El Cortez Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas has completed a $20 million expansion that includes a high-limit lounge, two bars, the Hot Noods by Chinglish restaurant and a Starbucks.
The construction is the latest phase of a multiyear transformation that previously enhanced the property’s original 47 rooms, tower premium rooms and casino-floor bathrooms.
El Cortez opened in 1941, the same year its current CEO and chairman, Kenny Epstein, was born. “To keep this old girl up, we just have to keep on improving it,” Epstein said…