Treasure Island isn't the most luxurious place on the Las Vegas Strip by far but it can be an excellent choice if you are saving your money for the gambling tables or the Strip's other attractions. Treasure Island has updated their rooms with pillow top beds, 26-inch LCD flat-screen televisions to MP3/iPod-compatible clock-radios. The suites range in size from 630 square feet to 930 square feet and have foyers, sitting areas and dual bathrooms featuring whirlpool tubs for her and glass-enclosed showers for him as well as his-and-her closets. Tower Suites also have dining nooks for four. Room rates start at $129 per night and suites begin at $140.
All phases of Dal Toro, Lamborghini's 20,000-sq.-ft., $30 million megaplex showroom / restaurant / boutique / nightclub / art gallery at the Palazzo Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas, are now open for business. Designed by renowned Italian architect Paolo Cortese, the 300-seat restaurant with its backdrop of supercars features black-and-white marble floors, wall-to-wall black leather paneling, silk fabrics, and glass-enclosed wine cellars with private dining tables.
The venue boasts over $2 million worth of artwork including the Charging Bull - the same as the famous one on Wall Street, and identical to the Lamborghini logo - by renowned Italian artist, Arturo di Modica, and paintings by German contemporary artist Horst Kohlem. There's also a club called the UltraLounge in the lower level, and the world's first Lamborghini fashion boutique carrying everything from polo shirts to iPod cases. And if you really want, they'll even sell you a Ferrari or Bugatti instead.
Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather may be dressing a little plainly lately. Last month burglars broke in to his Las Vegas home, and, according to the pugilist, made off with around $7 million in jewelry. The home was empty when a window between the master bedroom and pool area was smashed and the valuables were stolen. The security camera footage has been little help in ascertaining the identity of the four bandits who broke in. As David Mayo of the Grand Rapids Press notes, last year on HBO Mayweather demonstrated that he doesn't believe in credit cards and believes in liquidity, shocking the camera crew by showing off $1 million in cash stored in a duffle bag in his bedroom. Mayweather is notoriously spendy, wearing flashy jewelry, giving lavish tips and gambling big on sporting events but after this he will likely be a lot more careful about where he stores his bling.
Marnell Corrao Associates has announced the topping off the M Resort, Spa and Casino in Las Vegas. The $1 billion project is located on South Las Vegas Boulevard and St. Rose Parkway a bit of a ways from the Las Vegas Strip. The M Resort, Spa and Casino will have 390 guest rooms, nine restaurants, a destination wine cellar and tasting room, more than 60,000 square feet of meeting and conference space, a 23,000 square foot spa and fitness center and over 100,000 square foot pool and events piazza named Villaggio del Sole. Of course there will be a casino with over 92,000 square feet of gaming space including 1,846 slot machines, 64 table games and a state-of-the-art race and sports book. A March 2009 is planned.
The resort has also entered into a partnership with Taubman Center Inc. to create the first full-scale, department store anchored regional mall to be directly integrated into a casino resort. It will add one million square feet of in-line shopping to the resort and is expected to open in late 2011 or early 2012. Another feature of the resort will be a 63,000 square foot movie theater with 14 screens and 3,100 seat of all-stadium luxury seating with digital sound and premium concession selections,.
LuckyJets has just announced its carpool-in-the-skies, ferrying high rollers on private jets from Los Angeles, San Diego and Scottsdale straight to Las Vegas, along with additional popular casino destinations. Though you won't have the wings to yourself, a shared flight to Sin City could be ripe for the networking. And at $2,999 a flight with door-to-door limo service to boot, even if the tables treat you wrong, you're still flying high.
If you get in on the action soon, flying from L.A. or Scottsdale to Las Vegas, you'll receive a complimentary round-trip flight voucher. The deal is first-come first-served for bookings on LuckyJets' inaugural flight to gambler's heaven on August 8. Hey, if you're gonna play the game, boy, better learn to play it right.
