Despite many, many attempts to elicit comment both from Hooters’ corporate team and from executives at the casino-hotel, we couldn’t get a syllable of response. However, blogger George Addams, after much diligent sleuthing, reported on the Holiday Inn rumors and
Even if it is the busiest Hooters on the continent – we had not obtained official confirmation at time of this writing, and would only have their word for it, but we'll persevere – it won’t be the biggest. That honor is destined for the Palms, which announced a deal with the restaurant chain on April 8. Next to the pool area at the Palms, a 15,200-square-foot, two-story Hooters restaurant will be built, big enough to house 500 diners at a time, enjoying the breast, er, best that the Atlanta-headquartered company has to offer. They’re moving fast, too: The outdoor bar should be ready next month and the restaurant will follow at an unspecified date that the Las Vegas Review-Journal characterized as "shortly after," quoting a company statement.
Called Hooters at Palms, the new eatery is "everything you’d expect from Hooters [particularly the food] and so much more," according to a company exec. No love was expressed for the sad, aging Hooters Casino Hotel, over on Tropicana Avenue, alas. A Holiday Inn makeover can’t happen soon enough.
