Caesars hotel casino las vegas

Casino resort in Las Vegas, Nevada

For other uses, see Caesars Palace (disambiguation).

Caesars Palace
Location	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Address	South Las Vegas Boulevard
Opening date	August&#;5, ; 57 years ago&#;()
Theme	Roman Empire
No. of rooms	3,
Total gaming space	,&#;sq&#;ft (11,&#;m2)
Permanent shows	Absinthe
Signature attractions	Replica ancient Roman, Greek and Renaissance art The Colosseum at Caesars Palace The Forum Shops at Caesars
Notable restaurants	Bacchanal Buffet Guy Savoy Mr. Chow Nobu Restaurant Las Vegas Old Homestead Steakhouse
Owner	Vici Properties
Operating license holder	Caesars Entertainment
Architect	Melvin Grossman ()
Renovated&#;in	, , , , , , , , –17, –22
Coordinates	36°07′04″N°10′30″W / °N °W / ;
Website	thisisnl.nl

Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino in Paradise, Nevada, United States. The hotel is situated on the west side of the Las Vegas Strip between Bellagio and The Mirage. It is one of Las Vegas's largest and best known landmarks.^[1]

Caesars Palace was opened in by Jay Sarno and Stanley Mallin, who sought to create an opulent facility that gave guests a sense of life during the Roman Empire. It contains many statues, columns and iconography typical of Hollywood Roman period productions including a foot (&#;m) statue of Augustus Caesar near the entrance. Caesars Palace is now owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment. As of July , the hotel has 3, rooms and suites in six towers and a convention facility of over , square feet (28,&#;m²).

The hotel has a large range of restaurants. Among them are several which serve authentic Chinese cuisine to cater to wealthy East Asian gamblers. From the outset, Caesars Palace has been oriented towards attracting high rollers. The modern casino facilities include table games such as blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, Spanish 21, mini-baccarat, Pai Gow and Pai Gow poker. The casino also features a 4,square-foot (&#;m²) hour poker room; and many slot machines and video poker machines.

The hotel has operated as a host venue for live music and sports entertainment. In addition to holding boxing matches since the late s, Caesars also hosted the Caesars Palace Grand Prix from to Notable entertainers who have performed at Caesars Palace include Frank Sinatra, Morrissey, Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Teresa Teng, Count Basie, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks, The Moody Blues, Celine Dion, Ike & Tina Turner, Shania Twain, Bette Midler, Cher, Elton John, Liberace, Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli, Julio Iglesias, Ann-Margret, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne, Judy Garland, Gloria Estefan, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, Sting, Matt Goss, and Deana Martin.

The main performance venue is The Colosseum. The theater seats 4, people and contains a 22,square-foot (2,&#;m²) stage. The stage was a special construction for Celine Dion's show, "A New Day", in After departing in , Dion returned to the Colosseum with her new show entitled "Celine" on March 15, , which was under contract through June 9, for 65 shows per year.

History[edit]

Early history[edit]

In , cabana motel owners Jay Sarno and Stanley Mallin received a $ million^[3] loan from the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund. They began plans to build a hotel on land owned by Kirk Kerkorian.^[4] Sarno would later act as designer of the hotel he planned to construct. His vision was to emulate life under the Roman Empire. The objective of the palace was to ensure an atmosphere in which everybody staying at the hotel would feel like a Caesar;^[5] this is why the name "Caesars Palace" lacks an apostrophe, making "Caesars" a plural instead of possessive noun.^[6] Caesars Palace was instrumental in beginning a new era of lavish casinos from the late s onward. The original hotel was designed by architect Melvin Grossman (–), who had worked primarily in Miami. The design of Caesars borrowed heavily from his earlier Cabaña Hotel () in Palo Alto. Architectural writer, Alan Hess, stated: "Caesars Palace needed only a sumptuous array of Classical statuary and a host of marble-white columns to establish its theme. The visitor's imagination, in league with well-placed publicity, filled in the opulence".Jefferson Graham wrote that the result was "the gaudiest, weirdest, most elaborate, and most talked about resort Vegas had ever seen. [Its] emblem was a chesty female dipping grapes into the waiting mouth of a recumbent Roman, fitted out in toga, laurel wreath, and phallic dagger".^[5]

