Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace, is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, an unincorporated township in Clark County, Nevada, United States 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, Roman, Palace, and Forum. The Forum tower features guest suites with 1,000 square feet (93 m2) of space

Caesars Palace
at a glance

Address: 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Opening date: August 5, 1966

Theme : Roman Empire

No. of rooms: 3,348

Total gaming space: 166,000 ft2 (15,442 m2)

Permanent shows: Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Cher: Cher at the Colosseum

Signature attractions: Forum Shops

Notable restaurants: Restaurant Guy Savoy
Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak, and Stone Crab
Bradley Ogden
Neros
Hyakumi
Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill
Raos
Payard Patisserie

Casino type: Land-Based

Owner: Harrah's Entertainment

Years renovated: 1974, 1979, 1992, 2001, 2005

Website: www.caesarspalace.com (hotel and casino)



History

In 1962, Jay Sarno, a cabana motel owner, used US$10 million that had been lent to him by the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund to begin plans for a hotel on land owned by Kirk Kerkorian. Sarno would later act as designer of the hotel he planned to construct.

Building of the 14-story Caesars Palace hotel began in 1962. That first tower would have 680 rooms on the 34 acre (138,000 m2) site.

Sarno struggled to decide on a name for the hotel. He finally decided to call it Caesars Palace because he thought that the name Caesar would evoke thoughts of royalty because of Roman general Julius Caesar. Sarno felt that guests should feel they were at a king's home while at his hotel. It is called "Caesars" and not "Caesar's" because every guest is a Caesar.




Sarno contracted many companies to build the hotel, from the Roman landscapes it presents, to the water fountains that have been stages of various events and the hotel's swimming pools.

On August 5, 1966, the hotel was inaugurated, with Andy Williams and Phil Richards providing entertainment; they both played Julius Caesar at a play that night. Two days later, Latin bandleader Xavier Cugat and flamenco guitarist Charo became the first couple to marry in the new establishment.

On December 31, 1967, Evel Knievel unsuccessfully tried to jump the hotel's water fountain with his motorcycle.

In 1969, Stuart and Clifford S Perlman, founders of the Lums chain of restaurants, purchased the hotel. On July 15 of that year, executives lay ground on an expansion area of the hotel, and they buried a time capsule in the area, but the time capsule was stolen days later.




In 1973, the Del Webb company was contracted to build a 16-story building adjacent to the Palace. The project was finished in 1974.

Many top performers, such as Celine Dion, Bette Midler, Liberace, Elton John, George Burns, Pat Cooper, Diana Ross, Cher, Julio Iglesias, Judy Garland, David Copperfield, Gloria Estefan, Phyllis Diller, Frank Sinatra and Mariah Carey have performed at the hotel.