WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL

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This is a major expansion of the Venetian/Sands Expo megaresort complex
developed by Las Vegas Sands Corporation on the Las Vegas Strip.

When finished, the combined Palazzo, Venetian and Sands Expo and Convention Center
will be the largest resort and hotel complex in the world, with more than
7,000 hotel rooms and suites.

Expansion stats:
• $1.8 billion budget
• 14 acre site
• 7,400,000 square feet floor space
• 54 levels above ground
• 8 levels below ground
• 50-floor hotel tower with 3,025 rooms
• Six villas with up to 11,000 square feet each
• Over 375 concierge-level suites
• 296 multi-room suites
• Six presidential suites
• Seven pools
• 60-foot glass dome lobby
• Multiple two story fountains
• Theater hosting a major production or Broadway show
• 105,000-square-foot casino
• 375,000-square-foot enclosed shopping
• 450,000 square feet of meeting and conference space
• 4,400-space underground parking garage

Home page:
http://www.lasvegassands.com/palazzo.html

Infomation sites:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=212149
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/archdb/archinfo.php?act=2&ent=proj&id=647
http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/palazzo.htm

News stories:
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2004_3rd/Sept04_Palazzo.html
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Sep-21-Wed-2005/business/3453835.html

Developer:
Sheldon Adelson, Forbes' 3rd richest man in U.S.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=arqqxZs7e_EE&refer=news

Architects & designers:
James R. Rimelspach; The Stubbins Associates of Nevada, LLC.; Wilson & Associates (http://www.wilsonassoc.com/); HKS (http://www.hksinc.com/)

Other companies involved:
Dick Corporation; AE Associates; Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo; Lifescapes International, Inc.; Martin & Martin Civil Engineers and Surveyors; Rinker Materials Nevada; Jake's Crane; Rigging & Transportation International, Inc.; Tractel Ltd. Western; Dubai International Reinforced Plastics, LLC; Doka Industrie GmbH; Century Steel, Inc..



Construction:
• 12-month long 1-million cubic yard excavation
• Several hundred 120-feet deep pilings
• 10,000-yard concrete core foundation pour
• 66,000 tons of steel for framing

Construction is well underway.

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uh..wow!

what a freakin' massive core!

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Massive structure! But can't they built anything else than huge ugly walls over there?

Nice, really classy building.

/Mats

I was in Vegas 2 weeks ago and saw the model of the Palazzo inside of the Venetian. There really is no words to describe how big the Palazzo is.

WOw.. amazing

Big ugly walls i would say that vegas has some of the worlds classies buildings lately most cost around a billion dollars too.

then what will you say about Kuwait projects !!

and BTW what unique in this project i can't get it !!

Locks awsome

Looks too kitsch.

HORRIBLE !!

can't they built anything else than huge ugly walls over there?
I agree that they could certainly come up with a nicer design than this derivative facade, but they can not make it smaller or skinny, there is just too much demand for rooms and the massive amount of floor space needed for those rooms.

Allow me to put this into perspective. As a size comparison, Freedom Tower in New York will have "only" 2,600,000 square feet of floor space, Burj Dubai will have 3,378,137 square feet of floor space, Sears Tower has 3,800,000 square feet of floor space, Chicago Merchandise Mart has 4,200,000 square feet of floor space and the Pentagon has 6,600,000 square feet of floor space. But check this out, Palazzo will have 7,400,000 square feet of floor space. This thing is a monster by world standards, but actually average by Vegas megaresort standards (CityCenter will have 18 million sq ft combined, and a nicer design).

You have to realize that it's difficult to design a single building that size without having to include massive, wide facades, especially with the FAA height restrictions along the south Strip. 40 million tourists want rooms with a view, so they can't make a skinny tower and they can't just spread out all that floor space like the Aalsmeer Flower Auction.

Now that we have Bellagio, Wynn, Paris, and many other great projects in Vegas, we expect something better than this mundane architecture.

I think a couple of things that hurt the design are the vertical stripes and the lack of a sensible top. The large windows help make it less imposing, but they are fighting the vertical stripes which, of course, are imposing. Plus, the Mediterranean style at the bottom has been way over done here and tan colored buildings are just plain boring. But, on the bright side, there are more garish designs in town than this.

this building is friggin massive! glad to see it's well under way

Las Vegas is so crap and cheesy

^^ Learn to speak english dumbass. What was the point to your post anyway besides making people mad.

