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Rank Name Image Height ft (m) Floors Year Coordinates Notes The Strat: 1,149 (350) 106 1996 Tallest observation tower in the United States, second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere after the CN Tower in Toronto; second-tallest free-standing structure in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River, after the Kennecott Smokestack in Utah; has been the tallest structure in Las Vegas since 1996.
Tuscany Suites and Casino is located east of the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The project was conceived by Las Vegas developer Charles Heers, and is owned by his son Brett Heers. The all-suite hotel opened in December 2001, with 716 rooms. The casino, which includes 24,665 sq ft (2,291.5 m 2) of gaming space, opened on January 17, 2003.
It is owned and operated by Dreamscape Companies LLC. It includes a 117,330 sq ft (10,900 m 2) casino [1] and 2,520 suites. [2] It features a Brazilian theme based on Rio Carnival. The Rio opened on January 15, 1990, with a 44,000 sq ft (4,100 m 2) casino and 424 suites. It was the first all-suite hotel in the Las Vegas Valley.
It offered the largest standard suites in Las Vegas, measuring 725 sq ft (67.4 m 2). [10] [40] The hotel's first floor included a bar, a 24-hour restaurant, and a 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m 2) lobby. Floors 3 through 6 contained 80 business suites as well as conference space.
Aria's hotel includes two curvilinear glass towers, rising up to 50 stories. The hotel has 4,004 rooms and suites, and is a recipient of the AAA Five Diamond Award and a five-star rating from Forbes Travel Guide. The resort also includes the only casino at CityCenter, with 150,000 sq ft (14,000 m 2) of gaming space.
Luxor Las Vegas is a casino hotel on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The resort is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International . The Luxor features an ancient Egyptian theme, and includes a 65,214-square-foot (6,058.6 m 2 ) casino and 4,407 hotel rooms.
Marion Hicks and J.C. Grayson built El Cortez, downtown Las Vegas' first major resort, for $245,000. [4] El Cortez opened on November 7, 1941. [5] [6] The location at 6th Street and Fremont was originally considered too far from downtown, but it quickly became so profitable that Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Gus Greenbaum and Moe Sedway bought the property in 1945 from J. Kell Houssels for $600,000.
The hotel contained 476 rooms and 27 suites for a total of 503, a small number in comparison to other Las Vegas resorts, which commonly had 1,000 rooms. [122] The tower included 157 hotel rooms, [ 138 ] while the remaining units were located on ground level. [ 21 ]