007 Hotel: The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino (formerly known as International Hotel / Las Vegas Hilton)

May 12, 2024 0 By 007 Travelers

THE WESTGATE LAS VEGAS RESORT & CASINO

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Address: 3000 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109

Bond movie appearance: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) as The Whyte House casino. Whyte House is owned by billionaire Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean). Bond (Sean Connery) visits Whyte House with the intention of meeting Willard Whyte, only to find that Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray) has taken his identity.

Visited by 007 Travelers: July 2023

The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino is a hotel, casino, and timeshare resort in Winchester, Nevada. Located near the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, it is owned by Westgate Resorts. It opened in 1969 as the International Hotel, and was known for many years as the Las Vegas Hilton, then briefly as the LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. From 1981 to 1990, it was the largest hotel in the world. (Wikipedia)

It was great to be able to visit the hotel that doubles as The Whyte House casino in “Diamonds Are Forever” (1971).

The tall building behind the original Hilton hotel was edited in by the filmmakers, to make the entire complex look bigger and did not exist.
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Mika / 007 Travelers at Hotel Westgate, where Sean Connery is pictured in front of the International Hotel during the filming of “*Diamonds Are Forever*“

Elvis Presley in the lobby of Hotel Westgate

Sean Connery as James Bond at Whyte House in “*Diamonds Are Forever*” (1971)

In “Diamonds Are Forever” Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) recognizes Blofeld and goes to follow him, but is kidnapped by him in front of the Whyte House.