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Las Vegas is so crap and cheesy

That is part of the charm! kind of like the majority of Europe... (ooohhh)

I looked at the pic and asked myself where is the nearly 200m tall skyscraper.
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but now i understand...... :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

so wide but nice design though.

massive look!! such a broad building with an height over 300m must be great :)

As I said in another tread of Las Vegas, this city is awsome, is always looking to build the best hotels in the World, to atract more turists to this wondenful city.

Honestly I've never been in Las Vegas, but people have told me that it's a beutiful city, that you're neve get buried there and I believe it and I hope one day to be there in the capital city of entertainment.

:cheers1: LAS VEGAS :cheers1:

:dance::dance::dance:

Reflected in Wynn facade.
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humongous! :eek:

I hadn't been over to the east side of the site yet,
so ventured over there today and hey, there's another wing I didn't even know
was there. Not as wide as the others, but I'm sure it will go as tall.

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Guess you found the secret. It was hidden back there but interesting it's there in the first place. You would think the hotel could do without it being that tall but maybe they needed more space.

Good shot of Trump in the background btw. Just wait when there's a second tower. A golden wall.

http://www.ratevegas.com/photo/gallery/palazzo?page=3

A golden wall.

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I couldn't resist. :)

Just announced! A condo tower will be added to the Palazzo resort, in the front of the lot on the Las Vegas Strip and on the roof above the Barney's department store.

According to the County Agenda the tower will be a modern design with glass curtain-wall and balconies.
Planning Agenda (http://dsnet.co.clark.nv.us/dsnetapps/agendaweb/Data/P0194639.htm)

Story (http://www.globest.com/news/780_780/lasvegas/150558-1.html)
Las Vegas Sands Adds Condos to Palazzo Plan
By Brian K. Miller
November 10, 2006 10:39ame

LAS VEGAS-Las Vegas Sands Corp. is jumping into the high-rise residential market on the Las Vegas Strip. The publicly held operator of the Venetian Resort and the Sands Expo and Convention Center here received approval today from Clark County to add a condominium tower to plans for its $1.8-billion Palazzo project adjacent to the Venetian.

Rising at the corner of Spring Mountain Road and Las Vegas Boulevard, the Palazzo includes a 3,000-room hotel tower, the 450,000-sf Shops at the Palazzo and an 1,800-seat theater. The addition to the project approved Wednesday is a 632-foot tower to be built atop an already approved building that is slated to house an 85,000-sf Barney’s retail store among other things.

Sands’ original application called for 849 units, but in a conference call last week, Las Vegas Sands EVP Brad Stone said the condominium tower would contain 370 “ultra-luxury” units. At the commission meeting Wednesday, Sands’ said it planned to develop a maximum of 400 units, a county planning source tells GlobeSt.com.

The County Commission’s approval, which is contingent upon a formal development agreement, granted Sands several code variances. Sands received breaks on requirements for parking and for the setback for the upper portions of the tower, according to the county planning source.

Las Vegas Sands is following in the footsteps of MGM Mirage and Donald Trump, both of which have found plenty of takers for their high-rise residential product overlooking the Strip. MGM Mirage has pre-sold all but a small fraction of the 2,900 residential units it is developing in three high-rise towers as part of its $7-billion City Center development adjacent to the MGM Grand, and Trump has sold out his 1,282-unit Trump International Hotel & Tower now under construction behind the New Frontier casino.

awesome project

I see that they are using steel for the construction. I understand that this is not normal construction in Las Vegas. Elaborate.

Because it took an entire year to excavate the 4,400-space underground parking garage, they figured they could finish the tower faster using steel.

Most mega resort towers here use concrete, but a few others used steel. MGM Grand and Luxor used steel. The other two mega resorts under construction right now, CityCenter and Encore, are using concrete.

There are a couple smaller tower projects downtown using steel.

wow i love LV this palazzo will fit there very good...

btw: I Really love trump's facade is speechless...

The standard of Vegas is so high now. Imagine the cost of building a casino there from scratch.

I love Las Vegas. The buildings will be phenomenal.

Good progress.

Are there any renderings that include the new residential tower?

I'm afraid I don't like this one :( sorry guys. The whole...over sized thing just doesn't do it for me.

The Palazzo as of Nov 25, 2006

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This thing is an iron beast, but what pictures can't show you is the noise and smell. Hundreds of workers hammering relentlessly, it's deafening. Being this close to it I could even smell the steel dust coming off of it...

Taken today...

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Will Vegas ever lift their height restriction? I know with the airport so close it is a problem, but just imagine Vegas with 1000 footers!

More The Palazzo

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nice ..........

but there is a big difference between the core and the steel works

That b/w is cool looking. :cheers:

Shot some more today.

