How much did the International Hotel (now Westgate Las Vegas) cost to build?
The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, built as the International Hotel by Kirk Kerkorian, is a 30-story, 375 ft (114 m) hotel tower designed by Martin Stern Jr. near the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It opened on 2 July 1969 with about 1,500 rooms and three showrooms, the largest hotel in the United States, was renamed the Las Vegas Hilton in 1971 and has been the Westgate since 2014. PBS American Experience puts its cost at $80 million; Kerkorian had announced $50 million.
Reported project cost
$80 million
Cost basis: 1969
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1969
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Heightpbs.org
- 114 m
Project record
Opened or launched
pbs.org2 July 1969