Palazzo to Soft Open December 20th, Grand Opening in January

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- As reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal: "The $1.6 billion Palazzo, which had been scheduled to open Dec. 20, is not taking hotel room reservations until Dec. 28.

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Artist's rendering of the planned Palazzo Las Vegas.  Vegas Sands Corp. officials said Thursday the resort will have a partial opening in late December, but the company is targeting a grand opening event in the middle of January.

"During the company's second-quarter earnings release in August, Sands officials said the 3,068-room Palazzo's casino, hotel and restaurants would open on Dec. 20. A check of the Palazzo's Web site, however, shows the earliest date to be able to book a hotel room reservation is Dec. 28.

The Palazzo, which is being built to adjoin The Venetian, will be the Strip's first new hotel-casino since the April 2005 opening of Wynn Las Vegas. The opening is expected to trigger a wave of new Strip resorts through the end of the decade.