Las Vegas excels at providing things nobody was really clamoring for, and skating rinks are certainly some of those! Rinks have sprung up at The Cosmopolitan<\/a>, Venetian<\/a> and even the Gold Spike<\/a>, downtown.<\/p>\n Now, Caesars Palace has joined the trend with a holiday skating rink all its own.<\/p>\n Nope, this isn’t a work-in-progress. It’s finished and open to the public.<\/p>\n There were no actual skaters during our visit, so that either means word hasn’t gotten out about the rink yet, or Las Vegas has reached its skating saturation point.<\/p>\n The rink has its own box office (pictured below), where tickets can be purchase for $16 (includes skates) or $15 for Total Rewards loyalty club members. The same price applies to kids. Skaters must be age four or older, and enjoy debilitating spinal injuries, to take to the ice.<\/p>\n The rink at Caesars Palace has real ice (as does the one at Cosmo), as opposed to a synthetic rink surface (like Venetian and Gold Spike).<\/p>\n The good news is the rink is slightly more appealing at night (see below). A news release says the rink “evokes an outdoor lodge experience complete with falling snow,” but we didn’t see anything along those lines.<\/p>\n The news release also claims the rink at Caesars Palace was designed by professional ice skaters, because we’re fairly certain nobody would have come up with “make it a square” all on their own.<\/p>\n On a brighter note, nearby bars have special drink menus to make sure the holidays are bright. To check out the rink drinks, click here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Caesars Palace rink is open 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. You should probably get there at 10:50 a.m. to avoid the rush.<\/p>\n 2. Apostrophe Bar<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Remember the Caesars Palace fountain that used to be at the intersection of Rao’s restaurant, Bacchanal Buffet and Payard? Us either, but we blame it on the slushy drinks.<\/p>\n Well, in August, the fountain was turned to rubble<\/a> to make way for a new Apostrophe Bar. The bar’s construction wall has now turned into a construction drape.<\/p>\n Thanks to our friends at Eater Vegas<\/a> for giving us our cue to start snooping around the new fountain, as well as the tip about the bar’s new name. And snoop we did. Here’s a first look at the new Apostrophe Bar at Caesars Palace.<\/p>\n It’s not exactly a “fountain,” but there’s water. And the water moves.<\/p>\n Here’s a quick video of the Apostrophe Bar, which our Twitter friend Eric<\/a> thinks looks like the warp core from the sadly-closed Star Trek Experience.<\/p>\n![\"Caesars](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/caesars_skating_rink4.jpg\")
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