The inauguration ceremony was held on August 5, Sarno and his partner, Nate Jacobsen, spent one million dollars on the event. The cost included "the largest order of Ukrainian caviar ever placed by a private organization", two tons of filet mignon, pounds (&#;kg) of Maryland crabmeat and 50, glasses of champagne.^[9] Cocktail waitresses in Greco-Roman wigs would greet guests and say "Welcome to Caesars Palace, I am your slave".^[9] Among the performers at the opening were Andy Williams and Phil Richards.^[3] According to author Ovid Demaris, Caesars Palace was "a mob-controlled casino from the day it opened its doors". By the time it opened, the significant publicity of the new hotel had generated $42 million in advanced bookings.^[9]

On December 31, , stunt performer Evel Knievel arrived at the hotel to watch a boxing match and convinced Sarno that he could jump over the distance of feet (43&#;m) over the fountains. ABC came in to film the jump, in which Knievel hit the top of the safety ramp after the jump and flew over his handlebars into the parking lot of neighbouring Dunes. Fracturing his pelvis, several bones and suffering a concussion, he lay in a hospital unconscious for 29 days in a coma before recovering. On April 14, , Knievel's son Robbie successfully completed the jump.

The first casino at the hotel was named Circus Circus. It was intended to be the world's liveliest and most expensive casino, attracting elite gamblers from around the world. ^[13] In , a Federal Organized Crime Task Force accused the casino's financial manager, Jerome Zarowitz, of having ties with organized-crime figures in New York and New England. Although Zarowitz was never tried, the task force pressured Sarno and his other investors to sell the casino, which led to it being acquired by Lum's restaurant chain owners Stuart and Clifford S. Perlman for $60 million.^[15] The company soon shed its restaurant operations and changed its name to Caesars World.^[16] 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.^[17]

Frank Sinatra began performing at Caesars Palace in , after a fallout with Howard Hughes and Carl Cohen at The Sands.^[19][20] He signed a three-year contract.^[21] In the early morning hours of September 6, , Sinatra was playing a high stakes baccarat at the casino, where he was performing at the time. Normal limits for the game are US$2, per hand; Sinatra had been playing for US$8, and wanted the stakes to be raised to US$16,^[22] When Sinatra began shouting after his request was denied, hotel executive Sanford Waterman came to talk with him. Witnesses to the incident said the two men both made threats, with Waterman producing a gun and pointing it at Sinatra. Sinatra walked out of the casino and returned to his Palm Springs home without fulfilling the rest of his three-week engagement there. Waterman was booked on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, but was released without bail.^[23] The local district attorney's office declined to file charges against Waterman for pulling the gun, stating that Sinatra had refused to make a statement regarding the incident.^[24] Despite swearing to never perform at Caesars again, Sinatra returned after his retirement in January , and became a frequent performer at Caesars Palace throughout the decade. He was performing at Caesars when his mother Dolly died in a plane crash in January , and in he was awarded the Grammy Trustees Award in a party at the hotel, while celebrating 40 years in show business and his 64th birthday.^[28] When Sinatra was given back his gaming license by the Nevada Gaming Commission in , he became an entertainment-public relations consultant at the casino for $20, a week.^[29]

In , some 1, black American rights activists stormed the hotel in a protest. The National Welfare Rights Organization was involved with a "coalition of welfare mothers, Legal Services lawyers, radical priests and nuns, civil rights leaders, movie stars and housewives". Five years later in the spring of , hundreds of black American workers went on strike at the hotel in the first major strike in Las Vegas history. The entrances to the hotel and casino were blocked, and the hotel lost several million dollars from the strike, including one cancellation worth $, In , the Del Webb corporation was contracted to build a $8 million story building adjacent to the Palace.^[32]

In , a section of two and three-story hotel buildings were demolished, making room for an Omnimax theater (–), accommodated in a purpose-built geodesic dome at what is currently the site of the Colosseum Theater. A people mover was also constructed in ^[33]

In , a fire broke out at the hotel, hospitalizing 16 people.^[34] The Perlmans sold their shares in Caesars World that year after trying to get a gaming license for a casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission accused the brothers of doing business with people who had organized-crime connections.^[35]

