- Howard Stutz, Nevada Independent
Ghostbar, a 55th-floor bar and lounge atop the Palms Casino Resort, will return on Aug. 3.
The indoor-outdoor nightlife location that originally opened in 2001 was closed a few years ago following a sale of the Palms.
However, representatives of Southern California’s San Manuel Indian Tribe, which acquired the Palms for $650 million, said during the resort’s April reopening that Ghostbar would return.
“I remember when there were two places to be in Las Vegas, the center bar at the Hard Rock and the Ghostbar,” Palms General Manager Cynthia Kiser Murphey said ahead of the reopening. “There was a request for it and our customers are excited about it.”
The ultra-lounge is located on the roof of the Palms’ Fantasy Tower and offers a 360-degree view of Las Vegas from the sky deck, as well as a view looking straight down through a glass inset in the floor. In a statement, Palm’s officials said Ghostbar has been “reimagined as an intimate experience.”
Unlike other nightspots in Las Vegas, Ghostbar does not have private rooms and will have entertainment that includes “pop-up performances” by different artists. In addition to DJs, Ghostbar will include performances by Midnight Skye of Las Vegas.
Ghostbar will offer a line-up of specialty cocktails and large format libations.
“The outpouring of love for this venue was beyond our imagination, and we are so proud to bring it back to the Las Vegas community and excited to usher in a new era,” Murphey said in a statement. “We look forward to creating new ghost stories for all of those that visited in the past, as well as welcome a new generation to experience it for the very first time.”
San Manuel acquired the property last year from Red Rock Resorts after the casino operator made a highly publicized investment in the off-Strip casino hotel. Red Rock spent nearly $1 billion between purchasing and renovating the Palms over a four-year period before pandemic-related decisions shut down the casino industry for 78 days starting in March 2020.
This excerpt originally appeared in Indy Gaming on July 27, 2022.
