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{{Short description|Hotel in Nevada, United States}}
{{Infobox Casino|hotel
casino=The Westin Las Vegas|
| hotel_name = The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa
theme=|
| logo =
location=[[Paradise, Nevada]]|▼
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address=160 East [[Flamingo Road (Las Vegas)|Flamingo Road]]|▼
| image = Westin Las Vegas.jpg
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rooms=825|
| caption =
date_opened= {{start date and age|July 1, 1977 }}|
▲| location = [[Paradise, Nevada]]|
space_gaming={{convert|20000|sqft|abbr=on}}|
▲| address = 160 East [[Flamingo Road (Las Vegas)|Flamingo Road]]|
attractions= Spa|
| hotel_chain = [[Westin Hotels & Resorts]]
shows= |
| coordinates =
notable_restaurants="Suede"|
| opening_date = {{start date and age|July 1, 1977}} {{small|(as Maxim)}}<br>{{start date and age|November 6, 2003}} {{small|(as Westin)}}
owner=[[Columbia Sussex]]|
| developer =
license_holder=777 Gaming<br>[[Westin Hotel]]|
| architect =
casino_type=Land-Based|
| operator =
renovations= 2003|
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names_pre=Maxim |
| owner = Highgate & [[Cerberus Capital Management]]
website=[http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/search/hotel_detail.html?city=&stateProvince=&country=&postalCode=&hotelLocationType=&pOI=&arrivalDate=&departureDate=&lengthOfStay=&numberOfRooms=&numberOfAdults=&amenityType1=&amenityType2=&amenityType3=&nState1=&nState2=&nCity1=&nCity2=&requestedChainCode=&requestedAffiliationCode=&propertyID=1448&returnURL=&promotionCode=&corporateAccountNumber=&rcdi=&iATANumber=&groupBlockID=&ratePlanName=&starwoodPreferredGuest=&fromSearch=&H=250&W=491 Starwood Hotels]
| number_of_rooms = 826
|footnotes=<ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/nov/07/westin-opens-in-vegas/?history]</ref>|
| number_of_suites = 13
| number_of_restaurants =
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| website = {{URL|westinvegas.com}}
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}}
'''The Westin Las Vegas''' is a [[resort]] and [[casino]] near the [[Las Vegas Strip]] in [[Paradise, Nevada]]. The Westin is managed by Pyramid Hotel Group, under franchise from [[Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide]], owner of [[Westin Hotels]]. It is noteworthy for being one of the first Las Vegas resorts to prohibit [[tobacco smoking|smoking]] in almost all parts of the property; only in a part of the casino is smoking permitted.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kitty|last= Yancey|authorlink= |title=Westin hotels ban smoking |url=http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-12-04-westin-smoking-ban_x.htm▼
|work= [[USA Today]] |publisher= |date=2005-12-04 |accessdate=25 November 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Howard|last= Stutz|authorlink= |author2=Ed Vogel |title=SMOKING QUESTION: Worries over ban surface|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-07-Wed-2006/news/7814404.html|work= [[Las Vegas Review Journal]] |publisher= |date=2006-06-07 |accessdate=25 November 2008 }}</ref>▼
 
▲'''The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa''' is a [[resorthotel]] and former [[casino]] near the [[Las Vegas Strip]] in [[Paradise, Nevada]]. The Westin is managedowned by PyramidHighgate Hoteland Group[[Cerberus Capital Management]], underand franchiseuses fromthe [[StarwoodWestin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide|Westin]], ownerbrand ofunder franchise from [[WestinMarriott HotelsInternational]]. It is noteworthy for being one of the first Las Vegas resorts to prohibit [[tobacco smoking|smoking]] in almost all parts of the property; only in a part of the casino is smoking permitted.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kitty|last= Yancey|authorlink= |title=Westin hotels ban smoking |url=httphttps://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-12-04-westin-smoking-ban_x.htm
The casino floor has fewer than 300 [[slot machine|slot]] and [[video poker]] machines and only ten table games, far smaller than Strip megaresorts and even smaller than many casinos catering to local residents.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} Instead, the resort concentrates more on its [[Hotel amenity|hotel amenities]], including a [[destination spa]], catering to guests who typically visit other Westin Hotels throughout the world.▼
▲ |work= [[USA Today]] |publisher= |date=2005-12-04 |accessdateaccess-date=25 November 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Howard|last= Stutz|authorlink= |author2=Ed Vogel |title=SMOKING QUESTION: Worries over ban surface|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-07-Wed-2006/news/7814404.html|work= [[Las Vegas Review -Journal]] |publisher= |date=2006-06-07 |accessdateaccess-date=25 November 2008 }}</ref>
 