Later history[edit]

In the s, the hotel's management sought to create more elaborate features to compete with the other modern Las Vegas developments. The Forum Shops at Caesars opened in ; it was one of the first venues in the city where shopping, particularly at high-end fashion house stores, was an attraction in itself.^[36] A new redevelopment opened on October 22, ^[37]

In June , Harrah's Entertainment acquired Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and became the owner of Caesars Palace. Harrah's changed its own name to Caesars Entertainment in , to capitalize on the prestige of the Caesars brand.^[39][40]

In , Caesars Palace was fined $, by the Nevada Gaming Commission for permitting a high-limit baccarat player to dance on the card table while the game was underway.^[41] In September , Caesars Palace agreed to pay the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network an $8 million civil money penalty for violating the Bank Secrecy Act.^[42]

In October , ownership of Caesars Palace was transferred to Vici Properties as part of a corporate spin-off; Vici leased the property back to Caesars Entertainment at an initial annual rent of $ million.^[43][44]

During the COVID pandemic the casino closed on March 17, ^[45][46] A few months later, on June 4, the casino reopened.^[47][48] Certain aspects of the casino remained closed afterward, such as the boutique hotel and restaurant buffet. The Nobu Hotel reopened in July, a month after the casino had reopened.^[49] The Bacchanal Buffet reopened the following year, on May 20, , after a $ million renovation.^[50] The shows similarly resumed, with many celebrities announcing Caesars Palace residencies; including Adele,^[51]Jerry Seinfeld,^[52]Sting,^[53] and Rod Stewart.^[54]

Architecture[edit]

Jeff Campbell of Lonely Planet refers to the hotel as "quintessentially Las Vegas", a "Greco-Roman fantasyland featuring marble reproductions of classical statuary". The art deco style fused with clear influences from Hollywood epic productions dominate. Construction of the story Caesars Palace hotel on the acre (14&#;ha) site began in ,^[57] and it opened in It lay next to Dunes Hotel and opposite the Desert Inn.^[58] The original hotel featured lanes of cypresses and marble columns as part of a feet (&#;m) frontage, with the hotel set back feet (&#;m) . The car park could accommodate up to cars.^[58]

Water is heavily used for at least 18 fountains throughout^[59]—the casino resort uses over million gallons a year. A 20 feet (&#;m) high statue of Julius Caesar hailing a taxi lies in the driveway leading to the entrance,^[59] and there are replicas of Rape of the Sabine Women and statues of Venus and David which greet guests as they arrive. Near the entrance is a four-faced, eight-handed Brahma shrine which weighs four tons. It was made in Bangkok, Thailand, with a casting ceremony on November 25, , according to the inscription on it.^[61] A multimillion-dollar renovation of the main entrance began in July , and was finished seven months later. It includes a domed ceiling and a foot statue of Augustus.^[62][63]

Exterior[edit]

A $75 million renovation of the hotel's original Roman Tower, built in and extended in , was completed in January ^[64] The story Tower, last renovated in , will have 20 rooms added for a total of rooms and suites, and will be renamed the Julius Tower.^[65]Entertainment Close-Up wrote that the Julius Tower is the "latest piece of a $1 billion investment to cement Caesars Palace as the premier resort at the center of the Las Vegas Strip".^[66] Nobu Tower (formerly Centurion Tower) is a story tower that was completed in at a cost of $ million.^[67] In it was announced that the tower would be renovated and be renamed to Nobu, and to operate as the first Nobu Hotel with a restaurant.^[68] A remodeling of the Nobu Hotel took place during ^[69][70]

Rooms in the Forum Tower opened in ^[71] The Palace Tower opened in ^[72] and mirrors the Greco-Roman theme of the hotel with fluted columns and Corinthian columns and pediments on its facade and fountains and statues scattered around its interior space.^[73][71]

Plans for the Augustus Tower began in and were consolidated in with the architects Bergman Walls Associates. The expansion at a cost of $ million US included a story, foot-tall tower, as well as an addition of new convention and meeting facilities at the resort.^[74] The Augustus opened in with rooms, which were designed for more upscale luxury and service than the other parts of the resort.^[76] The Octavius Tower opened in January The room tower was added as part of a $million expansion. The tower shares a lobby with the Augustus Tower.^[76] The pools at Caesars Palace are modeled after the Roman baths.^[77]

