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e Caesars Palace
Reproduction Roman statuary adorns
the grounds of Caesars Palace. One of the
Strip’s oldest and most glamorous hotels,
Caesars was built in 1966. Inside, the lavish
Forum Shops mall features moving statues.

w Bellagio t The LINQ
Lighting the ceiling of the hotel’s This hotel and casino is famous for
elegant lobby, this colorful glass its classic car collection, which is
installation was designed by open to visitors.
famous glass artist Dale Chihuly.

7 CityCenter
This complex features
a collection of soaring
hotels and gaming resorts.

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8 Cosmopolitan mark, the Eiffel Tower,
of Las Vegas dominates the Strip.
The resort’s beach club lets
you escape the heat in style.

r Flamingo Las Vegas
0 Planet Hollywood The flaming pink and orange neon feathers of
The reputation of this hotel, which opened as the the Flamingo hotel’s façade are a famous Strip
Aladdin in 1963, as one of the glitziest on the Strip was icon. Redesigned in the 1970s and 1980s, the
sealed when Elvis married Priscilla here in 1967. It retains original 1946 building was the beloved project
the old glamor under its new guise, Planet Hollywood. of gangster Bugsy Siegel (see p101).

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