==History==
 
===Maxim Hotel (1977-20011977–2001)===
The property was originally opened on July 1, 1977, as the '''Maxim Hotel and Casino'''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maxim Hotel, Casino latest Vegas facility|newspaper=Valley News|location=Van Nuys, CA|first=Vic|last=Field|date=July 21, 1977|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17644719/maxim_hotel_casino_latest_vegas/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It was built at a cost of $25 million by a group of ten Nevada businessmen, including the owners of Reno's [[Club Cal Neva]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vegas hotel-casino financed within state|newspaper=Reno Gazette-Journal|date=April 26, 1977|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17644802/vegas_hotelcasino_financed_within_state/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Though smaller than typical Vegas resorts even before today's megaresort era, the Maxim had a popular following because of its attention to personal service. It was purchased in 1981 by wealthy California farmer John Anderson for $60 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Las Vegas casino sale|newspaper=Arizona Republic|date=May 1, 1981|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17645102/las_vegas_casino_sale/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Perlmans sell interest in Dunes hotel-casino|newspaper=Asbury Park Press|agency=Los Angeles Times|date=February 7, 1984|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17645133/perlmans_sell_interest_in_dunes/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nevada Gaming Commission to decide tycoon's case|newspaper=Reno Gazette-Journal|first=Brendan|last=Riley|agency=AP|date=December 18, 1997|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17645165/nevada_gaming_commission_to_decide/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It thrived during the 1980s, but went into decline as flashier, larger resorts opened on the nearby Strip.
The Maxim Hotel and Casino was a main filming location and setting for a 1987 episode of ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]'', "[[Matlock (season 2)#Episodes|The Gambler]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=S2.E7 The Gambler|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0644014/?ref_=ttloc_loc_tt|access-date=2022-07-03|website=IMDb}}</ref>
 
