Vive La France! Paris Las Vegas Annexing Horseshoe Hotel Tower
There’s a bit of a French Revolution happening on the Las Vegas Strip. Paris Las Vegas is expanding its hotel territory and taking over part of the Horseshoe while they are at it!
Caesars Entertainment announced Monday that the Jubilee Tower at Horseshoe Las Vegas will be changing hands to its sister property to the south and becoming Paris Las Vegas’ new Versailles hotel tower. The casino giant plans on sinking in over $100 million in improvements to the property that will feature gorgeous new rooms.
In order to make the marriage happen, a new pedestrian bridge will be built to link the new (old) tower with the rest of the Paris Las Vegas property. The exterior will be transformed to fit the Paris aesthetic as well.
The tower in question has a lot of history. Originally the MGM Grand, the property opened to the public in 1973. Seven years later, it would be the scene of one of the deadliest high-rise fires in American history. The property soon became Bally’s Las Vegas, which became complicated once Bally’s got out of the property and inevitably became the company that owned Tropicana down the street. Caesars rebranded Bally’s as Horseshoe, and the rest is history.
When can you expect the rooms to be complete on this new Paris Las Vegas hotel tower?
Now we know it’s happening… so when will it be ready? Caesars is saying they expect to have the rooms remodeled by the end of 2023, with a pedestrian footbridge linking the hotel with the rest of the property by early next year.
Just beware, Las Vegas. This is how Napoleon got started. Cromwell, you could be next.
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