Tropicana Resort & Casino
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| Number of rooms | 1,878 | |
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| Theme | Tropical | |
| Gaming space | 61,000 square feet (5,667 m²) | |
| Permanent show(s) | Folies Bergere The Comedy Stop |
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| Notable restaurant(s) | Pietro's Savanna Steakhouse |
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| Owner | Aztar | |
| Date opened | 1957 | |
| Casino type | Land-Based | |
| Major renovation(s) | 1979
1986 |
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| Casino website | Tropicana website | |
The Tropicana Resort & Casino is located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Aztar. The hotel has 1,871 rooms and is attached to a 61,000 square foot (5,667 m²) casino. The Tropicana also has 110,000 square feet of convention and exhibit space.
The main original building, with the Garden room wings, was built in 1957. The Paradise Tower, a hotel tower consisting of 21 floors of guestrooms and suites, was built in 1979 as the Tiffany Tower, adjoining the resort's Tiffany Theatre, home to the Folies Bergere production show. A 22-story Island Tower was later constructed in 1986.
This location, Tropicana - Las Vegas Boulevard intersection, has the most hotel rooms of any intersection in the world and as a result is extremely busy. Pedestrians are not allowed to cross at street level. Instead, the Tropicana is linked by overhead pedestrian bridges to its neighboring casinos: to the north across Tropicana Avenue, the MGM Grand Las Vegas, and to the west across the Strip, the Excalibur.
In March 2006, Aztar announced that it would be acquired by Pinnacle Entertainment, Corporation of Las Vegas. However, A bidding war for Aztar ensued with several different companies battling for control of assets. In May of 2006, Kentucky based hotel-casino operator Columbia Sussex won the bidding war, agreeing to pay $2.75 billion for the company. The acquisition was approved by the Nevada Gaming Commission on November 17, 2006 and is expected to be completed in December 2006.
[edit] Future Plans
On November 2, 2006, Columbia Sussex publicly announced a $2 billion renovation of the Tropicana. Unlike previous Las Vegas projects however, there will be no demolition of the entire resort. The existing Paradise and Island towers will receive both interior and exterior renovations and 4 new towers will be built on the property (the last will be branded as a separate hotel).
Also unusual, is that the resort will remain open during the renovations, which will increase the size of the hotel to over 8,000 rooms. There are also plans to add a 600,000 square foot convention center to the resort, which will be the 5th largest convention center in Las Vegas; after the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Sands Expo and Convention Center, the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, and the convention center at Echelon Place (currently in the planning stages). News Article.
[edit] Present Amenities and entertainment
In addition to the casino, the Tropicana includes a showroom, spa, comedy club, swimming pool and numerous shops. In 2005 the hotel had featured, and since May 26, 2006 is featuring again the Titanic—the Artifacts Exhibition, with more than 300 artifacts from the doomed ocean liner, and Xtreme Magic, a production show starring Dirk Arthur, featuring tigers and leopards.
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