Three of the Eiffel Tower's four legs rise through the casino structure itself. Though the space is crowded with slot machines and game tables, the Parisian theme continues inside. The casino itself covers approximately 85,000 square feet. Despite its appeal to the new, Paris Las Vegas is yet another reworking of a now familiar paradigm. The tri-wing hotel tower, rising thirty-four stories and containing 2,916 rooms, applies decorative details from the Hôtel de Ville to a formulaic shape, seen in a number of other Strip resorts, that reveals the influence of corporate hotel architecture. As in other newer resorts, the desire for authenticity creates a hyperreal environment in which structures appear realistic but use faux materials, such as styrofoam and clay for stone and painted rivets for metal ones. Nearby are two-thirds-scale replicas of other icons of the City of Light: the Arc de Triomphe, the facade of the Louvre (incorporating a restaurant with outdoor seating), and the Paris Opera, all intended as accurate representations.
SO24), Paris confronts the visitor with landmarks of a great city, in this case dominated by a 50-story replica of the Eiffel Tower with glass elevators that carry guests to an observation deck at the top. One of the Strip's newest hotel-casinos, Paris Las Vegas continues the trend of drawing on a well-known European city for its theme, following the success of Bellagio (
