Caesars Palace Hits the Big 50

This summer Caesars Palace is celebrating its big 50th anniversary. Here is an old postcard I ran across in my research, showing the original complex:

A big place surrounded by desert then. A much bigger place surrounded by a lot now:

To put it in perspective, the smallish building seen in the center of the second pic is the same HUGE building in the back of the property in the first.

Which is why Caesar's is unique. Las Vegas is all about the old law of life that the new is always destroying the old. Want a new resort? Better implode what was standing there before. There is not a lot of adding on new buildings or wings over time.

Caesar's Palace is the grand exception in Las Vegas. It has been adding new things over time - the Colosseum - Forum Shoppes - New Towers - Expanded gaming areas and more as it has grown and adapted.

This summer it is hosting free self-guided tours of the cool spots in Caesars. See you there!