Given Elvis Presley's long association with Las Vegas it seems strange that it has taken until now for an Elvis-themed casino to hit the Strip but Elvis is finally getting his own Vegas hotel. The plans call for a $3.1 billion development with an "Elvis-inspired" luxury hotel and casino, convention space, retail space, restaurants, showroom and a separate hotel-condominium building that will be operated by a joint-venture partner. There will also be complete wedding services for those with a hankering for an Elvis-themed wedding. Construction is set to begin at the start of 2009 with completion planned for the end of 2012.
New York-based FX Real Estate and Entertainment is a newly formed company that owns nearly 18 acres of land located at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue in Las Vegas known as the Park Central Property. Their plan is to turn that area into a a hotel, casino, entertainment, retail, commercial and residential development project. They have entered into license agreements with Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., and Muhammad Ali Enterprises LLC, that allows them to use the intellectual property associated with these two icons in the development of real estate and entertainment attraction projects. The company plans to also pursue the development of, one or more hotels as part of the master plan of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. to redevelop the Graceland property and surrounding areas in Memphis, Tennessee.
Donald Trump opened his latest Las Vegas property on Friday at a ribbon cutting surrounded by beauty queens and fellow developers. The Trump International Hotel & Tower is a 64-story gold-covered with 1,282 suites and a restaurant named DJT (Trump's initials). The new tower joins other new towers which have luxury accommodations, dining and retail but no casinos.
All isn't rosy in Trumpland though, shares of Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. hit an all-time low on Friday after the company's three casinos reported lower revenue for March. Trump's share price is down 83 percent for the past 52 weeks. Also, Trump Entertainment issued a statement last week saying they would sell a casino or two if they thought the sale would be in the best interest of the shareholders.
Trump has said he will wait to build a second planned Las Vegas high rise until he sells all the condo and hotel units in the first tower.
Some of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas now have condos that provide a safe haven from the world of jangling slot machines and endless gaming tables. The MGM Grand has The Signature at MGM Grand and now the Palms has Palms Place, a new condo located just west of the Las Vegas strip. The hotel, condo and spa does not have a casino. It is connected to the Palms with a moving walkway called a sky tube and has 600 condos, some of which will also be hotel rooms. The hotel spa includes a hammam and the hotel is also home to the first Sunset Tan franchise in the area. Celebrities buying into the complex reportedly include Eminem and Jessica Simpson. Rates for the hotel rooms start around $200 per night for a studio.
Everything changes, even in Vegas (or especially in Vegas?) when it comes to big name casinos and how they divy out their best suites. They used to be reserved exclusively for only the highest of high rollers on a comp basis, but these days more and more casinos are catering to a different crowd: those who just want to pay to party and not necessarily spend all day and night gambling.
Flat rates and outrageous luxury perks are the latest trend, with prices easily skyrocketing into 5 digits. The top of the line? The Fantasy Towers at Palms, Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, available for only $40,000/night.
Hope springs eternal when it comes to blockbuster condo projects in Vegas. Entrepreneur R. Donahue Peebles has spent $65 million on 13 acres of land a half mile from the Las Vegas Strip to create a massive five-star non-gaming resort known as Las Palmas that will have a total value of $2.5 billion. The project will consist of four 55-story glass towers with a total of 800 luxury hotel suites and 1,000 condos designed by architectural firm Arquitectonica. Resort amenities will include a 40,000-square-foot destination spa, retail space, a restaurant and a sky lobby with infinity-edge pool 400 feet above the Strip. The first tower, which will contain the hotel, is expected to be completed in 2009.
The Flamingo in Las Vegas isn't the most fashionable hotel in Las Vegas and they know it. Instead of making a move toward the more posh and elegant interior decor styles of the Wynn and the MGM Grand, the Flamingo has taken their redesign in a different direction, going retro with new riffs of old Vegas style. The renovated Flamingo rooms called "GO Rooms" for the last two letter of the Flamingo name, are available in three suites: GO Metropolitan, GO Neapolitan and GO Cosmopolitan as well as standard GO rooms and suites.
