The Palms
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The Palms Casino Hotel is a resort located west of the Las Vegas Strip. The hotel has 802 rooms and contains a 95,000 square foot casino, a recording studio and a 2,200 seat showroom and is owned and operated by the Maloof family.
Despite the fact that it is located off the Strip, the resort has become a popular destination for many, especially with the younger crowd and Hollywood celebrities.
[edit] History
The Palms opened on November 15, 2001 and was designed by Jon Jerde.
In 2002, it was the resort where participants of MTV's The Real World: Las Vegas stayed. The level they rebuilt to accommodate MTV is now the "Real World Suite", and is available for reservations to this day.
In October of 2005, the second tower, dubbed the "Fantasy Tower", opened at a cost of $600 million. In keeping with the Maloof family's basketball interest (they own the Sacramento Kings of the NBA and Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA), the new tower includes a two story 10,000 square foot suite that includes the worlds only basketball court in a hotel suite. The suite includes a locker room, score board and a multi screen entertainment system. Some of the other Fantasy rooms include the G suite, the Pink suite, and the Playboy Villa.
The Fantasy tower is also home to two of Las Vegas's newest entertainment venues, Moon Nightclub and The Playboy Club.
Recently Maloof announced a third condo tower called Palms Place to be built on the west end of the Palms property. This third and final tower is now under construction.
