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News 10/9/08 Las Vegas Sands Corp. suspends all projects
to raise new capital
As reported by the Associated Press, The Las Vegas Sands Corp.
will suspend all projects (including the St. Regis Residences)
in order to raise $2.41 billion in new capital. This will shore
up the company and deflect any worries of bankruptcy. There was
no timeline given for the resuming of the construction.
read the whole article here.
9/25/08 New Renderings of The St. Regis Condo tower

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News
9/4/08 Condo Tower Gets Developer and Name
Change
The condo tower being constructed between the Venetian and
Palazzo will be developed and run by Starwood Hotels and
Resorts. The development has been renamed The St. Regis
Residences at the Venetian Palazzo, Las Vegas - wow, that's
a long name, I wouldn't want to answer the phones there.
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2/14/08 First Renderings of Next Major Expansion
The Venetian/Palazzo/Sands Expo
(MEGACENTER) is going to get even bigger. Although no
announcement has been made, the renderings (below) tell the
story of the next major proposed project by Las Vegas Sands. These
are very early renderings and I expect many changes before any
construction starts.
The next expansion (UberMEGACENTERCity) will include another
hotel (yup, I said another hotel) another condo tower, and a two
(count 'em) two-million square-foot expo center.
This will be an interesting
project on many levels:
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LOCATION - The Hotel and
Condo use a good portion of the existing Sands Expo space
(behind Palazzo). That space will be recovered by adding
another floor to the un-destroyed remains of Sands Expo.
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LOGISTICS - A new two-million square
foot Expo center will be built on the Sands owned land east
of the Wynn employee parking garage. A long pedestrian
bridge will ferry patrons between the two Expos. Wynn built
a bridge from the garage, across Sands Ave. (under the
monorail), this new bridge will run perpendicular to Wynn's
bridge and either go over it or under it (too funny, I love
those guys). More on the Wynn's blocking moves
below.
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DESIGN - From a design
aspect, since this project will not be very visible from the
Strip, Sands is not adhering to their old-world Venetian
style. The new Expo and both towers are ultra-modern.

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2/14/08 New renderings of The St. Regis Residences tower

The renderings (above) show
an elevation of the tower (left) and the condo tower's sky lobby
(right). The tower is under construction.
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Palazzo Open
Grand Opening 1/17/08

Opening night photo by Jon Buhay

Shots of the Casino
sent in by John 1/20/08
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Photos
from the soft opening 12/30/07 by Mark Diederichsen
Only a few of the restaurants and shops are open at this time.
The Grand Opening is scheduled for 1/17/08.

