The hotel includes 1,200 rooms across three towers, several restaurants, a concert theater, and, of course, a casino.
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The Empathy Suite is located in the resort's middle building, known as the Fantasy Tower.
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The suite's designer, Damien Hirst, is a well-known contemporary artist whose work first appeared in the late 1980s.
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He gained recognition in 1991 for his first art installment utilizing animals preserved in formaldehyde.
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The technique soon became a series called "Natural History" and included a variety of animals preserved through taxidermy over 22 years.
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Hirst's work has appeared alongside other notable contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and was recently displayed at several Venice galleries. The Palazzo Grassi art museum hosted Hirst's exhibition during the summer of 2017.
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His artwork can also be found in restaurants, including a pharmacy-themed restaurant of his own creation. Pieces of the now-closed restaurant sold at Sotheby's auction.
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On March 1, six of his art installments were unveiled in Palms Casino Resort's newest sky villa, also designed by Hirst.
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... which included several celebrity guests, such as chef Gordon Ramsay and architect Peter Bentel.
Bentel's firm, Bentel & Bentel, is responsible for projects including MoMa and Yale University cafes, and the Garden Terrace Room at New York Botanical Gardens.
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Upon check-in to the Empathy Suite, guests receive 24-hour butler service, chauffeured car service, a private art tour of the hotel property, and a $10,000 credit to use at the hotel.
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At 9,000 square feet, the villa features plenty of seating space throughout its two floors to entertain up to 52 people.
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The center point of the villa is a 13-seat curved bar, below one of six standalone Hirst art pieces.
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... which includes a Hirst-inspired pool overlooking Las Vegas Boulevard.
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Both of the master bedrooms include California king beds, along with glass windows to view either the lower level of the suite ...
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... and butterfly embroidery decorates the villa's massage chairs. The suite also includes a gym.
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