Westgate Las Vegas
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino | |
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Opening date | July 2, 1969 | (as The International)
No. of rooms | 2,956 |
Total gaming space | 54,923 square feet (5,102.5 m2) |
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Notable restaurants |
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Casino type | Land-based |
Owner | Westgate Resorts |
Operating license holder | GVII LLC |
Architect | Martin Stern Jr. |
Previous names | International (1969–1971) Las Vegas Hilton (1971–2012) LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (2012–2014) |
Renovated in | 1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1995, 1999, 2014–2016 |
Website | westgatelasvegas |
The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino is a hotel, casino, and timeshare resort in Winchester, Nevada. Located near the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, it is owned by Westgate Resorts. It opened in 1969 as the International Hotel, and was known for many years as the Las Vegas Hilton, then briefly as the LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. From 1981 to 1990, it was the largest hotel in the world.
Facilities
The Westgate is located on a 64-acre (26 ha) site on the east side of
The hotel has 2,956 rooms.[1] The hotel tower is 375 feet (114 m) tall, with 30 floors.[2] The top floor consists of three "Sky Villas" geared towards "high roller" customers, each with a private swimming pool and at least 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) of space.[3][4]
The casino has 54,923 square feet (5,102.5 m2) of gaming space as of 2017, with 576
The Westgate has various eateries, including fine dining restaurants, a buffet, and a food court.[9] Benihana Village, opened in 1974, is a Japanese-themed area with streams and gardens, with several restaurants centered around its namesake teppanyaki grill.[10]
The Westgate's convention center has 225,000 square feet (20,900 m2) of event space, including the 70,000 sq ft (6,500 m2) Paradise Event Center (formerly the Hilton Center) and the 43,000 sq ft (4,000 m2) Pavilion (formerly the Hilton Pavilion).[11]
Recreation amenities at the Westgate include a 5-acre (2.0 ha) pool deck,[4] a fitness center,[12] a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) spa,[13] and six tennis courts.[14][15] The hotel also has several retail shops,[16] a wedding chapel,[17] and a business center.[18]
The
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History
International Hotel (1969–1971)
The hotel site was previously part of the grounds of
Meanwhile, Kirk Kerkorian, the chairman of Trans International Airlines and landlord of Caesars Palace, began formulating plans to build a 1,000-room casino hotel in Las Vegas.[22] After considering several potential locations, he selected the racetrack site, reasoning that it was natural to put a hotel next to the Convention Center.[23] Kratter had decided not to build a hotel himself, and in 1967, National Equities sold a 65.5-acre (26.5 ha) portion of the site to Kerkorian for $5 million.[24][25] Kerkorian announced that he would build a 30-story hotel with 1,510 rooms, at a cost of $50 million.[24][26] Some believed it was very risky to build such a property away from the Strip, but Kerkorian believed that it would spark the development of a "second Strip" along Paradise Road.[27][28][29]
Kerkorian's hotel would be named the International Hotel, matching the name of Kratter's International Country Club (now the Las Vegas Country Club).
With planning for the hotel underway, Kerkorian purchased the Flamingo casino, to serve as a training ground for the International's staff.[35][36] Later, during the International's construction, Kerkorian formed the publicly traded company International Leisure to own the two casinos.[37]
The International Hotel opened on July 2, 1969.[44] At the time, it was Nevada's tallest building and largest hotel.[45][46] Entertainment director Bill Miller signed Barbra Streisand to open in the showroom, along with Peggy Lee performing in the hotel's lounge.[47][48]
In keeping with the hotel's name, rooms were furnished with different international decors, with each floor featuring either a Spanish, Italian, or French theme.[49][50] There was also a complex of international restaurants, offering Bavarian, Italian, Japanese and Mexican cuisines.[49][51] Employees were outfitted in costumes from different cultures, such as Scottish kilts, Slavic shirts, and French gendarme uniforms.[49][50][52]
On July 31, 1969, immediately following Streisand's engagement, Elvis Presley performed the first show of what would become a seven-year run at the hotel, encompassing 636 consecutive sold-out shows. Many of the performers who worked the International before Presley were upset at their disrupted prospects.[53]
Late in 1969, Kerkorian made plans to raise $29 million through a
Las Vegas Hilton (1971–2012)
In 1970 and 1971, Kerkorian sold his shares of International Leisure to
The hotel had performed unevenly in its early years as the International, but as the Hilton, it soon came to be regarded as the most successful hotel in Las Vegas.[27][65]
An east tower extension with 620 rooms was completed in 1975 at a cost of $20 million.[66][67] In 1977, the hotel opened the Hilton Pavilion, a $7.5-million venue for sports and entertainment events, with a seating capacity of up to 5,000 people.[68][69] A $23-million expansion added another 644 rooms to the north tower. The general contractor selected to build the expansion was Del E. Webb Corporation. Ground was broken in 1977 and it was completed in 1979.[67][70][71]
1981 fire
On the night of February 10, 1981, a major fire occurred at the Hilton. Philip Bruce Cline, a hotel busboy who was under the influence of drugs, set fire to a curtain in an elevator lobby on the eighth floor of the east tower.[72] The fire spread to the exterior of the tower and then traveled up to the top of the building within 25 minutes.[73] Eight people were killed, and approximately 350 were injured, including 48 firefighters.[74] Among the victims treated for smoke inhalation was singer Natalie Cole.[75]
The casino and hotel reopened nine days after the fire with 1,000 available rooms.[76][77] The rest of the rooms were repaired over the following three months, at an estimated cost of $10 million.[76][78]
Cline was convicted in 1982 of arson and murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.[79] Hilton and other companies involved in the hotel paid a $23 million settlement to victims.[80] The tragedy, in combination with the MGM Grand fire that had occurred months earlier, inspired major changes to Nevada's fire safety regulations.[81][82][83]
1981–2012
Around the end of 1981, another extension to the north tower was completed, adding 391 rooms at a cost of $21 million.