The Forum Shops at Caesars[edit]

Main article: The Forum Shops at Caesars

The Forum Shops at Caesars, also known as "The Forum" is a ,square-foot (59,&#;m²) shopping mall,^[78] built as an extension wing of the main hotel and casino in ^[36]

The mall's spiral staircase consists of spiral escalators.^[79] The mall also contains many replicas of famous fountains. The Fall of Atlantis fountain uses special effects and 9 feet (&#;m) animated figures to tell the story of the Myth of Atlantis.^[80]

With many high-end boutiques including Cartier, Chanel, Calvin Klein, Dior, Emporio Armani, Gucci, Ted Baker, Tiffany and Co, Valentino, and Versace,^[81] it is the highest grossing mall in the United States, with higher sales per square foot than Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.^[83] The mall, which was , square feet at its opening, was expanded by , square feet in A third expansion, which began in , added another , square feet to the property. The Forum Shops property is considered to be the most valuable real estate in Las Vegas.^[84]

Interior[edit]

Hallway between casino and The Forum Shops,

Spiral escalators,

The original hotel tower had rooms, and each featured a room with one wall which was fully mirrored from floor to ceiling. The hotel featured an seat theatre restaurant and three public dining areas, two health clubs, an epicurean room, a convention hall of up to people and 20 separate halls and committee rooms, accommodating up to people in total.^[58] Marble was imported from Italy, rosewood from Brazil, with gold leafing throughout the place.

As of , the hotel has 3, rooms and suites in six towers.^[86] In addition to its regular rooms and suites, Caesars Palace offers penthouse suites,^[71] and 14 villa suites named after notable Romans. A number of Roman statues were imported from Florence, Italy, valued at over $,^[58] Statues of Julius Caesar and emperors such as Augustus and Nero are particularly common at the Palace. There are many variations of Augustus throughout, including two copies of the Prima Porta Augustus. Author Margaret Malamud notes the contrast between his "sober and pious figure" in the Olympic Lounge and the "statue of Nero and his lyre with which it is paired". There is a 25 feet (&#;m) statue of the goddess Fortuna. One statue of David in the interior is an exact replica of an early 16th-century Michelangelo masterpiece, standing 18 feet (&#;m) high and weighing over nine tons.^[87]

Melanie Stimmell is a prominent fine artist based in Las Vegas, known for her stunning paintings and murals. In , she was commissioned to paint the ceiling of the new lobby at Caesars Palace.

Caesars Forum and gambling facilities[edit]

Caesars Forum is the original casino of the hotel which opened in with 30 gaming tables and slot machines. It contains 20 black Italian marble columns with white marble and gold leaf trimmings. Friezes and statues depict Roman conquests, and women motifs are prevalent. In the centre is a flat ornate dome with an "enormous chandelier in the shape of a Roman medallion, made of , handmade and handpolished crystals" on the ceiling. It reportedly held the world record at the time for the world's largest crystal ceiling fixture. The cocktail waitresses, as of , still wear the same uniform which was designed by Jay Sarno: white, off-the-shoulder mini-tunics with high-heeled Roman sandals.

The modern casino facilities include table games such as blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, Spanish 21, mini-baccarat, pai gow and pai gow poker.^[90] Caesars Palace's 4, square feet (&#;m²) hour poker room currently lies in heart of the gaming floor between The Colosseum and the Race & Sports Book, where racing and sports bets are put on. It moved there in June , when Pure Nightclub underwent an expansion and annexed its space.^[91] As of December it contains 16 tables with free Wi-Fi and USB charging ports.^[92] There are many traditional reel-type slot machines, video reels machine, video poker games, video blackjack or keno, in which participants can play from 1¢ to $^[93] One author noted that due to the combination of darkness and enclosure of the gambling room, never being lit with light from the outside, it "disorients the occupant in space and time", and one "loses track of where he is and when it is".

