A resort that has been known by two names is getting a new name for the new year.
The property formerly known as the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa and by Rampart Casino will be called The Resort at Summerlin on January 1st.
Michelle McHugh, general manager of the property on Rampart Boulevard at Summerlin Parkway, said the resort is taking on the rebranding as it completes a $75 million remodeling project that will upgrade rooms, add a high-restricted room to the casino and open new restaurants.
“We love being a part of the Summerlin community,” McHugh said in a recent interview. “We are honored that it can be part of our name. I have to get it across to everyone that we have a name when we tell them where we work.”
When the property first opened in 1999, it was called The Resort at Summerlin. But McHugh said some called it Rampart Casino while others called it its corporate name.
McHugh said the resort would maintain its partnership with JW Marriott and the property’s heritage would remain intact as the resort’s loyalty program would retain its Rampart Rewards name.
“We’ve been debating it for 13 years whether or not to change the name,” she said. “And now it is decided.”
The renovation included all of the property’s 549 oversized rooms of at least 550 square feet. The casino upgraded its slot machine product and painted walls, installed new carpet and wallpaper, improved lighting and modernized its indoor and outdoor meeting space.
One of the biggest changes for the casino is turning over the operation of the property’s racetrack and sportsbook to Caesars Entertainment after next year’s Super Bowl.
Plans for the sportsbook space include a new video wall, a 360-degree LED screen in the sportsbook bar and 20 self-service kiosks located in the sportsbook and throughout the casino. Caesars said the retail sportsbook will mirror the betting markets available on its mobile app, including live betting, in-game betting, player props and futures.
The resort at Summerlin has approximately 1,300 employees. Its casino was once operated by the Cannery group, but when a lease expired in 2012, the resort’s operators began managing it.
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