The Venetian hotel was opened in 1999 at a cost of $1.5 billion dollars and built on the site of the former Sands Hotel and Casino. 
The Venetian is a world class mega-resort that has redefined the culture of Las Vegas as an upscale travel destination. Recently named one of the Top Hotels in the World by Travel and Leisure Magazine and one of the Ultimate 10 Hotels in the World by The Learning Channel, The Venetian is a fully integrated resort that focuses on world-class dining, upscale shopping, luxurious rooms, deluxe spa services and unprecedented exhibits of fine and popular art.
The Venetian's guest makeup usually relates to business professionals, conventioneers and families. But a new emerging segment of incurable romantics have discovered that going to the Venetian is going to "Venice Virtually".
Let's take a little tour around the beautifully recreated Venice art and see what they pulled off. With painstaking exactness, The Venetian has recreated the famous landmarks that make Venice the most beloved, romantic city in the world. St. Mark's Square, Campanile Tower, Ca'd'Oro, Doge's Palace, Rialto Bridge, and the Grand Canal have been authentically recreated to the finest detail, and to scale in many cases, by present-day sculptors.
Walk into the lobby look up you are in the Grand Lobby complete with gold fountain. Walk in directly from the strip and you see the artwork of Doge's Palace replicated with imaginative beauty directly above you.
