May 7, 2008: $21 Million Dollar Megabucks jackpot hit at the Palms hotel and casino in Las Vegas.

May 6, 2008: Steve Wynn to build two new glamorous hotels on the Golf Course property behind the Encore and Wynn Casino Hotels located on the Las Vegas Strip. The two new hotels will have a total of 5,200 rooms, plus a 1.8 million square foot convention center which will connect via underground tram to the Las Vegas Convention Center.

May 5, 2008: Station Casinos is planning to build 3 hotels with a total of 5,200 rooms, plus casino and arena. The mixed use development, which could top 10 billion dollars on its 110 acre property located on Tropicana, just off the I-15 freeway is in the planning stages. The new Station Casino project will rival the new MGM Mirage CityCenter project opening next year on the Las Vegas Strip.

 1. CityCenter, Las Vegas Strip: $8.0 Billion, Opens 2009. MGM Mirage's new CityCenter is the most expensive privately funded commercial development in US History. All due to open in 2009: a Casino, Convention Center, Retail Mall, 6 Adjacent High Rise Towers, Parking and Roadways. Expect a spectacular grand opening ceremony!

 2. Plaza Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip: $5 Billion, Opens 2011. A multi use luxury hotel and casino, private residences, and shopping mall.

 3. Echelon, Las Vegas Strip: $4.8 Billion, Opens 2010. A 5,300 room hotel and casino, meeting rooms, 650,000 square feet convention space, retail stores. Five hotels on the Las Vegas Strip,  separate porte-cochere areas. To include a curving 2,500 room Hotel Echelon, a 640 hotel suites at Echelon, a thin  350 room Shangri La, the 860 room Mondrian hotel and 550 room Delano hotel. Each of the hotels will have their own pools, and spas. 

 4. Fontainebleau, Las Vegas Strip: $3.4 Billion, (Opens Fall 2008). 4000 hotel rooms.

 5. Encore, Las Vegas Strip: $2 Billion, Opens December 2008. A Wynn Las Vegas development, 2,054 luxury suites and casino will compliment the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino which resides next door.

 6. Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas Strip: $2 Billion, Opens 2008. The Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino will be a condo hotel which is destined to redefine the Las Vegas skyline with its stunning design, consisting of two glass towers, a casino, a theater, convention and meeting space.

 7. Palazzo, Las Vegas Strip, See Photo and hotel description below. The Palazzo is a $1.8 Billion casino hotel which opened in January 2008. The Palazzo is a 50 floor luxury tower with approximately 3,025 luxury suites. Please see details further down this page.

 8. Caesars Palace Expansion, Las Vegas Strip: $1 Billion, Opens 2009.

 9. Las Vegas Convention Center Expansion: $900 Million, Opens 2011.

10. Harrah's and AEG New Sports Arena: $500 Million, Opens 2010.

11. Las Vegas Sands, New Upgraded Sands Convention Center: $680 Million, Opens 2010. Location at the intersection of Koval Lane and Sands. The new 1.2 million square foot exhibition center, with 36 foot high ceilings and 1,800 parking spaces with moving sidewalks connected to the Palazzo and Venetian casino hotels would also give the Sands the ability to develop 7,000 new, additional hotel rooms.

The Palazzo! Las Vegas Newest Casino Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, NOW OPEN! Grand Opening January 2008
The New Palazzo connects to the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino, both are owned by the Sands Corp.

The Palazzo hotel and casino is a 50 floor luxury tower with approximately 3,025 luxury suites. The hotel lobby features a 60 foot glass dome, multiple two story fountains, imported marble, bronze case columns and special custom wall finishes. Guests arriving from the street, enter the domed entry lobby while those approaching from the Venetian Casino Resort make the transition through a towering octagonal structure, itself topped by a glass and decorative iron dome. The landscape is made up of palm trees, tailored paintings and exotically shaped topiaries.

The Palazzo Casino Resort includes over 375 concierge level suites and also includes six villas (up to 11,000 square feet each) which have 3 and 4 bedrooms, 3.5 to 4.5 baths, extensive living areas, media rooms, private pools, private Jacuzzis, private salons, massage areas, heated spas, personal gyms and, also available with private putting greens. The presidential suites and the villas offer private butler services. The Palazzo hotel has 296 multi room suites, including six presidential suites. The Palazzo hotel has an elaborate pool deck with seven pools, gardens, sculptures, cabanas and fountains and an adjacent spa facility.

A typical Palazzo hotel suite is approximately 655 to 735 square feet, consisting of a raised sleeping area and bathroom and a sunken living and working area. The suite's bi-level configuration creates a multi-function living space in which guests can sleep, work and entertain and includes two queen-size beds or one king-size bed, a writing desk, dual-line speaker phones, a fax machine, a pullout sofa, sitting chairs and a dining table. The Palazzo Casino Resort features premium, signature restaurants owned and operated by well known restaurateurs.

Palazzo Reservations and Information: Click Here

What's New? Las Vegas Food and Dining!

Forbes Magazine has completed a worldwide sampling of food, dining and champagne brunches provided by the largest cities in the world. Las Vegas quality of food and dining opportunities has been rated number two, just behind New York and ahead of Paris France.