Harrah's Casino
Las Vegas NV
2008
by Melissa

Cheers to always having a reason to celebrate!

celebrate getting better not older

QUOTE: BIRTHDAY Wishes

Harrah's Las Vegas is a hotel and casino centrally located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment. The property originally opened as a joint venture with Holiday Inn.

The casino originally featured a riverboat façade, which was enlarged in 1990, as part of a $100 million renovation and expansion project. The riverboat theme was removed in a subsequent $200 million project which concluded in 1997, adding a Carnival and Mardi Gras theme instead. The hotel includes 2,542 rooms, located across three buildings: the original 14-story tower, a 23-story tower completed in 1982, and a 35-story tower added in 1990. A 35-story addition was made to the third tower during the 1997 expansion.

The 1997 renovation, by designer Henry Conversano, removed the riverboat façade and added a Carnival/Mardi Gras theme to the resort. A 30-by-90-foot mural was added to the new façade, along with several jester statues, covered in gold leaf and weighing 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) each.