On August 22, 2005, the Ralph Engelstad and Betty Engelstad Trust announced it was selling the Imperial Palace Las Vegas to Harrah's Imperial Palace Corporation, a subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment.īoyd Gaming bought the IP in October 2011 for $278 million in cash, plus a $10 million donation to the Engelstad Family Foundation. The casino operated as its own limited partnership, Imperial Palace LLC, under the Trust's oversight.Īt the time of Engelstad's death, the resort was the second-largest privately owned hotel in the world. Youll be asked to pay these charges at the property: Deposit: USD 100 per stay Resort fee: USD 14.98 per accommodation, per night. When Engelstad died in 2002, the casino ownership transferred to the Ralph Engelstad and Betty Engelstad Trust. Property Location With a stay at IP Casino Resort Spa in Biloxi (East Biloxi), youll be convenient to Boomtown Casino Biloxi and Biloxi Lighthouse. The property opened for business officially on December 22, 1997, as the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino Biloxi, the sister of the Imperial Palace in Paradise, Nevada. It was founded by Minnesota businessman Ralph Engelstad.
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