Imperial Palace Not Taking Reservations After July 1 2012

 A5RoadDogg posted on Friday, 7th October 2011 - 3:59 pm

If I'm good for anything, it's for obsessive-compulsive checking of my comps months into the future...

 jinx73 posted on Friday, 7th October 2011 - 4:47 pm

I noticed this about 2 months ago, I will add a caveat that greater then 6 months out you can see places on CET's system not accepting reservations. I think there is a better then average chance that this does mean they will be closing the hotel tower for renovations etc, but I'd be cautious in calling it definitive.

 simpsonlasvegas posted on Friday, 7th October 2011 - 5:22 pm

They have several towers, I believe. I'll be surprised if the property isn't continually open and renting rooms long after the middle of next year.

 head58 posted on Friday, 7th October 2011 - 9:52 pm

I asked our server at Hash House last week if she'd heard anything about them closing during the renovations. She said they hadn't been told anything at all, and assumed she'd have heard *something* if they were closing down in the next 6-8 months. She seemed sincere, but to be honest I was kind of mad crushing on her Jeaneane Garafolo bangs and dark rim glasses vibe anyway so I'd have bought whatever she was peddling

 levans posted on Saturday, 8th October 2011 - 12:32 am

Not amazed by this. It is possible that the casino and Hash House will remain open for a bit but rooms will be unavailable.

 jinx73 posted on Saturday, 8th October 2011 - 7:16 am

I'll definitely be checking with a couple bartenders I've gotten to know next month, to see what they are hearing.

 dm49323 posted on Saturday, 8th October 2011 - 7:48 am

Hope it makes it a few days past the 4th Holiday, already planning to pay my last respects to O'Shea's that weekend. Maybe I can be the last guy to 7 out at the Craps table.

 blissfulignoramus posted on Saturday, 8th October 2011 - 8:37 pm

I remember trying to book a room at Barbary Coast (aka Bill's) a couple of years ago, and not seeing availability more than six months out... Bill's is still there.

I stayed at IP in August. I had stayed there twice in the previous ten years or so, and it was my best visit there since the Englestad days. That is to say, not good, but well above reputation and a damn good deal.

We shall see how this turns out. If they are going to rebrand, tear it down, whatever, they have to have a better plan than what's in place to make that work. In this economy, chalk me down as skeptical.

 NeverJustJ posted on Saturday, 8th October 2011 - 10:15 pm

That property is so physically segmented, in terms of rooms, they should be able to keep fair amount of inventory on line (and making money!) throughout even a fairly major re-modeling/re-branding...don't ya think?