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The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is an awesome structure located in the 'new' heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Rising 36 stories into the blue Vegas sky the resort offers some of the most spectacular architecture in Las Vegas. Following the Venice theme the resort includes a quarter mile long Grand Canal 'inside the resort' that comes complete with real gondolas piloted by singing gondoliers. A ride in one of the Venetian's gondolas is a must do for everyone.
Opened in 1999, the Venetian remains one of the world's largest hotels with 4026 all-suite guest rooms. The average size of a Venetian standard guest room is 700 square feet, about twice the size of most hotel rooms. Hotel guest enjoy all the expected amenities of a world class destination resort and more. A 70,000 square foot spa and fitness center provides the traveler with a quick tune-up or a total make over. You can take a visual tour of the hotel's guest options and book your reservations on-line at www.Venetian.com.
Your room at the Venetian is within easy walking distance of the major resorts and exclusive shopping centers that line the Las Vegas strip. Connected to the Venetian is the Sand's Expo and Exhibition Center with more than a million square feet of space. The most discriminating shoppers can look forward to the 80 shops and exclusive brands lining the Venetian's Grand Canal.Grand Canal.
Entertainment at the Venetian runs the complete gamut from a 40 foot Rock Climbing Wall to a night of great shows featuring 'A' list celebrities. Shows include Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular, Blue Man Group, and Gordie Brown Live. 17 acclaimed restaurants prepare a long list of culinary specialties for every imaginable taste. Whatever is the food of your dreams it is served with style at the Venetian. Time Magazine named Venetian chef, Thomas Keller, "America's Best Chef" and after an evening of dining at the Chef's fabulous Bouchon you'll agree. With so many food offerings hungry guests can enjoy their favorite ethnic food, elegant food, trendy food, fast food and everything in between. Room service is available 24 hours from a complete menu for elegant meals in the private intimacy of your guest room.
The Venetian features a 120,000 square foot casino filled with live table games including Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, Roulette, Pai Gow Poker, Carribean Stud(TM), Let it Ride(TM), Big Six, and much more. Thousands of slot machines will tempt players with jackpots of millions. Check out the popular quarter machines offering winners a new BMW to drive home. As expected from one of the world's most elegant casino resorts, high limit players are accommodated in a style usually reserved for heads of state and up.
Poker at the Venetian is played in a 10,500 square foot poker room that staged a 2006 grand opening hosted by Las Vegas celebrity Robin Leach. Cathy Raymond, Poker Operations Manager, has logged considerable experience managing the world's largest poker operations. She knows what players want and the Venetian poker room provides those amenities to keep poker players returning often to play the Venetian poker room. Tim Mix handles the Tournament Director duties for the Venetian poker room and offers tournament players a well run, fun event. Players earn comps at the rate of $1-$1.50 per hour of play and a casino room rate is available to qualified players. Call the poker room for complete details at: 702.414.7657.
The Venetian has the largest poker room on the Las Vegas Strip with 39 tables in an elegant room. A separate "high limit" room that is known to host the 'big game,' the one with $4,000-$8,000 blinds. Players are offered Limit Hold'em in limits of $2-$4 though $8-$16. No-Limit Hold'em comes in $1-$2 blinds, $2-$5 blinds, $5-$10 blinds, and up. The Venetian poker room spreads a popular $6-$12 Omaha and Mix game. Almost any poker game and limits will be spread with enough player interest.
Two daily poker tournaments are offered Sunday thru Friday in the poker room. Beginning with a Noon No-Limit Hold'em $110 + $15 buy-in with one $50 rebuy event. $5 dollars for the dealers gets you an extra $1,000 to add to the $1,500 in tournament chips. An evening event at 8:00 PM has the same format as the Noon tournament. Saturday's Noon No-Limit Hold'em tournament has a $500 + $40 buy-in. Satellites for the Saturday Noon event begin at 8:00 AM with two winner single tables for $130. The Saturday evening tournament is a $175 + $20 Buy-in with the $5 dealer tip bonus. The No-Limit Hold'em Bounty tournament pays players $10 every time they eliminate another player.
Make your next stay in Las Vegas a Venetian Vacation and head for the poker room for a truly great poker playing experience in a world class resort.
3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Toll Free: 877.883.6423
Local: 702.414.1000
Fax: 702.414.1100
www.venetian.com
