Originally it was going to be called the Cabana Palace. Then it was the Desert Palace. But when the front doors opened Aug. 5, 1966, there was no mistaking who this gigantic columned temple belonged to: The greeters dressed as gladiators and waitresses in Cleopatra outfits made it clear this was Caesars Palace. The idea to erect an ancient Rome-themed hotel and casino in the middle of the Nevada desert was the brainchild of Jay Jackson Sarno, an Atlanta motel mogul who — with partners Nate Jacobson and Stanley Mallin and buttressed by a $10.6 million loan from
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- 7/12/2016
- by Melinda Sheckells
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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