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Here's a ramp that goes down to the underground parking.

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This is the corner where we suspect the Barney's department store and the newly approved condo tower will go. Probably cut a hole in that wall and connect to the Canal Shoppes at the Venetian.

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Wow !! Amazing pics !! A lot of activity going on !

Thanks for sharing mdiederi

The cladding is going up fast.
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The back side from the south.
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wow great updates I havent seen this tower since last summer.Is the Core done or are they adding more concrete and has Blue man Group left the Venitian?

Is the Core done or are they adding more concrete
The core still has about ten more floors to go.

and has Blue man Group left the Venitian?
Still there.

this thread is very interesting, i could spend an entire hour looking at those pictures, great work! keep them coming please

wynn looks sexy ^^

btw : great pictures is fcking amazing this

They haven't raised the crane on the north wing in quite awhile, so now the floors are higher than the crane. They'll probably boost it up any day now.

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Maybe their waiting for crane segments. Cranes are probally in high demand with all the stuff going on.

I didn't even notice earlier, but I see in my last picture that they are adding the glass part of the facade now.

It looks pretty nice,so i guess this will be the biggest hotel in the world??

I recently discovered where they where keeping the Palazzo model and took shots.

The top of the tower has two unusual greenhouse like glass rooms on each side, I wonder if it's decoration or something else.
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Thanks for shooting that.

Not sure what those glass rooms are, but it looks like balconies on both sides of it.

That must be the Barney's store, in the middle photo, that the condo tower will sit on top of. Was wondering if they had a model of the condo tower yet, now we know they don't.

February 6, 2007

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Wonderful hotel, it looks very nice and tall, and will have a lot of pools.

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Sheldon Adelson is confident about his Cotai Strip Plan

Growth Potential??

Wynn has a huge parcel of land to expand on, MGM has the city center and many other vacant land to build upon, but Adelson is running out of space to expand.

He seems to expanding VERY QUICKLY in the Asian market where he is building the whole Cotai Strip in Macau and the Marina Sands in Singapore. However, he doesn't seem to have a long-term plan for the Las Vegas property. He should at least be thinking about buying new land if he intends to have continued growth beyond the Palazzo project.

Adelson is a very smart man (and the 3rd richest man in the United States), I am just trying to figure out what his rationale behind this decision is. Does he think there is not much growth potential in Las Vegas in the future?

Any thought?
(I may post this in skyscraperpage to get more opinions)

He must be doing something right, by jumping from 20 something on the richest list to number 3. Incredible.

As for vegas growth, if the potential isn't there, why are projects like $7B CityCenter and $3B Echelon being built?

I'm no business analyst but China with its billion+ population is obviously a lucrative region to open Vegas style casinos in. (as opposed to the smaller ones there in the past).

Maybe he found his new niche, there are already too many players in Vegas right now.

His new Palazzo, for example although a Vegas type megaresort and actually VERY heavily geared Asian gamblers from, yep China. The same ones who go to his Cotai hotels.

Especially the famous high rollers. There are two megasuites in the Palazzo at over 10,000 square feet reserved for these types and the suites have express elevators leading directly to the baccarat pit!

Looks like it will be a massive place, doesn't look too special though.

As for vegas growth, if the potential isn't there, why are projects like $7B CityCenter and $3B Echelon being built?
There's plenty of potential and demand for growth on the strip still IF (and that's a big "if") you have the land. There's no land left for Adelson to expand on the strip after the Palazzo is built ... unless of course Harrah's might want to sell a couple of the older hotels next door to the Venetian.

Wow, it looks so nice.

Harrahs is planning there own project Im not sure heard someone told me that

Well, Harrah's has plans to plan for a new huge project in the center Strip and they've accumulated a lot of property there, but so far there are no real plans. Harrah's, the company, is in the process of being bought and if the new owners pay too much for the company they may be forced to sell some assets i.e., hotels. The Venetian and Harrah's already have a joint project in an employee parking garage they built and share behind Harrah's hotel and the Sands Expo. On the other hand, the new owners of Harrah's will take the company private and that might make it esier to finance a huge new project, which will leave Adelson stuck on his corner with no place to expand on the Strip. Adelson does have a bunch of land behind the Sands Expo across Koval that he can do something on, but it's off the Strip.

Shot yesterday.

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how broad is that building?

nice project updates

how broad is that building?
Around 600 feet (182 meters) across, maybe a little less, from the edge of the south wing to the edge of the north wing.

So this thing is almost as wide as it is tall. Interesting.

