Here’s What’s New and What’s in the Works at Caesars Palace

By Scott Roeben, on November 06 2024
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There’s a lot going on at Caesars Palace, the grande dame of the Las Vegas Strip. For our fellow youths who may be unfamiliar with the term “grande dame,” Caesars Palace possesses a fair amount of “gyatt.”

Anyway, the old girl still has some vixen in her with a number of venues coming online in the next month or two, including a high limit slot area, high limit table games area and Caspian’s Lounge, along with Mokbar in the resort’s food hall. A couple of areas have already debuted. Buddy V’s Pizzeria just opened in the food court and a high limit slot area got a beautiful makeover.

Let’s take a look at some of the newness at Caesars Palace, the quintessential Las Vegas resort and a place where we used to work before founding our online media empire. If you thought, ” That ’empire’ should be in quotation marks,” your insolence is duly noted.

Las Vegas never runs out of new.

Let’s start with the things that have already quietly been unveiled at Caesars Palace.

A small high limit slot room just off the casino floor has gotten a serious refresh.

Prior to the renovation, the room was popular but looked like it had been rode hard and put up wet, unbecoming of a high limit room in the flagship resort of Caesars Entertainment.

We texted photos of the abused chairs in the room to higher ups in the company, and we proved once again that whining can have a positive impact on the world. The new chairs are fleek AF.

We love us some high maintenance chairs, which was definitely not the name of our band in high school, probably.

Do you know this blog at all?

This was the last time we ever dressed up.

Also new at Caesars is Buddy V’s Pizzeria in the resort’s food hall, quickly becoming a place where you might actually want to eat voluntarily, despite Bobby’s Burgers.

We haven’t tried this Buddy V’s yet, but we stopped by prior to opening and the food looked tasty. (We like his spots at the Linq and Venetian, Harrah’s not so much.) Buddy V’s Pizzeria replaces the price gougefest that was DiFara Pizza. Yes, there’s cake.

New things are awesome, but we especially enjoy seeing what’s next and not publicly viewable yet. We call these sneak peeks “security breaches” just to make them sound more romantic.

Caesars Palace will soon have two new spaces for its high rollers.

The high limit slots salon is going to be resplendent, or perhaps even another word we actually know the meaning of.

It’s clear no expense is being spared. Other sumptuous high limit rooms have been cropping up on The Strip, and locals casinos (like Station Casinos) have been giving the big boys a run for their money with elegant offerings for their much-coveted high limit gamblers.

Here’s a look behind the construction wall.

August things are afoot. Too esoteric?

The room will feature a very fancy chandelier, among other amenities.

Ironically, this chandelier at Caesars Palace boasts a link promenade.

This new high limit area will have more of a party vibe than the existing Palace Court high limit room at Caesars Palace, intended to capture some of the Omnia foot traffic. Palace Court isn’t going anywhere, this is additive.

Here’s one of the decorative flourishes on display in the future high limit slots room at Caesars.

Do people still call it “bling,” or is it “drip” now? Ice? Frost? Sauce? Please submit all updates in triplicate, a phrase no one has used since 1995.

The high limit slot area is connected to the high limit table games area by a hallway with a sweet cage. Photos of casino cages is strictly forbidden, so here’s a photo of the cage because we do not live by society’s rules.

They have flair at bars, why not have “show cages” in casinos? They could do close-up magic with currency, balance giant bands of cash, make markers vanish into thin air. One can wish.

The high limit table games salon will continue the club-esque vibe.

All hail the enlightened casino executives who understand the big “reveal” isn’t a thing anymore. We crave progress reports, inside skinny and sneak peeks.

There will be a small bar in the table games salon, but no video poker (at opening, anyway).

Despite no immediate plans for video poker, they’re building the cabinets, anyway, because smart people are smart.

The high limit table games room will have roulette and blackjack and the usual suspects, but no craps table to start.

This is either where one of the roulette tables is going or a Tesla Cybertruck crime scene.

