Talk:Caesars Palace

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Did you know... that Frank Sinatra was held at gunpoint at Caesars Palace in 1970?

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Opening comment

Frank Sinatra as most notable act?

What makes Frank Sinatra the "most notable" act appearing at Caesars Palace? Is there a famous or pop culture link (that I am not aware of) between Frank Sinatra and Caesars Palace that makes this an objective analysis?- -HobbesLeviathan (talk) 00:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ten Billion Dollars? In 1962? Who wrote this nonsense?

A trillion dollars? The entire GDP of the USA in 2006 was 13 trillion. Can someone fix this stupidity? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.195.255.172 (talk) 20:12, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That would be vandalism; I reverted it 75.166.54.155 01:48, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

why isn't it Caesar's Palace? Or even Caesars' Palace, if referring to all of the Caesars? Why no apostrophe? Saccerzd 12:05, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

edit: I'v ejust read in the article that "it is called caesars and not caesar's because every guest is a caesar". Surely, then, it should have been called caesars' palace? Saccerzd 12:06, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

the first picture is a shot of Caesars Augustus Tower, but the foreground is Bellagio, next door and accross Flamingo Road. It could be misleading.

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Edit warring re: blackjack criticism

I again reverted the contested, unsourced, pov statements. In my opinion, a {{fact}} is not enough here because the statements made in the edit have not only been contested and are unsourced, but by consensus felt to be a non-neutral pov in this and other articles previously. Also, please note that the source that was provided in a recent edit have nothing to do with the critical opinion(s) it was attached to. --Sesameball^Talk 20:07, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No apostrophe

I presume that the article deliberately spells the name without an apostrophe. Shouldn't this be mentioned in the article's text? Was this an accident by the Palace's original builder/owner? Axl ¤ [Talk] 18:32, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's deliberate. According to this webpage, the developer of Caesars Palace, Jay Sarno, "wanted everyone who was a guest in his hotel to feel like a Caesar, which is why there is no apostrophe in Caesars Palace. It is a palace filled with Caesars, not the palace of one Caesar." I leave it to others to decide whether it's worth mentioning in the article. DH85868993 (talk) 00:44, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the explanation. In which case, they should have put an apostrophe after the "S". Anyway, I think that it is worth mentioning in the article. Axl ¤ [Talk] 00:51, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Augustus Tower

I noticed that the article states in a couple of places that the Augustus Tower was renamed in 2015 to the Laurel Collection Tower. It does not cite a source, and, as far as I can tell, is incorrect: the Augustus and Octavius Towers together form the Laurel Collection, and represent Caesars boutique presence on the property. (In previous years, anecdotally, they've been deemphasizing the brand.) Regardless, the Augustus Tower is still named the Augustus Tower (see this property map). Mattpat (talk) 07:59, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 20:56, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'll start reading through this now. JAGUAR 20:56, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Initial comments

"Opened in 1966 after four years of planning and construction" - best to start this sentence with something like It was opened in 1966... or First opened
"which was originally built at a cost of $95-million for Celine Dion's show A New Day... in 2003" - comma needed in between "show" and "A"
"stunt performer Evel Knievel arrived at the hotel to watch a boxing match and was convinced Sarno that he could jump" - delete "was"
" In September 2015, Caesars Palace agreed to pay the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) an $8 million civil money penalty for violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)" - FinCEN and BSA aren't mentioned in the article again, so I'm not sure why these abbreviations are here
"A 20 feet (6.1 m) high statue of Julius Caesar hailing a cab" - 'taxi' might sound more informal, although I'm not sure if "cab" is preferred in the US
"It was made in Bangkok, Thailand, with a casting ceremony on November 25, 1983, according to the inscription on it" - this sentence doesn't have a citation
"WIFI access and shoeshine services are available for an additional charge" - WiFi
"Celebrities like Paris Hilton and Christine Aguilera" - Christina
"The featured desert is spotted dog" - it's spotted dick?

Spotted dog -it's a gimmick I think, it means spotted dick.

"the restaurant must be limited to service five days a week, to which Caesars agreed" - how about to which the management agreed?

References

Ref 143 redirects to its main site
Other than that, no dead links and the refs are all formatted correctly

Many thanks for taking this on, given the limited time left before his anniversary!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:16, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On hold

Those were all! of the prose issues I could find during my review of the article. Nice work on this! It's well written and comprehensive. I love Caesars Palace now! JAGUAR 21:28, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All answered for Jaguar, some good points, cheers. Considering the status of this place it really lacks scholarly/decent material aside from the typical Vegas touristy type stuff and news stories/snippets in books. There should be a detailed book on its history and architecture but there isn't. I guess because the main point is the gambling! We've done pretty well considering though I think, though I'm sure somewhere there's a lot more material which could be added.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:32, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for addressing them! I'm surprised to hear the lack of intellectual coverage on this, seeing as it's probably the biggest one in Las Vegas! Without further ado I'll promote this, just in time for Sinatra's 100th anniversary.

JAGUAR 21:41, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]