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The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · Westin · Near Luxury
The Maxim Hotel and Casino opened on this corner of Flamingo and Koval on July 1, 1977, a $25 million house built by ten Nevada businessmen, including the owners of Reno's Club Cal Neva. Columbia Sussex gutted the shell instead of imploding it and reopened it on November 6, 2003, as the Westin Casuarina, the first Westin in Nevada and the first Westin with a casino. The tables are gone, the Maxim Lounge kept the name, and the block is off-Strip, one block east of Las Vegas Boulevard.
- 826 rooms
- Opened 1977
- Neighborhood: Off-Strip
- Rooms from 350 sq ft (33 m²)
About The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa
- California tomato grower John Anderson bought the Maxim in 1981 for about $60 million, and later took a majority share of the Dunes.
- A 1987 episode of Matlock, The Gambler, used the Maxim casino as a main filming location.
- In 1996 Tupac Shakur was shot in a car driving in front of the Maxim and died a week later. The gunfire was on the street outside, not in a guest room.
- Highgate and Cerberus paid $195.5 million on September 6, 2018, for the 826-room hotel, after the old casino floor had already become a restaurant.
History
Ten Nevada businessmen, among them the owners of Reno's Club Cal Neva, opened the Maxim Hotel and Casino on July 1, 1977, for $25 million, on the northwest corner of Flamingo and Koval. John Anderson, a California tomato grower, bought it in 1981 for about $60 million. The casino was a main set for the 1987 Matlock episode The Gambler. In 1996 Tupac Shakur was wounded in a car in front of the building and died a week later. After foreclosure and a stretch without a casino, the hotel closed on August 13, 2001. Columbia Sussex bought the dark Maxim in 2002 for about $38 million and spent about $90 million on a gut renovation, because imploding the tower would have taken longer. It reopened November 6, 2003, as the Westin Casuarina, the first Westin in Nevada and the first Westin with a casino. Comedian David Brenner took a one-year booking in the 200-seat showroom. The casino closed in July 2017 and Jake & Eli took the floor. Fortress, which had the hotel out of foreclosure in 2016, sold it to Highgate and Cerberus on September 6, 2018, for $195.5 million. The Good Plate is the dining room now. The Maxim Lounge still uses the old name, and the Hibiscus Spa is on site.
The setting
160 East Flamingo Road, northwest corner of Koval Lane, one block east of the Strip. The Platinum, at 211 East Flamingo, is the tower across the intersection, built decades later on a motel lot. Bellagio and the Horseshoe are the boulevard neighbors. This is off-Strip. Downtown Las Vegas is a different neighborhood to the north.
Amenities
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Non-smoking rooms
- Fitness center
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Spa and wellness center
- Internet
- Bar
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