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Encore Las Vegas
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Encore Las Vegas

Facts and statistics

Location Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada
Address 3131 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Opening date December 22, 2008
No. of rooms 2,034[1]
Total gaming space 74,000 ft² (00 m²)
Permanent shows None
(Previously Danny Gans)[2]
Casino type Land-Based
Owner Wynn Resorts Limited
Architect Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo[3]
Previous names Desert Inn (including Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, ITT Sheraton Desert Inn, and MGM Desert Inn)
Years renovated none
Website Encore
Encore Las Vegas or Encore at Wynn Las Vegas (often just called Encore) is a resort, casino hotel located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The resort is connected to its sister resort, Wynn Las Vegas; both are owned by Wynn Resorts Limited, headed by noted casino developer Steve Wynn.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Design
3 First quarter of Operations
4 Photo Gallery
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History
On April 28, 2006, Wynn Las Vegas celebrated its one year anniversary by breaking ground on a second hotel tower.[4] Initially named the Encore Suites at Wynn Las Vegas, the 2,034 room hotel project cost .3 billion and was sited for a spot adjacent to the existing resort and on the remaining frontage of Las Vegas Boulevard.[5] Originally envisioned as an expansion of Wynn Las Vegas, Encore Las Vegas quickly became a full-scale resort; it shares resources and is connected to the Wynn resort via a shopping arcade. The resort was estimated to add 5,300 jobs to the Las Vegas area.[6]

After 2½ years of construction, the resort formally opened to the public at 8:00pm on December 22, 2008 to large crowds.[7][6] Due to the period's economic downturn, the opening was designed to be more subdued than previous casino resort openings.[8] The resort's jewelery shop featured the 231 carats (46 g), prune-sized Wynn Diamond, which was billed as "the largest cut pear-shaped diamond in the world." To open the betting, Steve Wynn gave invited high-rollers a few million dollars to make the initial bets and marked the initial start by declaring over a microphone, "Let the games begin!"; the start of gambling was accompanied by a recording of Frank Sinatra's "Luck Be a Lady Tonight."[6]

[edit] Design
The resort features a 74,000 sq ft (6,900 m2) casino, 27,000 sq ft (2,500 m2) of retail space in "The Esplanade", a spa and salon, five restaurants, seven bars, as well a nightclub. The building is 631 ft (192 m) in height, and has 63 floors, making it three floors higher than Wynn Las Vegas, though the building is not actually 63 floors as floors 13, as well as 40 through 49, were left out: 13 has traditionally been an unlucky number in various Western cultures, and various East Asian cultures are superstitious about the number 4 because it is a homonym for "death" in their languages.[6]

The resort's interior public spaces feature a combination of Asian influences and whimsical designs, including strong reds and a butterfly motif, in its design; the overall theme, designed by Roger P. Thomas, borrows aspects from the previously built Wynn Macau in China.[6] In addition, the hotel continues and expands on the original Wynn resort's use of big windows, dense greenery and filtered natural light to pervade more areas of the casino that had traditionally been done in Las Vegas. The pool area includes rentable 29 cabanas.[6]

The resort's nightclub, XS, was developed by Victor Drai and opened on New Year's Eve 2008 with 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) and space for 3,000 guests.[9] The restaurants include Sinatra, a Frank Sinatra-themed, 152-seat dinner-only steakhouse, which includes a Grammy and an Oscar award statuettes on loan from the Sinatra estate as well as a large photo of the singer and Steve Wynn from 1981. Other restaurants are Wazuzu, a modern-Asian bistro that features a 27-foot (8.2 m) crystal dragon; Switch, a French-influenced surf and turf restaurant that features walls, ceiling and lights that rise, fall and change color every 20 to 30 minutes; Botero, a dinner-only steakhouse themed after the work of Colombian neo-figurative artist Fernando Botero and featuring three of his artworks and two of his sculptures; and Society Cafe Encore, a casual restaurant.[6]

Standard room at the Encore Las VegasThe minimum size of a hotel room at Encore is 745 sq ft (69.2 m2).[6] The hotel tower features two sections: standard Resort tower as well as the smaller, more upscale Tower Suites; the hallways are contiguous.

The resort's permanent show was singer-comedian-impressionist Danny Gans, until his death on May 1, 2009.[6] Gans, who had previously headlined at The Mirage casino resort, took over the space previously held by Broadway shows Avenue Q and later Spamalot, both of which were unsuccessful in their Las Vegas runs.[8][10][11][12][13] The performance space, built with Wynn Las Vegas and previously named the Broadway Theater and the Grail Theater, was renamed the Encore Theater to associate with the new resort.[8][10]

[edit] First quarter of Operations
In Las Vegas, the 1st quarter of 2009 was the first where the Encore was fully operational after its opening on December 22, 2008. The prior year quarter includes only Wynn Las Vegas. Overall revenue from the resort increased from 7.2 to 5.9 in the first quarter, a very modest increase considering the additional hotel tower and new food and beverage outlets.

The additional casino at the Encore added 97 tables and 857 slot machines to the original 190 tables and 2000 slots) . However, casino revenues for the combined resort were lower than the first quarter of 2008 when only The Wynn was operating. Net casino revenues for the combined resort dropped from 5.1 million to 7.5 million.

Gross non-casino revenues for the quarter were 8.4 million, a 13.3% increase from the first quarter of 2008, driven primarily by higher hotel and food and beverage revenues resulting from the opening of Encore. Although the added 2,034 suites at Encore nearly doubled the suites in the property hotel revenues were up only 20.6% to .1 million during the quarter, versus .6 million in the first quarter of 2008 due to declining room rates and lower occupancy rate. Food and beverage revenues increased as a result of the additional 12 food and beverage outlets located in the Encore expansion. Retail revenues declined and entertainment revenues also decreased primarily due to the closure of the Spamalot production show in July 2008.[14]

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The Palazzo, Las Vegas, Nevada (2)


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The Palazzo
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The Palazzo

Facts and statistics

Address 3325 Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Opening date December 30, 2007[1]
Theme European
No. of rooms 3,068
Total gaming space 105,000 sq ft (9,800 m2)
Permanent shows Jersey Boys
Signature attractions The Shoppes At The Palazzo
Lamborghini Dealership
Casino type Land-Based
Website palazzolasvegas.com
The Palazzo (pronounced /pəˈlɑːtsoʊ/) is a hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. The Palazzo is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. The property's design is marketed as being reflective of a modern European ambiance and luxury living.

Parts of the resort were opened to the general public on December 30, 2007.[1] The official grand opening took place on January 17, 2008.

The .8 billion resort features a Lobby where guests from the street arrive beneath a 60-foot (18 m) glass dome with a two-story fountain. Those approaching from The Venetian make the transition through a towering octagonal structure, itself topped by a glass-and-iron dome. Visitors to The Palazzo using the underground parking structure can take elevators or escalators from the underground garage and arrive in the center of the property's casino.

Though marketed and portrayed as a stand-alone resort, The Palazzo is actually an extension of The Venetian Casino Resort and the Sands Expo complex on the Las Vegas Strip.[citation needed] The Palazzo Casino, like some other casinos on the strip, operates under the license of a related casino—in this case The Venetian's license. The resort's 642-foot (196 m) high hotel tower features 3,068 all-suite rooms and 375 concierge-level suites.

The Palazzo is LEED Silver Certified—the largest LEED certified building in the nation.[2]

Currently under construction, the 270-unit condominium tower addition The St. Regis Residences at The Palazzo will be the first residential offerings at The Venetian complex. The high-rise tower is being built on top of the 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) building that houses the Barneys New York apparel store. On September 4, 2008, Las Vegas Sands announced that it had come to an agreement with Starwood Hotels & Resorts to operate the condo tower as a signature branch of The St. Regis Residences with all hallmarks of the St. Regis brand offered to residents.

Contents [hide]
1 Attractions
1.1 Lamborghini Las Vegas
1.2 The Shoppes at The Palazzo
2 History
2.1 Construction
2.2 Film history
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Attractions
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[edit] Lamborghini Las Vegas
Lamborghini Las Vegas is the second authorized dealer in the Las Vegas area, featuring displays of exotic automobiles including Lamborghini, Bugatti, Spyker, Saleen, and Koenigsegg. The 20,000-square-foot showroom was decorated with Italian-imported marble and tile flooring, rich leather wall coverings, and vibrant artwork.

Non-buying guests of the resort are granted admission to the showroom for , while children ages five and under receive free admission when accompanied by a paying adult. Admission to the showroom includes a Lamborghini Las Vegas lanyard, souvenir access pass, and a discount at the world's first complete Lamborghini accessories boutique on purchases over 0.

[edit] The Shoppes at The Palazzo
The Shoppes at The Palazzo feature boutique stores from the likes of Van Cleef & Arpels, Jimmy Choo, Piaget, Diane von Furstenberg, Chloè, Christian Louboutin, Catherine Malandrino, Anya Hindmarch, Charriol, and others. It also features an 85,000 square foot Barneys New York.

[edit] History

[edit] Construction

Construction photo taken in July 2007As of February 27, 2006, the project had been under construction for over a year. Most of that time was spent digging the 4-story-deep hole to put in the underground parking structure. Then the building itself began gradually rising upwards. The steel fabrication and erection was supplied by Schuff Steel Company. By November 2006, the hotel tower had reached the 35th floor. Construction of the ground floors, including the parking garage and shopping center, were well under way.

As of March 2007, the hotel tower's elevator core was complete, and the rooms area was rising to the top. The facade and windows were being installed on the lower floors. As of August 2007, the lettering on the side of the tower was finished and is topped out.

As of December 20, 2007 the Palazzo was scheduled to open at least 1,000 rooms by December 28 in preparation for the Las Vegas New Years celebration. The casino and other areas of the Palazzo opened at 7pm on Sunday, December 30, after a delay of several days due to the Clark County permitting process.

Upon its completion, the Palazzo displaced the Pentagon as the largest building in the United States in terms of floor space, by a margin of about 35,580 square meters.[3]

The strucutral engineering was done by Walter P Moore.

[edit] Film history
An under construction Palazzo was the setting for an early scene of Ocean's Thirteen.
The construction of Palazzo was featured on The Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering.
Was the shooting location of a few scenes in the third season finale of MTV's The Hills.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palazzo

www.palazzolasvegas.com/