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The Top Players
The largest hotel companies in Vegas
(corporations with more than 1,000 rooms)
ranked by total Las Vegas room count.
Last updated: May 6, 2008.
First published: October 2005.
By Andrew Hudson
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Company
and rank
by LV hotel
room count | Rooms
Owned and open | Hotels
with room count | Ownership |
MGM Mirage
Rank: 1 |
38,763 |
Bellagio (3,933)
Circus Circus (3,774)
Excalibur (3,991)
Four Seasons (424)
Luxor (4,407),
Mandalay Bay (3,309)
The Mansion (29 villas)
MGM Grand (5,044)
The Mirage (3,044)
Monte Carlo (3,002)
New York-New York (2,035)
Signature at MGM Grand (1,728 condo-hotel units with 1,152 more proposed)
(50% with Turnberry)
Skylofts (51)
THEhotel (1,117)
Treasure Island (2,885)
Building:
CityCenter, with:
Unnamed (4,000, 2009)
(50% with Dubai World)
Harmon (400, 2009)
(50% with Dubai World)
Mandarin Oriental (400, 2009)
(50% with Dubai World)
Vdara (1,543 condo-hotel, 2009)
(50% with Dubai World)
Ownership:
M Resort (2,000 rooms, 2009) 50%
Proposing:
Signature: Two more towers (1,152 units) at Signature
The Place: A condo-hotel tower at Mandalay Bay (1,344 units)
Atlantis?: 40-acre unnamed resort opposite the Sahara (50% with Kerzner and Istithmar)
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NYSE: MGM
Kirk Kerkorian (51% ownership)
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Harrah's
Owned by
Apollo and TPG through Hamlet Holdings
Rank: 2 |
17,753 |
Bally's (2,814)
Bill's Gamblin' Hall (198)
Caesars Palace (3,349)
Flamingo (3,626)
Harrah's (2,677)
Imperial Palace (2,640)
Paris (2,916)
Rio (2,548)
Building:
1,017 more rooms at Caesars
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Private
Led by:
Philip Satre
Gary Loveman
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Las Vegas Sands
Rank: 3 | 7,052 |
The Venentian (3,014)
Venezia (1,013)
Palazzo (3,025 2008)
Building:
A condo tower.
Proposed:
Another hotel tower (unnamed)
Another condo tower
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NYSE: LVS
Sheldon Adelson
(64% ownership) |
Colony Capital
Owns 75% of
Station Casinos
through
Fertitta Colony
(other 25% by Fertitta Family)
Rank: 4
| 5,709 |
Boulder Station (300)
Fiesta Henderson (224)
Fiesta Rancho (100)
Green Valley Ranch (497, 50% with Greenspun Corp)
Las Vegas Hilton (2,956, Colony only 60% with WH/LVH)
Palace Station (1,028)
Red Rock Station (815)
Santa Fe Station (200)
Sunset Station (457)
Texas Station (200)
Wild Wild West (262)
Building:
Aliante Station
(202, 2008, 50% with Greenspun Corp)
Proposed:
Viva (5,200 rooms in three hotels on 110 acres)
Durango Station (400 rooms in 2010, 600 more later)
Up to eight other future projects.
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Private
Tom Barrack
with Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta
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Boyd Gaming
Rank: 5 |
5,347 |
California (781)
Fremont (447)
Gold Coast (750)
Main Street Station (406)
The Orleans (1,886)
Sam's Town (650)
Suncoast (427)
Building:
Echelon Place, with:
Delano (550, 2010, 50% with Morgans)
Echelon Hotel (2,300 2010)
Mondrian (860, 2010, 50% with Morgans)
Shangri-La (353, 2010)
Suites at Echelon (650, 2010)
Proposed:
Park Highlands (1,500 rooms, 2015?, 50% with Olympia Gaming)
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NYSE: BYD
Bill Boyd |
Goldman Sachs'
Whitehall Street
Real Estate Funds
Rank: 6
| 4,806 |
Arizona Charlies Boulder Hwy (303)
Arizona Charlies Decatur (258)
Las Vegas Courtyard(140)
Las Vegas Fairfield Inn and Suites(142)
Las Vegas Hilton (2,956, 40% with Colony Capital
Las Vegas Holiday Inn Express(177)
Las Vegas Residence Inn(160)
Stratosphere (2,444)
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NYSE: GS
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Wynn Resorts
Rank: 7 | 2,716 |
Wynn (2,716)
Encore Suites (2,034, 2008)
Discussed:
Two hotels on the current golf course (5,200 rooms)
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NASDAQ: WYNN
Steve Wynn |
Columbia Sussex
Rank: 8 | 2,698 |
Tropicana (1,878) (through Tropicana Entertainment)
Westin Casuarina (816) (through CP Las Vegas LLC)
The Tropicana may fall into bankruptcy.
