The Caesar's Palace attached shopping mall occupies
636000 sq ft extending to Las Vegas Boulevard via a
2004 expansion. With 160 stores and 11 restaurants
( including outlets by Wolfgang Puck, Il Mulino New
York, and Bobby Flay, it is the highest grossing
mall in the United States on both an absolute basis
and on per square foot sales. The decor evokes
ancient Roman streets with replicas of the Appian
Way, Trevi and Triton fountains, and fountains and
statues everywhere. The street front store facades
are in the style of ancient Rome as well. Unlike
some venues, the streets are aligned to allow
walking around discrete blocks so that everything
can be seen without backtracking. And, as in so
many other sites, note the trompe l'oeil ceilings,
beautiful blue Italian skies with light clouds.
The new addition fronting Las Vegas Boulevard is
worthy of note. Three stories high, the entrance
includes a large reflecting pool, massive statues,
and one of only two spiral escalators in the United
States. The mall is best known for a large number
of specialty shops not seen in many other malls
like Lalique, Judith Lieber, and Stuart Weitzman as
well as all the usual international design and
clothing suspects - Bulgari, Vuitton, Kate Spade,
Miu Miu at the upper end and Gap and Diesel for the
rest of us. This is a very interesting venue to
walk through.
