Palace Fit For A King
Undoubtedly one of the hottest casinos on the Las Vegas strip, this hotel and casino in Nevada is one of the state's biggest landmarks. The Caesars Palace is part of the Caesars Entertainment Corporation, which boasts of hotels in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Atlantic City, New Jersey and other points in the United States. The hotel was established in 1962 when Jay Sarno, a cabana motel owner, used ten million dollars that had been lent to him by the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund to begin plans for a hotel on land owned by Kirk Kerkorian. Sarno would later act as designer of the hotel he planned to construct. Quite a feat for a cabana boy. Later on he made the decision of calling it Caesars Palace with his thinking that the name Caesar would evoke thoughts of royalty because of Roman dictator Julius Caesar. Sarno thought that people should feel they were at a king's home while at his hotel. The name of the hotel is often spelled "Caesar's Palace", although the real name is "Caesars Palace", making everyone that stays there a "Caesar". Sarno contracted many companies to build the hotel, from the Roman landscapes it presents, to the function halls that have been stages of various events and the hotel's swimming pools. Over the years, the hotel has been owned by various companies, most notably the Sheraton and The Hilton International Corporation. Its current owner, the Caesars Entertainment (formerly known as Park Place Entertainment), bought the property in 1999. Many star performers such as Liberace, Julio Iglesias,