‘Feel like Caesar’: Historic casino founder’s past home on market — PHOTOS

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The eight-bedroom, seven-bathroom house hosted guests like Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra and other Rat Pack-era celebrities.

Live similar Caesar successful this historical Las Vegas home.

Founder of Caesars Palace Jay Sarno’s erstwhile location astatine 221 Dalmatian Lane is connected the market. The spot was listed connected June 18 for $2.1 cardinal from listing cause Rob Jensen of the Rob Jensen Company.

Sarno, a celebrated developer and casino magnate, was liable for founding Caesars Palace and Circus Circus. Sarno owned the location from 1981 until his decease successful 1984, according to Clark County spot records.

The eight-bedroom, seven-bathroom location hosted guests similar Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra and different Rat Pack-era celebrities, according to the listing.

The location is located successful the guard-gated Rancho Bel Air successful the Historic District and is 7,240 quadrate feet.

September Sarno, Jay Sarno’s daughter, said the adjacent owners “will consciousness similar Caesar.”

“My begetter was precise overmuch into nutrient and precise overmuch into excess,” said September Sarno, who would sojourn the property regularly.

She recalled a clip erstwhile she and her siblings were location for the weekend, and they would conscionable successful the eating country for meal astatine 10:30 a.m. Then, promptly astatine 11:30 a.m. her begetter would property the intercom and accidental “Dixie, travel into the eating room, region the meal dishes, and instrumentality out, bring retired the lunch.”

“The nutrient had much workout than the people,” joked September Sarno. “We’d beryllium fed earlier anyone ever had a accidental to beryllium hungry.”

She besides recalled the decadence of the estate. At the time, the superior chamber had mirrors connected the ceiling, with an oversized bathroom, “huge” sauna and a platform overlooking the pool. Also successful the superior bedroom, says the listing, are dual vanities, cedar-lined closets, a jetted tub, steam shower, sitting country and a backstage den.

Other luxurious amenities see a expansive foyer with 19-foot ceilings, marble floors, stained solid windows, a ample vino cellar, dual Sub-Zero file refrigerators and caller stainless alloy appliances. While immoderate upgrades person been added, it is simply a motion to the archetypal build, said Monica Nalbantoglu, manager of income astatine the Rob Jensen Company.

Additionally, the location has a private, abstracted impermanent location with its ain kitchen, eating area, surviving room, bath and bedroom.

“It’s precise luxurious and precise decadent and precise beautiful,” said September Sarno.

Nalbantoglu highlighted the woodwork passim the house, particularly connected the stairs. Additionally, Nalbantoglu mentioned the mature grapefruit, citrus and pomegranate trees passim the property.

Nalbantoglu said the Historic District is seeing accrued request since the COVID-19 pandemic.

“You can’t get this benignant of onshore anymore successful Vegas. It conscionable doesn’t exist,” she said.

Out-of-state buyers are particularly funny successful the area, said Nalbantoglu.

“A batch of radical from out-of-state thin to person a much romanticist perfect of what existent property successful Vegas looks like,” said Nalbantoglu.

Contact Emerson Drewes astatine edrewes@reviewjournal.com. Follow @EmersonDrewes connected X.