More interior shots by Daniel Lamontagne from 1/7/08
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The latest rendering of
Palazzo includes the new condo tower.
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Palazzo
Las Vegas Sands officials unveiled previously undisclosed details about the
company's $1.8 billion, Palazzo project, which it described as "a world-class luxury
hotel, casino and resort with a design and ambience reminiscent of high-end
locales such as Beverly Hills, Bel-Air and Rodeo Drive."
The new resort is adjacent to The Venetian and the Sands Expo and Convention
Center, and across Sands Avenue from Wynn Las Vegas.
Guests arriving from the street will enter the 60-foot-glass-domed entry
lobby featuring two-story fountains. Those approaching from The Venetian
will make the transition through a towering octagonal structure, itself
topped by a glass and iron dome.
The new resort will include an
all-suites, 50-floor luxury hotel tower with 3,068-rooms, including
375 concierge-level suites and six villas with up to 11,000 square
feet each. The 105,000-square foot casino will have 1,900 slot machines and
80 table games. The 250,000-square foot pool deck will connect
seamlessly with the Venetian's pool deck. Palazzo's pool deck will
have an outdoor restaurant and two private villas.
On 2/3/07 an additional
270-unit condo tower was added to the mix. The tower will be built
between Palazzo and Venetian.
There will also be a 450,000-square foot
enclosed shopping, dining and entertainment complex, which is expected to
include 80 high- and mid-end retailers (connecting with the existing Canal
Shops at the Venetian), and 450,000 square feet of added meeting and conference space
(which
will connect to the Sands Convention Center).
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Palazzo Model
Model images from
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Interesting features
of the Palazzo
Visitors of the Palazzo (using the
massive 4,000-space underground
parking garage) will take elevators or escalators from the garage directly to the center of the property's
casino. That's a far cry from the meandering maze one must endure from the
Venetian parking to its casino.
Palazzo has many
features that cater to the high-rolling, baccarat-loving Asian
gambler. The two poolside villas have private elevators which take
the guests directly to the 5,000 square foot baccarat pit.
When finished, the combined Palazzo, Venetian and Sands Expo and
Convention Center will be the largest resort and hotel complex in
the world, with 7,074 hotel rooms and suites. With the new
condo tower the complex will have 7344 keys.
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Encore at Wynn Las Vegas wins the neighborhood "Mine's Bigger than
Yours" contest against Adelson (Palazzo) and Trump. The comedy here
is the order in which these projects were announced and the small
difference in their height. You guessed it, Palazzo was announced
after Wynn, then Trump and finally Encore. Each being the tallest
building in Las Vegas (on paper), for a brief time. Trump will top
out first and hold the title until Encore soars eight feet taller.
Graphic and photo by Mark E Adams
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Palazzo Venetian News & Views
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Palazzo Wins the Green
4/9/08 Palazzo was
granted LEED 'green' certification and the designation of being
the "worlds largest LEED certified building"
Read the press release here
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10/9/07 AAA upgrades Venetians rating to Five Diamonds
AAA
has upgraded the Venetian to a Five Diamond rating (from its
previous Four Diamond status). The executives at the
Venetian all received a healthy bonus due to the result
their hard work brought. This is now the sixth Five
Diamond resort in the greater Las Vegas area.
Since Palazzo is to be an upgraded addition to the Venetian,
a Five Diamond rating most likely awaits it as well.
The Venetian holds a Four-Star rating with the more
stringent Mobile rating system.
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NEWS 2/4/07 Construction begins on previously rumored,
strip-front condo tower
A (yet unnamed) 270-unit condo tower on the Las Vegas strip,
will be part of the massive Venetian/Palazzo complex. The (until now,
rumored) tower is being built on top of the 90,000
square foot building that will house retail. The tower is reported to be of
a modern glass design which, this reporter feels will most probably clash
with the neo-classical style of the existing and soon-to-be structures.
No renderings or
details of this addition have yet been released,
so opinions may change.
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Wynn & Sands buy parts of the same block
This image taken 8/7/06 shows how Wynn's new
garage behind the Sands Expo, blocks Sands from expanding the Expo onto
contiguous space. The Garage is conveniently across Sands Ave. from Wynn Las
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Check, your move
7/13/06 There's a 38-acre block of land behind
the Sands Expo, on the corner of Sands and Koval. This was recently the home
of two separate apartment complexes. A few months ago, I discovered that the
apartments were gone and investigated to find that
Wynn bought one and
Adelson (Sands/Venetian) bought the other.
Steve Wynn has had an issue with the
Venetian and Sands Expo parking for some time now. He has made a formal
complaint to the county and the county has mandated that Adelson fix the
issue. It seems that there is
not enough parking and the employees and convention patrons are parking at nearby resorts. This
parcel could solve that issue.
Wynn is building a large
employee garage on part of his portion. Although, Wynn's strategic placement
of the garage makes sense for Wynn, logistically, it impedes any chance of Sands
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Adelson
Building Parking Garage on
Harrah's Property

