I spent 2 nights at Lisa Vanderpump's brand-new Las Vegas hotel. I think she's ready to become the Queen of Sin City.
Lisa Vanderpump has expanded her hospitality empire by opening a new boutique hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. The property blends a moody, upscale aesthetic with the reality star's signature kitschy branding.
Why it matters
It tracks the continued commercial influence of reality television personalities in the high-stakes Las Vegas hospitality market.
Lisa Vanderpump's hotel is now open for business in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Jacob Kepler for BI Lisa Vanderpump's first-ever hotel opened on the Las Vegas Strip in June. The Vanderpump Hotel features 188 rooms and suites, a casino, and a rooftop with three pools. I stayed at the hotel and was surprised it was as moody and sexy as it was bachelorette-friendly. When Lisa Vanderpump pitched the name "Gigolo" for the cocktail bar in her new Las Vegas hotel , the executives at Caesars Entertainment were shocked. Even for Sin City, it seemed a little much. "I was like, 'No, no, it's not a male escort,'" Vanderpump tells me, barely holding back a laugh. "They were like, 'Well, what is it then?'
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