Planet Hollywood Las Vegas (formerly Aladdin ) is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. Owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
Edwin S. Lowe's toy manufacturer originally opened the 450-room Tally Ho hotel on the property in 1963. The Tally Ho is the only major hotel in Nevada that excludes casinos; closed at the end of the year and sold to Kings Crown Inns of America, Incorporated, a hotel chain that reopened the property a month later as King's Crown Tally Ho . The company added casinos and showrooms but plans to open casinos were stopped when the Nevada Control Board Gaming refused to issue gambling licenses due to concerns about the resort being not financed adequately.
Milton Prell bought the hotel in January 1966 and started a $ 3 million renovation property before it was reopened as Aladdin on April 1, 1966. A 19-story hotel tower was added in 1972. After various ownership changes, Aladdin was closed. in 1997 and destroyed the following year to make room for a new resort which will also be named Aladdin. The new Aladdin resort opened in August 2000, but suffered financial difficulties and was eventually purchased in 2003 by a partnership of Planet Hollywood and Starwood Hotels & amp; Resorts Worldwide, who named it as Planet Hollywood in 2007.
Hilton Grand Vacations operates a timeshare section of the property, known as Elara.
In April 2010, Total Rewards replaced the "A-List" Player card on Planet Hollywood.
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Tally-Ho (1962-1963)
The Tudor-style Tally Ho Hotel is conceived by owner Edwin S. Lowe, a New York toy manufacturer who also serves as president of the hotel. Lowe, who believes that there are some Las Vegas tourists who are not interested in gambling, prefer not to add casinos to Tally Ho. The hotel is built on the Las Vegas Strip and across the street from the Dunes Resort. Construction of Tally Ho was in progress in March 1962, with an opening plan for July. In May 1962, the Clark County Ground Water Board rejected a well water request to be used for a nine-hole pitch and putt golf course, which Lowe planned to build on the back of the property. A nine-hole golf course was finally added to the final plan.
In June 1962, the hotel's opening was postponed until October 1, 1962. At the same time, local officials found that a three-story hotel might violate the fire code. A request was made for the owner to propose a plan to coat the hotel roof and roof of the hotel. County officials suggest the installation of a sprinkler system or sheet stone in the attic, as well as the addition of refractory materials on the roof of the hotel structure. In November 1962, a key position in the resort was given a name while the opening date of Christmas week was being planned.
The Tallyho Hotel and Country Club was completed in December 1962, at a cost of $ 12 million, and opened in February 1963. It is the only major resort in Nevada that excludes casinos. The hotel has 450 rooms, 32 villas, six restaurants, horse riding and cycling facilities, and a helicopter service to take guests to nearby attractions such as Mount Charleston and Lake Mead. Although there is no casino, the business is operating successfully at the time of its opening. However, Tally Ho closed on October 10, 1963, due to low incomes caused by the lack of casinos. The closure affected 100 employees, and Lowe admitted that it was a mistake not to open a hotel with an adjacent casino.
King's Crown Tally Ho (1963-1966)
Kings Crown Inns of America, Incorporated, the hotel chain, bought Tally Ho for $ 7 million, and reopened as King's Crown Tally Ho on 5 November 1963. Kings Crown plans to add casinos and showrooms as soon as possible. The Tally Ho is Kings Crown's first hotel in the western United States.
Details of light and sound for the showroom were being completed in March 1964, while Kings Crown plans to open a showroom in the summer. The able-bodied people who designed the showroom consulted with sound engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles. Film producer Steve Parker, husband of actress Shirley MacLaine, was appointed as head of the hotel showroom, named the Theater Room-Crown Restaurant. In addition, Parker is referred to as a part owner in the resort. In April 1964, a fire started in one of the hotel rooms and caused smoke damage in the hotel section. The fire is believed to have been started by a cigarette.
The groundbreaking ceremony for casinos and showrooms was scheduled for the weekend of 11-12 April 1964. Celebrities, including MacLaine, were expected to attend the ceremony. Another addition to the $ 3 million expansion project will include meeting halls and other restaurants. Future plans include the addition of a 15-storey hotel structure with 500 rooms. The construction of casinos and showrooms was underway in May 1964, while Parker planned a show that would feature non-topless conquering girls, a concept that was absent from other Las Vegas show gigs.
