Hot on the heels of U2’s opening of The Sphere and the incredible Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix, and just prior to the city’s first ever Super Bowl, December 13th sees the official opening of the Strip’s latest mega resort and casino, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, an entirely new mega resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
On the original site of the Thunderbird, and then El Rancho Casino and the Algiers Hotel, the 68-storey (737ft) complex, first announced in May 2005, is finally opening having survived four ownership changes, on bankruptcy and a global pandemic.
The new hotel is the tallest occupiable building in the state of Nevada and contains 3,644 rooms. This includes high-roller suites on the top five floors.
Facilities include a 55,000sqft spa, with 44 treatment rooms, 11 luxury suites, salt cave, infrared sauna, men’s and women’s hydrotherapy lounges, an additional co-ed space with healing waters and a separate 14,000sqft fitness centre. There is also a luxury boutique area and six-acre outdoor area with seven pools, five bars, two restaurants and a poolside casino.
Entertainment options include a three-level, 3,800-seat theatre and a LIV nightclub spinoff as found at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.
Dining options include three dozen choices and include the prerequisite high-end steakhouse, a deluxe sushi bar, a Mexican with Tequila Dragones tasting room, a French daytime fine dining spot, a Mother Wolf Italian eatery, Washing Potato, a dim sum eatery from Wagamama Alan Yau, the American bistro, Vida, a modern take on the Miami hotel’s original restaurant, and Kyu, a mash up of southern barbecue and Japanese yakiniku wood fired grilling, a concept that originated in Miami.
The main casino floor covers over 150,000sqft, and offer, well, pretty much anything we can think of… beloved classics, cutting edge slots, sophisticated table games, high limit and VIP options and the suitably atmospheric Tavern sportsbook option.
The Fontainebleau brand comes from Miami Beach, where the original hotel has been an icon of luxury travel for 70 years. It has been the setting for scenes in the James Bond movie Goldfinger, Al Pacino’s Scarface and Whitney Houston’s The Bodyguard, plus episodes from TV’s The Sopranos.