The new high limit spaces should be complete by the end of 2024.

Getting a fix on where these high limit rooms are situated isn’t easy, but they’ll be easily accessible from the main casino floor. They’re across from Omnia, sort of next to where the Pussycat Dolls party pit was. Across the way from Stanton Social Prime, that place you haven’t been yet.

The new high limit areas are behind that wall. They’ll probably remove the red arrows when they open.

Also in the works is Caspian’s Lounge. This new lounge, from Clique Hospitality, sits in the former home of Cleopatra’s barge. At this point, it’s an empty box, no trace of the former showroom in sight.

Caspian’s Lounge will have live music, but it’s not being built as an entertainment venue, we said appreciatively.

There’s a bit more to do.

Caspian’s will have a small bar, of course.

They can’t have video poker here because who needs the competition?

Clique Hospitality has a number of Las Vegas venues ranging from terrible (Side Piece at Red Rock) to outstanding (Clique at Cosmo and Tailgate Social at Palace Station), so we have high hopes for Caspian’s Lounge, especially if no cigar smoking is allowed.

Are you maxed out on Caesars Palace news yet? Tough.

Also in the works at the resort’s food court are Mokbar and Tortazo by Rick Bayless.

The name of Mokbar is officially Mokbar, but the signage says “Mok Bar.” This is a smidge confusing. To make matters even more baffling, it’s really Mŏkbar, with a little thing over the “o.” That diacritical mark is called a “breve.” Mokbar translates as “eat bar.” We didn’t think food court tenants could sell liquor (as it could interfere with the landlord’s liquor revenue), so this should be interesting.

Modern and accessible QSR (quick service restaurant) Korean.

Anyway, Mokbar is from the adorable Esther Choi, so we’re looking forward to trying it. The space was previously Tiger Wok & Ramen.

You thought we were just going to show you a curtain? It’s not a security breach if nothing is breached.

As for Tortazo by Rick Bayless, it’s not as far along as the other new concepts in the Forum Food Hall, not to be confused with the food offerings at the Caesars Forum, a convention space nowhere near Caesars Palace. Don’t get us started.

Mexican fast casual and the such.

We’re almost done, but feel compelled to give a little scoop about the Caesars Palace poker room.

The poker room has been shut down as the casino’s high limit areas are rejiggered, but it will be back. It won’t, however, be in the same spot, we’re told. It’s going to the other end of the casino, closer to the parking garage, the entrance to the Forum Shops and by Vanderpump Cocktail Garden. It’s fluid, but it’s coming back, so don’t freak out.

It’s fairly straightforward. Slots make lots of money for casinos, poker rooms don’t.

In perhaps the biggest Caesars Palace news, we’re pretty sure the elevators in the self-park garage are being repaired. Half the elevators were out of order when we left Caesars Entertainment in 2013, and we’re pretty sure they have remained that way until now. Just saying.

All these changes at Caesars Palace follow on the heels of a serious investment in breathing new life into this famed throwback casino, including a beautiful new bar just off the hotel lobby and a new valet entrance.

One last bit of newness! A recent news release we deleted because we are very important and busy said something about a new Omnia Dayclub. This explains some of the tree removal in front of Caesars Palace.

It’s expected this space will be used for F1-related activities prior to the construction of the Omnia Dayclub, but few details have been provided. It’s possible the details were provided during our recent behind-the-scenes tour (sorry, “security breach”), but we don’t take notes, which we’re aware is a serious character flaw, however, you are not our mom.

You know we’ll keep you in the loop about all the new developments at Caesars Palace, so check back hourly for updates.

Update (11/7/24): We told you to check back! The day after our post went live, Caesars Palace announced the aforementioned food hall concepts—Tortazo by Chef Rick Bayless, Mokbar by Chef Esther Choi and Buddy V’s Pizzeria—have all simultaneously opened and Forum Food Hall has been rebranded to Celebrity Food Hall.