In late 1964, a six-company partnership, with a total of 17 shareholders, was seeking a gambling license to open a casino as part of a $ 500,000 investment. On December 22, 1964, the Nevada Gaming Control Board suspended its action on licensing gambling licenses until the following month to allow time for partner financial investigations. New Year's Eve opening schedules had been planned for the casino, while the possibility remained for showrooms and two new restaurants to open at the time, although in the end it was not. A total of 500 people are expected to be hired at the resort's new facility. In January 1965, the Gaming Council considered a request for a gambling license, but approved the hotel's request to delay the action for another 30 days so that a financial agreement could be settled between the people in the partnership. At that time, the partnership consisted of 18 people with a total investment of $ 800,000.
In February 1965, as the Gaming Council was considering the issuance of a gambling license, the hotel filed several partnership changes that would include an increase in Parker's ownership from eight percent to twenty percent. Action suspended by the Gaming Board on a gambling license until the following month. Board member WE Leypoldt said, "I do not think it's fair to ask us to act on something very different from what is presented Monday, which will make the casino industry very dangerous if you open and in six months go bankrupt due to lack of financing."
The demand for gambling licenses was withdrawn in March 1965, to allow more time to reorganize the partnership. Later that month, the lawsuit filed by Crown King Tallyho Inn Incorporated, Equity Investment Realization Investment, and Fidelity Real Estate Investment Trust, all requested that the hotel lease be removed for not paying $ 632,000 in rent and other payments.. The companies claim that other groups are interested in taking over the resort as soon as the lease, including Chuck Luftig and Edward Nealis, may be removed.
The telephone service to the hotel was cut off in April 1965, after about 50 guests refused to pay their phone bills. Guests, whose bills are dated January, are required to leave the hotel. Luftig and Nealis were transferred as rent at the end of the month, after a judge ruled that the hotel was vacated and returned to Kings Crown. The following month, Luftig and Nealis requested a $ 3.3 million decision, alleging that Kings Crown failed to complete the necessary repairs for the property during the period August 1964 to January 1965, causing financial losses.
Aladdin (1966-1998)
On January 1, 1966, Milton Prell bought King's Crown Tally Ho for $ 16 million and announced plans to remove the old British theme and reopen the resort as Oriental-themed Aladdin on April 16 after a $ 3 million renovation. Prell also plans to build a 20-story hotel with an additional 600 rooms. High-rise construction is expected to begin later this year. Martin Stern Jr. is the architect for the Aladdin project, while R. C. Johnson and Associates are contractors and hired to build new facilities and renovate existing structures. The planned renovations include the renovation of showrooms and lounges, as well as the casino and the front side of the hotel. Elevators and escalators are also installed at the hotel's two main front doors. The original English-themed room wing was kept, but received the Arabian Nights theme along with the rest of the resort. Aladdin is named after a character of the same name. The jagged canopy is added along with the "Aladdin Lamp" sign for $ 750,000, 15 feet.
Two weeks after the purchase of Prell, the new opening date of April 1 was announced due to the rapid renovation process, while the construction of the tall building is expected to begin in the fall. Later in the month, Prell requested a gambling license to operate 27 table games and 350 slot machines, with casino operations going to be financed at a cost of $ 400,000 through Prell and his colleagues Gil Gilbert and Sidney Krystal. Prell has a 20 percent interest in the hotel company, while Gilberts, the company's vice president, holds five percent and Krystal, the treasurer's secretary, owns seven percent. A large group of investors have stock leftovers. Prell named Joe Rollo and Bernie Richards, both Beverly Hills, to serve as the entertainment director and head of each orchestra. The Gaming Board recommended approval of Prell's request for a gambling license in February 1966. Prell was approved next month for a game and liquor license, with approval to operate 351 slot machines and 29 table games.