Entertainment[edit]

Music and showmanship[edit]

Many international performers have performed at the hotel, including Frank Sinatra,^[94]Sammy Davis Jr.,^[95]Rod Stewart,^[96]Celine Dion,^[96]Cher,Bette Midler,Liberace,Liza Minnelli,Elton John,^[]George Burns,Pat Cooper,Diana Ross,^[]Teresa Teng,^[]Paul Anka,^[]Julio Iglesias,Judy Garland,David Copperfield,Stevie Nicks,^[]Dolly Parton,^[]Tony Bennett,Steve and Eydie,^[]Gloria Estefan,^[]Phyllis Diller,Luis Miguel,^[]Ike & Tina Turner,^[]Janet Jackson,^[]Shania Twain,^[96]Jerry Seinfeld,^[]Harry Belafonte,^[]Louie Anderson,^[]Ricky Martin,^[]Mariah Carey,^[]Deana Martin,^[]B.B. King,^[]The Moody Blues,^[]Pilita Corrales^[] and Matt Goss. In mid, a new venue known as "Caesars Magical Empire" was created on the property, showcasing magicians such as Michael Ammar,^[] Jon Armstrong,^[]Lee Asher,^[]Whit Haydn,^[]Jeff "Magnus" McBride,^[] and Alain Nu.^[] The "Empire" was closed on November 30, , after which the structure was razed to make room for a large concert hall created for singer Celine Dion.^[]The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is a 4,seat entertainment venue with a 22, square feet (2,&#;m²) stage, which was originally built at a cost of $million for Celine Dion's show, "A New Day", in ^[][] A success, the Colosseum show earned almost $, on average per night^[] and grossed $ million in four years.^[] The venue has since hosted performances by numerous other artists.^[]Gloria Estefan performed a special seven-day concert in October for the launch of her album Unwrapped, titled Live & Unwrapped.^[] In May , Bette Midler was announced as Dion's formal replacement, performing shows a year,^[] with Elton John continuing to perform his popular Red Piano show 50 nights a year while Midler was on hiatus. After taking a three-year hiatus, Cher, following her Farewell Tour, returned to Caesars Palace with a three-year contract, performing shows beginning May 6, ^[]

On May 26, , U.S. President Barack Obama performed in the Colosseum in the one-night show A Good Fight alongside Sheryl Crow, Bette Midler and Rita Rudner to fundraise for Nevada's senator Harry Reid re-election campaign. Several streets were closed and the Augustus tower was blocked as security precautions by the Secret Service during the visit.^[] In March , Celine Dion returned to The Colosseum with her new show entitled "Celine", which is under contract for 70 shows per year, through ^[] In , Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn began a concert residency at the Colosseum titled Together in Vegas.^[]Absinthe is a live show that premiered on April 1, , on the forecourt of the hotel.^[] The show is hosted by The Gazillionaire,^[] played by actor and former Cirque du Soleil clown Voki Kalfayan^[] and his assistant, Penny Pibbets,^[] portrayed by actress Anais Thomassian.^[] The show is performed outside in a Spiegeltent on a 9 feet (&#;m) diameter stage. The tent accommodates persons who are seated on folding chairs circled around the stage.^[][]

The Pussycat Dolls Lounge, an adjunct of the Pure Nightclub, opened at Caesars Palace in ^[] The lounge was patterned after a vintage strip club. The club's center was a stage where dancers called the Pussycat Girls clad in fishnet hose and corsets, began a new dance show every half hour. Celebrities like Paris Hilton and Christina Aguilera occasionally danced as "guest pussycats".^[] In , Caesars Palace opened a Pussycat Dolls Casino directly across from the Pussycat Dolls Lounge. It had an oval pit at the casino's center, where two go-go dancers in cages performed in response to the music.^[] At the end of February , the Pussycat Dolls left the Pure nightclub for a new lounge at the Chateau nightclub, which is part of Paris Las Vegas.^[]

The Omnia (Latin for "[the sum of] all things") nightclub, opened in March , replacing the Pure nightclub which operated there for over a decade.^[] The $ million expansion and redesign incorporates both the 34, square feet (3,&#;m²) Pure facility and the adjacent World of Poker tournament room to create a 75, square feet (7,&#;m²) space that can accommodate 3, people.^[] Designed by the Rockwell Group,^[] the club is outfitted with theatrical lighting, sound, and climate-control systems,^[][] along with rigging and catwalks for aerial performers.^[] It is operated by the Hakkasan Group.^[]