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^^ WOW! That new resort is sooo massive! Impressive! :)

The hotel looks pretty nice.

This is where they will build the condo tower on top of a Barneys department store.

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^^ WOW! I love the cladding! I can't wait to see when it get completed! :)

This is one of those things that don't look very big from far away, then you realize its huge...

Unsure about the design though, certainly classy, just hope it doesn't look cheap when its done.

Unsure about the design though, certainly classy, just hope it doesn't look cheap when its done.

I've driven quite a few times around it and if that paint scheme is final, it looks less attractive than the first Venetian tower.

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mdiederi were you able to get a glance or photos of the condo tower site? Is it now going up?

Yeah, there's a photo up there in post number 83 of the condo/Barneys site. Looks like just a little bit of drilling going on and not much more yet.

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This thing is so huge that you will be able to see it from the Lake of Dreams at Wynn Las Vegas; I am pretty sure Steve Wynn is not too happy about that.

Wow, Las Vegas is becoming a second Dubai.

No Wynn is starting another project like the city center on the golf course as well he and Adleson have been arguing about a parking lot and property issue as well.

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This thing is so huge that you will be able to see it from the Lake of Dreams at Wynn Las Vegas; I am pretty sure Steve Wynn is not too happy about that.

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^^ WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking good!

WOW that tower is huge..

Once all these magical hotel/casinos are done, I wonder what will Vegas' total number of rooms. I bet it has the most centralized hotel rooms in the world. But I could be wrong

Once all these magical hotel/casinos are done, I wonder what will Vegas' total number of rooms. I bet it has the most centralized hotel rooms in the world. But I could be wrong
Currently over 133,000 rooms and will be over 175,000 rooms within ten years. Tropicana alone has expansion plans for over 10,000 rooms in five towers and might start construction this year. Of the 24 largest hotels on earth, 19 are on one street in Vegas. Does that answer your question? :cheers:

^^ I think so. I am not sure about Dubai... I heard that Dubai has alot of hotel rooms too. I am not sure which Las Vegas or Dubai has most hotel rooms in the world. I hope it will be Las Vegas.

Once all these magical hotel/casinos are done, I wonder what will Vegas' total number of rooms. I bet it has the most centralized hotel rooms in the world. But I could be wrong

It is..

Viewed from Encore.
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Wow not bad! I'm curious what this hotel will look like when it get completed?

Which one? lol Encore or Palazzo?

I posted shots of the Palazzo model a few pages ago. Encore's renderings and resort info, however are designated by Wynn as "I-dont-want-anyone-to-know" Top Level Classified information even though we can see the tower's color and shape looks the same as the first one.


Palazzo's condo tower however is still a complete mystery.

Encore, sorry.

Wow not bad! I'm curious what this hotel will look like when it get completed?

Which one? lol Encore or Palazzo?


Encore, sorry.
Encore will look like this.
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Ummm Not impressed. :(

:lol: yup it answers my question....thanks for doin my homework:lol: ....no let me find some more...lol

So which American city has the most hotels u/c at this point and time.....Due on 4-18 or before...since you where so quick last time buddy.:)

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WOW!!!!! SOOO HUGE!!!!!! It is still not top out just yet! WOW!

it is huge, i think that it's gonna be the tallest hotel in Las Vegas.

any significant progress on the condo tower? I'm itching to know the glass color.

any significant progress on the condo tower? I'm itching to know the glass color.
Just this bit about a bunch of numbers, nothing on design yet.

In this Las Vegas Sands Corporation SEC filing (http://biz.yahoo.com/e/070417/lvs8-k.html) today (scroll down to "Additional Information") there are some details for the new condo tower. 970,000 saleable square feet at a rate of $1,500 - $2,000 per square foot. Gross proceeds are expected to range between $1,450,000,000 and $1,940,000,000 and it will cost $465,000,000 to build. Pre-selling of the Palazzo condominium tower is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2007.

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Just this bit about a bunch of numbers....

That'll do for now. It will be interesting to see how this residential tower contrasts with the hotel tower. The height and street placement will make it very visible up and down the strip.

WOW! It is becoming much taller now. It still not top out right? If not... When will it top out?

That'll do for now. It will be interesting to see how this residential tower contrasts with the hotel tower. The height and street placement will make it very visible up and down the strip.
Now that you mention it, yeah, it's right on the inside of that little bend in the Strip separating the north from the south and should have good views up and down the street each way.

When will it top out?
I think the core will top out pretty soon and the steel will go almost to the top of the core.

