Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas N-R
Palms Casino Resort
4321 West Flamingo Road,
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103,
United States
Phone: (702) 942-7777
Website: www.palms.com
About the Casino
The crucial difference between “current” and “classic” has to do primarily with the amount of effort you put into it. Pay a lot of attention to what’s happening in the world, learn lessons from your own past and the past of those around you, and throw a lot of time, money, and elbow grease at the issue and you can stay “current” for a long time. Anything less and you risk sliding into “classic” territory, which is not necessarily a bad thing unless you’re a Las Vegas hotel. Here, “classic” can mean irrelevant. The Palms started out as the epicenter of “current,” with a line-up of hip nightclubs, celebrity chef restaurants, and a starring role on MTV’s “The Real World” leading the way toward party-central and even pop-culture dominance. But that was more than a decade ago, when tweeting meant making bird noises, a smart phone was one with speed dial, and slot machines were things with reels that accepted and dispensed coins. Not willing to slip into “classic” territory, the last owners of The Palms threw a great deal of time, money, and elbow grease into into keeping the hotel “current,” with cutting edge design in the rooms, new nightclubs, a new casino, and more. Whether they were successful is debatable and mostly moot at this point since there is a new owner on board and they are throwing out the old playbook and going for something new once again. Red Rock Resorts (owner of places like Green Valley Ranch and Sunset Station) now has the keys to the property and they have changed it a lot. Most notable is the huge wall of LED screens that now cover one of the hotel towers facing The Strip – at night it’s eye catching and makes quite a statement. But inside the changes continue. A big chunk of the rooms have been remodeled; all of the old nightclubs are gone and have been replaced by new ones; the casino has gotten a top to bottom overhaul; and almost all of the restaurants have been replaced by new ones from bold name chefs like Bobby Flay and Michael Symon. Oh, they also redid the pool, the lobby, the main entrance, and part of the parking garage. The hotel is located just West of the Strip on Flamingo road (across the street from The Rio), meaning that you could walk to The Strip if you are a hearty type but you’ll probably wind up driving, cabbing, or Uber-ing pretty much anytime you want to leave the property.