The resort opened as Aladdin Milton Prell at midnight on April 1, 1966, becoming the first new resort to open on the Las Vegas Strip in nine years. Aladdin includes the largest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and 500-seat Baghdad Theater. People present at the opening include Prell and his wife, as well as District Commission Chief William H. Briare, Las Vegas mayor Oran K. Gragson, and Las Vegas Sun publisher Hank Greenspun. A week after opening, the sign for the Dunes casino welcomed Aladdin and hoped the new resort "good luck." The construction of the addition of high-rise hotels is scheduled to begin in October 1966.
Aladdin contains a 9 hole golf course.
A little over a year after it opened, Aladdin hosted the wedding of Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
The renovation of $ 750,000 was completed in August 1969, which included making the Sinbad Lounge closed and leveled on the casino floor with Arabic motifs.
In 1969, Parvin Dohrmann Corporation took over Aladdin, and in 1972, using the name of Recrion Corporation, sold it to Sam Diamond, a politician of St. Louis Peter Webbe and Sorkis Webbe, and St. Lawyers. Louis Richard L. Daly for a price of just $ 5 million. The new owner announced plans for a $ 25 million, 24-storey, 800-room Tower that will be built adjacent to Aladdin and is expected to open in late 1973. Under the new owners, a $ 60 million face appointment is made, including the addition of 19-storey tower and the 7,500 new Center for the Performing Arts replacing the golf course, which spends more than $ 4 million.
A $ 250,000 porte-cochere continued the arab tower. Aladdin added a new 140,000 feet (43m) blockbuster sign with little fluorescent, large panels of attraction and no arabesque from Aladdin's original mark.
Aladdin celebrates the opening of their "Aladdin New Theater for Performing Arts" opening with a singer Neil Diamond paid $ 650,000 for four shows; July 2 to July 5, 1976.
In August 1979, several people were sentenced by Federal Federal Jury to conspire to allow hidden owners to exercise control over the resort, and the Nevada Gaming Commission later closed the hotel.
The resort was sold to Wayne Newton and Ed Torres in 1980 for $ 85 million, for refusing an offer from comedian Johnny Carson. Newton sold his share to Torres 21 months later. Newton sued NBC, allegedly in the broadcast, that his Aladdin purchases were linked to the mafia. He won a $ 22.8 million valuation, which was canceled on appeal. In February 1984, Aladdin broke into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In 1981, heavy metal band Iron Maiden played in Aladdin - it was their first concert in America.
In 1986, Japanese businessman Ginji Yasuda bought Aladdin from bankruptcy for $ 54 million. Yasuda spent an extra $ 35 million to renew the resort. Yasuda was removed as a casino operator by state regulator in September 1988. Yasuda placed the resort in Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 1989, and then died two months later. The property was publicly sold in 1990, after months of unsuccessful private ventures to locate buyers.
Bell Atlantic-Tricon Leasing Corporation based in New Jersey acquired the resort from bankruptcy from Ginji Corporation in 1991. That year, Bell Atlantic-Tricon sold the property for a minimum price of $ 44 million. In January 1994, businessman Donald Trump considered buying Aladdin for $ 51 million, though Bell Atlantic-Tricon refused to sell the property for less than $ 60 million. Trump decides not to buy Aladdin because he feels the price is too high. Property interest increased following a potential Trump purchase news, with several potential buyers showing up. At that time, the resort consisted of a 1,000-room hotel and 37,000-square-foot casino. Then in 1994, Jack Sommer, a Las Vegas real estate developer, and Sommer Family Trust bought the hotel.
On December 6, 1996, American rock band Phish performed at Aladdin, marking the band's first appearance in Las Vegas. The performance was finally released as a CD/DVD release entitled "Vegas 96". The concert featured guest appearances by members of the band Primus and a group of Elvis impersonators. Porte Aladdin cochere contains 9,230 light bulbs, which cost a total of $ 23,499 to light up during 1997.
Aladdin closed on November 25, 1997. In February 1998, Aladdin Gaming announced that it had financed plans for a new Aladdin resort, estimated to cost $ 826 million, while Planet Hollywood would develop a music-themed resort, while known as Aladdin Music Project, to be built behind Aladdin. The cost of the new Aladdin complex will amount to $ 1.3 billion, although the music project was canceled at the end of the year after Aladdin Gaming ended its partnership with Planet Hollywood, due to fears that Planet Hollywood could not generate a $ 41 million commitment to the project. NCL/Content Liquidators National conducted liquidation sales at Aladdin's premises beginning on March 5, 1998, and continued until the resort was "sold out".
