48 Hours Inside Lisa Vanderpump's Fever Dream of a Vegas Hotel

Las Vegas is constantly reinventing itself. New restaurants arrive every season, residencies seem to materialize overnight, and hotels regularly undergo multimillion-dollar transformations in pursuit of the next big thing. It takes a lot for a property to break through that noise, but the Vanderpump Hotel—Bravo personality and hospitality entrepreneur Lisa Vanderpump’s first hotel venture, occupying the former Cromwell on the Las Vegas Strip—started causing a buzz long before its official debut on June 11. And it wasn’t just from Vanderpump Rules watchers: When the renderings dropped, hospitality insiders, design fanatics, and everyone in between started chattering. Would the interiors be too kitschy? Would it be ready in time for its big debut? As both a long-time Bravo fan and travel writer, I flew out for a three-night stay on June 8 to find out, stopping in during the opening week. And I certainly wasn’t the only one. When I arrived, curiosity was arguably at its peak—chattering reality stars hung out around the rooftop pool, while clear LVP fans took pictures around the lobby casino. Each sparkly corner was filled with an excited-to-be-there energy. I checked into

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