make advanced reservations to stay at the hotel on weekends. Southwest Airlines later contracted with Alexis Park to have crew members stay at the hotel as well. The resort's eateries, including the Pegasus Room restaurant, were popular for their food. In 1985, an expanded convention and meeting facility was being planned. The hotel rooms and food were among the best in Las Vegas according to Zagat in 1992. In 1997, Alexis Park sued an excavation company after it allegedly severed the resort's main telephone line. By the late 1990s, the resort was owned by Louis Habash. In 1998, Alexis Park made an offer to purchase the adjacent 208-unit Americana Inn apartment complex, located west of the resort, with plans to convert it into a hotel building that would connect to Alexis Park. The resort also planned to construct a three-story, 120-unit hotel building. In addition, there were plans to convert the hotel lobby into a casino after the purchase of the Americana Inn. These plans did not materialize. In 1998, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association held its first Las Vegas convention at Alexis Park. No other major resorts were interested in hosting the event, and Alexis Park subsequently hosted other gay events, developing a reputation as a gay friendly property. From 1999 through 2005, Alexis Park hosted the DEF CON convention. As of 2004, Alexis Park had of meeting space, and the hotel had been used as a venue by the Consumer Electronics Show to demonstrate music systems. Two interactive dinner shows, "Joey and Maria's Comedy Italian Wedding" and "The Reunion", opened at the resort's 150-seat ballroom in September 2003. In 1999, the resort sued Clark County, Nevada, alleging that a new north-south runway at McCarran International Airport had resulted in noise disturbances for its guests. The lawsuit also stated that the resort's air space easement had been reduced from 90 feet to 39 feet, preventing any possible construction of additional floors.