‘A Love Letter to Venice’: The Venetian in Las Vegas Turns 25 as Major Renovation Planned

The Venetian began as a love letter to Venice, and now it’s getting a makeover for its 25th birthday.

Tourists take a gondola ride in the Grand Canal at the Venetian hotel-casino, on June 1, 2021, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS

By Richard N. Velotta From Las Vegas Review-Journal

LAS VEGAS—Venetian Resort CEO Patrick Nichols was an eighth-grader in Minnesota when The Venetian opened its doors on May 3, 1999.