1. It’s swoopy.
From the street, Fontainebleau is long, straight lines, but once inside, you’re hard-pressed to find a right angle. The walls and ceiling of the casino swoop, drip and curve like the inside of a seashell—a subtle nod to the resort’s seaside Miami provenance. Planters full of live greenery add to the airy, natural feel.
Finally, Fontainebleau
2. The Deco is in the details.
The Fontainebleau’s bowtie insignia is everywhere you look—on the walls, on the furnishings, even artfully hidden in the crystal chandeliers. But it’s not the only visual motif to look for; there are other Art Deco-inspired flourishes repeated throughout the property, adding up to a flood of details that give the property lots of welcome texture and color. (For example: Look for the two-tone, egglike circles bisected with a line. They appear most prominently in a tile wall near check-in, but once you see them once, you’ll see them everywhere.)
3. The Instagram/TikTok-friendly art takeover of Las Vegas continues here.
Cosmopolitan, Park MGM and Aria currently hold the franchise on giant art installations that invite selfies and reels, but judging from what we saw on our pre-opening tour, Fontainebleau may soon join those ranks. Large-scale arts installations are peppered throughout the resort, including an immense abstraction by New York artist Urs Fischer and other cool pieces we can’t reveal at press time. It’s as if Fontainebleau cracked open an issue of Artforum and said, “That one, that one and ... ahh, why not, that one, too.”
4. BleauLive Theater made us cry a few happy tears.
It’s a beauty, with a multi-tiered balcony, a capacity of just under 4000 and a big floor suitable for GA shows or boxing matches. It gives Pearl and Chelsea vibes, but is very much its own thing. (Bonus: Fontainebleau’s food hall is right next door, which will come in handy on show nights.) We can’t wait to see, and hear, the artists who will play this handsome room after Post Malone breaks the seal.
5. Lots of space, but fewer steps.
High-ceilinged and vast, Fontainebleau’s 150,000 square-foot casino is surprisingly easy to navigate; its restaurants and bars are smartly arranged around the machines and tables, and the theater and food hall are just above it on a very visible second-level berth. You won’t get lost or worn out traversing this property. Wherever you’re headed, it’s usually in sight ... and it’s nearly always closer than it appears.
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