Even with
the
huge underground parking garage being built under the
Palazzo, Adelson is still coming up short in the parking category.
Arrangements have been made with Harrah's. Harrah's has allowed Adelson to
build a parking garage on their property (see image left) if Adelson
lets Harrah's have the first few floors of it for their use. Venetian will
use the upper floors for much needed employee parking. It will be linked by
bridges to the existing Venetian parking garage.
This may let Adelson use his newly acquired property (behind Sands Expo) for
other purposes.
Construction has started on the new garage and until it's completed, the
employees of the Venetian and Sands Expo are parking at a lot behind Paris
(leased from Harrah's) and shuttled to work.
Construction photo of 3/01/06 shows a 15-story garage
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Construction
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With the
wrapping removed, you can see the podium levels
of the St Regis Tower. According to LV
Sands, although the tower construction is
suspended, the podium levels will be
completed and will include another mega club
that's similar to TAO and LAVO and, of course,
the Walgreen's.
Photos 12/8/08 by
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These three shots of
The St. Regis Residences
tower
show a bit of progress.
Photos 8/24/08 by Aaron Auxier |
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Two shots taken on 8/9/08 by Chad Minami
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Two nice shots by
Miguel
Villegas from 7/19/08 |
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The Palazzo Condo Tower is progressing slowly
but surely. Photo 7/11/08 by Dan McLean |
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Keeping things under
wraps, the veiled Palazzo Condo Tower
is slowly growing. The tower is up to its 11th
floor. Since the tower
is surrounded by completed resorts, driveways,
sidewalks, and people, the
covering protects them from falling objects.
Photos 4/20/08 by
Aaron Auxier
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The Palazzo condo tower, rising behind Palazzo's
(now open) pool area.
Photos 4/10/08 by Marco Schelbergen |
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Palazzo's condo tower rising.
Photo 3/25/08 by Aaron Auxier |
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The condo tower at Palazzo is moving more
quickly now.
Photo 3/5/08 by Aaron Auxier |
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Palazzo Construction
Photos
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Even though the
resort is up and running, the pool area at
Palazzo will not open until March.
Photos 1/18/08 by jsnod |
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Working on the fourth floor of the building
which will house a Walgreen's on the first floor and a condo
tower above.
Photo 12/20/07 by Bill Adams
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With just a tad over a month to go before the
soft opening, the smaller details are being
tended to.
Photos 11/16/07 by Mark Adams. |
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High-roller suites and pools.
Workers scramble to get it done in time
for the December 20th opening.
Photo 11/11/07 by Andrew Stoner |
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A
sneak peak inside Palazzo's retail mall.
The mall is an extension of the Canal Shops - and
for those who were wondering, yes, the canal
will be present here as well.
Photo 10/28/07 by
Michael Peck
courtesy of
RateVegas.com |
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The corner at the strip and Sands is finally
getting its facade and landscaping at the main
port cochere. Photo 9/22/07 by Chad Minami |
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Joel Rosales of LeavingLasVegas.net, snuck some
great shots of the staircase inside the future
Barney's on 9/11/07.
The
windows in the first photo (upper-left) can be
seen in the photo set below (upper-right) near
the palm trees.
The shots were taken from the mall level. Thanks
Joel. |
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OK, what's up with the pink and red lighting on
Palazzo
(photo upper-left) Lets hope they're just testing
colors and they hate both of these.
All photos in
this set - 9/10/07 by Mark Adams
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Palazzo is looking like it might
just make the December opening.
Photo 9/3/07 by Scott Becker |
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The
Palazzo is getting its crown.
Photo 8/29/07 by Aaron Auxier |
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Captured some cool details at the
penthouse level and the pool deck in these
photos
shot on 8/27/07. |
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Work is
underway on the Walgreen's store
which will be the podium for the condo tower
Photo 8/24/07 by Steve Covington |
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PALAZZO lettering was installed
this weekend. Photo 7/3/07 by Steve Fisher |
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Photos 7/31/07 by Mark Adams, show details of
the tower.
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Photos 7/7/07 by Mike Shaffer
cladding going up fast. |
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Photo 6/10/07 by
Steve and Kim
shows a great perspective of the
porte cochere and pool deck
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The Elevator
core is topped out.
This photo, 05/14/07 by Andrew Livingston, shows
how much taller Palazzo is compared to her
sister, Venetian. Click image to enlarge |
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Nice
shot. Palazzo continues to rise behind
the lush landscaping of Wynn Las Vegas
Photo 05/05/07 by Mark Diederichsen |
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Photos 4/1/07 by Mark Adams, show the
strip-front facade nearing completion. |
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Work on the
main pedestrian,
domed, strip entrance (left) continues
Palazzo will
have a wide
sidewalk along the strip
Photos
3/10/07 by Mark
Diederichsen
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Construction photo 03/05/07 by Mark
Diederichsen
shows the steel catching up with the
almost topped
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A shot
from the Orleans (two miles away)
gives a nice size comparison between Wynn,
Mirage, Venetian and Palazzo.
Photo 2/14/07 by
Mark E. Adams
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Photo 2/6/07
by Mark Diederichsen
reveals the true glass color |
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Photo taken 2/1/07 by Steve Fisher
The photo (right), taken the same day,
shows the
overall progress of this project.
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Photo 1/11/07
by Daniel Lamontagne
shows facade being attached
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Photos 12/01/06 by
Andrew
(left) shows the
strip frontage
(right) shows the Port Cochere
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Construction photo taken
11/20/06 from our friends at
ratevegas.com, shows the elevator shaft of the rooms tower
soaring to 35 floors
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Construction photo taken
9/15/06
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Construction photo (8/8/06) shows the
main
strip-front
Casino/Mall area.
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Palazzo starts to take shape. The rooms tower
can be seen straddling the elevator core. 5/25/06
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Construction photo taken 8/8/06
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