Imperial Palace Las Vegas Car Collection
Imperial palace auto collection at the linq closed las vegas nevada no longer just a museum but a place where the vehicles are actually available for purchase advises an entry sign at the imperial palace auto collection.
Imperial palace las vegas car collection. However in late january and. The exhibition was located in an air conditioned facility on the 5th floor of the resort s parking garage. Cue the gratuitous car pics. Copyright 2020 imperial palace auto collection all rights reserved.
The auto collections at linq resort formerly imperial palace has been around as long as anyone can remember. Starting in 1980 ralph engelstad who built the imperial palace on the las vegas strip maintained a sizable private automobile collection. The collection contains close to one thousand automobiles of which 200 are on a rotating display at the hotel. If you love cars you will have a very good time walking through this showroom.
The sightseeing attraction and auto auction will close on dec. There was quite a diverse selection. Engelstad also built the las vegas motor speedway but in 2000 decided to liquidate all of his holdings except for his casino hotels so he brought in don williams and richie clyne two men with decades of experience in auto collecting. As a long time resident of las vegas i loved the auto collections.
The museum initially consisted of engelstad s own private car collection worth over 10 million at the time of the opening. We about to get all up in the auto collections grill. Ralph engelstad owner of the imperial palace as the linq was previously known displayed his private car collection there as a museum from 1981 to 1999 according to williams. Set at the top of the parking garage in an enclosed showroom this vast collection of cars is both impressive and for sale.
Make space on that phone because you will take a lot of photographs of this auto collection. I got there about an hour before it closed. The linq hotel and casino las vegas. 30 2017 after 36 years.
The imperial palace auto collection las vegas nevada centraly located on the las vegas boulevard the imperial palace is not just among the ten largest hotels in the world but also houses one of the worldwide largest classic automobile collections. The linq formerly the imperial palace hotel casino sealed off one floor of its parking garage carpeted and lit it as a showroom for old cars. I m not what i would consider to be a car nut but i wished i had given myself a little longer as it turned out.