Las Vegas Weekly

July 10, 2008 · 3:17 PM

Top celebs turn out to trumpet tantalizing tower

By Robin Leach

Slyvester Stallone touches down at Planet Hollywood.

Photo: Denise Truscello

It was a patriotic and star-studded ceremony at Planet Hollywood to celebrate the topping off of the new PH Towers by Westgate. Country-western singer and songwriter Lee Greenwood sang his hit “God Bless the USA” as a 50-foot American flag rose and unfurled at the top of the 52-story building. Rambo superstar Sylvester Stallone joined Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, Planet Hollywood Chairman Robert Earl and president Mike Mecca for the event. Construction had begun in January 2006.

“It is the tallest timeshare building in history,” said Westgate Resorts president David Siegel. “It is the first vacation ownership resort to be fully integrated with a major resort and casino complex. I am especially proud that our development is located at the most significant location on the Strip at its very heart. We are surrounded by the moist prestigious properties in Vegas and it will provide our 400,000 timeshare owners with a vacation experience that unavailable anywhere else in the world.”

Westgate is the largest privately owned timeshare company in the world. Siegel founded the company in 1970 and he’s grown it into one of the largest developers in America with 28 resorts. Through an exclusive affiliation with Interval International he offers travel opportunities at more than 2000 resorts in more than 65 countries. He says that when the Vegas project is fully completed by next summer, it will total 3.2 million square feet with more than 1,200 residential units. The top five floors will comprise 32 luxury penthouse suites ranging up to 12,000 square feet with whirlpool tubs and state of the art home theaters that will rival the best high-roller suites at Strip hotels. The remainder of the building features one, two, three and four bed roomed units. When finished, the sleek upscale lobby will directly overlook an exotic tropical pool complete with its own sandy beach and private cabanas.

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