The Maxim was the site of the [[Murder of Tupac Shakur|shooting death]] of rapper [[Tupac Shakur]] in 1996. Shakur was a passenger in a [[BMW]] that was driving in front of the casino, when a man in a Cadillac pulled up and opened fire, gravely wounding the rap star. He died a week later from his injuries.<ref name="Thugs Network">[http://www.thugz-network.com/Tupac~Shakur~LV~Shooting.php Tupac Shakur LV Shooting - Thugz-Network.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 
In 1998, West Coast Mortgage foreclosed on the Maxim, buying it from Anderson at a price of $15 million.<ref name=seals>{{cite news|title=Maxim lender acquires casino|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=Brian|last=Seals|date=April 17, 1998|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1998/apr/17/maxim-lender-acquires-casino/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> Gaming executive Ed Nigro agreed to operate the property under a five-year lease.<ref name=seals /> West Coast then sold the Maxim to timeshare developer Premier Interval Resorts the following year for $36.5 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maxim hotel sold|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=John|last=Wilen|date=May 18, 1999|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/may/18/maxim-hotel-sold/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Maxim's sale confirmed|newspaper=The Press of Atlantic City|first=Elliot S.|last=Krane|date=August 22, 1999|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EAEAED4EAE0DCDD&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Maxim hotel-casino to close Dec. 6|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=Gary|last=Thompson|date=October 7, 1999|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/oct/07/maxim-hotel-casino-to-close-dec-6/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> In November 1999, Nigro closed the Maxim because of a financial dispute with Premier.<ref>{{cite news|title=Attempt to save Maxim fails; closure looms|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=Gary|last=Thompson|date=November 18, 1999|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/nov/18/attempt-to-save-maxim-fails-closure-looms/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Troubled Maxim resort closes Sunday; 690 left jobless|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=Robert|last=Macy|date=November 21, 1999|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/nov/21/troubled-maxim-resort-closes-sunday-690-left-joble/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> With Premier in default on its mortgage payments, the Maxim was placed into [[receivership]] at the request of the mortgageholder, Meralex; two weeks after its closure, the hotel reopened without a casino.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maxim reopening under study|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|first=Dave|last=Berns|date=November 24, 1999|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0FD39254393EA6BA&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Maxim hotel to reopen Friday, sans casino|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|date=December 9, 1999|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/dec/09/maxim-hotel-to-reopen-friday-sans-casino/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Maxim owner, operator trade charges|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first1=David|last1=Strow|first2=Gary|last2=Thompson|date=December 20, 1999|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/dec/20/maxim-owner-operator-trade-charges/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> The property again went to foreclosure auction in June 2000, where it was purchased by a Texas-based company, Revanche, for $10 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maxim sold to mystery firm|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=David|last=Strow|date=June 2, 2000|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2000/jun/02/maxim-sold-to-mystery-firm/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> A complex legal battle ensued between members of Premier and Meralex; meanwhile, Revanche unsuccessfully sought a buyer for the Maxim.<ref>{{cite news|title=Preparing to close, Maxim entangled in web of suits|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=David|last=Strow|date=June 22, 2001|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2001/jun/22/preparing-to-close-maxim-entangled-in-web-of-suits/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> With the hotel continuing to lose money, Revanche closed it on August 13, 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=Finding closure at the Maxim|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=David|last=Strow|date=August 14, 2001|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2001/aug/14/finding-closure-at-the-maxim/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref>
In 1999, the casino was closed in a dispute between the casino operator and hotel owners. The hotel itself remained open without gaming, until closing entirely in 2001.
 
===The Westin Casuarina/The Westin Las Vegas (2003-present2003–present)===
[[Columbia Sussex]] bought the former Maxim from Revanche for $38 million in 2002,<ref>{{cite news|title=New deal announced for sale of Maxim|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=Liz|last=Benston|date=September 9, 2002|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2002/sep/09/new-deal-announced-for-sale-of-maxim/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> and then spent an additional $90 million on the remodel.<ref>{{cite news |first=Liz |last= Benston |authorlink= |title=Former Maxim emerging as ‘heavenly’'heavenly' Westin hotel|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/jul/25/former-maxim-emerging-as-heavenly-westin-hotel |work= [[Las Vegas Sun]] |publisher= |date=2003-06-25 |accessdateaccess-date=25 November 2008 }}</ref> They reopened the hotel as The Westin Casuarina on November 6, 2003,<ref>{{cite news |first=Liz |last= Benston |authorlink= |title=Westin opens in Vegas |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/nov/07/westin-opens-in-vegas/?history |work= [[Las Vegas Sun]] |publisher= |date=2007-11-07 |accessdateaccess-date=25 November 2008 }}</ref> using the name of their [[Westin Grand Cayman|successful resort]] in the [[Cayman Islands]]. The Westin Casuarina marked the first Westin resort nationwide to feature a casino and was the first Westin in Nevada.<ref>{{cite news |first=Liz |last= Benston |authorlink= |title=Westin Hotel |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/jul/25/former-maxim-emerging-as-heavenly-westin-hotel/ |work= [[Las Vegas Sun]] |publisher= |date=2003-07-25 |accessdateaccess-date=25 November 2008 }}</ref>
 
