{"id":1764,"date":"2013-09-17T14:43:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T21:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2013-09-18T01:11:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T08:11:00","slug":"ballys-tower-gets-a-new-name-and-renovated-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/ballys-tower-gets-a-new-name-and-renovated-rooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Bally&#8217;s Tower Gets a New Name and Renovated Rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Bally&rsquo;s Las Vegas might be getting a little long in the tooth, but the old girl still has some life left in her.<\/p>\n<p>One of the Bally&rsquo;s towers, the former South Tower, was recently re-named the Jubilee Tower (after the hotel&rsquo;s iconic showgirl show), and its 756 rooms have gotten a much-needed makeover.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1765\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/new_ballys_room1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1765 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"First rule of Las Vegas: Never trust what marketing photos show at the view.\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/new_ballys_room1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First rule of Las Vegas hotels: Never trust what marketing photos show as the view. Photoshop laws are very liberal in Nevada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new Jubilee Tower rooms at Bally&rsquo;s are going for a contemporary vibe, with neutral tones and unremarkable decorative touches. The rooms are 450-square-feet.<\/p>\n<p>The rooms include a &ldquo;chocolate brown plush corduroy sectional chaise lounge,&rdquo; which is especially fun if you say it five times, fast.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;re big fans of the dark wood, and the new Bally&rsquo;s rooms have that aplenty.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1766\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ballys_new_rooms2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1766 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"The one bed version, again with a view that couldn't possibly exist in the real world.\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ballys_new_rooms2.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isn&rsquo;t it weird that the sign on the Cosmopolitan went out at the exact moment this photo was being taken? Weird.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rooms also feature tufted-leather beds (whatever &ldquo;tufted-leather&rdquo; might be), a work desk, a fridge and chandelier-style sconces. What would the Las Vegas experience be without a sconce, after all? The bathrooms have also been redesigned.<\/p>\n<p>Bally&rsquo;s, of course, was previously the MGM Grand, which lives down The Strip a bit now. The site was originally occupied by the Three Coins Motel, back in 1963. After that, it was the Bonanza Hotel. When Bally&rsquo;s opened as the MGM Grand in 1973, it was the largest hotel in the world. Rooms in the hotel&rsquo;s North Tower haven&rsquo;t been renovated since 2004.<\/p>\n<p>As for prices in the Jubilee Tower, they&rsquo;re said to start &ldquo;from $99 a night,&rdquo; which in Las Vegas hotel speak translates as &ldquo;good luck finding one of these rooms at $99 on a night you actually want to stay there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On a related Bally&rsquo;s note: Presumably, coming soon to Bally&rsquo;s is an outdoor mall, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandbazaarshops.com\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Bazaar Shops<\/a>. The official site says it will open in Spring of 2014, but dates and other details about this project appear to be in an ongoing state of flux.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1772\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ballys_grand_bazaar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1772 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"The Grand Bazaar's official site says there will be more than 175 shops.\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ballys_grand_bazaar.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Grand Bazaar site claims there will be more than 175 shops. Actual results may vary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&rsquo;re big fans of new things in Las Vegas, so let us know what you think of the new Jubilee Tower rooms at Bally&rsquo;s, and we&rsquo;ll keep our eye on the Grand Bazaar, assuming it happens at all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bally&rsquo;s Las Vegas might be getting a little long in the tooth, but the old girl still has some life left in her. One of the Bally&rsquo;s towers, the former South Tower, was recently re-named the Jubilee Tower (after the hotel&rsquo;s iconic showgirl show), and its 756 rooms have gotten a much-needed makeover. 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