Coming along very nicely.....when is this stucture going to finally be opened...will they have free beer...:cheers:

Coming along very nicely.....when is this stucture going to finally be opened...
They say it will be open late this year, which I find hard to believe.

will they have free beer...:cheers:
Yes, if you are gambling you can have free drinks. :cheers2: :cheers: :scouserd: :cheers1: :booze:

Really impressive. That's definitely the first of the megahotels that really looks like a skyscraper. Everytime I was in Vegas I couldn't believe that the hotels were really that high, because the height-width ratio makes them look much shorter than they really are.

Do you have any recent photos showing this buidling from the Stratosphere Tower?

Don't have Stratosphere but another member posted some excellent photos taken during his departure from vegas, at roughly the same height from the south.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=269861&page=39

Nice Las Vegas, Nice;)

5-5-07

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/p1-3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/p3-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/p2-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/par.jpg

great photos! MAN this got tall fast, I quite like it! far prefer it to the Trumps going up in Las vegas!

Las Vegas is the only place in the world where this tower would look good!, and it does so very well!

WOW! Palazzo setting is beautiful, I mean the way Sheldon has that lake, and all the trees out in front. He is such a visionary! :)

WOW! It looks FABULOUS!!!!! Next time I am in town, I'm going to stay at that beautiful hotel! :)

WOW! Palazzo setting is beautiful, I mean the way Sheldon has that lake, and all the trees out in front. He is such a visionary! :)
:hilarious :lol: :rofl:

I am always looking forward to your photo updates, mdiederi !!

Nice updates!

Nice photo -- do you think that is Steve's car? Checking out the competition? License: "wynn 1".

I personally don't see Sheldon has a huge innovator, he's not exactly as creative as Wynn, but the product still is fair.

Las vegas deserves some supertalls to attact more tourists. Many cities in this world are catching up to replace it as the world Casino Kingdom.

Nice photo -- do you think that is Steve's car? Checking out the competition? License: "wynn 1"..

That is one of his many cars he also has several Bentleys for major highrollers.The area its pulling out of is the Tower suits section but im not sure if that one is his or used for highrollers.

I was there 2 months ago and it was incredible, that building is really huge!!

Pretty nice...i see it coming along real fast....saw something on TLC talking bout part of the hotel complex that was built on an exsiting parking garage...wat building was that in the complex?

I think that might be the Venezia tower they were talking about. It's built on top of an above ground parking garage. The Palazzo is built on top of an under ground parking garage.

I think the core has topped out. Drove by and there are no more forms around the top. And the steel is almost as high and the ends of the wings have the set back at the top seen in the model.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/P1-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/p2-3.jpg

^^ Looking good! :cheers:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/p1-4.jpg

Rendering showing the Palazzo condo tower.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/Picture2.png

^^ Wow! I reallly like the design of condo tower. It fit in the neighborhood very well.

Great, now none of the rooms in the Venetian Tower will have a decent strip view.

I'm not so sure about that. Every room on the west side of the Venetian will still have the same view that they always had of the Mirage volcano directly across the Strip. This tower is not directly in front of the Venetian or the Palazzo, it's in between. But yeah, it's closer to the street so will block their views looking down the strip. But the condos will have unobstructed views down the Strip and command top prices.

I am talking about the rooms in the "Original" Venetian Tower. None of the rooms have a view of the volcano directly to the west. The rooms on the south side of the original tower has one of the worse views in the city because the Venezia was built too close; the view on the north side of the tower will be obstructed by the new Condo tower (outlined in red) and will not be able to see the Pirates lagoon at Treasure Island either.

In terms of providing views, Sheldon Adelson CEO of Sands is not the best in this business. Yeah, you can have great views if you stay in the Venezia, the Palazzo, or the condo if you have truck loads of money.


http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e307/bigphilip/Architecture/VenetianCondolocation.jpg

Hmm, I see what you mean, I thought the Venetian was turned a little more facing the Strip, but it's not.

See that parking garage directly across the street by the pedestrian bridge? Last year MGM was talking about putting a condo tower or boutique hotel right there. That would start to turn the strip into a narrow canyon of buildings.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/P.jpg

nice picture :) not more to go

Interesting picture with neat construction plus a woman with big boobs. :weird:

not more to go
Yeah, looks like it's almost topped out.

Shot a couple weeks ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/CT.jpg

OMG! Trump Tower is much taller!

ahh chinatown good food and great views nice updates

The Palazzo looks like monster. I can't believe that You like it.

The Palazzo looks like monster. I can't believe that You like it.It's all personal taste. No right nor wrong, so what's yer b33f?

If I didn't know it was being built in Las Vegas, I would've said somewhere like Moscow.

