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Sep. 29, 2009
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Planet Hollywood, Westgate bringing 1,201 rooms to Strip with PH Towers

By ARNOLD M. KNIGHTLY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

The pool is seen under construction on Thursday at the PH Towers, which are scheduled to open in December. The pool will include white sand, a bar and 32 private cabanas.
Photo by John Locher

While attention has been focused on the bigger project across the street, the 1,201-room PH Towers at Planet Hollywood Resort has been moving toward a December opening.

The tower's opening will be competing for county inspectors' attention with MGM Mirage's CityCenter, which will be opening around the same time.

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    • Meanwhile, construction is continuing on the nearly 20,000-square-foot lobby area overlooking the pool. The lobby area will include a check-in counter, restaurant, Starbucks, a bar and retail space.

    Construction is also nearing completion on a 15,000-square-foot convention area and seven additional meeting rooms.

    The PH Towers is a 52-story tower being built on four acres next to the Miracle Mile Shops. The project is a partnership between Planet Hollywood Resort and Westgate, a Florida-based timeshare company.

    About 20 percent of the inventory will be time shares, with the rest used as hotel rooms for the resort, which has 2,496 rooms.

    Plans call for two more towers totaling 1,586 rooms by November 2013.

    Planet Hollywood received 13,345 applicants for 800 jobs which begin training in late October. The workers will work for Planet Hollywood, which will operate the tower for Westgate.

    Contact reporter Arnold M. Knightly at aknightly @reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3893.

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    Larry wrote on October 02, 2009 08:52 AM: To wagatsuma who is asking when the PH Towers will open, duh, why doesn't he just call Planet Hollywood to confirm his reservation? Sounds like he is asleep at the switch.


    b. wagatsuma wrote on September 30, 2009 05:03 PM: This article says the opening is projected for December, however I have reservations for November 8 - 15. I am a timeshare owner of this property. I understand the actual opening is October 30. Is the reporter getting the dates straight or have I been misinformed by Westgate.


    Michael wrote on September 29, 2009 03:12 PM: 1200 more rooms that we don't need, that will either sit empty or rent for $69 a night.


    Jim wrote on September 29, 2009 01:38 PM: Why is it Towers? I don't see the 2nd one anywhere.