Caesars Palace : The First Themed Casino in Las Vegas
difficulties in the 1970s . Ash Resnick , the vice-president of Caesars and an Army friend , gave the popular boxer a job as a greeter ( McKenzie 1 ). In 1981 , Louis died of a heart attack at age sixty-six . Jesse Jackson and Frank Sinatra delivered eulogies in the sports book (“ Services Friday ” 1 ). Congress passed legislation to bury Louis in Arlington National Cemetery .
Poker Room�Serious card-players gravitate to the hushed confines of the poker room located in front of the Colosseum near the race and sports book . Sarno ’ s underlying message of catering to well-heeled gamblers permeates this bastion of male privilege . Pictures of modern day gladiators and women as objects decorate the walls . LeRoy Nieman ’ s ( 1921-2012 ) energetic paintings include the series Girls of Caesars Palace , featuring a wine server , a lifeguard , a roulette attendant , and a dealer . Neil Leifer ’ s famous Sports Illustrated photograph of the knockout in the Ali-Liston 1964 championship fight is prominently displayed .
The Colosseum�Management replaced the Circus Maximus showroom with a one hundred-million-dollar Colosseum in 2003 to house the Celine Dion musical performance . Some aspects of the contemporary architecture reflect the lines of the Roman Colosseum . The name of that ancient structure is the Latin word for gigantic . One difference between the two structures is that the one in Rome was a stadium for 50,000 citizens and the one in Las Vegas is a theater seating 4,298 people .
The Busts of Three Emperors�Three unidentified busts of possibly Tacitus , Hadrian , and Augustus sit in a small alcove near the Beijing Noodle # 9 Chinese restaurant .
Fortuna�A 25-foot statue of the Roman goddess of luck and the dawn marks the entrance to the Forum shops . She
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