The replica of Cleopatra's Barge houses a bar and lounge that opened at Caesars Palace in ^[]Rat Pack members Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin often visited the Barge, with Sinatra occasionally singing there after his own shows.^{[citation needed]}

Sports[edit]

The New Yorker writes that Caesars Palace was "dubbed the Home of Champions after hosting decades of events like boxing matches, auto races, and volleyball tournaments".^[] The Caesars Palace Grand Prix car race (a Formula One World Championship event) was held at the car park of Caesars Palace in and The new race proved to be a financial disaster, and was not popular among the drivers, primarily because of the desert heat and its counter-clockwise direction, which put a tremendous strain on the drivers' necks. When Nelson Piquet clinched his first World Championship by finishing fifth in ,^[] it took him fifteen minutes to recover from heat exhaustion.^[] The race was won by Michele Alboreto in a Tyrrell, but the race was not renewed for the following season due to poor attendance. The following two years a CART (IndyCar) event was run, with Mario Andretti and Tom Sneva winning, before the open-wheel event was permanently dropped.^[][][] In it hosted a round of the Stadium Super Trucks.^[]

Many boxing matches have been held in Caesars Outdoor Arena and at its since demolished Sports Pavilion (an indoor sports arena) since the late s. The hotel has hosted fights between George Foreman and Ron Lyle in January , Roberto Durán and Esteban de Jesús in January ,^[]Larry Holmes and Muhammad Ali in October ,^[] Holmes and Gerry Cooney in June ^[] as well as Wilfredo Gómez versus Juan Antonio Lopez at the same date; Gómez's bout with Salvador Sánchez on August 21, , Marvin Hagler vs. Roberto Durán and a world championship fight between Shane Mosley and Shannan Taylor.^[] In April , the 15,seat arena at Caesars Palace hosted "The Super Fight" boxing match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler.^[] Two bouts between Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe were contested here, including Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe in November ,^[] and a revenge match a year later in which Holyfield took the title,^[] and he fought with Michael Moorer at Caesars Palace, including Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer in April for the WBA, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight Championships.^[] In boxing returned to the Palace, when Wladimir Klitschko and former OlympianJeff Lacy headlined a card televised on Showtime at the Palace's new outdoor amphitheatre.^[]

Caesars Palace has played host to a number of professional wrestling events throughout the s, the most notable of which is WWE's WrestleMania IX in April which capitalized on the Roman theme of the venue. Billed as the "Worlds Largest Toga Party" it remains to this day the only WrestleMania with a particular thisisnl.nl Championship Wrestling also held a series of events at Caesars Palace, including Clash of the Champions XXX in January as well as Clash of the Champions XXXII and an episode of WCW Monday Nitro, each in January ^[][]

On September 27, , a National Hockey Leaguepreseason game between the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers was held on an outdoor rink built in the Caesars Palace parking lot. Behind a goal from Wayne Gretzky, the Kings came back from a 2–0 deficit to win 5–2.^[] The game served as a prelude to "Frozen Fury", an annual series of preseason games in Las Vegas played primarily against the Colorado Avalanche at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, and eventually the establishment of an expansion team in Las Vegas, the Vegas Golden Knights, for the –18 NHL season.^[]

Restaurants[edit]

See also: List of restaurants in the Las Vegas Valley

The casino houses multiple restaurants. Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill is an English pub, a type of restaurant Ramsay felt was "missing on the strip".^[] The Nobu Restaurant is an Asian restaurant.^[] The Old Homestead Steakhouse is the first west-coast location of a New York restaurant chain.^[] Rao's opened in , the second branch of the restaurant after New York City to thisisnl.nl's first restaurant venture outside New York, Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill was opened at Caesars in and featured southwestern cuisine; it closed in November and was replaced in early with a "fish-and-pasta" concept called Amalfi by Bobby Flay.^[][] Chef Brian Malarkey opened Searsucker Las Vegas – the fourth branch of the restaurant after San Diego, Del Mar, California, and Austin, Texas – in March The 7, square feet (&#;m²) dining area has a "retro Americana" theme, with "cowboy culture" motifs reflected throughout the furnishings and paintings designed by Thomas Schoos.^[][]

