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Las Vegas Hotels by Name Casino-Resorts of the Las Vegas Strip, Downtown, and Valley The major Las Vegas casino-resort-hotels sorted alphabetically by hotel name showing year opened, room count, and ownership. For more details about ownership, click here. By Andrew Hudson Created for the book A Photo Tour of Las Vegas Last updated: May 6, 2008. First published: October 2005. List | Notes | Links Home | Introduction | Top Players | New Projects | News Hotels | Index | Timeshares | Links | Email There are over 100 major hotels in Las Vegas. Let's take a look at them. Advertising

Covers the Las Vegas Valley metro area, which is defined as the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson (including Lake Las Vegas), and Boulder City (but not Mesquite), plus unincorporated areas of Clark County in the Las Vegas Valley such as the township of Paradise, site of the Las Vegas "Strip." Does not include hotels outside of the Las Vegas Valley metro area, or hotels with less than 300 rooms. Includes expansions and hotels which have been announced but are not yet built or open.

Major Hotels of Las Vegas Hotels with 300 or more rooms in the metro area sorted alphabetically
Hotel	Opened	Room Count	Location	Owner (majority shareholder)	Stock
Agua Vista	2011?	600 + 100 condos	Far South Strip	Las Vegas Wet	Private
Alexis Park	1984	500	Off Strip Harmon Ave.	Financial Capital Investment Co. (Richard Alter and Eddy Chao)	Private
Alexis 2 (Unnamed Richard Alter Project)	?	1,000	Off Strip Harmon Ave.	Financial Capital Investment Co. (Richard Alter and Eddy Chao)	Private
Aliante Station	2008	202	North Las Vegas	Station Casinos and Greenspun Corp.	STN
Allure	2011?	1,300	North Las Vegas	Sahara Investments	Private
Alpina Haus	2011?	800 + 150 condos	Far South Strip	Las Vegas Wet	Private
Arizona Charlie's Boulder	2000	303	Off Strip Boulder Hwy	MGM Mirage (50%), Kerzner (25%) and Istithmar (25%)	MGM
Atlantis?	2012	?	North Strip	Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds (Goldman Sachs)	GS
Bally's	1973	2,814	South Strip	Caesars Entertainment	HET
Bellagio	1998	3,933	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Best Western - Mardi Gras		314	Off Strip Paradise Rd.	Member of Best Western
Bill's Gamblin' Hall	1979	179	South Strip	Caesars Entertainment	HET
Binion's	1951	360	Downtown	TLC Casino Enterprises	Private
Boulder Station	1995	300	Off Strip Boulder Hwy	Station Casinos	STN
Budget Suites Las Vegas	2000	301	Far South Strip nr. Henderson	Robert Bigelow through Budget Suites of America
Budget Suites Rancho		704	Off Strip Rancho Dr.	Robert Bigelow through Budget Suites of America
Budget Suites Tropicana I-15	1997	480	Off Strip Tropicana Ave.	Robert Bigelow through Budget Suites of America
Budget Suites Tropicana		414	Off Strip Tropicana Ave.	Robert Bigelow through Budget Suites of America
Caesars Palace	1966	4,388 future, 3,349 now	North Strip	Caesars Entertainment	HET
California	1975	781	Downtown	Boyd Gaming (William Boyd)	BYD
Cannery	?	201	North	Crown Ltd	Public
Carriage House (Timeshare)	?	?	?	RCI?	Timeshare
Casino Royale	1964, r1992	152	North Strip	Tom Elardi
Circus Circus	1968	3,773	North Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
CityCenter	2009	4,000	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
The Cliffs at Peace Canyon (Timeshare)			Off Strip Summerlin	The Berkley Group, Inc. managed by Daily Manangement Resorts
Crowne Plaza Las Vegas (Timeshare)	?	?	?	RCI?	Timeshare
Crowne Plaza Chinatown	2010?	386	?	Cogent	Private
Delano	2010	550	North Strip	Boyd Gaming and Morgans	BYD
Eastside Cannery	2010	307	Boulder Hwy	Crown Ltd	Public
Echelon Hotel	2010	2,300 + 650 at Suites at Echelon	North Strip	Boyd Gaming	BYD
Element	2008	125	Summerlin	Jeff LaPour	Private
El Cortez	1941	308	Downtown	Jackie Gaughan	Private
Edge East	?	? condo-hotel rooms	Off Strip Harmon Ave.	Working name for a project with several small hotels Edge Group	Private
The Elvis Las Vegas	2012	3,194	Center Strip	FXRE	Nasdaq: FXRE
Emerald Suites South LVB	2004	396	Far South Strip nr. Henderson	Emerald Suites, LLC
Encore Suites	2008	2,034	North Strip	Wynn Resorts (Steve Wynn)	WYNN
Excalibur	1990	3,991	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Extended Stay Four locations				HVM LLC
Fairfield at Grand Desert (Timeshare)		610	Off Strip Harmon Ave.	RCI, through Fairfield Resorts, Inc.
