Many might assume that those statues were copies used to tribute Roman culture. Speaking of Italy, many Roman statues throughout the hotel and casino ended up coming from Europe as well. The marble in the resort came all the way from Italy. When Caesars Palace was originally constructed, it started with 800 rooms. Reportedly, the argument was over Sinatra wanting to have the table limit raised from $8000 to $16,000. Waterman allegedly pulled a gun on Sinatra. There’s a famous story about an argument between Sinatra and a Caesars hotel executive Sanford Waterman where Mr. I also learned that Ol' Blue Eyes loved to play baccarat.
This selection includes chips from back during the Caesars Palace Grand Prix in the 1980s, celebrity chips for show performers including Celine Dion and Bette Midler and numerous other chips spanning all eras.īefore you view our chip collection below, I wanted to take you back and share some interesting things this week I found out about the history of Caesars Palace.ĭid you know that Frank Sinatra at one time became an entertainment consultant for the hotel and resort? He was paid $20,000 a week for the position. In our continued effort to get new chips on the website, this week we are going to share new Caesars Palace chips we just added to the website this week. Last week, many people enjoyed our newsletter on our Flamingo Las Vegas chip collection that focused on all eras.
