Palms Casino Resort
A Las Vegas casino resort combining gaming, hotel accommodation, restaurants, nightlife, entertainment, and a large contemporary-art collection.
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Overview
Palms Casino Resort is a casino hotel and entertainment complex located west of the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. The property opened in 2001 under the ownership of the Maloof family, whose business interests also included the Sacramento Kings basketball team. From its beginning, Palms was positioned as a more youthful and celebrity-oriented alternative to traditional Las Vegas resorts. Its appeal combined a casino floor with restaurants, hotel towers, nightlife, live entertainment, and highly designed public spaces rather than relying solely on conventional gambling amenities. The resort became particularly associated with popular culture and entertainment. Its location near the Strip, celebrity clientele, nightclubs, suites, and distinctive architecture helped it attract media attention. The property also developed a reputation for integrating contemporary art into a casino-resort environment. Its collection and commissioned works included pieces by recognized artists, while themed suites and visually elaborate interiors reinforced the brand's emphasis on design and spectacle. The resort's entertainment profile has included concerts, nightlife, special events, and appearances in television and other media. Palms expanded through the development of additional hotel and resort facilities, including the Fantasy Tower and the later Palms Place condominium-hotel tower. Its food-and-beverage portfolio has included restaurants and bars aimed at both resort guests and local customers. The property has also operated nightclub and daylife venues, although individual venues and concepts have changed over time as ownership and resort strategy evolved. In 2016, Station Casinos parent company Red Rock Resorts acquired Palms. Under Red Rock ownership, the resort underwent a substantial repositioning and renovation intended to refresh its rooms, restaurants, casino areas, entertainment spaces, and art program. Palms temporarily closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and did not reopen with many other Las Vegas properties. Red Rock Resorts subsequently sold the property to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, which completed a major renovation and reopened Palms in 2021. The post-reopening Palms continues to operate as a full-service Las Vegas resort with casino gaming, hotel rooms and suites, restaurants, bars, entertainment facilities, and nightlife offerings. Its current identity retains the brand's longstanding combination of gaming and hospitality while emphasizing design, art, food, and entertainment. Because individual venues, management arrangements, and programming can change, the resort's website is the appropriate source for current operating details.
History
Palms Casino Resort was developed by the Maloof family and opened in 2001 on Flamingo Road west of the Las Vegas Strip. Its creation reflected a period in which Las Vegas casino operators were broadening the resort model beyond gaming. Palms combined a casino with hotel accommodation, restaurants, nightlife, entertainment, and highly themed design. The property sought to appeal to younger visitors, local residents, celebrities, and media audiences as well as conventional casino guests. The resort's profile grew through its relationship with entertainment and popular culture. Its nightclubs, suites, restaurants, concerts, and special events made it a visible venue for celebrity-oriented Las Vegas. The property also distinguished itself through contemporary art and design. Public areas and selected guest spaces incorporated works and installations intended to make the resort feel more like an entertainment and cultural destination than a standard casino hotel. Palms developed in stages. The Fantasy Tower added a major hotel component and became one of the most recognizable parts of the resort. Palms Place, a separate condominium-hotel tower connected to the wider complex, expanded the property's accommodation and real-estate offer. Over time, restaurants, bars, clubs, and entertainment concepts changed as the resort responded to Las Vegas consumer trends. In 2016, Red Rock Resorts acquired Palms from the Maloof family. The new ownership placed the resort within the Station Casinos portfolio and announced a significant redevelopment program. The renovation sought to update the property while preserving its reputation for distinctive design, art, food, and entertainment. It included work on hotel rooms, casino spaces, restaurants, public areas, and entertainment facilities. Palms closed in 2020 amid the COVID-19 disruption to Las Vegas tourism, conventions, gaming, and hospitality. Red Rock Resorts later sold the property to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in 2021. The transaction was important both for Palms and for San Manuel, which became the first Native American tribe to own and operate a Las Vegas casino resort. After the change in ownership and completion of renovation work, Palms reopened in December 2021. The resort's present operating model remains centered on an integrated Las Vegas experience: casino gaming, hotel rooms and suites, restaurants, bars, nightlife, entertainment, events, and art-led design. Its history reflects the broader evolution of Las Vegas from gambling-centered venues toward diversified lifestyle resorts, while its ownership history illustrates the continuing consolidation and institutional change within the city's casino industry.
