I stayed here in the past and again this year. Got to the hotel early and got our early check in. Hotel hasn't changed much other than the downfall that you now have to pay extra for parking, despite the hotel having their own parking lot.
I see that parking issue in Vegas starting to occur, but not in a town like Tempe or anywhere else where the hotel isn't sharing a public parking structure like a few other hotels do in the area, which seems to be pretty common with shared ones, but not when the hotel has their own.
Other than that, you still have to pay extra if you want a pool side view with the balcony, if not you will have a parking lot view without the balcony at all. So always keep that in mind if you want to pay the extra for the balcony rooms.
Staff was friendly as always, still get your complimentary alcoholic drink, Skittles and other treats on the other side of the bar for free when you want a little snack, breakfast is still served (which I've always managed to forget about) and 24 managed desk.
Lobby is still very big with lots of activities, such as the computers, board games, bikes, table tennis outside, video games (The Kiss pinball had a flipper stuck and the stand up video game with all the other games was out of service to my dismay), large screen TV (though no sound turned on when I was staying there) and other things I'm probably forgetting.
Room hasn't changed and still has fun little quirky things around. It seems there's always something new in the room every time you enter it that you didn't notice before, making it still one of the funnest hotel rooms I've stayed in around the world. Only downfall as I reported before in the past, is there is no ice machine or room fridge, but that's probably due to their eco theme or something.
Bathroom is standard, though my room this time, the shower doors wouldn't quite stay shut and would often slide open, though not a big deal. The other issue was the water was always too hot, even at the lowest setting I found the water to never be really cold. Again, got used to it and didn't need to really mention it. Don't recall that before so could have just been the room or maybe an issue with the heating or something.
The pool is still fun, though I noticed less "pool toys" than in the past, or more like different ones, but still had fun throwing balls to each other in the pool and it was always nice and refreshing.
Again, not thrilled with the new parking scheme with now paying for onsite hotel owned parking, but I'm sure I'll be back again down the road as I've stayed in pretty much most other hotels around ASU now over the decades and despite being one of the furthest from Mill Ave and a walk to the stadium, it's still a decent location, with easier access to US-60 for my hiking needs and easier to get to and from even from the 202, despite being a bit further away from other places. So location is still decent and in some ways works better...