Proposed:
An expansion of the Tropicana to 9,276 rooms
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Private
Bill Yung
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OpBiz
Rank: 9 | 2,567 |
Planet Hollywood (2,567)
Westgate Resorts adding 1,228 condo-hotel units (2008)
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Robert Earl |
Riviera Holdings
Rank: 10 | 2,075 |
Riviera (2,075)
Of interest to buyers including RivAcquisitions |
AMEX: RIV
CEO: William Westerman
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Landry's
Rank: 11 | 1,907 |
Golden Nugget (1,907)
Building:
400 more rooms (2008?) |
NYSE: LNY
CEO: Tilman Fertilla
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SBE and Stockbridge
Rank: 12 | 1,720 |
Sahara (1,720)
Proposed:
800 more rooms |
Private
Sam Nazarian |
Tamares
Rank: 13 | 1,563 |
Las Vegas Club (410)
Plaza Hotel and Casino (1,037)
Western (116)
Ambassador East and Queen of Hearts may close |
Private
Poju Zabludowicz |
Michael Gaughan
Rank: 14 | 1,350 |
South Point (1,350)
Building:
830 more rooms (2008) |
Private
Michael Gaughan |
TLC
Rank: 15 | 1,050 |
Binion's (360)
Four Queens (690)
Proposed:
366 more rooms at Binion's |
Private
Terry Caudhill |
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Flexible-Stay Hotels
Usually small motels for longer-term stays |
Company
and rank
by LV hotel
room count | Rooms
Owned and open | Hotels
with room count | Ownership |
Budget Suites
Rank: 1 | 1,899 |
Four Budget Suites hotels.
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Private
Bob Bigelow |
Siegel Group
Rank: 2 | 1,750 |
Gold Spike (112, 50% with Tippins)
11 "Siegel Suites" flexible-stay apartments (1,694) |
Private
Stephen Siegel |
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Franchisors
Companies that license a brand name but don't own the hotels |
Company
and rank
by LV hotel
room count | Rooms
Owned and open | Hotels
with room count | Ownership |
The Blackstone Group
Owns Hilton | 2,323 |
Licenses:
Doubletree (190 rooms)
Embassy Suites (506)
Hampton Inn (545)
Hilton Garden (267)
Homewood Suites (144)
La Quinta (572)
Las Vegas Hilton (Colony Capital)
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NYSE: BX
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| Marriott | 1,875 |
Licenses:
Several Courtyard,
Fairfield,
Residence Inn hotels.
JW Marriott LV Resort (Larco)
Renaissance LV Hotel (Jackson-Shaw)
Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas (The Atalon Group)
Ritz-Carlton Las Vegas (2009,
MGM Mirage)
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NYSE: MAR
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| Wyndham | 1,866 |
Licenses:
12 hotels under brands:
Days Inn, Howard Johnson,
Ramada, Super 8, Travelodge.
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NYSE: WYN
CEO: Steven Rudnitsky
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While working on my book A Photo Tour of Las Vegas, I wanted a list of
the corporations that own the major hotels of Sin City.
I couldn't find a good one so, after far too much time trolling the Internet, I made this.
I hope it's helpful!
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Copyright 2005-2008 Andrew Hudson for Photo Tour Books, Inc. Written for A Photo Tour of Las Vegas. You may reproduce this article for personal, educational, non-commercial and non-Internet use, such as in a hobbyist newsletter or school project. No Internet publishing is permitted. For commercial use, please email Andrew Hudson for permission.
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