The STRAT Hotel, Casino & SkyPod is a hotel in Las Vegas, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel, casino, and tower located in Las Vegas”. It opened in 1996. It stands about 2.3 km from the centre of Las Vegas.[3]

Overview

The Strat (formerly the Stratosphere) is a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It includes a 1,149-foot-tall (350 m) observation tower, the tallest in the United States. It is also the second-tallest observation tower in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario.

From “The Strat” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The hotel opened in 1996. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. [1]

Location

2 km4 km

Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 2.3 km from the centre of Las Vegas. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), about 9 km from the centre of Las Vegas.[4]

It is one of 78 hotels in and around Las Vegas recorded in Wikidata, 71 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 62 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, opened in 1906. See Hotels in Las Vegas.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

See also

References

  1. ^ The STRAT Hotel, Casino & SkyPod (Q845846). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ The STRAT Hotel, Casino & SkyPod. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-27.
  3. ^ Las Vegas (Q23768). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Las Vegas. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

Categories: