Hooters Casino Hotel
January 7, 2008
Hooters Casino Hotel is a hotel casino in Paradise, Nevada, United States. The hotel is owned and operated by 155 East Tropicana, LLC (Florida Hooters, LLC 66.67% & EW Common, LLC 33.33%). It is located off of the Las Vegas Strip next to the Tropicana and across the street from the MGM Grand Las Vegas. The hotel has 696 rooms with a 35,000 square foot casino.
Harrah’s Entertainment
January 7, 2008
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) is a gaming corporation that owns and operates casinos, hotels, and six golf courses under several brands. The company, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest gaming company in the world, with yearly revenues around $7.11 billion.
On December 19, 2006, the company’s board of directors voted to accept a buyout offer from Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group for $17 billion, or $90-per-share. The corporation’s shareholders approved the proposed buyout in April, 2007. Approval by regulators is needed before buyout is complete.
Flamingo Las Vegas
January 7, 2008
The Flamingo Las Vegas is a hotel casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada and is owned and operated by Harrah’s Entertainment. The property offers a 77,000 ft² (7,200 m²) casino along with 3,626 hotel rooms. The hotel is sometimes referred to as the pink hotel due to the structure’s neon pink color. The 15 acre (61,000 m²) site’s architectural theme is reminiscent of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne style of Miami and South Beach, with the central outdoor area housing an exhibit of flamingos as part of a wildlife habitat. It was the home of penguins, but they have since been moved to a Dallas zoo.
The Flamingo has a Las Vegas Monorail station at the rear of the property.
Excalibur Hotel and Casino
January 7, 2008
The Excalibur Hotel and Casino is located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, in the United States. It is owned and operated by MGM Mirage.
Excalibur, named for the mythical sword of King Arthur, uses the Arthurian theme in several ways. Its facade is a stylized image of a castle, with a wizard like figure representing Merlin looking out from a high turret. The style of the hotel is heavily based on the castle in Carcassone, France.
Excalibur is situated at the Tropicana - Las Vegas Boulevard intersection. The intersection is so busy that pedestrians are not allowed to cross at street level. Instead, Excalibur is linked by overhead pedestrian bridges to its neighboring casinos to the north (the New York-New York Hotel & Casino, across Tropicana Avenue) and to the east (the Tropicana Resort & Casino, across the Strip). There is also a free tram that connects Excalibur to its sister MGM Mirage properties to the south, the Luxor and Mandalay Bay hotel and casinos. The three casinos are also connected to each other, so it is possible to walk between the three of them without having to go outside.
Echelon Place
January 7, 2008
Future Building
Echelon is Boyd Gaming Corporation’s replacement for the Stardust Resort & Casino. Echelon Place has an estimated cost of $4 billion with construction beginning in 2007 and the opening in 2010. The $4 billion price tag would make Echelon the second-most expensive hospitality industry development ever.
This will be an 87 acre multi-use project with a 140,000 square foot (13,000 m²) casino, 4 hotels providing 5,300 rooms, 25 restaurants and bars, the 650,000 square foot Las Vegas ExpoCenter, and a convention center with 1 million square feet (90,000 m²) of space. The Echelon Resort will be a 3,300 room hotel owned and operated by Boyd. The other hotels are expected to be a Shangri-La Hotel, a Delano Hotel, a Mondrian Hotel, and the Echelon Tower.
Circus Circus Las Vegas
January 7, 2008
Circus Circus Las Vegas is a circus-themed 3,774 room hotel and 101,000 sq ft (9,383 m²) casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada that is owned and operated by MGM Mirage. Circus Circus features free circus acts on a regular basis throughout the day. Circus Circus has the only RV park on the Strip providing additional accommodations in the 399 space park operated by Kampgrounds of America (KOA).
Circus Circus Las Vegas is the largest permanent big top in the world. The clown marquee at the entrance was provided by Young Electric Sign Company.
Caesars Palace
January 7, 2008
Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, an unincorporated township in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Caesars Palace is owned and operated by Harrah’s Entertainment. Caesars is located on the west side of the Strip, between the Bellagio and the Mirage.
Caesars has 3,348 rooms in five towers: Augustus, Centurion, Forum, Palace, and Roman. The Forum tower features guest suites with 1,000 square feet of space.
Casino Royale & Hotel
January 7, 2008
Casino Royale & Hotel is a casino and motel located on the Las Vegas Strip. The casino caters to low rollers, and features low table minimums for roulette, craps, and blackjack. The casino often employs people handing out coupons inviting people inside and seems to rely heavily on street traffic for their business. The parking lot behind Casino Royale is a little known secret with some of the most convenient and closest parking to the Las Vegas Strip.
Casino Royale is the only casino in Las Vegas that has 100 times odds on craps at all times. The minimum bet on Casino Royale’s 100 times odds craps tables is usually either three dollars or five dollars.
Casino Royale, in addition to traditional blackjack, also offers a version of blackjack known as “Blackjack switch”.
History
The first building on this site was Frank Musso’s Restaurant, located next door to the Sands Hotel Casino. Musso’s was in business during the 1950s and 60’s. Later it became Joey’s New Yorker Night Club, then the Nob Hill Casino.
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