Posted on: September 20, 2024, 10:55h.
Last updated on: September 20, 2024, 11:29h.
A pedestrian walkway connecting the Versailles Tower to the existing Paris Las Vegas resort opened on Friday, eliminating the inconvenience of having to access the tower by walking a farther distance through an indoor walkway into the Horseshoe.
The Paris Skybridge is located near the Caesars Sportsbook and the Eiffel Tower experience gift shop on the casino resort’s second floor.
It’s the final puzzle piece of a refresh — the tower’s first since 2014 — for which Caesars Entertainment, parent company of the Paris and Horseshoe, paid a reported $100 million.
In addition to the Versailles now (kind of) resembling a Paris tower on the outside, all 756 rooms and suites inside it have been renovated with all-new furniture, fixtures, and equipment, and decorated in the colors of the French flag.
The Paris Skybridge was originally scheduled to be completed in “early 2024,” and it is odd why the transformation of the tower was given priority over a bridge that would have meant much less of a hassle for Paris’ Versailles guests.
This is the third rebranding for the 26-story tower, which opened in 1982 as the south tower of the original MGM Grand and became part of Bally’s in 1986. It was renamed the Jubilee Tower in 2013 and then became part of Horseshoe Las Vegas in 2022.
Caesars rebranded Bally’s Las Vegas as Horseshoe in December 2022, a brand it purchased in 2004, making it the 10th Horseshoe property in its portfolio. Though the Bally’s name was removed from the Jubilee Tower, only the exterior of its north tower received a brown Horseshoe paint job and signage, leading to speculation that ended up on the mark.
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The Jubilee Tower wasn’t part of the deadliest disaster in Nevada history. Eighty-five people were killed after an electrical fire started in a ground-floor restaurant at the original MGM Grand and spread to what was then its only tower on Nov. 12, 1980.
That tower, which has 2,052 rooms, was later renamed by Bally’s as its Indigo Tower. In 2022, Caesars renamed it Horseshoe’s Resort Tower.
Eerily, the 19th floor of what is now the Versailles Tower was the site of a small fire on April 28, 2023. Several people sought medical attention on site, but none was taken to a hospital.
