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The
Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino is located off the Las Vegas
Strip in Clark County, Nevada. It is better known as The Rio
and is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. The Rio
was the first all suite casino in the Las Vegas area.
The
hotel towers are covered in the signature purple and red glass.
The Rio hotel's 2,563 suites range in size from 600 ft²
up to 13,000 ft² and have floor to ceiling windows.
The
complex includes a wine cellar that has more than 50,000 bottles.
The Rio Pavilion convention center has a total of 160,000
ft² of space. A Race and Sports Book is also available.
There
is a free shuttle to the Harrah's-owned Harrah's Las Vegas,
Paris/Bally's and Caesars Palace.
Opened
on January 15, 1990 as a locals casino; it had been constructed
and was owned and operated by Marnell Corrao Associates.
An 20-story expansion tower was added to the current Ipanema
Tower in 1993.
Danny Gans opened as the headliner in 1996.
Masquerade Village, a hotel tower and casino expansion including
the Masquerade Show in the Sky, opened in 1997, at a cost
of over $200 million.
The Rio was purchased by Harrah's Entertainment in 1999 for
$888 million.
Hosted the World Series of Poker in 2005, the first time this
event was not held at Binion's. Binion's was used for the
final three tables and the last two days of the competition
as part of the celebration of Las Vegas' centennial.
The Carnival World Buffet has been a signature attraction
since the casino opened. It was the first buffet in Las Vegas
to have multiple live cooking stations and theme sections
on the buffet line. The Carnival World Buffet is credited
with taking the quality of the Las Vegas buffets to a new
level in quality and price. The Carnival World Buffet was
so successful that when the Masquerade Village opened it included
a higher end seafood buffet, Village Seafood Buffet.
Masquerade Village is a section of the casino that includes
Masquerade Show in the Sky. The show is a free show that dance
and style from Brazilian Carnival, and Mardi Gras type floats.
The show has a stage with a dance and singing show while floats
on guide rails hang from the ceiling and go through out the
Masquerade Village. The floats throw what some say are lucky
Rio themed beads.
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