- 2021
San Manuel acquires and reopens Palms
[3]The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians acquires Palms and reopens it after a major renovation.
- 2020
Operations pause during the pandemic
[4]The resort closes during the COVID-19 disruption and remains offline while ownership and redevelopment plans are reassessed.
- 2016
Red Rock Resorts acquires Palms
[5]Palms becomes part of the Station Casinos organization through Red Rock Resorts' acquisition from the Maloof family.
- 2008
Palms Place joins the resort complex
[1]The Palms Place condominium-hotel tower broadens the property's accommodation and residential offering.
- 2005
Fantasy Tower opens
[1]The Fantasy Tower expands the resort's hotel capacity and becomes a prominent architectural and hospitality element of the Palms complex.
- 2001
Palms opens in Las Vegas
[1]The Maloof family opens Palms as a casino resort west of the Las Vegas Strip, combining gaming, lodging, dining, nightlife, and entertainment.
Products and positioning
A design-led, entertainment-focused Las Vegas casino resort positioned around gaming, hospitality, nightlife, food, and contemporary art.
Casino gaming · 2001
Palms Casino
The casino is the resort's core gaming operation, offering table games, slot machines, poker and related gaming amenities subject to current availability and Nevada regulation. It is integrated with the resort's hotel, dining, entertainment, and loyalty activities.
Hospitality · 2001
Hotel rooms and suites
Palms provides conventional hotel rooms as well as larger suites and themed accommodation. The guest-room offer has been revised through successive expansions and renovations, supporting leisure travelers, entertainment guests, casino customers, and event visitors.
Hotel tower · 2005
Fantasy Tower
Fantasy Tower is a major hotel component of the resort and one of Palms' best-known physical features. It increased the property's lodging capacity and has housed distinctive suites and hospitality spaces associated with the resort's entertainment-led identity.
Condominium-hotel · 2008
Palms Place
Palms Place is a connected condominium-hotel tower that extended the resort into a hybrid hospitality and residential format. Its units and facilities broadened the accommodation mix beyond traditional casino-hotel rooms.
Food, beverage, and entertainment · 2001
Dining and nightlife
The resort's restaurants, bars, clubs, and daylife venues have been central to its positioning. Specific concepts have changed over time, but the portfolio is designed to serve hotel guests, casino visitors, local customers, and nightlife audiences.
Art and design experience · 2001
Contemporary art program
Palms incorporates contemporary art and design into public areas and selected guest spaces. The program supports the resort's distinctive visual identity and differentiates it from more conventionally themed casino properties.
Brand decisions
2021
Sale to the San Manuel Band of Mission IndiansM&ABackground
Red Rock Resorts sold Palms after the resort had remained closed during the pandemic and while redevelopment plans were being revised.
Action taken
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians acquired the property and assumed ownership of the Las Vegas resort.
Aftermath
The acquisition introduced a new ownership group and was followed by a major renovation and the resort's reopening.
2021
Reopening after comprehensive renovationStrategyBackground
Palms had been closed since the pandemic-era suspension of operations.
Action taken
The new ownership renovated guest rooms, casino areas, dining spaces, entertainment facilities, and public areas before reopening the resort.
Aftermath
Palms returned to the Las Vegas market with a renewed emphasis on art, design, food, entertainment, and integrated resort hospitality.
2016
Sale to Red Rock ResortsM&ABackground
The Maloof family sold Palms during a period of continuing consolidation among Las Vegas casino operators.
Action taken
Red Rock Resorts acquired the resort and brought it into the Station Casinos organization.
Aftermath
The new ownership planned and carried out a substantial renovation and repositioning of the property.
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