The restaurant that helped launch the Strip’s celebrity culinary phenomenon is no more.
Planet Hollywood Restaurant, a Las Vegas institution for nearly 30 years, closed its doors for good Wednesday afternoon, a hotel representative confirmed. The restaurant stopped serving at 3 p.m.
Some 30 employees of the iconic restaurant owned by hospitality giant Robert Earl are being offered jobs elsewhere in his company.
Earl also owns Brio Italian Grille at Town Square, Buca di Beppo and Earl of Sandwich, with several Las Vegas outposts.
Planet Hollywood opened its original Forum Shops location in July 1994. Co-investors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis led a celeb-laden grand-opening party. The restaurant seated 500 guests, more than double its first location in New York, located at the space where Carmine’s Italian restaurant currently operates.
