International Hotel (Las Vegas)
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| Location | Winchester, Nevada |
| Address | 3000 Paradise Road |
| Opening date | July 2, 1969 |
| Number of rooms | 2,956 rooms and 305 suites |
| Total gaming space | 74,000 square feet (6,900 m2) |
| Permanent shows | Icons of Comedy, Greg London, Nunsense, Mark Curry |
| Notable restaurants | Benihana, Andiamo, TJ's Steakhouse |
| Casino type | Land-based |
| Owner | Westgate Resorts |
| Operating license holder | Navegante Group |
| Architect | Martin Stern Jr. & Associates |
| Previous names | International (1969–1971) Las Vegas Hilton (1971–-2012) LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (2012–2014) |
| Renovated in | 1975 1978 1998 2006 2008 |
| Coordinates | 36°8′8″N 115°9′9″W / 36.13556°N 115.15250°WCoordinates: 36°8′8″N 115°9′9″W / 36.13556°N 115.15250°W |
| Website | westgatelasvegasresort |
The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino is a hotel and casino in Winchester, Nevada, owned by Westgate Resorts. It has 2,956 hotel rooms, including 305 suites. It opened in 1969 as the International Hotel, and was known for many years as the Las Vegas Hilton, then briefly as the LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. It was renamed the Westgate Las Vegas on July 1, 2014. The hotel is 30 stories tall with a height of 114.30 meter / 375.00 feet. Located on 64 acres (26 ha), it has a 74,000 square feet (6,900 m2) casino and is also home to the largest sports book in Las Vegas. The hotel is located next to the Las Vegas Convention Center and has its own 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) convention center, and a station along the Las Vegas Monorail.
The hotel, designed by architect Martin Stern, Jr., was built in 1969 by Kirk Kerkorian and opened originally as the International Hotel. When it opened, the International was the largest hotel in the world. Barbra Streisand was the opening-night performer, along with Peggy Lee performing afterwards in the hotel's lounge.
On July 31, 1969, immediately following Streisand's engagement, Elvis Presley performed for 58 consecutive sold out shows, breaking all Vegas attendance records, (130,157 paying, and ostensibly gambling customers in the period of one month), with stellar reviews coming from both critics and the public. He broke his own attendance record in February 1970, and again in August 1970 and August 1972. When playing Las Vegas, he lived in the penthouse suite (room 3000), located on the 30th floor, until his last performance there in December 1976. Elvis was due to perform there again in 1978, to celebrate the opening of the North tower, but the singer died in August 1977. His manager, Colonel Tom Parker lived in the hotel on the 4th floor from the 1970s to mid-1980s.
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