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The Platinum Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · Independent · Near Luxury
The Platinum rose where a two-story Econo Lodge stood, at the southeast corner of Flamingo and Koval, and opened on October 25, 2006, as the city's second condo-hotel. Morris & Brown's 17-story tower holds 255 suites that sold out as condos in 39 days, each with a kitchen and a balcony turned toward the Strip. Misora sits on the seventeenth floor of an off-Strip house, one block east of the casino sidewalk.
- 255 rooms
- Opened 2006
- Neighborhood: Off-Strip
- Architect: Morris & Brown Architects
About The Platinum Hotel
- Clark County papers start this address in 1974 as the Highlander 6 Inn. By the early 1990s the same two-story motel was a Comfort Inn.
- A Park Towers neighbor appealed the first plan over views and traffic. The tower was cut from 334 units to 255, the homeowner association withdrew, and developer Irwin Molasky backed the smaller building.
- Michael Peterson paid $3.3 million for the land in 2003. Built with Marcus Hotels and Resorts, the tower cost about $120 million, and he sold his share to Marcus in January 2007.
History
The lot opened in 1974 as the Highlander 6 Inn, later wore a Comfort Inn sign, and by 2001 was an Econo Lodge of about 130 rooms. Michael Peterson of Chicago's Diversified Real Estate Concepts bought it in 2003. Clark County approved a condo-hotel that October after the plan shrank from 334 units so Park Towers, including developer Irwin Molasky, would drop its objection. Sherman Architecture was the design consultant. Morris & Brown Architects of Solana Beach were the architects. Marcus Hotels and Resorts joined as co-developer and operator under the name The Platinum Suite Hotel & Spa. Residential Constructors topped out the 17-story tower on December 15, 2005, after a 17-hour foundation pour of 5,300 cubic yards. The hotel opened October 25, 2006, at a construction cost of about $120 million, with chef Brenton Hammer in the restaurant, STIR in the lobby, the WELL spa, and Misora on the roof. Only one other condo-hotel in the city had opened before it. Peterson sold his share to Marcus in January 2007. In 2009 buyers sued over rental projections. The last of those cases settled in March 2013, with Marcus paying about $3 million. Misora is still the seventeenth-floor wedding terrace.
The setting
211 East Flamingo Road, southeast corner of Flamingo and Koval Lane, one block east of Las Vegas Boulevard, looking toward the back of the Horseshoe, the resort that was Bally's, a short walk from Bellagio. The Westin, the old Maxim, is a different building across the intersection at 160 East Flamingo. This block is off-Strip. Downtown is north of here, a different neighborhood.
Amenities
- Customizable wedding ceremony and reception packages
- Wedding specialists handling planning details
- Indoor and outdoor wedding venues for ceremonies and receptions
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