Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino

The Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino signage is located behind the La Concha Motel signage, facing toward the Hard Rock Café guitar sign.

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, transporting experience.

Prior to Caesars Palace, during the 1940s and 1950s, the Las Vegas Strip featured architecture mostly influenced by its geographical location, emphasizing a desert ranch aesthetic. 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 property’s approach to the Greco-Roman theme is neo-classical revival—similar to the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C.—combined with elements of postmodernism, some design professionals believe the exterior instead reflects a formalist architecture.

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