Lisa Vanderpump's latest crown jewel surprisingly has nothing to do with diamonds, dogs, or drama.
The "Vanderpump Rules" creator and serial restaurateur (and "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" icon) officially cut the ribbon on The Vanderpump Hotel this month, marking her first foray into actually putting heads in beds rather than just pouring cocktails into glasses and serving it up with a side of British wit. And true to form, she didn't exactly tiptoe in. Vanderpump arrived in a custom Rolls-Royce, and Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom and Caesars Entertainment brass handed her a Key to The Strip, which feels like the Vegas equivalent of being knighted.
The 188-room boutique property is a highly anticipated addition to The Strip and is the work of Vanderpump and Nick Alain via their design firm, Vanderpump Alain, and it leans all the way into her self-described "industrial romantic" aesthetic — feminine elegance with a masculine edge, bespoke furnishings, and the kind of personal detailing that suggests someone had very strong opinions about every single chandelier. There are plenty of those, by the way: a dramatic walkway is lined with reimagined fixtures from the original resort (the property originated as the Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino before more recent iterations as Bill's Gambling Hall and Saloon and The Cromwell), dressed up with new crystals and custom shades.
The British references are everywhere: A mural shows Vanderpump strolling through rainy London beside the requisite red telephone booth, a vintage English taxicab greets guests off Las Vegas Boulevard, and a gallery wall of black-and-white photos rounds up the famous and the furry faces from her life. On the furry front: the new lounge Gigolo is named for her late Pomeranian Giggy.
Vanderpump called the hotel "a true labor of love" and "deeply personal," and the guest list backed up the passion-project framing — Sharon Osbourne, Lance Bass, and ex-RHOBH cast member Garcelle Beauvais turned out, alongside cast members from "Vanderpump Rules" and "Vanderpump Villa." The night wrapped with a 600-drone show over the Strip.
For advisors, the property slots neatly into Vanderpump's fast-growing Vegas footprint, which already includes Vanderpump Cocktail Garden at Caesars Palace, Vanderpump à Paris at Paris Las Vegas, and the just-opened Pinky's by Vanderpump at Flamingo, steps away. The hotel itself houses Drai's After Hours, the Soleia rooftop pool, Giada De Laurentiis' GIADA, a Caesars Sportsbook, and a Starbucks.
Sean McBurney, Caesars' chief commercial officer and regional president, noted the partnership "began as a conversation about a single cocktail lounge" and snowballed into a full hotel across multiple destinations. Which, when you think about it, is the most Vanderpump trajectory imaginable: come for the cocktail, stay for the empire.
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