As of December 20,2007, the Palazzo was scheduled to open at least 1,000 rooms by December 28 in preparation for the Las Vegas New Year's celebration America's Party. The casino and other areas of the Palazzo opened at 7pm on Sunday December 30,2007 after a delay of several days due to the Clark County permitting process. Upon its completion The Palazzo its total floor area covering 6,948,980 square feet (645,581 m2) displaced the Pentagon as the largest building in the United States in terms of floor space by a margin of about 383,000 square feet (35,600) m2). The structural engineering was done by Waller P Moore Engineers and Consultants. Parts of the resort were opened to the general public on December 30,2007. The official grand opening took place on January 17,2008. In 2010 it was announced that it will be affiliated with Inter Continental Hotels Group. The Palazzo during construction (March 2007) Foundation work on the $1.6 billion Palazzo began in September 2004 without a groundbreaking ceremony.
As of February 27, 2006 the project had been undeer construction for over a year. Most of that time was spent digging the 4story deep hole to put in the underground parking s tructure. Then the building itself began to gradually rise upwards. The steel fabrication and erection was supplied by Schuff Steel Company.
By November 2006 the hotel tower had reached the 35th floor Construction of the ground floors including were well under way. As of March 2007 the hotel tower's elevator core was complete and the rooms area was rising to the top.The facade and windows were being installed on the lower floors. As of August 2007 the lettering on the side of the tower was funished and topoped out.
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