The Venetian

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a Venice-themed resort, hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the site of the old Sands Hotel. Built at a cost of $1.5 billion, it is one of the most expensive resorts of its kind ever built. The Venetian is owned by the Las Vegas Sands.

In addition to the lake in front of the casino, canals on the second floor of building, in the shopping mall, are used to provide gondola rides.

Once owned by self-made billionaire Sheldon Adelson, the Venetian has 4,049 suites and a 120,000 square foot casino.

History

Ground was broken on April 14, 1997 and the resort officially opened on May 3, 1999.

In October 2001, the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum opened within the resort.

The Venenezia at the Venetian opened as an additional tower adding 1,013 suites.