Fitzgeralds	1987	638	Downtown	Don Barden, through Barden Development and Majestic Star	Private
Flagged Hotel	2011?	2,100 + 373 condos	Far South Strip	Las Vegas Wet	Private
Flamingo	1946	3,565	North Strip	Caesars Entertainment	HET
Fontainebleau	2008	4,000	North Strip	Turnberry Associates through Fontainebleau Resorts	Private
Four Queens	1966	690	Downtown	TLC Casino Enterprises	Private
Four Seasons	1999	424	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Fremont	1956	447	Downtown	Boyd Gaming (William Boyd)	BYD
Gold Coast	1986	750	Off Strip West I-15, Flamingo Rd.	Boyd Gaming (William Boyd)	BYD
Gold Spike	1976	110	Downtown	Siegel Group (50%) and Tippins (50%)	Private
Golden Gate	1906	106	Downtown	Mark Brandenburg (50%) and Desert Rock Enterprises (50%)	Private
Golden Nugget	1946	2,307	Downtown	Landry's Restaurants, Inc.	LNY
Grand Central Hotel	?	2,500	Downtown	Proposed by Grand Central South Partners
Grandview (Timeshare)	2004	384	Far South Strip nr. Henderson	The Berkley Group, Inc. managed by Daily Manangement Resorts
Grand Hyatt at the Cosmopolitan	2008	1,000 (+1,700 condo-hotel units)	South Strip	Marathon Asset Management and Global Hyatt	Private
Green Valley Ranch	2001	497	Off Strip Henderson	Station Casinos and Brian Greenspun	STN
Hampton Inn	1999	325	Off Strip West I-15, by I-215	Hilton Hotels Corporation	HLT
Hard Rock Hotel	1995	647 increasing to 1,500 by 2009	Off Strip Harmon Ave.	Morgans Hotel Group Co.	Private
Harmon Hotel	2009	400 +228 condos	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Harrah's	1972	2,579	North Strip	Caesars Entertainment	HET
Hilton Garden Inn	2004		Far South Strip by Blue Diamond Rd	Hilton Hotels Corporation	HLT
Hilton GVC - LV Hilton (Timeshare)		400	Off Strip Paradise Rd./Conv.Ctr.	Hilton Hotels Corporation	HLT Timeshare
Hilton GVC - LV Strip (Timeshare)	2003	506	North Strip Opposite the Sahara	Hilton Hotels Corporation	HLT Timeshare
Hilton GVC - Flamingo (Timeshare)		300	North Strip at the Flamingo	Hilton Hotels Corporation	HLT Timeshare
Hooter's	1974, reopened 2006	696	Off Strip Tropicana Ave.	Hedwigs	Private
Howard Johnson Airport		325	Off Strip	Cendant	CD
Hyatt Place Las Vegas			Harmon	Global Hyatt	Private
Imperial Palace	1979	2,640	North Strip	Caesars Entertainment	HET
JW Marriott	2001	536	Off Strip Summerlin	Marriott International, Inc.	MAR
Jockey Club (Geo Group) (Timeshare)	?	?	?	RCI?	Timeshare
Lady Luck Closed	1964	791 (closed)	Downtown	CIM Group	Private
Las Palmas Hotel and Residences	2009	800 + 1,030 condos	Convention Center	The Peebles Corp	Private
Las Vegas Hilton	1969, renamed in 1971	2,956	Off Strip Paradise Rd./Conv.Ctr.	Colony Capital (Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.) through Resorts International	Private
Las Vegas Plaza	2011	4,100	North Strip	Elad Properties	Private
Loews Lake Las Vegas	1999	493	Lake LV	Loews (25%) and a real estate investor (75%) was the Hyatt Regency LLV owned by Transcontinental Corp and CIRI	Private
Luxor	1993	4,408	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
M Resort	2008	1,000	Far South Strip Henderson	Marnell Family (Marnell Corrao Associates)	Private
Main Street Station	1977	406	Downtown	Boyd Gaming (William Boyd)	BYD
Mandalay Bay	1999	4,761	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Mandarin Oriental	2009	400 +227 condos	South Strip	Owned by MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian), managed by Mandarin Oriental	MGM
