World's most expensive hotel room at Palms Casino features formaldehyde-suspended sharks, 24-hour butler service
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Sin City is now home to the world’s most expensive hotel room.
Unveiled on March 1, the new Empathy Suite at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas costs $100,000 a night. Among its over-the-top features is a pool that juts out high above the strip and two bull sharks suspended in formaldehyde beside a game room.
Designed by boundary-pushing British artist Damien Hirst, the two-story, 9,000-square-foot suite requires a two-night minimum stay, so guests won’t make it out of there without dropping at least $200,000 (or spending $1 million on the casino floor).
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The suite also features a 13-seat curved bar. Hanging above it are Hirst’s “Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Time” work, and two glass display cases, containing the skeleton of a marlin fish and a taxidermic marlin. A lounge and media area can accommodate up to 52 people.
The suite includes extras such as 24-hour butler service, a chauffeured car, a private behind-the-scenes art tour, VIP access to entertainment venues and a $10,000 resort credit.
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For comparison, the Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva starts at $80,00 a night. The Grant Penthouse Suite at The Mark in New York City, where Meghan Markle had her baby shower, is $75,000 a night.
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The Palms has never been known for subtlety: It is, after all, the place where “The Real World: Las Vegas” was filmed in 2002, and it once had the largest Hooters in the world.
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The Empathy suite has two master bedrooms, each with a massage room, and an additional salt relaxation room.
But the highlight is the art: Hirst created six special pieces. In collaboration with architectural firm Bentel & Bentel, he also designed other aspects of the villa, including the furniture, carpeting and a large pill cabinet filled with diamonds.
“It’s really his greatest hits, if you will,” said Jon Gray, vice president and general manager of Palms.
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The Empathy Suite joins five other redesigned Sky Villas, ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 a night.
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The Palms is now on the verge of completing a $690 million renovation that will also result in new restaurants and bars as well as a swimming pool with a 65-foot Hirst-designed statue as its centerpiece. The property’s public spaces are sprinkled with other pieces of fine art by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and others.
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“We wanted to create a sense of discovery throughout the property, and art was the perfect way to do it,” Gray said.