Bravo Pumps Out Reality Trailer for Vanderpump Hotel Special

Key Points

  • Bravo will air a three-part limited reality special based on the opening of the Vanderpump Hotel beginning Oct. 20
  • The reality special follows Lisa Vanderpump during the chaotic final weeks leading up to the June 11 opening of The Vanderpump Hotel.
  • Rebranding the former Cromwell property was the television star's latest hospitality collaboration with Caesars Entertainment on the Las Vegas Strip

“Oh, for (bleeped)’s sake, where are the bloody carpets?” Lisa Vanderpump demands to know in the trailer to Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas, the upcoming limited Bravo TV special about her mad dash to open the Vanderpump Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

Lisa Vanderpump, center, is bookended by her husband, Ken Todd—holding Puffy the Pomeranian—and her longtime design partner Nick Alain in front of the Vanderpump Hotel. (Image: Bravo/YouTube)

In the footage, it’s only two weeks until the former Cromwell debuts as the redesigned and rebranded Vanderpump Hotel Las Vegas, and the (bleep) is hitting the fan. There are holes in the ceiling, stone columns are crumbling, and the bar and chandelier are unfinished.

Oh yeah, and those carpets from before? They’re lost in customs.

“Come hell or high water, or holes in the ceiling, this hotel is opening in two weeks!” Vanderpump declares in the trailer.

Spoiler alert: it did, on June 11, 2026, and everything turned out fine. But Vanderpump did not have this information at the time, and the show is based on her freaking out about every potential problem.

“I don’t want to cry anymore because then my eyelashes will fall off and that would be a disaster,” she says at one point.

See for yourself:

The Vanderpump Hotel is the newest chapter in La Lisa’s partnership with Caesars Entertainment. It follows Vanderpump Cocktail Garden at Caesars Palace, Vanderpump à Paris at Paris Las Vegas, and Pinky’s at the Flamingo.

Pump Fiction?

The three‑part special stars Vanderpump’s longtime inner circle: her husband of 44 years, Ken Todd; her daughter, Pandora Vanderpump Sabo; her son, Max Vanderpump‑Todd; and her business partner and design collaborator, Nick Alain.

And yes, Puffy the Pomeranian is on full display, nipping at strangers. (He is never to be confused with the late Giggy, the namesake of the hotel’s lounge and model for its giant statue.)

Caesars executives—including CEO Tom Reeg, COO Anthony Carano, and regional president Sean McBurney—are also shown in the footage, frowning at various problems.

Of course, since all reality TV is carefully curated, nothing dares show the Caesars brand in a remotely bad light.

Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas premieres its first two episodes 9 p.m. ET Tuesday (Oct. 20) on Bravo before streaming the next day on Peacock. The third and final episode will air Wednesday (Oct. 21) on Bravo, then Peacock.

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.

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