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Originally Posted by JACKinNYC
Is there a scientific/psychological reason all the hotels are the same height in Vegas? Surely it can't be because elevators get more expensive above 40 floors. We're talking about Las Vegas. If there was an 80-story hotel in Vegas, that's where I'd want to stay.
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all hotels in vegas ain't the same height, the first generation of mega resorts (built in the early 1990s) were all under 400 feet; mirage 335ft, mgm grand 295ft, excalibur 240ft, luxor 350ft. today the hotels going up are all 600ft+ e.g. palazzo at 645ft, encore at 630ft and fontainebleau at 735ft.
the location of the airport means the height of buildings is restricted to 600ft on the south and mid strip, further north they can build past 700ft and crown got permission to build over 1000ft at the old wet and wild site at the very north end of the strip.