Mansion at MGM	1999	29	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Marriott's Grand Chateau (Timeshare)	2005	1,534	Off Strip Harmon Ave.	Marriott International, Inc. (through Marriott Vacation Club International)	MAR
MGM Grand	1993	5,034	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
The Mirage	1989	3,044	North Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Mondrian	2010	860	North Strip	Boyd Gaming and Morgans	BYD
Monte Carlo	1996	3,002	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
MonteLago Village Resort (Timeshare)	2003	150	Lake LV	Transcontinental Corp, Intrawest	IDR
Motel 6 Tropicana		608	Off Strip Tropicana Ave	Accor
Moulin Rouge	1955 Closed	700	Downtown	MRDC-RUP
New Frontier	1942	986	North Strip	Elad IDB	Private
New York-New York	1997	2,035	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
The Orleans	1996	1,886	Off Strip West I-15, Tropicana Ave.	Boyd Gaming (William Boyd)	BYD
Palace Station	1984	1,028	Off Strip West I-15, Sahara Ave.	Station Casinos	STN
Palazzo	2007	3,025	North Strip	Las Vegas Sands (Sheldon Adelson)	LVS
The Palms	2001	777	Off Strip Flamingo Rd	George Maloof and family	Private
Paramount Vegas	?	750 + 800 condos	South Strip by Welcome sign	Royal Palm Las Vegas LLC	Private
Paris	1999	2,916	South Strip	Caesars Entertainment	HET
Park Highlands	?	1,500	North Las Vegas	Proposed by Boyd Gaming and Olympia Gaming
Planet Hollywood	2006	2,567	South Strip	Planet Hollywood, Starwood and Bay Harbour	Private HOT
Platinum	2006	255	Center Strip	Marcus Hotels	Private
Plaza	1970	1,037	Downtown	Tamares	Private
Pulse Project	2010?	6,000	South Downtown	REI	Private
Red Rock Station	2006	414	Off Strip	Station Casinos	STN
Renaissance Las Vegas	2004	578	Off Strip (Paradise Rd./Conv.Ctr.)	Jackson-Shaw Company operated by Marriott
Rio	1990	2,563	Off Strip Flamingo Rd	Caesars Entertainment	HET
Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas	2003	349	Lake LV	Transcontinental Corpand CIRI	Private
Ritz-Carlton Las Vegas	2009	400	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian) and/or Marriott International, Inc. (through Marriott Vacation Club International)	MGM MAR
Riviera	1955	2,075	North Strip	Riviera Holdings	RIV
Royal Resort	?	?	?	Trading Places
Sahara	1952	1,720	North Strip	SBE Entertainment and Stockbridge	Private
Sam's Town	1979	650	Off Strip Boulder Hwy	Boyd Gaming (William Boyd)	BYD
Shangri-La	2010	353	North Strip	Boyd Gaming, managed by Shangri-La Hotels	BYD
Shell Vacations Club at Desert Rose (Timeshare)	?	?	?	Shell Vacations Club	Timeshare
Siegel Suites (11 properties)				Siegel Group)	Private
Siena Suites	2005	600	Off Strip	Nigro Development
Signature at MGM	2006	1,728	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Silverton	1994 Renamed 1997	660	Off Strip West of I-15	Edward Roski, Jr.	Private
South Point	2005	1,350	Far South Strip Henderson	Michael Gaughan	Private
Southern-Highlands	2008	610	Far South Strip Henderson	Olympia Group LLC (Garry Goett)
Snow Dome Las Vegas	2011?	3,200 + 623 condos	Far South Strip	Las Vegas Wet	Private
Sportsman's Royal Manor		664	Off Strip Boulder Hwy
St. Tropez (Timeshare)	?	?	?	RCI?	Timeshare
Suites at Echelon	2010	650	North Strip	Boyd Gaming	BYD
Summer Bay		489	Off Strip	Joe H. Scott, Sr. / RCI
Sunset Station	1997	457	Off Strip Henderson	Station Casinos	STN
Station Casinos Project		1,000	Off Strip	Station Casinos	STN
Stratosphere	1996	2,444	North Strip	Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds (Goldman Sachs)	GS
Suncoast	2000	427	Off Strip Summerlin	Boyd Gaming (William Boyd)	BYD
