Paris Las Vegas opened to the public on September 1, 1999. Its Eiffel Tower, balloon sign and French-inspired streets made the resort recognizable from the Strip. This was a newly opened themed hotel-casino beside Bally’s, rather than a new name for the entire older property. Today the neighboring Bally’s is called Horseshoe.
A city-inspired opening
The opening was staged as a connection between the two cities. The operator’s contemporary announcement described a ceremony linking the Eiffel Tower in France with the replica in Las Vegas, followed by the public entering at 10 p.m. Park Place Entertainment owned the new resort. Rooms, dining, shops, gaming and convention facilities opened together, making the French setting part of a complete resort rather than a freestanding observation tower.
The architecture of the theme
The architecture compresses several Parisian references into one property. The Eiffel Tower replica rises above the casino, while other facades and landmarks draw on the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre and the Hôtel de Ville. Inside, painted skies and street-like pathways continue the theme. These are Las Vegas interpretations of French places, not historic structures brought from France.
A tower added from Horseshoe
The resort’s later growth also relied on an existing neighboring building. In May 2023, Caesars announced plans to renovate Horseshoe’s Jubilee Tower and integrate it into Paris as Versailles Tower. The project changed the tower’s appearance, rooms and resort identity; it did not rename the whole Horseshoe property or demolish it to build another Paris hotel.
The conversion happens in phases
By the resort’s twenty-fifth anniversary in August 2024, the operator was offering redesigned Versailles rooms and balcony rooms. At that point, further exterior and bridge work was still described as forthcoming. The architect of record’s later project account and the operator’s October 2026 fact sheet confirm the converted tower and its pedestrian connection. The announced timetable and the finished project should be distinguished.
Paris and its neighbors today
Paris remains an operating hotel-casino at 3655 South Las Vegas Boulevard. Its footprint and room inventory now include that later tower addition, while Horseshoe remains a separate neighboring resort. The April 2026 photograph shows Paris’s street frontage and balloon sign with Planet Hollywood behind. That background hotel is a third property, not a tower of Paris; the photograph does not show the 1999 opening or establish a walking route between the resorts.
Read the full history ↗ Sources and context
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Contemporary operator release, dateline September 3, 1999, republished September 5: Wednesday opening, public entry at 10 p.m., ceremonies, Park Place ownership and resort facilities. September 1 is corroborated by the current operator’s dated tower history. Publication/dateline days are not opening days.
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Caesars, May 1, 2023: proposal to renovate Horseshoe’s Jubilee Tower and integrate it into Paris as Versailles. The planned completion dates were forecasts, not proof of actual completion.
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Caesars, August 13, 2024: renovated rooms available, with further exterior/bridge work still described as forthcoming. No single precise day of whole-tower integration inferred.
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Architect of record BWA: former Jubilee Tower now integrated into Paris as Versailles, with interior/exterior renovation and bridge. Current project description checked October 20, 2026. This is reuse of one tower, not replacement of the whole Horseshoe resort.
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October 2026 operator fact sheet, pages 1–2: 3655 Las Vegas Boulevard South, operating resort and completed Versailles addition/connection. Pages 7–8: landmark replicas and September 1, 1999 tower opening. Specific promotions, schedules and comparative rankings are not adopted as current visitor promises.
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Coordinates 36.11222,-115.17067, OSM way 33974140, rechecked October 20, 2026. Representative casino/main-building area, not every resort parcel, Eiffel Tower entrance or the separate Versailles Tower.
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Frank Schulenburg, own-work photograph dated April 23, 2026. Exact published Commons 3840 × 3072 rendition; source original 6730 × 5384. CC BY-SA 4.0. Planet Hollywood is the background hotel; Paris frontage and its balloon sign are the subject.
The September 1, 1999 opening differs from the September 3 dateline and September 5 publication date of the contemporary release.
The former Jubilee Tower became Paris’s Versailles Tower through renovation and reassignment. Horseshoe continued as a separate resort.
Tower rooms and the connecting bridge were completed in phases; announced deadlines are not treated as verified actual opening days.
The representative main-building marker does not map every Paris parcel or Versailles Tower, and is not an entrance or verified route.
The selected 2026 photograph shows Paris frontage and its balloon sign; Planet Hollywood is the separate background hotel. It is a published Commons resized reproduction, not the full-resolution source file.
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