

One of the newest retail jewels, The Shoppes at The Palazzo, offers 60 world-class fashion brands and encompasses perhaps the single densest concentration of designer boutiques in the world including Diane von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Piaget. Of course, those in search of haute dining also expect to find haute shopping, and Las Vegas, now an international fashion destination, does not disappoint. Culinary luminaries Emeril Lagasse, Mario Batali, Wolfgang Puck, and Charlie Trotter all work their magic at The Palazzo and The Venetian. There is also some very serious dining going on at The Palazzo and The Venetian, which together boast nine James Beard Award–winning chefs, many as famous as the stars playing the Strip. It also boasts three Master Sommeliers, again the most of any location, and with 50,000 bottles in its cellar, Bellagio serves more wine than any hospitality outlet in the entire United States. For example, Bellagio is the only hotel in the world that is home to two AAA Five Diamond restaurants, Picasso and Le Cirque. Today the city is an international center for the finest dining in the world. And the idea that people would actually come to Las Vegas for the food would sound to them like some running gag in a Don Rickles routine.īut haute cuisine in Las Vegas is no joke. Or luxury resorts like The Palazzo or The Venetian offering nothing but suites? more than 7,000 of them.

Neither he nor the Rat Pack-which now has its own impersonator show-could have imagined the Bellagio-a casino hotel as well known for its art collection as its playing tables. Elvis himself, who first unveiled his famous white jumpsuit at the International Hotel in 1969, would be surprised to see some 30 incarnations of himself walking around Las Vegas, and no fewer than seven Elvis impersonator shows playing every night. Tiger Woods Joins Michael Jordan and LeBron James as One of Only 3 Athlete Billionairesġ5 Gifts for Dads Who Love to Golf, From an Electric Caddy to the Perfect Putterįast forward a half century and Las Vegas, while still a glittering dawn-to-dusk oasis in the middle of the Nevada desert, is a place that in many ways Dino, Sammy, and the King would barely recognize.

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