On April 27, 1998, the hotel tower exploded at 7:27 am to pave the way for the construction of the new Aladdin resort. The Aladdin Theater is preserved and incorporated into the new resort. It is the fifth resort of Las Vegas that will explode. Aladdin executives set up a tent of 1,000 people near Aladdin and collect $ 250 tickets for people to watch the explosion from inside the tent, with the profitable results of the Southern Nevada Make-A-Wish Foundation. The old resort's sign reads, "Out of the dust, Aladdin goes up again.See you see him in 2000." Frank Wright, curator of the Nevada State Museum, said of Aladin's lack of success: "I do not know why it never worked, never had the glamor of the Sands or the exotic dancers Tropicana or Dunes or Stardust Maybe it's the location, but the Hacienda is farther away,. "
Aladdin (2000-2007)
Sommer took the London Clubs International as a partner in developing a new casino resort. LCI initially paid $ 50 million for a 25% interest, but took additional equity after Sommer was unable to finance his share of the overruns cost on the construction.
Aladdin is scheduled to reopen on August 17, 2000, at 06:00, with fireworks at 10:00. The opening is postponed while the Clark County building inspector completes his fire safety testing. Other delays are caused by last-minute fixes on casino surveillance systems. This made thousands of Aladdin visitors leave with disappointment, as did the opening night hotel guests wondering where they would spend the night. Many high rollers waited on the sidewalk in front of Aladdin for hours. Most can not even get their suitcases, because the hotel has been locked for testing. Aladdin's employees try to arrange alternative accommodation for guests with Paris and Bellagio.
In the meantime, the Passage Desert mall opened with a star I Dream of Jeannie Barbara Eden opened the door to let the big crowd enter.
Aladdin finally opened the next day at 7:45 â ‰ ¤ 100 members of the Local Culinary Workers Union 226, as well as more than 1,000 other workers lined up on Las Vegas Boulevard to protest the opening of Aladdin without a union contract. Eden's speeches and other celebrations were drowned out by loudspeakers and the rest of the protests.
According to Josh Axelrad in his 2010 book, Repeat to Rich, he and other professional gamblers, notably card counters, utilize Aladdin's inexperienced staff during his opening weekend and create casino newsletters for an undetermined amount but in large number. Money. The casino then introduced a weight limitation on mid-shoe bets in response.
The Aladdin was in financial trouble from the time it opened, and entered Babank's Chapter 11 insolvency in September 2001. In February 2002, Aladdin Gaming was looking for potential buyers. The resort was sold in bankruptcy on June 20, 2003 until the partnership of Planet Hollywood and Starwood Hotels & amp; Resorts Worldwide.
Planet Hollywood (2007-present)
Renovations are done in stages, allowing the resort to remain open throughout. The Las Vegas Planet includes an expanded casino, a new restaurant, a new nightclub, and retail space. The redesign of the facade and pedestrian plaza is meant to fix the flaw that makes accessing the property from the sidewalk on The Strip difficult.
The retail space previously known as "The Desert Passage" was transformed into Hollywood-themed "Miracle Mile Shops."
After the casino was renovated, it reopened as "Planet Hollywood Las Vegas" on April 17, 2007. The official opening celebration was the weekend of November 16, 2007. However, Planet Hollywood's restaurant stays at The Forum Shops at Caesars.
Under Caesars Entertainment Corporation (formerly Harrah's Entertainment)
The casino failed to pay the mortgage and failed to make scheduled payments in September 2009. Harrah began the process of taking over the property in December 2009 by purchasing a portion of the resort's debt.
On January 16, 2010, Starwood Hotels & amp; Resorts Worldwide dropped their affiliates so that Harrah can take over the hotel operations. On February 18, 2010, the Nevada Gaming Commission gave Harrah an agreement to take over the property. Harrah officially acquired the property on February 19, 2010. Harrah's Total Prize Program has been gradually to Planet Hollywood completed in April 2010.
