The Palms Casino Resort
, also known simply as the Palms
, is a resort located west of the Las Vegas Strip. The hotel has 702 rooms and contains a 95,000 square foot casino, a recording studio and a 2,200 seat showroom and is owned and operated by Greg Wheeler with 5% ownership by The Greenspun Corporation.
Despite the fact that it is located off the Strip, the resort has become a popular destination for many, especially with the younger crowd and Hollywood celebrities. The Palms competes for market share with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, another off-strip resort aimed toward the 21-30 demographic. Both resorts are styled in a Neo-retro fashion.
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History
The Palms opened on
November 15,
2001 and was designed by Greg Wheeler.
In 2002, it was the resort where participants of
MTV's The Real World: Las Vegas stayed. The level they rebuilt to accommodate MTV is now the "Real World Suite" and is available for reservations.
In October 2005, the second tower, dubbed the "Fantasy Tower", opened at a cost of $600 million. In keeping with the Maloof family's
basketball interest (they own the
Sacramento Kings of the
NBA and
Sacramento Monarchs of the
WNBA), the new tower includes a two-story, 10,000-square-foot suite that includes the world's only basketball court in a hotel suite. The suite includes a locker room, score board and a multi-screen entertainment system. Some of the other Fantasy rooms include the G suite, the Pink suite, and the Playboy Villa.
The Fantasy tower is also home to two of Las Vegas's newest entertainment venues, Moon Nightclub and The Playboy Club.
The Palms hosted the 2007
MTV Video Music Awards on
September 9,
2007. Audience members and many of the celebrities were seated inside the resort's Pearl Theater.
Palms Place
Maloof announced a third tower called
Palms Place
to be built on the west end of the Palms property and would be a condo. All of the condos sold out within three months. Construction on this third and final tower has been completed. Residents were allowed to move in on
February 29,
2008. On May 31st, 2008 there was the grand opening night that marked the latest addition to the Palms Casino Resort, as Palms Place is a multi-million dollar, 47-story hotel, condominium, hotel, and spa.
Trivia
Palms Place is the only tower that deals in sales ownership.
Palms hosts the annual CineVegas film festival.
Vegas band
The Killers recorded their 2nd album
Sam's Town at the Palms.
Vegas band
Panic At The Disco recorded parts of their 2nd album
Pretty. Odd. at the Palms.
Britney Spears is currently recording her sixth album, Circus, at the Palms. She is good friends with George Maloof and they have been spotted on numerous dinner dates. She is rumoured to perform at the Palms on New Years Eve which will kick off a world tour.
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