Caesars Gets Into the Non-Gaming Hotel Business

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA — Caesars Entertainment gets into the non-gaming hotel business with plans to open an 11-story hotel in Scottsdale. The casino giant created Caesars Republic to handle non-gaming properties, and partnered with Aimbridge Hospitality on the 266-room hotel located near Scottsdale Fashion Square. The hotel, which breaks ground later this year, plans to feature a rooftop pool and bar looking out at Camelback Mountain with weekend brunches. Caesars also has a non-gaming Caesars Palace resort opening along the coast of Puerto Los Cabos, Mexico. [EaterWire]

CAESARS PALACE — The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump tells The Feast that she expects Vanderpump Cocktail Garden to open in April. The cocktail lounge, which brings the outdoors inside, takes over the former Fizz space at the resort. Dubbed a cocktail garden, the new bar follows her Los Angeles restaurants and lounges, including Villa Blanca, SUR, Pump, and Tom Tom. [Bravo/The Feast]

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