Flamingo to get an overhaul full of upgrades

April 6, 2007

In online gambling news today, we continue to report on some casino improvements on land. In Las Vegas, The Flamingo is enduring a revamping in efforts to redefine itself in the face of better, more contemporary Vegas Strip casino projects. We have always said at this online casino gambling portal that keeping up with the Jones is never harder than it is in Vegas. Especially on the Strip

In order to restructure today would take a ton of cash, but is there really any other way to keep up?

A key redesign of the hotel casino resort property, which is already the world's 10^th largest hotel in itself, could be part of a bigger plan it seems. A plan to develop Harrah's main Strip casino resort properties, would definitely catapult the company up to the standards of the many new and well designed new casino resorts popping up all around the Vegas Strip. We have actually covered other online gambling articles about other casinos doing upgrades to keep up with the fierce Vegas competition.

But recently, this property we write about today in online gambling news is hammering its principal improvement money into redesigning and revamping about 500 hotel rooms this year alone. In fact, just last year, the casino company redesigned and updated nearly 640 of its casino property hotel rooms.

In a statement to the press regarding the revamp issue, a company spokesperson said that the casino company thought to invest in not just a room change but a whole new room design. Additionally the rep said he thought the properties prime asset was the size of the rooms compared to others in Vegas. So, when you add updates to sheer size, it should be a winning combination.

Some vacationers would tell you that rooms are not where they are at all times when on holiday somewhere – but when it comes to Vegas – it matters what the room offers almost more than anything else a casino property has to offer.

We now understand that the Flamingo is the biggest hotel by room in size fort all of Harrahs Entertainment’s casino properties in the city. In fact, this is the company that has the most rooms in the entire city. The innovative Go Rooms, a play on the last 2 letters of the name Flamingo, are intended to keep the hotel competitive with other casino properties on the Strip. The latest 500 rooms are scheduled to be finished in about 7 months.

While we have seen almost constant upgrades to just about all Vegas casino properties, The Flamingo is clearly striving for cooler, hipper, more modern look and feel to it.

After all, new Vegas customers and gambling fans are a lot different than old school visitors.

Going further than the standard remodeling of floors, walls, beds and light fixtures, a majority of the plumbing and electrical wiring will be detached and replaced and new high speed Internet connections and other energy updates that have been developed. High speed Internet is almost a complete necessity for any visor to hotels anyway.

Due to of the age of the Flamingo hotel structures themselves, a great deal of the Flamingo's infrastructure had to be remodeled before updated electronics and redesigned bathroom features could even be put into place. This is what happens when a building is nearing the 30 year mark.

Each newly appointed hotel room will be en suite with a flat screen TVs and an iPod docking station – 2 other almost necessities when it comes to hotels these days. The bathtubs are being replaced with larger, more stylish showers and more.

This is a major overhaul indeed. Although – no price tag on the revamp has been publicly released yet, we believe it has to be in the millions and millions.

While the room remodeling has been a main focus for the property for the past few years or so, the Flamingo still continues to reinvent itself in other ways also – just as you would imagine all casino properties do in Vegas.

There are great comedy entertainment shows based in the Flamingo. Other great entertainment is also available as well. The casino is also another huge reason the property manages so well. The casino is also a main draw do to sheer size.

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