Desert Passage is a 475,000 square foot enclosed shopping mall on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The mall has a Moroccan theme to match the Aladdin hotel that adjoins the mall which has 1.2 miles of shopping with 140 stores. Features an hourly indoor thunderstorm. The south end of The Strip. ... Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Official website: http://www. ... The Aladdin is an Arabian Nights theme hotel and casino located at 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...
Among the 15 restaurants is Commander's Palace. Commanders Palace is a restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It was built in 1880. ...
History
The $300 million mall opened in August, 2000. It was built and operated by Trizec Properities.
The mall was sold in 2003 to Boulevard Invest LLC owned by Investcorp, RFR Holding LLC, and Tristar Capital. Investcorp is a publicly traded private equity boutique investment firm based in Bahrain. ...
To match the conversion of the Aladin to a Planet Hollywood, the Dessert Passage is being renovated and adopting a new theme. Renovations started in 2005 and will be completed in 2007.
DesertPassage's journey is a trek to the historic desert trade route from Marrakech and Tangier to Bombay.
DesertPassage is close to the same size as its two main rivals on the Strip.
DesertPassage's storefronts will get maximum exposure because the mall, as an access to the Aladdin property and the 7,000-seat Theatre for the Performing Arts, will be accessible 24 hours, though the stores will maintain hours of 10 a.m.