There are 30 new GO Metropolitan suites, two-bedroom, 1500 square-foot suites with two marble bathrooms, three entertainment centers and four 42" flat-panel high-definition television sets. There are also 14 GO Cosmopolitan suites which are 800 square-foot one-bedroom suites, and 38 GO Neapolitan suites which measure 650 square feet and have one bedroom and a living area both of which are decorated in a combination of Flamingo pink and coordinating striped wallpaper. It's an interesting design direction they have taken here, retro can be risky in Vegas, a city that both reveres its past and seeks to obliterate it at every turn. Overall, I like it but the tufted headboards give me serious pause. Let me know what you think in the comments. The pink and striped wallpaper version is after the jump.
When I saw Paul's post over at A Luxury Travel Blog about the Tank pool at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, I knew I had to investigate. The $20 million swimming pool offer the chance to swim with sharks from a safe distance. The massive pool has a 200,000-gallon shark tank, three-story waterslide and cabanas. The waterslide takes you right past the sharks and there is also a bar. Suites in the hotels start at $159.
Imagine for a moment that you are a chef in one of the hottest restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip. You would want a home that is beautiful, perhaps removed from the hubbub of downtown but not too far. You might also be in search of a kitchen where you could create gastronomic indulgences for your lucky guests. Welcome then to 5 Misty Peaks, a five-bedroom contemporary home designed for the entertainer. It has a contemporary look with big glass windows facing the Strip in the distance. The home also has multiple wine refrigerators, a private screening room, electronic drapes. surround sound and a game room with a large wet bar with custom cabinets.. The star of the house however is the culinary kitchen which includes a Wolf range, Fisher Paykel dual stacked dishwashers, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and U-line refrigerated drawers. The long breakfast bar features blown glass lighting features. After a hearty meal you can step outside to the infinity pool flanked by fire woks. It also has a outdoor kitchen, gas fire pit, plasma televisions, fireplace and a misting system. This home is listed at $9.45 million and was part of the 2006 Las Vegas Parade of Homes. After the jump, install cameras and film your own cooking show.
Condo offerings may have taken a big hit in Vegas, with many projects being scrapped before they even began. But the ambitious plan for MGM's CityCenter have continued apace with construction starting last summer. The CityCenter project is located between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo resorts and is expected to open in 2009.
Now it's time to take measure of how successful this project will actually be. The Residential Sales Pavilion has opened for business to take reservations for around 2,700 luxury residences spread out over several buildings. Three of CityCenter's four residential developments are available for reservations: Vdara Condo Hotel, Veer Towers and The Residences at Mandarin Oriental. Residences at The Harmon will be released later in 2007. Unit prices start at around $500,000 for Vdara and the Veer Towers. It's a bit pricier at the Mandarin, starting at $1.5 million for suites ranging from 1,000 to 3,900 square feet. The condos are just part of the CitryCenter experience. There will also be a 60-story hotel and a retail and entertainment complex with restaurants, clubs and shops all under a crystalline canopy.
Any predictions for the success of this venture? Based on recent hesitancies about the condo market, I'm not predicting a quick sell out.
Mancation, baby! How much do you love your guy friends? Enough to spend nearly $50,000 with them in Vegas? The JW Marriot Las Vegas Resort in Summerlin, Nevada has come up with what they call the ultimate mancation. The four-day trip includes $1,000 per person in gaming chips, two oversized two-bedroom suites, the chance to drive a Ferrari 360 Spider, a day at a race track, a day at the golf course with lessons from the pros and spa treatments for all your metrosexual manscaping needds and to top it all off, a seven-course meal on the last night of your stay. Each man also gets to take home a new set of golf clubs worth $2,000 per person. The entire package costs $49,000. Sounds like the the sort of thing Kid Rock needs to help him get over his divorce.
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