The Imperial Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino is a classic Strip resort that has been drawing crowds since 1979. Besides casino gaming and sports betting, this Asian-themed resort offers excellent dining, popular entertainment, and The Auto Collections at the Imperial Palace, a unique display of more than 250 vintage automobiles for sale.
Centrally located on the Las Vegas Strip across from Caesars Palace, the Imperial Palace’s seven towers include more than 2,500 standard and deluxe rooms and suites. Their PetStay Las Vegas program offers rooms for dog lovers, with special amenities for their canine traveling companions.
Casino Gaming
The Imperial Palace’s large casino includes tons of slot and video poker machines with denominations from 1¢ to $25. Fifty-five table games include everything from Blackjack to Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker, and they have recently added a poker room on the casino floor.
Nowhere else in Las Vegas will you find the Dealertainers Blackjack Pit, where the dealers impersonate famous singers like Elvis, Michael Jackson, and Cher. During breaks in the action, the Dealertainers sing one of their character’s most popular songs.
The Imperial Palace Race & Sports Book is located on the third floor, away from the noisy and bustling casino and offers sports bettors 12 large screens and 230 individual TVs.
Dining at Imperial Palace Las Vegas
The Embers steakhouse is a venerable restaurant offering gourmet steaks and seafood. For more quirky fare, Hash House A Go Go has funky mid-America cuisine served with a Las Vegas twist.
Betty’s Diner and Cyber Café serves soups and sandwiches, snacks and ice cream with Internet stations available for a fee, and Ginseng 3 is a 24/7 café offering traditional Korean, Japanese, and Chinese cuisine.
The Imperial Palace’s comfort food choices include Pizza Palace for Italian pizza and pasta, Quesadilla for Mexican tacos and burritos, and Burger Palace for American favorites. The obligatory all-you-can-eat restaurant is the Emperor’s Buffet serving brunch and dinner.
Entertainment
In addition to the casino Dealertainers, the Imperial Palace Las Vegas hosts some of the most popular shows and attractions on The Strip. The Main Showroom features famous entertainers and Matsuri, a show where muscular athletes perform energetic stunts in traditional Japanese costumes.
Frank Marino is back on the Strip after starring for more than 20 years in the Riviera Las Vegas show, La Cage aux Folles. He headlines a bevy of female impersonators in Frank Marino’s Divas Las Vegas.
The Auto Collections at the Imperial Palace has been one of the finest attractions in Las Vegas for many years. Located in the resort’s parking garage, this tourist sight was originally a museum of unique and historic automobiles. Today, The Auto Collections is a changing display of rare and valuable automobiles from around the world. Visitors stroll past more than 250 vehicles worth at least $100 million. For a free admission coupon to The Auto Collections, visit their website.
Imperial Palace Is Vintage Las Vegas
A popular Strip destination for more than thirty years, the serene Asian theme of Imperial Palace Las Vegas contrasts sharply with the bustling casino floor. Highlights of the resort include dining at the classic Las Vegas steakhouse called The Embers and an amazing amble through an impressive display of automotive diversity at The Auto Collections.
Sources:
- Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Imperial Palace Website, imperialpalace.com
- The Auction, Inc., The Auto Collections, autocollections.com
- Vegas.com, Imperial Palace, vegas.com
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