TALLEST BUILDING IN LAS VEGAS WHEN COMPLETED
(not counting Stratosphere Tower, and several taller towers are planned)
This will connect to the Venetian/Sands Expo megaresort complex
developed by Las Vegas Sands Corporation on the Las Vegas Strip.
Stats:
• $1.8 billion budget
• 14 acre site
• 7,400,000 square feet floor space
• 54 levels above ground
• 8 levels below ground
• 50-floor hotel tower with 3,025 rooms
• Six villas with up to 11,000 square feet each
• Over 375 concierge-level suites
• 296 multi-room suites
• Six presidential suites
• Seven pools
• 60-foot glass dome lobby
• Multiple two story fountains
• Theater hosting a major production or Broadway show
• 105,000-square-foot casino
• 375,000-square-foot enclosed shopping
• 450,000 square feet of meeting and conference space
• 4,400-space underground parking garage
Home page:
http://www.lasvegassands.com/palazzo.html
Infomation sites:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=212149
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/arc...nt=proj&id=647
http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/palazzo.htm
News stories:
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2...4_Palazzo.html
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho...s/3453835.html
Developer:
Sheldon Adelson, Forbes' 3rd richest man in U.S.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p..._EE&refer=news
Architects & designers:
James R. Rimelspach; The Stubbins Associates of Nevada, LLC.;
Wilson & Associates;
HKS
Other companies involved:
Dick Corporation; AE Associates; Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo; Lifescapes International, Inc.; Martin & Martin Civil Engineers and Surveyors; Rinker Materials Nevada; Jake's Crane; Rigging & Transportation International, Inc.; Tractel Ltd. Western; Dubai International Reinforced Plastics, LLC; Doka Industrie GmbH; Century Steel, Inc..
Construction:
• 12-month long 1-million cubic yard excavation
• Several hundred 120-feet deep pilings
• 10,000-yard concrete core foundation pour
• 66,000 tons of steel for framing