Other than what looks like the same light drilling that's been going on, nothing substantial has been seen over the condo tower site yet. They are in no rush it seems.

That Trump tower is just fantstic in that picture :yes:

Looks topped out now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/Palazzo.jpg

Awesome! When will it opens? I hope it opens before October.

This year.. ^^ I hope so.. I would like to stay at the Palazzo :)

^^ Me too! :)

That will be huge. How many hotels are needed in Las Vegas? Each project is about a new hotel building.

That will be huge. How many hotels are needed in Las Vegas? Each project is about a new hotel building.
i dont know.. There's a huge demand of new hotels in Las vegas..

i dont know.. There's a huge demand of new hotels in Las vegas..

Seems like all of the hotels are luxury. I wonder if there's any decent hotels for those who aren't millionaires ;) Quite a few tourists (=gamblers :)) of Vegas are rich, so I guess 5-star hotels are needed. Sometime I have to work my ass off to have a possibility to stay at a luxury hotel :D If I went to Las Vegas, I'd stay at Wynn's, no question about it.

is not that expensive.. You can stay at the Mandalay Bay for just 139.99, the hotel is one of the best in Las Vegas.. U dont have to be millionaire to stay at a luxury hotel.. :D.. unless u want to stay at the presidential suite.. hehe

If you really want cheap hotel room than 139.99... Go stay at the suburbs for 39.99 a night. Save a hundred buck and spend it on the buffet for the week. :lol: Maybe Las Vegas got Wal-Mart Inn for 97 cent a night too? :lol:

If you really want cheap hotel room than 139.99... Go stay at the suburbs for 39.99 a night. Save a hundred buck and spend it on the buffet for the week. :lol: Maybe Las Vegas got Wal-Mart Inn for 97 cent a night too? :lol:
HAHAHA yeah, that sux it's better to spend US$170 for this(where a rooms like this one in other city could cost more than US$500)
http://images.bookit.com/MB3299/MB3299_169153.jpg
http://mandalaybay.com/images/header/Living-Area-Suite.jpg

http://mandalaybay.com/images/rooms/THESuite-Bedroom.jpg
for this room u can pay just US$ 130
http://mandalaybay.com/images/header/Guest%20Room_005.jpg
http://mandalaybay.com/images/rooms/Gold_Class_500DR_king4.jpg
or pay 39.99 for this.
http://www.centretownmotel.com/images/motel-room-2.jpg

good one Alex, it doesn't get any clearer than that.

Wow... I love the interior of hotel rooms from Manbalary Bay! I WANT TO BOOK A HOTEL ROOM THERE NOW! :bash:

Yeah, my favorite hotel in Las Vegas is Mandalay bay. hehe i go to Las Vegas every year and i never get bored.. Las Vegas is awesome.. Ive been twice at Mandalay Bay, last year and 2004

THe Wynn seems pretty nice, and i guess The Palazzo will be even luxury than Wynn.

One more perfect stuff

updates (not from today)

http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/images/palazzo%20construction%20070707.jpg
http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/images/palazzo%20construction%20070707b.jpg

Baby's poo colour.

Baby's poo colour.

That and the color of complete tastelessness and utter lack of architectural integrity.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/p-1.jpg

Someone told me the Palazzo lettering is already installed on the south wing. (vertically)

Good the finally see this thing nearly cladded.

I am going to Vegas soon so I will be able to see all these new projects including this one, which I might add is rising quite well and rather quickly.

if I go to vegas, this is going to be the place where I stay. wonderful!

http://www.lvrj.com/business/8869377.html
HOWARD STUTZ
REVIEW-JOURNAL

PALAZZO SLATED TO OPEN IN DECEMBER

Las Vegas Sands Corp. announced Wednesday it would open the $1.6 billion Palazzo on Dec. 20.

The 3,068-room resort, under construction next to The Venetian, will open its gaming area, hotel and restaurants, the company said during its second-quarter earnings conference call Wednesday.

The Shoppes at Palazzo, the property's 450,000-square-foot retail space that is anchored by Barneys New York, will open in January. The Palazzo theater, which will feature the Broadway musical "Jersey Boys," is expected to open in the spring.

When completed, The Venetian and Palazzo complex will represent the largest integrated destination resort in the world, with 7,128 hotel rooms and 2.3 million square feet of meeting, convention and exhibition space.

Because the Palazzo is being operated as an extension of The Venetian, Las Vegas Sands President Bill Weidner said, the company expected to obtain back-of-house and other operating savings of between $40 million and $60 million for the combined complex.

