Hooters Casino Hotel
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| Location | Paradise, Nevada |
| Address | 115 East Tropicana Avenue |
| Opening date | February 2, 1973 |
| Number of rooms | 696 |
| Total gaming space | 35,000 sq ft (3,300 m2) |
| Permanent shows | Purple Reign, Men of X, Dirty Joke Show |
| Notable restaurants | Dan Marino's |
| Casino type | Land-based |
| Owner | Trinity Hotel Investors |
| Operating license holder | Navegante Group |
| Previous names |
Howard Johnson Hotel Paradise Treasury Pacifica Polynesian Hôtel San Rémo (1989-2006) |
| Renovated in | 2002 2004 2006 |
| Website | hooterscasinohotel |
Hooters Casino Hotel is a hotel and casino located off the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned by Trinity Hotel Investors and operated by the Navegante Group. It is located off the Strip next to the Tropicana and across the street from the MGM Grand Las Vegas. The hotel has 696 rooms with a 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) casino.
The hotel was built by the Oesterle Nevada Corp. for $8 million, and opened in 1973 as a Howard Johnson Hotel.
It was purchased in 1975 for $7.6 million by Eureka Savings and Loan, after Oesterle Nevada declared bankruptcy. Later that year, it was sold for $10 million to Bernard Nemerov, a former part owner of the Riviera casino, who planned to add a small casino and rename the property as the Paradise Hotel.
In 1976, the Paradise was targeted in a credit scam by 54 mobsters associated with the Philadelphia crime family. The scheme left the casino with insufficient cash to operate, and it was forced to close and went bankrupt.
It went through further ownership changes and renamings, to the 20th Century, the Treasury, the Pacifica, and the Polynesian.
In 1989, it was purchased by Sukeaki Izumi, a Japanese industrialist and hotelier, who renovated it with an Italian Riviera ambience and renamed it the Hôtel San Rémo. He paid a reported $30 million for the purchase and renovation. In 2002, the hotel, casino, and restaurants were refurbished. The hotel had 711 rooms while the casino had 30,000 square feet (3,000 m²) of space.
In 2004, Izumi's company, Eastern and Western Hotel Corp., began looking for opportunities to grow the hotel, to take advantage of the heavy development at the intersection of Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd. since 1989. Hooters approached with a redevelopment proposal. Ultimately, a group of nine partners in Hooters of America acquired a two-thirds interest in the property, which was put under control of a joint venture, 155 East Tropicana, LLC. Plans were announced to redevelop the San Remo as a Hooters brand casino and hotel. Hooters of America, owner of the Hooters trademark, would receive 2% of revenue as royalties.
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