Bill's Gamblin' Hall will not return as Gansevoort

Bill's Gamblin' Hall was going to return as Gansevoort Las Vegas in January of 2014.  The now shuttered Bill's closed on February 5th of 2013 for renovations. Caesars is spending $185 million to remodel the entire hotel-casino.  The renovation will bring a new exterior, casino floor, dining, and rooms while adding a spa as well as an already much talked about rooftop pool experience. The 10th floor pool deck will be run by Victor Drai whose long-running nightclub, Drai's After Hours, will return to its former location in the hotel's basement.

During a routine background check of Caesars’ business partners, they took issue with an investor in New York-based Gansevoort.  The investor, a German businessman, is reputed to have ties to organized crime in Russia. Gansevoort was not expected to seek licensing by Nevada gaming regulators for the Strip project. The arraignment between Caesars and Gansevoort was strictly a licensing and marketing deal.  A Caesars spokesman confirmed Sunday that Gansevoort was being dropped from $185 million Strip project and a new name would be chosen.

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