It was pretty cool. A few years later, after the trend shifted from themed resorts to pure luxury and elegance, Las Vegas Sands broke ground on the neighboring Palazzo in The two hotels and the expo center are now connected and operated as an integrated unit with more than 7, rooms. On Friday, The Venetian will begin a yearlong celebration of its 20th anniversary. At the first stroke past midnight, The Venetian marquee will pay tribute to the employees who have worked at the hotel-casino since its opening.
In addition, all guests who ride The Venetian gondola attraction Friday will receive a special namesake Venetian Rose as they step aboard. This custom variety of rose, with warm peach undertones and champagne hues, was bred to honor the Las Vegas resort and was introduced in This week, many of those who have worked at The Venetian since opening day will be thinking about what drew them to the resort in the first place.
Most of them went to work weeks or months in advance of the opening. Rosella Jensen, a guest services representative, remembers taking a hard-hat tour of the building before it opened. It was a beautiful sight. From left, master cook Shelley Adcock, guest services representative Rosella Jensen and housekeeper Gladys Estevez are among the people who have worked at The Venetian since its opening.
So I was super excited. Housekeeper Gladys Estevez made a new life for herself in the United States by applying for a job at The Venetian from Miami, where she was living after a harrowing trip from Cuba in the late s.
She said she would never forget cleaning every room on the 22nd floor, before they were ever occupied, because of all the construction dust. Chandra Allison, senior vice president of sales for the property, wanted the experience of opening a brand-new resort after working at the Flamingo Hilton. She had transferred there from the Reno Hilton. Allison believes the next chapter for The Venetian may be the best, with the MSG Sphere under construction and targeted to open in The sphere-shaped, 18,seat entertainment venue promises to change the face of live performance with high-tech video screens inside and out and sound capabilities unlike anything ever developed in the world.
The MSG Sphere is targeted to open in In years past, he said, Las Vegas was like an amusement park that got a new roller coaster every summer. The Sphere sounds a little like the next must-ride roller coaster. Expect a little more decorum here or at least a bunch of naked statues. An outpost of the world-famous Canyon Ranch Spa offers more than the usual range of spa services. A day pass buys access to the "Aquavana," which includes the Herbal Laconium a warm, ceramic-tiled room with individual thrones and color-changing ceiling , the Hydro Spa a fancy name for a whirlpool , a Finnish sauna, the Igloo the opposite of a sauna , Experiential Rains a shower with new-agey sounds like "Cool Fog," "Tropical Rain," and "Caribbean Storm" , and other highfalutin features.
One warning: The spa, especially the facilities for women, can get crowded. Guests may upgrade to concierge-level rooms, which buys them access to a VIP lounge with free amenities like a continental breakfast, snacks, and early-evening cocktails. Unlike most Las Vegas hotels, The Venetian offers free parking. Similarly to other Vegas properties, a daily resort fee is charged to rooms, which covers Wi-Fi and access to the fitness center.
The Venetian casino boasts endless rows of slots machines, marble floors, frescoed ceilings, and a busy room dedicated to poker. Medium rollers take note, the Venetian doesn't provide comps to gamblers who aren't shelling out the big bucks. That means no free rooms, food or beverages, and no entertainment discounts.
The casino has its own food court, offering an array of pizza places, taco joints, Asian counters, and sandwich shops. The couches in all of the suites pull out into full-size beds. Rollaway beds are available for a fee, but not in standard rooms. Cribs are available at no extra charge. The food court on the casino level, with eateries like Chipotle, Panda Express, Primeburger, and Johnny Rockets, offers plenty of reasonably priced options for kids. A visit to the Venetian would not be complete without a gondola ride; gondolas seat four, but private two-person rides are available.
Visitors hoping for a brush with celebrity while in Vegas might want to consider a visit to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, where famous people don't say -- or move -- much, though they are more than happy to pose for photo ops. Guests can marry George Clooney in the museum's chapel, put on a pair of bunny ears and hang out with Hugh Hefner, shoot some hoops with Shaquille O'Neal, and request for a wax model of their in-laws to be made.
Like most Vegas megahotels, the Venetian has long-running large scale shows. In the evening, the line of young people waiting to get into TAO nightclub wraps around the escalator of the mall. For something a little less high-energy, Bellini Bar offers bellinis and beers round the clock. The Dorsey is the late-night casino option, plus there's even more happening next door at the Palazzo, the Venetian's sister property. A sleek room hotel within a hotel, the luxe Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace offers travelers respite from the chaos of the Strip, without sacrificing convenience.
Located in the middle of Caesars Palace, Nobu has easy access to casinos, shopping, dining, and nightlife, but its…. Occupying the 35th through 39th floors of the Mandalay Bay Resort, the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas is an oasis of calm in a city known for its frenetic energy.
Guests at the Four Seasons can look forward to decadent Art-Deco inspired rooms with huge…. Food and Drink. Maybe the most important topic of all: Wi-Fi. Room service: Worth it? It's an entirely separate kingdom in Venetian, since it has to serve 7, rooms, sometimes multiple times.
It has all the standard stuff—continental breakfast, chicken fingers—but adds items that are inspired by its 40! For instance, you might steer toward a Japanese Breakfast organic salmon, a poached organic egg, pickled vegetables , or order a plate of American cheeses from Beehive Creamery, Old Chatham, and Roth. You can even order bone broth.
Touches like cannoli from Buddy V's are nice, and the prices overall are slightly lower than Wynn and Caesars. Staff: If you could award one a trophy, who gets it, and why? I'd award trophies to the in room dining staff. With so many rooms to serve, it's a miracle that your order gets there in the time frame they promise let alone at all. Anything stand out about other services and features? The gym is actually a Canyon Ranch a real one.
You can go on the climbing wall, get nutritional counseling, and even have your gait analyzed. A wireless lighting control system was installed to allow automatic operation and dimming of fixtures to various lighting levels by areas and individual zones. The effort included hardware and equipment replacement, software upgrades, and programming. The central plant optimization netted 8. Upgrades to filtration systems have helped cut water use significantly at Las Vegas Sands properties in Las Vegas.
The Palazzo has a Nano-filtration system located 48 feet below the parking garage that converts groundwater flowing below the Las Vegas Strip into irrigation water. Originally implemented in , an expansion to the Nano-filtration system is planned for Nano-filtration system upgrades have saved 12 million gallons of water annually for irrigation to date and will save another 8 million gallons for cooling towers.
Recycled water is also used for exterior cleaning. Finally, in Sands replaced sand filtration with glass filtration for 12 swimming pools and 12 spas at The Venetian and The Palazzo resorts.
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