"The resort is designed to appeal to our important high-end Asian customer," Weidner said.

The Palazzo will be the first new resort to open on the Strip since the April 2005 opening of Wynn Las Vegas.

^^ Some of those figures are astonishing.

...and as early as December? For such a huge project, I bet they'll be opening sections in stages. Soooo many rooms to fitout. :nuts:

Thanks for posting :okay:

December? GODDAMN IT! I was hoping that they would open this October so I can book a hotel room there. Oh well... Next time.

"high-end Asian customer"??... lol...

that is so true... all those Vietnamese and Chinese :-D

Palazzo vertical lettering has been installed.
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/7894/dsci00894ki2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Wow... I love the interior of hotel rooms from Manbalary Bay! I WANT TO BOOK A HOTEL ROOM THERE NOW! :bash:

Yeah I too have stayed in at the Mandalay Bay, and I have to say it's a great hotel and the facilities are fantastic. The rooms are very spacious, comfortable and great value. The pool and aquatic centre is wonderful, overall a fucking awesome place to stay. IMO, It's still the best looking hotel in vegas too, with Wynns a close second.

Generally though american hotels are much lower-grade than what we have in Australia and through Asia, where the hotels seem to have better in-room facilities.

Drove by this morning and they have started work on the foundation for the Palazzo condominium tower.

It kind of looks like the ventian on steroids but its sounds like it will be great when it opens

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/p-2.jpg

Wow!! Great pic mdiederi! Especially with that sky. It looks so unreal.

One of your best pics yet!!!

Beau-ti-ful!

Wow!! Great pic mdiederi! Especially with that sky. It looks so unreal.

That almost looks, no, it does look like the best computer rendering I've ever seen. So clean, it doesn't look real- but, that's how it looks! I was wondering how it was to be topped out, it looked ridiculous for the longest time. Now, I understand. :cheers:

It looks like a rendering^^
At first I really though it was a render. That's amazing

Damn I was at that mall of the Venetian a couple of weeks ago, and I didn't see the top so I thought the Palazzo was just a part of the Venetian and was already open! Now I know ;)

They started dismantling the southern most tower crane on Palazzo, the one on the right side of that last photo.

WOW! Impressive!

Nice. Still reminds me of many residential projects in Moscow (which I like).

Majestic.

Look at the cool lighting features on the penthouse level
:D
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1156/1263235896_659a138786_o.jpg

I wish those interiors would have the drapes open so you could see the view

This evening they turned on the lights that wrap around the middle of the tower.

Another hero shot including the street level facade.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/P1-5.jpg

Two cranes now for the condo tower.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/Pcondo1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/Pcondo2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/Pcondo3.jpg

Looks like thats gonna go pretty quick as well

AWESOME.. I love this hotel.

very handsome building

I'm liking the progress, it's looking very nice.

They should pay you for this shot. Bravo!

Another hero shot including the street level facade.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/P1-5.jpg

The Palazzo has some nice rooms, for just $199 you can stay in this luxury room
https://secure.venetian.com/Resnet/roominfo/pop_up_pix/palazzo_luxury_big_01.jpg
https://secure.venetian.com/Resnet/roominfo/pop_up_pix/palazzo_luxury_big_04.jpg
https://secure.venetian.com/Resnet/roominfo/pop_up_pix/palazzo_luxury_big_05.jpg
A double room
https://secure.venetian.com/Resnet/roominfo/pop_up_pix/palazzo_bella_big_01.jpg

Pure crapola.

It is amazingly huge, and fits in well with the other Vegas Hotels, though.

wow thats amazing prices I think they will probley stick another tower in there as well maybe like a spa tower or somthing

most likely you can get a room for 129-149 on non-peak days. The most expensive I've paid was 149 only.

WOW! Beautiful! Can't wait to see it in person at last weekend of October! Too bad they won't be open at that time I am in town! :(

Great looking tower, very detailed

i remember when i was on holiday last year this whole hotel was just a few metal rods sticking out of some foundations! they really didnt mess around to get this one completed did they!

Wow, this looks really good.

Just one crane left.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/P-3.jpg

Congrats on a new tallest being topped out, I think it is a pretty ugly building, the Fountainebleau will be topping this soon, though.:cheers1:

Ugly??

Yeah, colored precast trying to make sort of McHistorical stuff is not for me. I will admit it is better done than U/C, when it was really, really ugly. I'll take Cosmo or City Center in a heartbeat over this thing.

the Fountainebleau will be topping this soon, though.:cheers1:

The Fontainebleau? Maybe a few years from now :)

I think Encore will top it first.

sum1 must have got a picture of this since october 16th!!! they wud have got loads done since then. updates any1 !!? :D

I couldn't believe that I forgot to post the pictures here. I took the pictures of it last week. My apologies.

