Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino

Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino opened in August 1966. This iconic resort was one of the first properties on the Las Vegas Strip to incorporate a fully developed theme. Theme architecture and its construction refer to the adherence to a specific subject, in which the central theme guides the design process across all stages. This creates an environment that immerses the guest in a comprehensive, immersive emotional experience.

Prior to Caesars Palace, during the 1940s and 1950s, the Las Vegas Strip featured an architecture mostly influenced by its geographical location, emphasizing a desert ranch context. The conceptualization of Caesars Palace was intended to offer more than just the typical lodging and gaming, featuring meeting facilities and performance venues in an atmosphere where no amount of luxury was enough. This excess could be appreciated on every corner of the property with its exquisite finishes, statues, alluring decor, and captivating topiary gardens. The fundamentals of this design reflect a Greco-Roman theme. While it might seem that the approach is actually neo-classical revival combined with postmodernism, some design professionals believe the exterior reflects a formalist architecture, instead. Which architectural style do you think best captures the design of Caesars Palace?

Caesars Palace’s sense of grandeur rests on some of the world’s tallest standing Corinthian columns and pilasters, built with modern fabrication techniques using GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete). Other Greco-Roman elements include the property’s fountains, sculptures, trims, domes, and medallions, all of which are sculpted, molded, and cast either using GFRG (Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum) or FRP (Fiberglass). These modern construction systems and materials are integral to the success of the execution of the property’s theme design, which has remained a constant throughout multiple renovations of the property.