Beijing Noodle No. 9 is a Chinese restaurant with an overhead metal-cut white screen and large aquariums filled with goldfish are all backlit by LED bulbs.^[] Serendipity 3 was a s style diner, featuring burgers, fries and ice cream delicacies. The ice cream parlor themed restaurant, which was a branch of the New York City Serendipity 3 establishment, opened in ^[] In addition to seating in the dining area and counter seating, there was a patio with views of the Strip and the Caesars Palace fountains.^[] It closed on January 2, ^[]Hell's Kitchen opened in its place in January , and was originally planned to be used as the studio for the filming of the American television show Hell's Kitchen for Seasons 19 and 20, but with full bookings of customers to serve and a lack of cameras (and no dormitories for the contestants), shooting was instead moved to the Caesars Entertainment Studios property near the Las Vegas Strip.^[][] The major restaurant of the Augustus Tower is the Guy Savoy, namesake of the three-star Michelin chef.^[] When Savoy was approached to open a second restaurant in Vegas, he initially said no, until Caesars told him they wanted him to recreate what he had done in Paris. His request was that to maintain quality, the restaurant must be limited to service five days a week, to which the management agreed.^[] The restaurant opened in and in , Savoy brought his executive chef from the Paris restaurant to Vegas.^[]

Under the direction of pastry chef and chocolatier François Payard, Payard Pâtisserie & Bistro at Caesars Palace encompasses a pastry shop, chocolate shop, and restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.^[] The interior of the seat bistro was designed by the Rockwell Group.^[] In ^[] the bistro installed a 16 feet (&#;m) high "chocolate clock" that releases three chocolate truffles every quarter-hour.^[] In Wolfgang Puck was the first celebrity chef to open an upscale restaurant in a Las Vegas gambling resort with Spago at Caesars Palace. Located in The Forum Shops arcade, the restaurant is divided into a cafe facing the shopping mall serving lighter, lower-cost dishes, and a more formal dining room to the rear.

Central Michel Richard was a hour restaurant situated in the hotel lobby from to In addition to a bar, it featured indoor and outdoor dining, with menu offerings varying by the time of day. Established in , it cost US$ million to build-out and measured 10, square feet (&#;m²) in size. Todd Harrington, executive chef, was chosen by Michel Richard, himself a James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef, to run the kitchen. Harrington had been the executive chef of Augustus Café, the restaurant which had previously operated in that location.^[] Harrington left in December , and in July , the restaurant filed for bankruptcy protection.^[] The restaurant closed in late ^[][]

Café Americano occupies the former premises of Central Michel Richard. It was in May , in partnership with the V&E Restaurant Group of Miami.^[] The 3, square feet (&#;m²) restaurant and bar in the hotel lobby serves pizza,^[] soups, sandwiches, burgers.^[] A Mr. Chow restaurant opened at the hotel in ^[] The seat Chinese fine dining establishment occupies the second floor of the hotel and has a view of the Garden of the Gods pool area.^[]

In popular culture[edit]

Caesars Palace has been a location in numerous films. It has appeared in films such as Hells Angels on Wheels (),Where It's At (),^[]The Only Game in Town (),The Electric Horseman (),Rocky III (),Oh, God! You Devil (),^[]You Ruined My Life (),^[]Rain Man (),Hearts Are Wild (),^[]Fools Rush In (),^[]Ocean's Eleven (),Intolerable Cruelty (),Dreamgirls (),Iron Man (),The Hangover (), (), The Hangover Part III () and Step Up: All In ().

In television it has appeared in series such as The Partridge Family, the "Viva Ned Flanders" episode of The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Friends, The Strip (),Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Keeping Up With the Kardashians. It also appeared in the season 12 premiere of America's Next Top Model.^[] The short-lived s game show Caesars Challenge taped in the casino's theatre and pulled contestants from the audience; losing players were given tickets to Caesars shows and dinner as a consolation prize, while an audience game played at the end offered audience members the chance to get casino chips and chocolate coins.

A version of the casino called Caligula's Palace is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, where it is located in Las Venturas (the game's equivalent of Las Vegas) and is the subject of one of the game's storylines where the player prepares for and pulls off a heist on the casino.

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