Marilyn Winn has stepped up as President of the resort; he is President of Paris Las Vegas and Bally's Las Vegas, both of Caesar's Hotels. Robert Earl, former president and founder of Planet Hollywood brand, will advise Caesars on marketing strategy for Planet Hollywood Hotel and other nine casinos owned by Caesars in the Las Vegas area. Winn left Caesars Entertainment (formerly Harrah's Entertainment) and took Andrew Pascal at Wynn/Encore Las Vegas as President of Wynn/Encore Las Vegas.
Caesars does not have a Prive Nightclub, or some restaurant in the hotel. It does not have the brand new Elara (formerly PH Tower by Westgate which opened in December 2009), as Hilton Grand Vacations, part of Hilton Worldwide now operates the tower's hotel operations. Through a license agreement, Caesars now has the right to use the trademark Planet Hollywood in other properties around the world.
Combined with the previous acquisition of the former Barbary Coast (through a three-way exchange), the acquisition of the Planet Hollywood trail on the Strip gives Caesars full control over 126 acres (0.51 km 2 ) on the east side of the Las Vegas Strip from Flamingo to Harmon Roads.
Maps Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
Features
Casino
Planet Hollywood's architecture can be described as having a 'Hollywood hip' theme. This removes the popular Art-Deco glamor from the same spot imaged for a sleeker display featuring lots of glass, neon and reflective surfaces.
The resort has a three-acre casino floor full of traditional gambling machines such as slots, table games and The Playing Field Race and Sports Book. It features 33 plasma screens, two jumbo screens and parts for VIP. Planet Hollywood is the first resort in Las Vegas that offers table games by young women in "lingerie chic". The Pleasure Pit is part of the table game where this happens with the go-go dancers entertaining the gamblers on the side.
The skill-based gaming machine from Gamblit Gaming was introduced in March 2017, the first of its kind in Las Vegas. Poker Gambling and Cannonbeard's Treasure are currently available, with more titles to come in the future.
"The Mezzanine"
The Mezzanine is accessible by taking the escalator in the casino or the lift. Here, guests can relax in the comfortable chairs overlooking the casino. This space is designed to be quieter than the main casino area, where guests come into the lounge and smoke. The area is somewhat spaced with room for walking and includes a place to shoot the basketball hoop. This includes a "Living Room" with a sofa for access by guests.
Showroom Planet Hollywood is located on the mezzanine. It features several different live performances; in 2010, the most popular and the longest is titled Peepshow which previously starred headliners like Holly Madison and Coco Austin in the lead role. The live version of America's Got Talent TV series hosted by Jerry Springer (who flies to Vegas every week from his self-titled recordings in Stamford, Connecticut) and Tony n 'Tina's Wedding I played in Mezzanine in 2009.
"The Spa by Mandara" is located on this floor. Two fine restaurants, KOI and Strip House, are here, opposite the wedding chapel.
Swimming Pool
The pool at the resort is accessible via the sixth floor. This area overlooks the Strip with views to the north and south. The hotel has two swimming pools and two hot spas, each on the South and North Line. The one on the North Strip has a VIP cab for rent. Among them is a bar/grill/snack-bar with a patch of grass lined with pool chairs for guests to sit and eat.
Zappos Theater
Zappos Theater is an auditorium located within the Miracle Mile Shops. In 2011, was selected as one of the "Best Concert & amp; Cinema Hall in Las Vegas". It is the largest theater of its kind in the United States and the largest theater on The Strip.
Britney: My Piece
Beginning in December 2013, the venue is the venue for Britney Spears' live performance, Britney: Piece Of Me. Spears performs 50 performances per year in 2014 and 2015. He reportedly earned about $ 475,000 per show. The first show begins on December 27, 2013 and is well received by fans and critics. In 2015, the residency is extended for two years and the residency event ends on 31 December 2017. The final show of residency on December 31, 2017, broke the record for the best-selling single concert at the existing Las Vegas theater residency. It grossed almost $ 1.2 million for 4,600 fans and $ 255 average ticket price. His decision to do this inspired his contemporaries like Jennifer Lopez and new artists like Lady Gaga to perform a similar residency. He also took the younger group to the Strip.
