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/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; 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.
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; 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.