Here is the pictures! Enjoy! :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/MyTriptoLasVegas07121.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/MyTriptoLasVegas07137.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/MyTriptoLasVegas07208.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/MyTriptoLasVegas07209.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/MyTriptoLasVegas07210.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/MyTriptoLasVegas07211.jpg

NICE!!! They open next month!!!

beautiful tower, but because it is so wide it doesn't look like 196m

lol i see greenery on the roofs!! must be lookin good on the inside rite abuot now:D:D:D

i loved the mirage when i stayed there and when i went over to the venetian it made mirage look a bit...well a bit worse for ware.with the palazzo nearing completion i just feel sorry for a few other hotels on the strip :(

oh and brilliant pics btw :P

Wow, stunning.

must be lookin good on the inside rite abuot now:D:D:D

doubt it, if its anything like the venetian then they are miles behind inside probably trying to figure out why the canal inside is leaking onto the casino floor :ohno: The main venetian tower looked finished nearly a year before it opened but inside they were not ready to open in time.

i loved the mirage when i stayed there and when i went over to the venetian it made mirage look a bit...well a bit worse for ware.with the palazzo nearing completion i just feel sorry for a few other hotels on the strip :(

mirage is still a great hotel despite being nearly 20 years old at this stage. without mirage there never would have been a venetian or palazzo. of course without flamingo there would never have been a mirage :)

any word on the mirage volcano???

oh, well i forgot about the volcano :P i loved that bit! vegas is just like visiting all sorts of different countries on one road. i love it!!

...to be honest is a bit old style, isn't it? As it was designed beginning '900..Why they decided for this shape?

...Why they decided for this shape?

This shape provides the maxium number of "views" per hotel room...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2375/2052113800_a92549aeff_o.jpg

The Two Way Hard Three blog at Rate Vegas is reporting that the Palazzo will not have hotel rooms ready on December 28th as originally planned and they will be putting up guests in other hotels. It's not known if the casino will be ready either.
http://www.ratevegas.com/blog/2007/12/breaking_palazz.html#c48922

Yeah, I confirmed it with a reservationist... They simply aren't ready and won't commit to a date, at least they wouldn't with me.

I'm going to be there at the end of this coming week and I'm hoping I'll get to see the inside.

great pic, what a wonderful highrise :)

It doesn't look that tall.
I personally don't like this kind of buildings,but this one seems to have a quality cladding.

Taken 12/8 (read my sig) by taopauly
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2264/2104472819_2950e1d253_b.jpg

There were also too many images from AccessVegas.com from November so I'll just linkify the gallery (http://flickr.com/photos/accessvegas/sets/72157603393441422/) instead.

Now vtat is saying it won't open at all until Dec. 31.
http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/updates.htm

That will be insane on New Year's eve. There will be 400,000 people down there. Think I'll wait until later the next day to check it out.

There will be 400,000 people down there.

:eek2: That's a crazy number. It'll be quite the night! :cheers:

Palazzo condo tower up to its 3rd floor:

http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/images/palazzo%20barneys.jpg

That's gonna go up fast with a steel frame.

According to this RJ story the 12/31 soft opening date isn't a sure thing. They haven't been issued occupancy certificates yet for any part of the building, including the casino. Still fire testing. But the 40/40/ Club says it is planning on opening Sunday night.
http://www.lvrj.com/business/12880122.html

it's gonna look good.

Lots of new shots from today:

http://www.ratevegas.com/photo/gallery/palazzo

Great shots, Hunter! Are you in town?

I went to the Venetian today and went over to the entrance where it connects to the Palazzo and the guard told me that the Palazzo will open on Sunday at 6 p.m.

This is the first new resort on the Strip in quite awhile.

IT'S OPEN! :cheers:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/po7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/po2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/po3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/po8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/po9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/po10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/po11.jpg

:rock: :dance: :rock:

:dj:

You rule man, those pics are awesome!

Rendering showing the Palazzo condo tower.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/Palazzo/Picture2.png

In this rendering, the condo tower looks like it won't provide much of a stark contrast to the hotel towers. Will the tower's facade be all glass?

The interior look pretty snazzy, and looks like another great completed Vegas resort. Can a mod please change the status to LAS VEGAS | The Palazzo | 642 ft | 53 fl | 500 ft | 50 fl | Com | U/C (to include the u/c condo tower)?