In 1984, the hotel completed construction of the $10-million Hilton Center, a 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m2) convention and event space at the southwest corner of the property, west of the Hilton Pavilion.[89][90]
In 1986, amid growing popularity of sports betting in Nevada, the Hilton opened its race and sports book, the Superbook, at a cost of $17 million.[91][92][93]
In 1991, the Hilton was at the center of the Tailhook scandal, in which numerous United States Navy officers were accused of acts of sexual assault during a convention at the hotel.[94] One of the victims, Paula Coughlin, sued the Hilton for providing inadequate security for the convention, and eventually was paid a $5.2 million judgment.[95][96] The lawsuit led Hilton to successfully lobby for the so-called "Tailhook bill", a state law shielding hotels from liability for injuries to patrons caused by third parties.[97]
The hotel completed a new 362-foot (110 m), $4-million marquee sign in 1994.[98] Later that year, however, it was partially destroyed by a windstorm.[98] The sign was reconstructed in 1997 for $9 million with a reduced height of 279 feet (85 m), making it the world's tallest free-standing advertising sign.[99][100]
In 1994, the hotel entered an arrangement with the
In 1995, the Hilton completed a $40-million renovation of its penthouse floor to construct the Sky Villas.
In 1998, Hilton spun off its casino properties, including the Las Vegas Hilton, as Park Place Entertainment.
Hilton's timeshare arm, Hilton Grand Vacations, began construction of a complex at the northeast corner of the property in 1998.[108][109] It opened in 1999 with 230 suites.[110]
Around 1999, Park Place began seeking a buyer for the Las Vegas Hilton, because the company hoped to concentrate on its properties on the Las Vegas Strip, especially the newly acquired Caesars Palace.
The Las Vegas Monorail opened in 2004, with one of its stations located at the Hilton.[114] The system had been under construction since 2001.[115] Hilton had led the group of hotels that had promulgated the proposal for the monorail as early as 1996.[116][117]
In June 2004, Caesars Entertainment (formerly Park Place) sold the Las Vegas Hilton to
The Hilton prospered in its first few years under Colony's management, but began losing money in the face of the Great Recession and an oversupply of hotel rooms in Las Vegas.[123][124] In June 2011, the Hilton began defaulting on payments to Goldman Sachs on the loan.[124] The same month, Hilton Worldwide opted to terminate its franchise agreement with the property, effective at the end of the year, because the facilities had fallen below the standards of the Hilton brand.[125][126]
Goldman Sachs issued a foreclosure notice in September 2011.[127] At Goldman's request, a court appointed a receiver to take control of the property.[128][129]
LVH (2012–2014)
On January 3, 2012, the Las Vegas Hilton became the LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, as the contract to use the Hilton brand ended.[130]
Colony Capital initially tried to fight against foreclosure of the property,[131] but ultimately concluded that its equity in the LVH was worthless, and agreed to let the foreclosure proceed.[128][129] Goldman Sachs formed a joint venture with Gramercy Capital to acquire the property.[132] They bought the property at its foreclosure auction in October 2012, where they were the only bidder.[133] The Navegante Group was retained to manage the LVH on their behalf.[133]
In 2013, the LVH affiliated with the Leo Hotel Collection, a network of independent hotels newly created by Red Lion Hotels.[134][135]
Westgate Las Vegas (2014–present)
On June 30, 2014, timeshare developer Westgate Resorts bought the LVH from Goldman and Gramercy for a price between $150 and $170 million.[136][137] Westgate CEO David Siegel was hoisted to the top of the hotel's sign the following day to begin removing the letters "LVH" to make way for the property's new name, Westgate Las Vegas.[138] Siegel stated that the company would spend at least $160 million on renovations, and that it would begin converting hotel rooms into timeshare units.[139] According to Siegel, the timeshare conversion would take 15 to 20 years, and, even after its completion, at least 30 percent of the units would remain available as hotel rooms at any given time.[139]
Westgate retained Paragon Gaming to replace Navegante as the property's manager in 2015.[140] In 2020, GVII LLC, a company formed by former gaming regulator Mark Lipparelli, replaced Paragon as the casino manager.[141][142]
Architecture
Martin Stern designed the hotel in the