Accommodation
Planet Hollywood Resort offers rooms that meet the Hollywood theme. The resort, which is 400 feet (122 meters) high, has 37 floors (with the last two being VIPs), and each room is dedicated to a particular movie such as Backdraft . Room features real props and memorabilia from the film. Rooms range from standard "up to standard" Panorama suites with views of the entire Las Vegas Strip. In early 2017, the casino completed a $ 100 million project to remodel all 2,500 rooms.
Elara
In December 2009, PH Towers by Westgate opened on Planet Hollywood. The 52-storey building, owned by Westgate Resorts and operated by Planet Hollywood, features 1,200 suites for use as timeshares and hotel rooms, including 40 luxury penthouse units.
In November 2011, Resort Finance America, a subsidiary of Centerbridge Partners, acquired controlling stake in the tower, took over the operation, and began to change its name as a Hilton Grand Vacations resort. In March 2012, the property was renamed Elara, Hilton Grand Vacations Club .
Movie history
Original resort
Robert Hirsch, Las Vegas location consultant and former director of the Nevada Motion Picture Division, said film and television crew "always liked porte cochere" Aladdin, but they "dislike other places." Aladdin Casino was featured substantially in the 1979 movie Going in Style and movie 1986 Heat . Porte cochere and casino appeared in the 1993 film, Best of the Best, while the theater appeared in the 1997 documentary Dancing for Dollars. Behind Closed Doors , a documentary series, recording footage of the tower demolition preparations before the explosion. The series also puts the camera inside the tower to provide interior views of the building during the explosion. Aladdin was also featured in the 1998 episode of Ohh Nooo! Mr. Bill Presents , where the character of Mr. Bill appeared at the resort. The recording of the explosion was used in the cover credits of 2003 The Cooler .
New resort
More recent structures have been featured on various television shows and movies.
Seasons One and Two from A & amp; E Criss Angel Mindfreak's show network was filmed at the resort.
The TLC Trading Spaces show took place at Aladdin in the 2004 episode.
Theater for the Performing Arts is the venue for the Miss America 2006 to 2012 contest, Miss USA contest from 2008 to 2013, and held Miss Universe 1991, Miss Universe 1996, Miss Universe 2012 and Miss Universe 2015.
The Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) world premiere took place on Planet Hollywood on September 25, 2007.
The Rambo (2008) world premiere took place on Planet Hollywood on January 24, 2008.
The scene from the 2008 movie 21 was taken on Planet Hollywood.
Hotel Planet Hollywood is clearly featured in the movie What Happens in Vegas as the hotel where Fuller lives and marries.
The film Transporter 3 had its world premiere on PH on November 21, 2008. Jason Statham attended the premiere.
The Race to Witch Mountain movie is partly shot here for the space convention
The Expendables film premiered on PH in August 2010. It was announced by a helicopter shown on the PH casino floor.
Seasons One and Two of E's Holly's World were shot at Planet Hollywood. Holly Madison starred in Peepshow on the property until 2012.
Flashmobs tuned to Midi Mafia's "PHamous" were performed by some YouTubers including Shay Carl and KassemG in November 2009.
The scene from Get Him to the Greek was filmed and took place at PH.
Scenes from Knocked Up were filmed on PH.
The finished structure can be seen in the 2009 movie, The Hangover .
The Queen Versailles documentary film discusses the struggles of former owner David Siegel & amp; difficulty getting funds for Ph Towers Westgate.
An episode of the Jake And Amir Web Series was shot in the Hip Room of the Hollywood Queen hotel.
Hotel Planet Hollywood is briefly seen in the 2013 movie, The Hangover Part III
See also
- List of Entertainment Caesars
- List of casinos in Nevada
- List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas
References
External links
- Official website
- Planet Hollywood (Aladdin) NewsÃ, - Vegas Today and Tomorrow
- Las Vegas Travelog. Including dozens of photos.
- Media related to Planet Hollywood Las Vegas on Wikimedia Commons
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