In November 2010, lenders CWCapital Asset Management LLC<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/2011/oct/19/lenders-taking-over-las-vegas-westin-hotel-casino/|title = Lenders taking over Westin Casuarina Las Vegas hotel-casino - VEGAS INC|date = 19 October 2011}}</ref> filed for [[foreclosure]] on The Westin Casuarina, after Columbia Sussex stopped making payments on the property's $160 million mortgage in April.<ref name=green>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Steve|title=Lenders taking over Westin Casuarina Las Vegas hotel-casino|url=http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/oct/19/lenders-taking-over-las-vegas-westin-hotel-casino/|accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2011|newspaper=Vegas Inc.|date=19 October 2011}}</ref> The hotel's general manager said in October 2011 that Columbia Sussex would not fight the foreclosure, and that the hotel was overleveraged due to property values declining in the recession.<ref name=green /> Lenders asked a court to appoint Pyramid Hotel Group as [[receivership|receiver]] to operate the resort. Pyramid leased the property's casino to 777 Gaming, a Las Vegas company that hadhas operated several rural casinos, including the [[Max Casino|Carson Station]] in Carson City. The Carson Station was renamed the [[Max Casino]] in 2014, and 777 gaming also is a [[slot route operator|slot route]], for four years beginning in May 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nevadan at Work: Exec aims to pump vibrancy into Westin Casuarina's casino|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|first=Howard|last=Stutz|date=June 3, 2012|accessdateaccess-date=2012-06-05|url=http://www.lvrj.com/business/nevadan-at-work-exec-aims-to-pump-vibrancy-into-westin-casuarina-s-casino-156887905.html}}</ref>
 
▲The hotel was later renamed The Westin Las Vegas. The casino floor hashad fewer than 300 [[slot machine|slot]] and [[video poker]] machines and only ten table games, far smaller than Strip megaresorts and even smaller than many casinos catering to local residents.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} Instead, the resort concentratesconcentrated more on its [[Hotel amenity|hotel amenities]], including a [[destination spa]], catering to guests who typically visit other Westin Hotels throughout the world.
The hotel was later renamed The Westin Las Vegas. It announced in 2016 that it will phase out its casino facilities and operate purely as a hotel.<ref>http://vegas.eater.com/2016/5/5/11595170/westin-las-vegas-to-dump-the-casino-and-add-a-restaurant</ref>
 
In January 2016, Fortress Investment Group acquired the property through foreclosure, and brought Crescent Hotels & Resorts in to manage it.<ref name=millward>{{cite news|title=Westin Las Vegas replaces casino floor with restaurant|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|first=Wade Tyler|last=Millward|date=February 19, 2018|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/westin-las-vegas-replaces-casino-floor-with-restaurant/|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Westin Las Vegas to be managed by Crescent Hotels & Resorts|publisher=Crescent Hotels & Resorts|date=January 20, 2016|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/westin_las_vegas_to_be_managed_by_crescent_hotels_resorts/prweb13172423.htm|access-date=2018-02-20|via=PRWeb}}</ref> The hotel announced later that year that it would phase out its casino facilities and operate purely as a hotel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vegas.eater.com/2016/5/5/11595170/westin-las-vegas-to-dump-the-casino-and-add-a-restaurant|title = Westin Las Vegas to Dump the Casino and Add a Restaurant|date = 5 May 2016}}</ref> The casino closed in July 2017, to be replaced with a restaurant and expanded meeting spaces.<ref name=millward /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vegas.eater.com/2017/8/4/16092782/jake-eli-restaurant-and-more-to-westin-las-vegas|title=Jake & Eli Restaurant and More to Westin Las Vegas|date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
 
Fortress sold the Westin in September 2018 for $196 million to hotel firm Highgate in partnership with [[Cerberus Capital Management]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Westin hotel near Las Vegas Strip sells for $195.5M|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|first=Eli|last=Segall|date=September 13, 2018|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/westin-hotel-near-las-vegas-strip-sells-for-195-5m/|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref>
 
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.westinvegas.com/|The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa}}
* [http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/search/hotel_detail.html?city=&stateProvince=&country=&postalCode=&hotelLocationType=&pOI=&arrivalDate=&departureDate=&lengthOfStay=&numberOfRooms=&numberOfAdults=&amenityType1=&amenityType2=&amenityType3=&nState1=&nState2=&nCity1=&nCity2=&requestedChainCode=&requestedAffiliationCode=&propertyID=1448&returnURL=&promotionCode=&corporateAccountNumber=&rcdi=&iATANumber=&groupBlockID=&ratePlanName=&starwoodPreferredGuest=&fromSearch=&H=250&W=491 Westin Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa]
 
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