Good Bye Aladdin - Hello Planet Hollywood
Saturday April 21, 2007
On Tuesday April 17 during a "soft opening" the Arabian themed Aladdin hotel in Las Vegas officially became the Planet Hollywood Resort.
OpBiz, the hotel-casino's ownership group is a partnership between Planet Hollywood restaurant founder Robert Earl, investment firm Bay Harbour Management and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. OpBiz bought the property in 2004 for $496 million and is just now officially changing the name.
Several celebrities were on hand for the opening including actor Bruce Willis, boxing star Sugar Ray Leonard, tennis star Pete Sampras, baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, magician Hans Klok and actress Carmen Electra.
Robert Earl, co-chairman of OpBiz announced that an official Grand Opening is slated for Sept. 28-29.
Comments
I believe the Aladdin has been closed since 1999. Any other appearance of a casino bearing that name has been a disservice to us all. What a joint!! It takes about an hour to get from the parking garage to the casino, the ’shops’ are arranged like a maze, one girl employed at one of the vendors told me that she had been working there for a week and still needs help finding her way to her car!! I thought it was just me…..Paul