![]() ![]() The Encore's XS club is popular with celebs, if not Paris Hilton, who was barred from the hotel after she was arrested for possession of cocaine. Like many high-end hotels, the luxury venue is said to be outperforming its mid-market rivals. Lenders are suing investors, including the Australian tycoon James Packer, for allegedly concealing the extent of cost overruns. ![]() Planned to be one of the city's most spectacular hotels, the $2.9bn (£1.83bn), 3,889-room, 68-storey Fontainebleau remains unfinished and is one of the biggest eyesores on the Strip. Work was suspended in 2009 and the spot is now a vacant site. Opened in 1958, The Stardust was spectacularly demolished in 2007 to make way for Echelon Place, a huge casino and hotel complex. The Stardust's famous sign, with 2,200 metres of neon tubing and more than 11,000 bulbs, was one of the most famous sights in Vegas. Less loved now but still standing, it is one of the few avowedly cut-price hotels left on the Strip. Circus Circusįeatured in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever and Hunter S Thompson's acid-fuelled trip in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It closed in May with the loss of more than 1,000 jobs and now stands empty. Opened in 1952 and once the hottest joint on The Strip. Losses are falling but the casino is still losing cash. But even the Goldman boys don't seem to be able to make the casino pay. ![]() The Strip landmark is now owned by Goldman Sachs after its parent firm ran into trouble during the credit crisis. ![]()
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