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SOME HUGE CHANGES ARE COMING TO THE LAS VEGAS STRIP THIS YEAR
By ROB KACHELRIESS
Published On 02/16/2018
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One of the defining characteristics about Las Vegas is that the city is always changing. For better or worse, hotels, restaurants, and nightclubs alike all get eagerly discarded once they've been tagged as old and out-of-date, and that means planning a visit or just keeping on top of your own city's shifting urban landscape can get tricky. So let's look ahead to what's coming next. This year promises to bring new developments on and around the Strip, a Lady Gaga residency, exciting new restaurants, and even a Star Wars attraction. Here's everything you should keep an eye on whether you've lived here your whole life or you're planning a weekend getaway soon.
MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL
An iconic resort and casino is getting a makeover and a spate of new restaurants
No implosion necessary this time. MGM Resorts is keeping the basic structure of the Monte Carlo and gradually reconstructing it into the Park MGM -- a new resort that will complement the Park Theater and Park outdoor promenade already in place. The project will also incorporate a version of New York's NoMad Hotel -- making it a two-hotels-in-one deal. Everything at the Park MGM, from hotel rooms to brand new swimming pools, is being revamped. Most dramatically, the Strip-facing courtyard is being replaced with a grand entrance that will incorporate the Vegas debut of the Eataly retail-restaurant hybrid (which is still happening, despite the Mario Batali scandal). A couple new dining spots are already welcoming customers. Bavette's -- a Chicago steakhouse with prime cuts, fresh seafood, and an immersive dark interior -- nearly made our best new restaurants of 2017. Primrose, geared toward hotel guests, shows promise with a unique drawing room lounge and outdoor patio. There's another restaurant coming late in the year from chef Roy Choi, said to be inspired by Koreatown in Los Angeles.
Park MGM is taking reservations and is expected to open by late spring or early summer.
The LINQ
THE LINQ
For the first time, the Strip is getting its own huge zip line
Perhaps the only thing missing on the Strip was a zip line, but no more. Meet Fly LINQ, a new attraction that allows thrill-seekers to soar more than a thousand feet above the dining, entertainment, and retail space at The LINQ outdoor promenade. Large in scale, the 122-foot-tall Fly LINQ tower will allow as many as 10 people to line up side-by-side while zip lining at up to 35 mph. Like Slotzilla on Fremont Street, participants have the option of Superman-style horizontal flying. It's not inconceivable that the zip line could be bundled with the nearby High Roller observation wheel in discount ticket packages.
The Fly LINQ is scheduled to open late 2018.
Caesars Palace
CAESARS PALACE
Now anyone can (basically) eat on the set of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen
Big new restaurants on the Strip are usually tucked inside a hotel lobby or casino -- but that's not the case with Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen. The fifth restaurant by the celebrity chef in Vegas is actually out in front of Caesars Palace, on prime real estate near the sidewalk in a structure once home to Serendipity 3, the kind of place where you'd grab an ice cream sundae and people-watch from the patio.
Hell's Kitchen is a whole new ballgame. The entire building was gutted and has been almost entirely rebuilt as an ultra-contemporary dining spot with modern decor and floor-to-ceiling windows looking out onto the Strip. Complete with the show's bronze HK sign and pitchfork, Hell's Kitchen is almost designed to make you feel like you're dining on set -- complete with lots of yelling between chefs and kitchen staff. It doesn't quite reach fine dining level, but it's a stunning environment with familiar food made exceptionally well, and a virtual reality version of Ramsay greets you on a screen as you walk in. Hell's Kitchen opened last month and immediately generated mass reservations. Think of it as a restaurant and tourist attraction in one.
Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen is open for business.
The Luxor
THE LUXOR
The first huge Vegas arena dedicated to video gaming is coming
What does it say about trends when a Vegas Strip casino replaces its nightclub with an arena to watch people play video games? The Luxor is teaming up with Allied Esports to open Esports Arena Las Vegas, taking over the 30,000-square-foot space once occupied by the shuttered club LAX. The multi-level venue will be bright and flashy with a large LED video wall, individual gaming stations, and telescopic stadium seating that overlooks a competitive stage. There will also be an in-house television and production studio to stream events online. As the first permanent esports venue on the Strip, it may be a risky experiment, but competitive video game playing has drawn crowds at several Vegas locations in recent years, and its fandom is set to grow. Even so, the Luxor will try to incorporate traditional nightlife elements into the project, too, including a food and beverage program by celebrity chef José Andrés, who's said to be a gamer himself.
Esports Arena Las Vegas will open for business March 22.
