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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, Roman, Palace, and Forum. The Forum tower features
guest suites with 1,000 square feet of space.
Caesars has opened the Roman Plaza, an open-air
area with a cafe on the corner, and the Colosseum theater,
where Céline Dion (A New Day...) and Elton John (The Red
Piano) are regular performers. The Colosseum was specifically
built for Dion's show, A New Day..., a spectacular produced by
former Cirque du Soleil director Franco Dragone.
Dion's show was also notable for having some of
the highest ticket prices for any show in the city, with seats
as high as $220 each; nonetheless, the show regularly sold
out.
On October 2, 2004, big-time boxing returned to the Palace, as
Wladimir Klitschko and former Olympian Jeff Lacy headlined a
card televised on Showtime.
Caesars Palace opened the Augustus Tower in August 2005. It
stands 46 floors high and is perpendicular to the Strip.
In 2005, Harrah's Entertainment acquired Caesars Entertainment
and became the owner of Caesars Palace.
On May 4, 2006, Mike Metzger became the first person to ever
backflip on a motorcycle over the fountains.
as of December 2007, Harrah's Entertainment runs some of their
corporate offices inside the Caesars Palace Resort.
Caesars Palace playing cards feature Julius Caesar as the King
of Hearts and Cleopatra as the Queen of Spades. With the
success of the Augustus Tower, Harrah's Entertainment is
planning a $1 billion expansion and upgrade to the famed
resort. The expansion will include another
Vegas hotel tower and a
sports complex replacing the events center. The timeline for
construction was undisclosed.
New features include:
A new 29-story, 1,017-room hotel tower adjacent to the Palace
Tower, which will frame the pool area at the back of the
property along with an extension of the existing Convention
Center.
An additional 37,000 sq ft (3,400 m²). of casino space and
about 110,000 sq ft (10,000 m²). of added retail and
restaurants will cover the area closest to the strip replacing
the new outdoor Roman Plaza.
A “pedestrian promenade", with several decorative fountains
surrounded by landscaping which will guide strip-walkers into
Caesar's domain. Underneath the promenade, Caesars will
excavate a parking garage, with 389 valet-parking spaces.
In May of 2007, Bette Midler was announced as Dion's formal
replacement. Midler will reportedly only perform about 100
shows a year, with Elton John continuing to perform his
popular Red Piano show 50 nights a year while Midler is on
hiatus. After taking a three-year hiatus Cher, following her
Farewell Tour, is also returning to the stage with a
three-year contract to perform 200 shows beginning May 6,
2008.
Caesars Palace
is one of the world’s best known resort-casinos, celebrating
the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome, in
an 85-acre destination location that sets the standard for
excitement and luxury. Reigning at the heart of the Las Vegas
Strip, Caesars Palace ranks among the world’s top luxury
resorts known for their originality and beauty and features
more than 3,300 hotel guest rooms and suites, 26 diverse
restaurants and cafes, the 4.5-acre Garden of the Gods pools
and gardens, Qua - a world-class spa, and 240,000 square feet
of premium meeting and convention space. Its 4,100-seat
Colosseum spotlights world-class entertainers such as Bette
Midler, Elton John Jerry Seinfeld, and Cher, and sits just
steps away from celebrity chef restaurants and The Forum
Shops. For more information, visit caesarspalace.com or call
(702) 731-7110 or (800) 634-6001.
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