Roman-themed empire, now post-bankruptcy and REIT-leased
Caesars Entertainment operates 9 Strip properties including the namesake [[casino:caesars-palace|Caesars Palace]] — the 1966-vintage flagship that birthed the Las Vegas convention business. The company is the direct successor to Harrah's Entertainment, which acquired Caesars Entertainment in 2005 and adopted the Caesars name in 2010, then went through a contentious 2017 bankruptcy.
That bankruptcy is the most important thing about modern Caesars — and the most important thing about the modern Strip. The reorganization spun out a real-estate company called VICI Properties, which inherited the dirt under Caesars Palace, Paris, Planet Hollywood, Flamingo, LINQ, Harrah's, and Bally's (now Horseshoe). VICI has since grown into the Strip's largest landowner. See [[article:vici-properties-landlord]].
The current Caesars Entertainment is the result of Eldorado Resorts' 2020 acquisition of the old Caesars; the merged company kept the Caesars name but moved corporate HQ to Reno. CEO Tom Reeg comes from the Eldorado side.