Skylofts	2005	51	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Terrible's	2000	400	Off Strip Paradise Rd.	Herbst Gaming (Ed, Tim and Troy Herbst)	Private
THEhotel	2004	1,122	South Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Treasure Island "TI"	1993	2,885	North Strip	MGM MIRAGE (Kirk Kerkorian)	MGM
Tropical Bay-A Bay Resorts (Timeshare)	?	?	?	RCI?	Timeshare
Tropicana	1957	1,878	South Strip	Columbia Sussex through Tropicana Entertainment	Private
Trump (Condo-hotel)	2007	1,282	North Strip	Trump Entertainment (Donald Trump) reportedly for sale and Phil Ruffin	Private
Tuscany	2001	716	Off Strip Flamingo Rd.	Heers Family Trust (Charles and Marilyn Heers)	Private
Vacation Village at the Jockey Club (Timeshare)	?	?	?	RCI?	Timeshare
The Venetian	1999	3,014	North Strip	Las Vegas Sands (Sheldon Adelson)	LVS
Venezia	2003	1,013	North Strip	Las Vegas Sands (Sheldon Adelson)	LVS
Viva	?	5,200	West of Strip	Three-hotel project by Station Casinos
Westin Casuarina	1979, remodeled 2003	816	Off Strip Flamingo Rd.	Columbia Sussex Corp through CP Las Vegas LLC	Private
WorldMark (Timeshare)	?	?	?	RCI?	Timeshare
Wynn Las Vegas	2005	2,701	North Strip	Wynn Resorts (Steve Wynn)	WYNN
Wynn Golf Course Redevelopment	2010	5,000	North Strip	Wynn Resorts (Steve Wynn)	WYNN

Notes:

• Bally's was opened as the original MGM Grand Hotel (1973). After Kirk Kerkorian sold the hotel to Bally Manufacturing, it was renamed Bally Grand (1986) and Bally's (1996). It may be imploded and rebranded as a Horseshoe.
• Bill's Gamblin' Hall was previously known as Barbary Coast. The hotel was acquired from Boyd Gaming in March 2007 in a land swap for Westward Ho.
• Binion's dropped "Horseshoe" from its name in 2005. The hotel was owned by Horseshoe founder Benny Binion, then his daughter Becky Binion Behnen, then Harrah's Entertainment (2004), then MTR Gaming (2005).
• Budget Suites Las Vegas was originally known as Malibu Bay. There were once Budget Suites locations at Boulder Strip, Flamingo, Paradise and Stardust.
• Encore has also been known as Wynn North.
• Conrad Las Vegas proposed but cancelled in 2007.
• Fitzgerald's was previously known as Sundance (1979-1987).
• Golden Nugget has 1,907 rooms and is adding a 400-room tower (2008).
• Hard Rock Hotel: Morgans agreed to buy the hotel from Peter Morton in May 2006. In 2007, Morgans announced an expansion with two new towers, increasing the room count from 647 to about 1,500 by 2009.
• Hooter's was originally opened in 1974 as a 322-room Howard Johnson motel. New names followed: 20th Century, Treasury, Pacifica, and San Remo (1989-2007).
• Imperial Palace (1979-2007, 2,640 rooms) was bought in 2005 by Harrah's for $370 million from the estate of Ralph Engelstad. It may be redeveloped.
• Lady Luck was opened in 1964 as Honest John's (a newsstand and smoke shop), renamed Lady Luck in 1968. Hotel rooms were added in 1972, 1983 and 1989. Owners were Andy Tompkins (1964-2000), Isle of Capri Casinos (2000-2003), Steadfast Cos. (2003-2005).
• Las Vegas Hilton was opened as the International Hotel (1969-1971). Renamed in 1971.
• Loews Lake Las Vegas was previously the Hyatt Lake Las Vegas (1999-2007).
• Main Street Station originally opened in 1991, closed in 1992, and was remodeled and reopened in 1996.
• Mandalay Bay room count includes THEhotel and the Four Seasons.
• Maxim (300 hotel rooms + 1,860 condo-hotel rooms) was announced in 2006 but abandoned and the land sold to MGM Mirage. Was to be owned by Concord Wilshire Partners with the name licensed from Dennis Publishing Inc.
