LAS VEGAS | The Palazzo | 642 ft | 53 fl | T/O

[mdiederi]

WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL





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/arc...nt=proj&id=647
http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/palazzo.htm

News stories:
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2...4_Palazzo.html
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho...s/3453835.html

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

Architects & designers:
James R. Rimelspach; The Stubbins Associates of Nevada, LLC.; Wilson & Associates; HKS

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.

[BMXican]

uh..wow!

what a freakin' massive core!

[mdiederi]

[CborG]

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

[suburbs]

awesome project

[Max the Swede]

Nice, really classy building.

/Mats

[soup or man]

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.

[-Corey-]

WOw.. amazing

[jacobboyer]

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

[ahmedjam]

then what will you say about Kuwait projects !!

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

[Dallas star]

Locks awsome

[LMC]

Looks too kitsch.

HORRIBLE !!

[mdiederi]

Originally Posted by CborG

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.

[Ebola]

Originally Posted by mdiederi

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.

FT will have 2,600,000 square feet of class-A office space; it will have 3,600,000 square feet of total floor space according to what I last heard from the engineer's site last year. I think this is because it has lots of below grade space. To think about it, the whole New WTC must have something like 20MSF of total space.

Vegas needs to be buildings taller and I am sure it will happen soon.

[rossie1977]

Originally Posted by Ebola

FT will have 2,600,000 square feet of class-A office space; it will have 3,600,000 square feet of total floor space according to what I last heard from the engineer's site last year. I think this is because it has lots of below grade space. To think about it, the whole New WTC must have something like 20MSF of total space.

Vegas needs to be buildings taller and I am sure it will happen soon.

thats if FT ever gets built of course

i can't see 1000-1500 foot hotels rising up along the mid and south strip as long as McCarran is there, it took them over a year to get permission to build Crown at 1064 feet and that sits OUTSIDE the FAA zone.

The problem with hotels that tall is safety and of course fire-risk, for now the next generation of vegas strip hotels will be between 600-800 feet just as the previous generation (mirage, treasure island, monte carlo, luxor, excalibur etc) were between 300-500 feet.

[Holomeus]

A few pictures with the lights on. It has become a beautiful building.

[CrazyAboutCities]

Wow... You're right that hotel tower is beautiful!!!

[TopperCity]

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

[mdiederi]

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.

[kangarooMN09]

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