Las Vegas Hotels
Well here’s news that’s not exactly welcome. Tangerine, the great club at Vegas’s Treasure Island, is due to close - and it’s only three years old! I spent a glorious evening there earlier in the year, and thought the place was great. Sure, the music in the main dance area sucked, but get a different DJ, don’t knock the place down!
Fortunately TI aren’t giving up on the idea of nightclubs altogether. Instead, they’ll be replacing Tangerine with another nightclub that will open on New Year’s Eve. Apparently the reason behind Tangerine’s imminent demise is too much competition from the likes of Tao, Pure, Moon and Jet.
There’s a simple answer to that - get a better DJ! Meh!
[Source: LATimes]
There’s a new photo gallery of Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino now online. Caesar’s Palace is huge, and sprawls over 85 acres, so the photos can only show bits of it a time. If you want a single photo capturing the entire resort, you’d need to take it from space (or at least form Google Earth!).
The photos were taken in 2006 and 2007, and show Caesar’s Palace from the outside and the inside, with quite a few pics taken from the Forum Shops. They complement the review of Caesar’s Palace I’ve just posted as well.
You can find the new Caesar’s Palace photo gallery here.
Caesar’s Palace is one of the most recognized names of any casino in the world, let alone Las Vegas, and with good reason. Situated in the centre of the Strip, Caesar’s Palace is simply vast, and has so many jaw dropping sights, you have to visit it even if you don’t spend a dime.
Just listing the things Caesar’s offers doesn’t do it justice, though - sure it has 120 shops, 3,300 hotel rooms, a 4,100 seat stadium modelled on the Colosseum and live entertainers from Celine Dion to Elton John - but it’s the way Caesar’s is presented in such a lavish, detailed, and, dare one say it, mad style that truly makes it one of the top places to visit in Vegas.
Read on to see the complete Caesar’s Palace review.
Harrah’s have announced that Caesar’s Palace won’t be left behind in the mad Vegas construction boom, and will have $1 billion spent on expanding the property. Part of the new expansion scheme includes the construction of a new 665 room hotel tower called the Octavius Tower, which will rise some 350 feet into the Vegas sky (or just over half the height of the new Palazzo).
The Luxor hotel in Las Vegas is undergoing a huge $300 million refit aimed at freshening the place up and removing much of the Egyptian theme that pervades the place (which you’d have thought would have been quite difficult for a gigantic black pyramid!). The refit is being carried out to ensure the Luxor continues to attract visitors amidst the changing nature of the tourists pouring into the city.
For the huge new billion dollar hotels that are currently being built in Vegas aren’t just changing the skyline - they’re also changing the type of visitor and their corresponding tastes.
New York, New York - so good they built it twice! New York New York is one of Las Vegas’s many themed hotels. Situated on the south side of the strip directly opposite the MGM Grand, New York New York features a scale replica of the Manhattan skyline, but with one slight difference - a giant rollercoaster twisting its way amongst the skyscrapers!
I’ve always liked New York New York. Not only does it look great, it’s got a great vibe inside - a real party atmosphere, which seems to be present wherever you go (particularly in the bars and clubs!).
Check out our review of the New York New York hotel, and also check out our new New York New York photo gallery to see just what I’m on about.
Caesar’s Palace must have been feeling a bit left out, what with all the talk of new multi-billion hotels going up all around it. So they decided to join in the fun, and have announced a new $1 billion extension to the property, which has just been approved.
Read on to see what Caesar’s Palace’s new extension will contain.
The Mandalay Bay hotel sits proudly at the south end of the Las Vegas strip, acting as a shining gold bookend that represents the end of the strip. A giant gold tower may sound gaudy, but in the relentless Las Vegas sun, the Mandalay Bay looks stunning.
At least, from the outside! Inside, it’s been a different matter. Although the main casino floor is nice enough, the rooms have always left something to be desired, particularly for one of the more expensive hotels on the strip.
Fortunately, Mandalay Bay has recognized this, and has just completed a $150 million refit of all of its hotel rooms.
The Frontier, which has been on the expected-to-be-demolished list for some time now, has finally got a closing date: midnight July 15th. The Frontier was looking increasingly ropey, and the only “attraction” (if that’s the right word!) was Gilley’s, the red-neck club featuring topless bull-riding girls and bikini mud wrestling.
So in just a month’s time, gone will be the legendary sign boasting “cold beer, dirty girls”, and in its place will rise the swanky $5 billion 3,500 room Plaza hotel and casino. Quite a contrast! Another legendary Vegas icon will have been imploded and another mega-hotel will rise from its ashes.
It also seems that the Plaza development is being expanded, with a lot more retail space planned for the hotel, and maybe some more condo units.
[Source: Las Vegas Review Journal, SkyscraperPage]
The Venetian Hotel is one my favourite hotels in Las Vegas. It’s wonderfully cheesy, yet at the same time truly astonishing. The thought of recreating Venice in the middle of the Nevada desert, filled with thousands of slot machines and poker tables, is what gives rise to the impression of the cheese, but seeing it in real life, with its immense attention to detail, simply takes your breath away.
In fact, everything about The Venetian is jaw-dropping - from its looks, to its cost, to the staggering levels the designers went to in order to achieve Venetian perfection.
See what I’m on about with this review of the Vegas Venetian Hotel.