The Y-shaped plan for the hotel tower was inspired by the UNESCO Headquarters building; it was chosen to maximize the number of rooms that could be fit into a square plot while allowing each room to have a satisfactory view.[143][145] This design was imitated by later Las Vegas hotels such as the Mirage, Mandalay Bay, and Venetian.[145][146]
The International has been cited as the first Las Vegas "megaresort"
The casino resorts designed by Kerkorian and Stern became the favored models for both the next generation of Strip resorts and the resorts that, after 1978, could be found throughout the United States. When you enter a casino with a sweeping
porte cochere, attached parking garage, barn-like casino/entertainment/retail complex, and high-rise hotel towers, you are in a design first realized by Stern and Kerkorian.[151]
Entertainment
International Theater
The property's main entertainment venue is the 1,607-seat International Theater.[152] Since 2018, the theater hosts Barry Manilow's residency show, The Hits Come Home.[152]
From the opening of the hotel in 1969, the main showroom was a "star policy" venue,[153] meaning that popular musical artists and comedians were booked to perform for two to four weeks at a time.[154] The typical schedule comprised two shows per night: a dinner show at 8 pm and a cocktail show at midnight.[155]
One of the most famous engagements at the hotel was that of singer and pianist Liberace.[156] A longtime mainstay of Las Vegas showrooms, Liberace debuted at the Hilton in 1972,[157] and began appearing regularly in 1973.[158][159] He performed in the showroom for as many as 17 weeks out of the year, earning as much as $175,000 per week.[160] Liberace's shows were known for his flamboyant costumes and for his being driven onstage in a Rolls-Royce limousine.[161][162] He appeared at the Hilton as late as 1982.[163][164] Hilton chairman Barron Hilton remembered Liberace as "one of the most popular entertainers ever to grace the stage of the Las Vegas Hilton showroom."[165]
In 1982, the production show Bal du Moulin Rouge opened in the theater, featuring a cast of acrobats, dancers, and variety acts.[166][167] The show centered around a 45-minute slot for a headline performer, which was filled at times by Suzanne Somers, Charo, and others.[168][169] Shifting to a production show was intended to reduce the Hilton's entertainment costs by avoiding the need to book bigger stars, whose salaries had been spiraling ever higher.[169][170] The show closed in 1986, and the theater returned to star policy.[171][172]
Singer Wayne Newton, another longtime Las Vegas star, headlined the Hilton showroom from 1987 to 1993.[27][173] By the end of his run, he was performing there twenty weeks out of the year, and was described as the highest-paid entertainer on the Las Vegas Strip.[174][175][176] Newton's shows were known for beginning with him descending onto the stage in a spaceship amid a laser show.[177][178][179] He made over 950 performances in total.[180]
In 1993, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Starlight Express opened in the main theater. The Hilton Showroom was renamed as the Hilton Theatre, and underwent a $12-million renovation to add bridges and embankments to accommodate the show, which features performers on roller skates.[181][182] The opening of the show was cited as part of a trend in Las Vegas toward family-friendly attractions and away from individual headliner acts.[183][184] The show was signed to a five-year contract, but closed early in 1997 amid lagging ticket sales.[99][185][186] The hotel then adopted a "limited star policy" for the theater, booking headline acts for runs of less than a week at a time.[187]
In the early 2000s, the theater kept a rotating stable of headliners who each performed for ten weeks out of the year, including at times
Manilow began an extended run at the Hilton in 2005.[191] His engagement was an early example of the trend of major recording artists establishing residency shows in Las Vegas, which was begun by Celine Dion at Caesars Palace in 2003.[192][193] His show began as Manilow: Music and Passion, and was then revamped in 2008 as Ultimate Manilow: The Hits.[194][195] The show ended in 2009.[196] In November 2018, Paula Abdul revealed she was initially offered to do a show in the International Theater in 2005 but felt she wasn't the right artist to perform in it as it was “so special and magical”, so she told Hilton Hotels to offer it to Manilow.[197]
During the summer of 2006, Reba McEntire performed her residency show, Reba: Key to the Heart, which ran for five non-consecutive weeks.[198]
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