• The New Frontier (984 rooms) was sold in 2007 by Phil Ruffin to Elad Properties, which plans a 3,500-room replacement based on New York's Plaza hotel. The New Frontier was known as the Last Frontier (1942-1955), New Frontier (1955-1967), The Frontier (1967-1999). Named the New Frontier since 1999.
• Palace Station was previously known as Bingo Palace (1976-1984).
• Paramount Vegas is proposed for the site of the old Klondike Inn (153 rooms, 1962-2006).
• Planet Hollywood was previously known as the (new) Aladdin (2000-2007). The previous Aladdin (1963-1998) was known as Tally-Ho (1963-1965), King's Crown (1965-1966), and Aladdin (1966-1998).
• Plaza was known as Union Hotel (1970-1971), Union Plaza (1971-1992), Jackie Gaughan's Plaza (1992-2005). Named the Plaza since 2005.
• Project CityCenter: The main hotel has not yet been named.
• Rio was built and originally owned by the Marnell Family. Sold to Harrah's in 1999.
• The Tropicana was agreed to be bought by Columbia Sussex from Aztar in May 2006.
• Sahara was owned by Bill Bennett, then his son, William Gordon operating as Gordon Gaming. In March 2007, Gordon agreed to sell the hotel for an undisclosed sum to SBE and Stockbridge.
• Silverton was known as Boomtown (1994-1998).
• South Point was bought by Michael Gaughan in 2006. It was previously owned by Boyd Gaming and called Sout Coast.
• Stratosphere was opened as Vegas World (1979-1995). Bought by Carl Icahn's AREP in 1998, sold to Goldman Sachs' Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds in 2007.
• Westin Casuarina was formerly the Maxim (1979-2001, 795 rooms). Remodeled and reopened in 2003 with 825 rooms.
• W Las Vegas was proposed but cancelled in 2007. See Edge Group.
• Wynn Las Vegas was called "Le Reve" during development. Encore was called "Wynn North" and "Encore at Wynn" during development.

Closed since 2005:

• Boardwalk (1968-2007, 654 rooms, also known as the Holiday Inn) closed in January 2006 and was imploded in May 2006 to make way for Project CityCenter (2009). Was last owned by MGM Mirage.
• Bourbon Street (1980-2005) was closed Oct 2005. Opened as the Shenandoah and was owned, for a time, by Mr. Las Vegas himself, Wayne Newton. Harrah's may replace with a boutique hotel.
• Castaways (1954-2004) was closed in January 2004 due to bankruptcy. Opened as the Desert Showboat Motoro Inn and later known simply as the Showboat (500 rooms?). Demolition started in July 2005 and the tower may be imploded in 2006. Station Casions bought the property in 2004 and may build a new gaming project on the site.
• Golden Palm Hotel closed in March, 2007. The site is for sale, according to owner Marvin Lipschultz.
• Greek Isles (206 rooms), once owned by Chicago-based Mark IV Realty (which operated the Greek Isles under Convention Center Drive, LLC.). Greek Isles was previously known as the Royal American (1970s-1982), Paddlewheel (1983 or 1986-1993), Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel (1993-1997), sold to World Wrestling Federation hotel (1999-2000), Convention Center Drive Hotel (1999-2000), Greek Isles Hotel Casino (2001-).
• Klondike (153 rooms) closed 2006. Proposed replacement: Paramount Vegas.
• Nevada Hotel (160 rooms) closed in 2006.
• Quality Inn Key Largo (1981-2005) closed in January 2005. Previously owned by The Robert L. Mayer Trust of 1982, based in Newport Beach, Calif. New owners may be Brett Johnson and John Gilbert. The site is planned to become a 196-foot condominium tower with 905 units and a 70-foot hotel tower with 344 rooms.
• Stardust (1958-2007, 1,500 rooms, owned by Boyd Gaming) was demolished in 2007 to make way for Echelon Place (2010). The Stardust opened in 1958 with 1,032 rooms, and was bought by Boyd Gaming in 1985. It was imploded on March 13, 2007.
• Westward Ho (1965-2005) closed in November 2005. It was bought in 2005 by a limited liability company including condominium and resort home developer Centex Destination Properties for $146 million. The 15-acre site (by Circus Circus) was going to be developed with hotels, condos and an observation wheel by Voyager Entertainment International, Inc. But it was bought in October 2006 by Harrah's and traded with Boyd to become part of Echelon Place.

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