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.
Bellagio (hotel and casino)
January 7, 2008
Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA. It is owned by MGM Mirage and was built on the site of demolished Dunes hotel and casino. Inspired by the Lake Como resort of Bellagio in Italy, Bellagio is famed for its elegance. One of its most notable features is an eight-acre (32,000 m²) artificial lake between the building and the Strip, which houses the Fountains of Bellagio, a large dancing water fountain synchronized to music that is the most well-known casino attractions in Las Vegas.
Bellagio was conceived by Steve Wynn and built by his company, Mirage Resorts, Inc. following the purchase and demolition of the legendary Dunes hotel and casino in 1993. Bellagio was designed by Marnell Corrao Associates and Jon Jerde. Bellagio had an original construction cost of $1.6 billion.
The Bellagio employs approximately 10,000 people. In the fall of 2006, the casino floor was remodeled and new uniforms were issued, changing the original color scheme to a more contemporary blue tone.
Inside Bellagio, Dale Chihuly’s Fiori di Como, composed of over 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers, covers 2,000 square feet (610 m²) of the lobby ceiling. Bellagio is home to Cirque du Soleil’s aquatic production of “O”, only the second permanent production show for the world-renowned troupe.
Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall and Saloon
January 7, 2008
Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall and Saloon was renamed from Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino on March 1, 2007, after it was sold to Harrah’s Entertainment by Boyd Gaming Corporation in a swap for a 24-acre parcel next to Boyd’s Echelon Place project, the replacement for their Stardust property.
The property is in the process of converting to its new brand name. Included in the changes is a new restaurant, The Steakhouse at Bill’s, along with a new players/slot club, Bill’s Players Club. Also, Drai’s restaurant and nightclub is slated to remain open through March, when it will switch to an after-hours nightclub. The management team from the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino will run the property’s day-to-day operations.
The name is taken from Harrah’s founder Bill Harrah.
Bally’s Las Vegas
January 7, 2008
Bally’s Las Vegas is a hotel and casino, owned and operated by Harrah’s Entertainment, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The hotel has 2,814 rooms that are 450 square feet (41.8 m²) or larger. The hotel has over 175,000 square feet (16,258 m²) of banquet and meeting space. It also has a 67,000 square feet (6,225 m²) casino.
Bally’s is home for the long-running production show Jubilee!.
One of the signature features of this hotel is the neon lighting wrapped around the covered moving sidewalk that brings guests from Las Vegas Boulevard to the entrance of the casino.
The hotel has a Las Vegas Monorail station at the rear of the property.
