Paris Las Vegas

Paris Las Vegas
Address	3655 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Opening date	September 1, 1999
Theme	Parisian
No. of rooms	2,916
Total gaming space	85,000sq.ft. (7,896m²)
Permanent shows	None
Signature attractions	Risqué de Paris Eiffel Tower Experience
Casino type	Land-Based
Owner	Harrah's Entertainment
Previous names	None
Renovated in	None
Website	Paris Las Vegas

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Paris Las Vegas is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. As its name suggests, its theme is the city of Paris in France; it includes a 1/2 scale (165m high) replica of the Eiffel Tower, and a neon sign in the shape of the Montgolfier balloon, a two-thirds size Arc De Triomphe, and a replica of La Fontaine des Mers. The front facade of the building suggests the Paris Opera House and the Louvre.

A Las Vegas Monorail station is accessible via Paris' sister property next door, Bally's Las Vegas.

History

Opened September 1, 1999. The project was originally announced by Bally's Entertainment, owner of the adjacent Bally's Las Vegas.

Building began under Hilton Hotels, which purchased Bally Entertainment in 1996; Hilton's casinos were subsequently spun off into Park Place Entertainment, which purchased Caesars World in 2000 and changed its name to Caesars Entertainment in 2004. When Hilton Hotels began the building, it was originally going to be called Paris Hilton, presumably named after Mr. Hilton's daughter, but then Hilton spun off the casino business before Paris was open, so the name was changed back to the Paris Hotel and Casino.

At the time of its opening, the hotel ran amusing television advertisements throughout the United States implying that it had ensured the authenticity of its reproductions of Paris landmarks, culture and cuisine by looting the real city.

When the scale model of the Eiffel Tower was built, it was planned to be full scale, but the airport was too close and had to be shrunk.

Paris cost US$785 million to build, and occupies 24 acres (97,000 m²).

External links

• Paris Las Vegas homepage
• Caesars Entertainment website
• Harrah's Entertainment website