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Why is there no apostrophe in Caesars Palace? I’m really pedantic about the proper use of apostrophes and it drives me mad, as I can’t think of a good reason not to have one.
You came to the right place for an answer to this question about what we think of as one of the great all-time editorial decisions over the use of an apostrophe to denote the possessive (as opposed to a contraction). Jay Sarno is credited not only with the name Caesars Palace, but also the intentional omission of the apostrophe.
After critical consideration and long deliberation, the possessive apostrophe in "Caesar's" was purged, because instead of implying that the the palace belonged to a single Caesar, Sarno wanted to suggest that every guest at his hotel-casino should feel like a Roman emperor.
In the end and for the past 54 years, we've all been Caesars.
I have a question I can't find a clear answer to. As a foreigner, what's the easiest way to deposit cash in Vegas? I'm not talking about big amounts, but what if I want to deposit $500? Or $5,000? Can I open a bank account in Vegas? Can the casino wire it for you? Do they charge for this service? What if it's table game or poker money? Will the casino still perform a wire if you have the chips on you? I've only heard about this with slot jackpot. It seems like getting cash is easy enough by using an ATM or depositing front money, but I never hear about getting money back home. Not that I pretend I'm going to win, but I wonder what happens to people who do and are foreigners.